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Rabobi II

Felt like a DVD so we hired Spiderman II this afternoon. Ronwen got bored rather quickly but I enjoyed it muchly. Thank dog they didn't leave the romance thing dangling again. Romantic tension is a tough thing to manage. It adds to the story but leave it too long and you get everyone losing interest and saying "fer chrissakes, get over yourselves and shag already!" I felt that way at the end of Spidey 1. This movie also had a good set-up for Spidey III.

(The Rabobi thing is a South African reference. In the early 80s, when the SABC first started airing African language TV, the Spiderman cartoon series was dubbed into Zulu, and "Spiderman" was translated into "Rabobi" - and us whitey kids would watch "Rabobi" but have no clue what was happening dialogue-wise. Now, every time I hear the Spiderman song, I start humming "Rabobi! Rabobi! Blah blah blah blah Rabobi!")

{2004.11.27 20:02}

Comments:

1. Ronwen (2004.11.28 - 10:46) #

Yes, but us clever whitey kids tuned into the simulcast on the radio..........

2. Craig (2005.08.14 - 20:34) #

Does anyone know here I can download the "Rabobi" theme song (The Zulu version"?

3. marcelle (2005.12.13 - 02:10) #

This is all i could find:

Rabobi Rabobi yanga sizwe Rabobi

4. Edward (2006.08.04 - 07:57) #

i have an old VHS tape with Robobi on , i will see what i can do.

5. Grant (2007.02.19 - 12:32) #

please pretty please can somebody send me the Rabobi song!

6. James (2007.03.08 - 15:52) #

RABOBI RABOBI!

That woould rock the world of you tube and help me achieve a small, private goal that I have had for the last couple of years.
Learn the words to Rabobi. Edward, it would be great if you could do this.

7. Lisa (2007.05.14 - 16:43) #

Rabobi Rabobi yanga sizwe Rabobi
Mzeweki bo yangangana
Amanzi seko sebo tshabana
Ingozi yanga iRabobi

iYa ditswa kae ke ya gona hoa i barena ba Pita Paka yangana i High School Science Student
hao Chemistry on the higher grade

Di footswa yanga bana metsi i radioactive spida bite Baba change ya Pita Paka ke a Rabobi

Change a motwa yana iChief Whip of New York City haho duma balunga ba defenda of Truth & Justice
Hoa ya cheesa ke Rabobi

Rabobi Rabobi yanga sizwe Rabobi
Mzeweki bo yangangana
Amanzi seko sebo tshabana
Ingozi yanga iRabobi

Domafanya ba ya tsetsie iGreen Goblin baba kae iDr . Octopus Botswa iarch enemies otswa a Rabobi

Rabobi banetsa ispider sense is tingling.
Di gona yoa iGreen Goblin Dr . Octopus
Ya tokoloshi medicine, Hao!

Rabobi ba ya gona Dr . Octopus left right
iGreen Goblin uppercut KO one time

Di ya azipepe ijail
Doa peace no TRC ya New York

Rabobi, Rabobi, Rabobi, Rabobi

8. Marcelle (2007.11.02 - 09:38) #

Hahaha, "ya tokoloshi medicine" and "uppercut KO one time"

9. deon (2008.02.20 - 07:52) #

any luck with the mp3 of Rabobi ?

10. Mike (2008.02.28 - 09:50) #

Yeah! I would love to get a mp3 of Rabobi too!

11. Sannette (2008.05.18 - 11:36) #

has any one found ANY soundclip of rabobi ?

12. Reginald (2009.02.09 - 03:49) #

I am sending the Rrabobi song to you all..

13. Reginald (2009.02.09 - 04:03) #

Rrabobi is not a Xhosa version but a seSotho language word meaning spider. The rra means mister or simply -man, bobi means web -implying spider. Crudely put rrabobi means mister webs.

Here is the song:-

Rrabobi rrabobi o dira ditiro tsa sekgokgo (Spiderman, spiderman, you do spider work)
Fologa bobi (come off your webs)
Mongwe le mongwe ake a go bone ka matlho (Let everyone see you with their eyes)
A ke ago bone rrabobi (Let them see you spiderman)

O kgona go iketsa (You can turn yourself into a)
.........mo leboteng) (........on the wall)
A ka kgona go ikadietsa (He can hang up walls)
Mongwe le mongwe a ke ago bone ka matlho (Let everyone see you with their eyes)

A ke ago bone rrabobi (Let them see you spiderman)

o huduga bosigo mo lefelong la kotsi (He arrives in the dead of night in places of danger)
Ja ka thlasedi ya lebone gore a bonagale (Like a beam of light so as to be visible)

(Chorus)

Rrabobi rrabobi o dira ditiro tsa sekgokgo (Spiderman, spiderman, you do spider work)
Fologa bobi (Come off your web)
Mongwe le mongwe ake a go bone ka matlho (Let everyone see you with their eyes)
A ke ago bone rrabobi (Let them see you spiderman)

Fa go leng mathata (Where there is trouble)
O tla fihlela rrabobi (You will find spiderman- high note)

14. Mike (2009.03.03 - 07:30) #

Did anyone ever find the Rabobi tune?

15. Andre (2011.01.27 - 10:47) #

h t t p : // addmax. co. za/downloads/cat_view/50-funny-stuff . h t m l

Just remove the spaces :-)

16. Chris (2012.07.10 - 12:12) #

Comment #7 by Lisa - those words are from the Slugs of War version, not the original dubbed TV show.
You can listen online here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSKjIriYSjo

17. Danni (2014.02.27 - 10:56) #

http://www.mixcloud.com/djwhite-sugar/rabobi-theme-song-dnb-remix-by-karen/

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