Fifty Fifty
When I was a kid, my parents had a PAL system TV and VCR on which they watched tapes of movies and television programs from India and Pakistan. Among the few programs they watched that I actually thought were good was Fifty Fifty, an Urdu language sketch comedy show from the 1980’s. Fifty Fifty aired back when PTV was the only channel on TV in Pakistan and didn’t broadcast 24 hours a day. I recently stumbled across some clips of this show on YouTube, and I must say, Fifty Fifty was not only good, it was light years ahead of its time. This show was sketch comedy at its finest, back when no one in Pakistan had heard of Saturday Night Live and MADtv was still at least ten years away. If you speak Urdu/Hindi or Punjabi, check it out (there are more clips in the ‘Related’ frame to the right of the video). I guarantee you’ll laugh. And not in a “man, this show is so poorly done, it’s funny” kind of way.
February 23rd, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Although I’ve only seen one skit, it slayed me. High-larious!!
Btw, every time I see you, you get funnier and funnier. It’s ridiculous. I will lay awake at night chuckling to myself about your mom’s comment.
February 23rd, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Also, every time I see you and M together, the two of you get cuter and cuter together. Mashallah times a million, you guys make such a wonderful couple.
February 23rd, 2007 at 9:44 pm
I CAN’T STOP COMMENTING… COMMENT COMMENT COMMENT…
February 23rd, 2007 at 11:38 pm
I remember when PTV was the only channel on TV in Pakistan, when it started broadcasting at 4pm (?), and when the entire family watched the 8pm drama together, and only the adults continued sitting for the 9pm news.
February 24th, 2007 at 2:30 am
Stop it Qazi Sahab! The Judge vill go back!
February 24th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Birds and pasSENgers never come back…
February 27th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
lol… Thanks Sehla. That’s a lot of pressure though. I’ll my best to be funnier next time I see you. We’ll definitely be cuter though; we don’t have to try for that
March 5th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
We traveled everywhere as a kid, so we had PAL, PAL II and NTSC. I ended up getting a VCR that is multisystem just so I didnt have to replace the stuff every time I moved as an adult.
I got one now that will play any video on any tv, anywhere in the world. Multi-system, multi-voltage. Problem is, I dont watch the videos anymore so I got this $400 VCR sitting there getting dust.