Peter Combe - Newspaper Mama

[Mistress0fyaoi]

wow i wore the tape out for this twice we had it on vhs mum and dad had to replace it twice

[Wanderingg1]

He is really tubby and middle-aged now. :-/

[aels747]

i hope they recycle that

[omgmeganess97]

Who tried recreating the scene at 2:41

[loyboys]

thumbs up if you reckon some eco nut is watching this thinking 'look at all the trees they killed!"

[cbrugliera]

the 'read all over' took met years to finally understand!

[AdviceFromAShoe]

If he still does concerts I'd probably go to one.

[ricco45]

@AdviceFromAShoe he's playing at falls festival in victoria if that's useful

[AdviceFromAShoe]

@ricco45

not in Victoria, but it's useful to know he's still doing shows. Cheers for the heads up.

[pinmj001]

no wonder i grew up to be such a wierdo watching this creepy shit

[1CaptainAustralia1]

Being a kid in the 80s was fucking awesome

[Marchra]

One of my FAVOURITE video clips, certainly one of the most memorable!

[pipifrufru]

i love how peter combe and the kids are getting pummelled with newspapers at the end :)

[Letmehaveausername1]

I spoke to him on the phone yesterday, his daughter is my boss :D I was stunned out of boredom, he's like "Hi this is Peter Combe is Joni there?" And I'm like "Hi Peter Combe! :D"

[kirbyjayne35]

I served Peter Coombe at my work yesterday. Best moment ever.

[slugworm6]

Memories! Think my olds still have this on tape :)

[dosh124]

i reckon he is a fucking pedo

[shibz1989]

@dosh124 Defamation much?

[Lachlant1984]

@shibz1989 I think so.

[Lachlant1984]

@dosh124 How can you say that? Come on now, that's a bit harsh isn't it? How can you call Peter Combe a pedophile? Is it because he's a guy? I'm sorry, but you've got it so wrong here.

[dosh124]

what a fucking retard and wat a fucking doosh 

[xxxxjacyxxxx]

Do you know how many times I have busted my husband secretly listening to this on Youtube??? What a crack up ... but I DO love it ... :)

[shifrajoe]

yay! 

[123erfj]

fuck yeah childhood

[caitlin061]

@Melbourneboi1983 he came to my school & sang :D

[jewelrox]

WHATS BLACK WHITE AND RED? ILL TELL YA WHAT....ST KILDA! CARN THE SAINTERS!!!

[AntiqueAquariums]

thanks for putting this up, peter combe is great

[Sportymale]

Saw Peter perform live last night at the Colonial Hotel in Melbourne. Place was absolutely packed and many had to be turned away. Was awesome, and it was the first time I'd seen him perform live since Grade Prep in 1988. The place went off, and I can assure you, the man certainly still has it. I know my kids will be listening to his songs growing up (That's when I have them!!!)

[caitlin061]

I've Met him :D

[melbourneboi1983]

@caitlin061 where did you met him

[martythetickler]

How can he sustain that voice in the beginning? It sounds like he's on helium....

[liepinshtein]

1:02 - "In a voice that's gay" - Thank you for using the original terminology, Peter!

[aels747]

Wish I knew who the chilren where

[teriurwin]

We used to have to sing that in primary school for music.. I went to primary school from 2001-2006 :DD

Our teachers had good(ish) choices XD

[eashburner]

haha used to think this was great when i was a kid

[frostytheaussie]

i never was into peter combe as a kid... fransiscus henri was my bad

[thexev]

back when music was awesome, and clothes were not.

[rozymisty]

Peter rocks! And he's a great person. Met him twice now at adult gigs. Was hilarious watching 20-somethings walking down the Valley mall with toffee apples on their cheeks and newspaper hats haha. And then after the gig, the same pple but drunk and singing the songs out wildly haha

[evilvenom77]

I remember when I was in primary school I use to think this song was about my mum because she use to deliver the local newspapers everyday around town. lol

[sixspeed2]

he looks like that fitness instructor bloke. what's his name again?

