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| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 8:23pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
Caveatemptor:Yeah, I know that the Oloja and Eleyinmi were added to the show later (I indicated that in my writeup), but that was in the first series (the first series ran from 1968-1984. The second series ran from 1985-1991). |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 8:24pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
[quote author=Floyd45 post=52593103][/quote]Unfortunately I don’t have any video with Laraba in it. I'm still searching for videos of my aunt. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 8:27pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
Caveatemptor:There's a video online that has the theme song. I'll search for it. Orlando Julius also did his own interpretation of the theme song (using the lyrics that children made up to accompany the talking drum). I'll search for that too. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 8:28pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
Caveatemptor:Village Headmaster (Composed and performed by Kehinde Okusanya) c1968 (from 6:43 in the video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvpzx1L4s88 Orlando Julius - Village Headmaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdr1kbOlj4M |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by Floyd45(m): 8:30pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
naptu2: . sad. I remember i checked youtube a couple of times to see if i'll catch a glimpse of her but no luck.Good luck with your search bro.. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by Caveatemptor(m): 8:30pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
naptu2:Good one man. Thanks once again. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by Caveatemptor(m): 8:40pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
naptu2:Hope you remember the episodes where Chief Elenyinmi and teacher Garuba conspired to overthrow the Oloja Ajelende and Headmaster Ife Araba. It was a reflection on Dimkas coup against General Murtala Muhammad in 1976. That was when the Military government of General Obasanjo started using the series to play politics. By the time the New Village headmaster became a political megaphone lots of people began to lose interest. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 8:44pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
Mrtolotolo:And that's the lyrics! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdr1kbOlj4M |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 8:49pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
Caveatemptor:I originally planned to create this thread a year ago, but I never had the time until now. That was in my original draft that I wrote a year ago. It became a government propaganda tool in the mid '80s and people lost interest in it. Then came soap operas like Mirror In The Sun, Ripples, Behind The Clouds and Supple Blues, which took the shine off it. In order to be able to compete, the producers introduced the character of the returnee prince and tried to make it a bit more like the other soap operas, but it was too late. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by Caveatemptor(m): 8:57pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
naptu2:Propaganda killed the Village headmaster. The New village headmaster and the new Masquerade became tools of propaganda in the hands of the Military governments of the day. Each new military government used these programs of the people to express their fake government policies and as such killed interest in the programmes. The military killed the Daily Times too. Sad. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 9:04pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
Caveatemptor:I always use Daily Times as an example of the damage that government ownership can do. Daily Times was the biggest newspaper in Nigeria! I mean, they owned West Africa Magazine (the only international magazine by Africans and for Africans) ! They published Drum and Spear magazines, had Evening Times, Times Leisure Services, Miss Nigeria, etc. It was the best newspaper! But by the early 1980s it had become an "obituary newspaper" (that's what we called it). I convinced my dad to stop buying Daily Times because there was nothing in it but obituaries. No news. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by Ishilove: 9:09pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
Caveatemptor:You're old ![]() |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 9:09pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
Caveatemptor:With respect to Village Headmaster, I could clearly see what the problem was. This was a gripping and exciting story, with very good writers and actors. When you are watching TV or a movie, you want to be lost in the story. You want to be so caught up in the story that you are not even aware of what's going on around you (which is what Village Headmaster used to do). But you are suddenly jolted back to reality when an actor suddenly delivers a long and boring speech about family planning or vaccination or something like that. And it's clear that that speech was not put in there by the writer. It's incongruous with the style of the show. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by DBDaniel(m): 9:13pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
AS I WAS WATCHING THOSE PICTURES I WISH I CAN SEE THE KIND OF ATMOSPHERE OF THOSE DAY THE UNCORRUPTED ATTITUDE ENVIRONMENT THE KIND OF FEAR & LOVE AMONG BRETHREN THOSE DAYS its well with Nigeria Less I forget THIS IS BEST EVER POSTED ON THIS PLATFORM WELDON. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by Caveatemptor(m): 10:01pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