[Shiska14]

I brought the original record of Newspaper Mama off eBay a few months ago...I had it on tape when I was a kid but it was a selection of songs from the album titled Songs from Newspaper Mama...I also used to watch this on my ABC Video Hits video, it was great

[cfbgoespop]

Books are for chooks got a big laugh! And mostly in this house...

[59771006]

What's thrown

over the fence

And into the garden

I'ts the newspaper mamma

[stallionfury]

man i loved his music , especially his christmas carol album , i had his other ones too , but i could hardly wait till the end of the year to play his carols one :D

[mchitti]

Holy shit peter combe is the best.

[lynchie50]

Brings back so many memories! Awesome stuff.

[Shiska14]

Unfortunately I wasn't born in time to enjoy the classic kids' music of the late-80s (eg Peter Combe, Don Spencer)...all I had to put up with as a kid was The Wiggles...shame...

[Nickjaa]

what was with the making fun of the queen bit i don't remember that at all!!!!!!! hahahaha! love this song though, haven't heard it in 15 years, makes me so happy!

[kittylovesmj]

wooooooooooooooo :D

[diipalika]

This brings back SO SO SO many memories for me. Makes me smile every time I watch it. My dad took me to see him live once and I got his autograph.... I must have been about 7. Does any one know where he is and/or what he's up to these days?

[robmosz]

He plays gigs of his kids songs for twenty-somethings to relive those exact memories!

Dec 9 at Corner Hotel, if you're in Melbourne :D

[rozymisty]

ive met him twice. In fortidue valley a year ago he was doing a gig for adults, and you saw heaps walking around the city in paper hats hahaha.

then i saw him at a gig mainly for the kids but i dont think they were into it really as much as we did. Adults go NUTS!! Esp with mr clickety cane hahaha

[axeaus91]

He's actually touring at the moment with the Juicy Juicy Green Band. I saw him only just this weekend :)

[kittylovesmj]

He played at the Corner last night :) was awesome!!!

[MissRandomness82]

@diipalika hey plays in pubs now for ppl like us lol I had the news pappa mamma tape and the toffee apple tape. He came to our school when i was in prep :)

[petetreehugger]

omg my child hood!

[DxERAx]

lol what the fuck just happened to me

[ruantengyi]

Wow, this song could really top the music charts!

[bexta555]

Oh man I'm sitting here grinning like a moron; makes me wish I was in primary school all over again; except that I'd have to endure high school again...

[BKKbob100]

My Children Grew up on PC songs We had the old VHS too. How sad for the children of countries that did not have Peter to listen too.

[evaroseful]

this was my favourite song when i was younger, brings back great memories, and i just saw peter combe on 'spicks and specks' on the ABC and he sang newspaper mama, made my week.

[ruantengyi]

I remember that episode too with Celia Pacquola behind him ( whenCelia said that she wanted to be those child backside dancers when Celia was girl)

[Taradiddle81]

This brings back a lot of memories for me! I am in that clip, I remember that was a very fun 4 days of filming. That is the short version though, cause I remember it used to run for AGES when it played on the ABC.

[vinnyd91]

And what do kids grow up on today? Bloody Raggs the dog and Larry the Lawnmower! Bring Peter Combe back and there wouldn't be a war in Iraq :p

[David151289]

i remember i used to always watch his old vhs video when i was a kid :) brings back memories thank you for posting

[livelovesmile]

i met him just the other day. hes super cool lol... i got a hi-5 too! awesum! hehe. my childhood idol!

[SoflyPhie]

I LOVE YOU PETER!

[AK11000]

Man I love the 90's shorts. Why are they so uncool nowdays?

[araluen82]

No way, 90's shorts are BACK IN!!!! Trawl the surf shops and you'll see. It's going to be another fluoro summer!

[EmmaIsGreatHaha]

this brings backs memories =D

[MjboKit]

haha :) I ♥ Peter Combe.

This music makes me SO happy!!!

I've seen him live over ten times. Lol :)

[StunningSteve]

i grew up LIVING off the peter coombe VHS and my god this takes me back

my friend went to one of his shows and 80% of the crowd were people over 21 who grew up on him in the 80's

[0lly182]

hahaha just got smashed and saw him at manning bar sydney on saturday nite.. AWSOME AHAHAHAH

[burpgal]

i sing this song at school

[TripyGuy5]

Now THAT'S Nostalgia

[ryanpk12]

Now THAT'S Gay

[LinksYouthMorwell]

totally a genius. love love love

[randomtennisball]

Oh, God, I'd just managed to forget his annoying face! I had this song on an ABC video and used to fast-forward to 'On Top of Spaghetti'!

[piesinskies]

Hey guys we're trying to get enough support to get Peter Combe at the Big Day Out! If you'd be up for seeing Peter play, please join the 'Peter Combe for Big Day Out' Facebook Group! Cheers!!

[TinaTissue28]

lol I had this tape given to me and my sisters fromm my cousins who are 10+ years older then me. Love this song

[TimChuma]

Has been doing gigs for adults recently with his old songs and some new ones.

[EmTheStrange22]

Peter Combe was my childhood!

[christopherson89]

LEGEND

[Gabbort]

ABC for Kids from the 80's and 90's is better than most of the stuff on ABCKids now.

[Shiska14]

@Gabbort Right on mate, sadly The Wiggles had already toppled Peter Combe from power as the king(s) of Aussie children's music when I began watching ABC...all I had was Songs from Newspaper Mama on tape.

[typicalaussiebloke]

I remember this song when I was 8 n that would be around 1989, haven't heard this song in 20 years!!! Good to see stuff like from my childhood years again :)

[johnsmithysmithy]

I remember this when I was young and I sometimes sing it in my head now and then, good memories

[yayforbluemnms]

This just put the biggest smile on my face =D I need to find that tape I tormented my parents with on car trips. What a legend.

[Schnedlick]

Where are all these great people now?

[cliffedred]

he's back touring in pubs around Oz

[StephaneaS]

i loveed peter combe as a kid, this brings back sooo many memories!

[C00Lcat69]

ROCK ON!

[brisrangakid]

Im 21 and remember all his songs! I was NEVER a Wiggles fan. Peter Combe still rocks!

[strecos]

WHAT THE HELL. O_O

[davidatheist]

No one is catering for the older kids (7 to 12) any more thus they are forced to either watch wiggles on the younger end or Brittney on the older end this is sad.

[gazzareth85]

the kids in that video are like 30 now!...i was born in 1985 and remember this clip like it was yesterday...its sad gettin old....lol

[RupertGrintLover17]

im 14 now, but when i was like 3 or 4 my mum used to get thsi for me too watch, i lvoed his msuic and i still do

[mwpxy]

Wow, what i trip down memory lane. Does anyone remember his christmas album?

[mcflyaussiegirl]

yes it was great my sisters got him to sign our copy of it at one of his concerts recently

[tanaedge87]

I love the Christmas concert he did, and i was actually there for that!!!! Does anyone have the whole thing that they could upload? I used to have the VHS but don't know where that is.

[dave4378]

The best, the 80s were THE BEST, how i miss them. Today's generation just can't understand. LOL now i sound like the old people i used to hear saying things like that when i was a kid, that's scary.

[MLEyayness]

*sniffs* good old Peter Coombe, i cried when my live tapes i had of him didnt work anymore! But i still listen to the christmas album EVERY year

[SushiGeorge]

yay! I'm going to see him on saturday!

[youngwidow2007]

brings a tear to my eye everytime i hear and watch this, i really wish i had my childhood back, awsome memories

Peter Combe you are a LEGEND!!!!!!