naptu2:Very true sir. The government of he day killed a lot of things. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by drdrake354(m): 1:27am On Jan 07, 2017 |
I would love to see a return of this series |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 6:34am On Jan 07, 2017*. Modified: 6:50am On Jan 07, 2017 |
naptu2:Aha! I've remembered his name! Lawyer Odunuga. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by masseratti: 11:12am On Jan 07, 2017 |
naptu2:68 to 84? are you sure of that? |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 11:23am On Jan 07, 2017 |
masseratti:Yes. The first series ran from 1968-1984. It was produced by Segun Olusola. It was stopped in 1984. However, there was a demand by viewers for the revival of the show. Almost a year later, NTA introduced The New Village Headmaster (the second series) which was produced by Dejumo Lewis. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by masseratti: 11:55am On Jan 07, 2017 |
naptu2:okay, would love to see the 1st series am. Pretty sure i missed part of those, there should be a YouTube video of it or something. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 12:02pm On Jan 07, 2017 |
masseratti:That's what we were discussing earlier on the thread. I'm searching for videos of that first series. My aunt acted in it, my uncle worked on it, I have memories of it and I'd like to see if my memory is accurate. But I haven't been able to find any videos. (One of the reasons I created this thread is to answer some questions that were in my head, eg, who is Iluyomade? What was the name of the first lawyer? Etc). There's a rumour that the NTA recorded over all the tapes of the series. However, I found an audio recording of the first series and I posted it earlier on this thread. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by masseratti: 12:52pm On Jan 07, 2017 |
naptu2:that's sad same thing bbc did with doctor who. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by Nobody: 1:11pm On Jan 07, 2017 |
naptu2:Lolz ![]() Thought nobody would notice that.. Oga can you create a thread about tv series, cartoons, shows,etc of the 80s and 90s.. You are the master in this.. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by vatiqan(m): 1:50pm On Jan 07, 2017 |
@Op, thanx. I watched it while in Primary school. How can I get it on CD? |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 2:03pm On Jan 08, 2017 |
The village headmasters Ted Mukoro as Gabriel Fagade (headmaster 1968-1972). https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/15871837_1840893046167994_8703707321020018707_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=4dca22fc353fe957472d9f4f712b773c&oe=58DC10B8 Femi Robinson as Ife Araba (headmaster 1972-1984). https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/15873457_1840892749501357_7537835615164603455_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=4009157349c973e999dc3961e6bf9dbb&oe=58E356CE Justus Esiri as Cosmas Aderibigbe Ali (headmaster 1985-1991). https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/15940852_1840892592834706_8844648514786811598_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=156fdf936a663a211203b373a6c9b763&oe=5920F251 |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by Eaglesence: 9:45pm On Jan 08, 2017 |
naptu2:Wow! You tried bro. I had goose bumps all thru as I read your write up on Village headmaster. Thumbs up to you for taking your time to do this. Awesome reminiscence I had. I remember Afilaka being called " Afilaka, Afilegbe" lol |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by sultansegun: 11:25pm On Sep 08, 2019 |
This is a very nice and lovely piece. God bless you greatly. Mrs Afilaka (Afilaka Filegbe) was played by my mother. She was also a cast of Basi & Company, Adio Family, Ogboju Odę ninu Igbo Irunmole and a host of other series back then. Her stage name back then was Abimbola Kiyomi, now known as Her Majesty Olori Abimbola Akran. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by sultansegun: 7:01am On Sep 09, 2019 |
Shinor:Well, I remember vividly that when my late uncle Amb Segun Olusola turned 70, his son Jimi Olusola and I visited NTA HQ to see if we can get some of the Original series episodes that are still in good condition. What they were able to get were spoilt tapes of the New Village Headmaster. Thank God for Jimmy Atte who was able to locate a copy in his archives. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 7:08am On Sep 09, 2019 |
The NTA has been running adverts about the Village Headmaster for around a month now. The advert features Dagbolu and Doyin. They are planning to celebrate 50 years since the Village Headmaster was first shown. The celebration will be in October. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 7:09am On Sep 09, 2019 |
sultansegun:Jimmy F. Atte had a copy of the original series! Please, pretty please, upload it to YouTube if you can. |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by Yehmmisi: 6:23am On Jun 08, 2020 |
pls can anybody help with the video of the episode where a marriage was arranged for Boniface. and the episode where a possessed girl dealt with the headmaster and others. please i will like to show my kids. i was that little girl |
| Re: The Village Headmaster. The Series With The Longest Run On Nigerian Television by naptu2(op): 6:45am On Jun 08, 2020 |
Yehmmisi: ![]() I remember that episode with the arranged marriage for Boniface! I don't have the videos, but I'll search for them. |
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. sad. I remember i checked youtube a couple of times to see if i'll catch a glimpse of her but no luck.