[calmyafarm]

just got my childhood back- went at saw him live with a bunch of other 20 year olds! was rad

[mumbomum]

fully hektic m8

[calmyafarm]

pretty much!

[dave4378]

Wow you're only 20 & you remember this? I'm 30 now & i was in grade 2 or 3 when this was around, so i was between 8 & 9 years old, so that means you wouldn't have even been alive yet.

[calmyafarm]

yeah my parents had the tapes from my older cousins and played them to me when I was in early primary school, so I appreciated him a bit after he released the songs. He was so rad that more than one generation got to live it!

[jolewright]

Warms my heart watching this... i was and still am the biggest fan!

[blockheadman]

Tourettes guy:"I'd like to meet the motherfucker who wrote this song & show a broomstick up his ass"

[JesseStirland]

I Remember Watching This When I Was Like 5 LOLZ

[182blinkboy]

before i saw this video i didnt know that this song and video clip is permanently imprinted in my long term memory... beautiful!

[MooingChoir]

I saw him at the metro in sydney last year and everyone wore newspaper hats and brought toffee apples. When this song came on everyone formed a mosh pit and went nuts.

He even signed mine my newspaper hat and I still have it. Absolute legend.

[quizmaster85]

"This one's for you, Mama!"

[propertyofranger]

Good grief, I remember watching this clip like it was just yesterday. Wat a blast from the past! Love this!

[ajmontey]

rofl, classic. ihad to sing that in like grade 2

[BucketHeadSpastic]

newspaper mamma everyday

[cutebatang]

he looks like a pedofilia :)

[tanaedge87]

does ne one have the video of him when he did his Christmas concert?

[yummymunchie]

I still love this song! I still have the original video with all of his songs! Just marvelous! Still entertaining, I will make sure my kids will one day watch him too!

[stuartcjones]

My little boy loves this song! It's a winner that is timeless! Thanks for posting it!

[peachstation]

I loved his gig. It was so funny going up Brunswick Street in teh Valley and seein pple wearing newspaper hats haha. and its like ah i wonder where you are going tonight And some pple were randomly singing/yelling lines out to strangers in the mall haha

and we sung happy bday to him to coz his bday was the day berfore

[NinjaGirl3194]

LOVE IT!!!! i had it on a abc video, oh the memories....

[Fourspin]

just saw him at the amplifier bar in perth...one of the best gigs ive been to in a long time...there is a lot to be said for nostalgia, songs about nothing, and simple catchy tunes

[taysims]

i love this song so much

[fizzygoldenbutterfly]

I used to love this song as a kid, the memories are flooding back

[moobells]

I still love this song :)

[rozymisty]

haha I sooo cant wait for his gig in Brisbane! I will need a jumper coz ill be so cold from remembering everything lol

[cheapbananas]

he's going on tour on his 'Newspaper Mama Revisited' he's gonna be at the republic in hobart on sunday 14th of october :D

[friendhope]

The Memories are still there and he still even performs today!!

[julz1000]

The kid in the blue tie-die singlet is me!! Filming this was a lot of fun

[jameyjethro]

Do you have the official Saturday Night clip? Mum says I'm in that one.

He's my idol :D

[emmaketurah]

Oops, sorry, that's my brother's account.

[benzies11]

woah calm down no need to make 4 comments in a row

[RowanKolleth1]

(High pitch posh voice) Newspaper Mama (Deep Voice)Everyday!

[RowanKolleth1]

Peter sounds funny at the start.

[RowanKolleth1]

At the start, that sounds nothing like Peter.

[RowanKolleth1]

What are the lyrics? Can you please upload the Spaghetti Bolognaise music video?

[threateningbear01]

My childhood hero!

[lizey81]

Mine too...

[Nyandra]

I still don't get this song really.

[willavenged]

bloody briliant!

[roars87]

Ahh the memories, this is gold.

[braksator]

I love this video

[Fasty]

Genius. Pure genius.

[woboin]

Haha! There's one comment, and it's from Mapes. Very nice!