Hava Nagila Around the World: A British Parody in 1972

We've been posting more than 100 versions of Hava Nagila during our 13 years of Jewish Humor Central. Most have been faithful interpretations with more or less reasonable pronunciations of the Hebrew words.

Today we're going back 50 years to share a parody of the song by three British actors and musicians, with a translation that has nothing to do with the meaning of the original words.

In this video, Dudley Moore, Val Doonican, and Peter Cook collaborate in a spoof of Hava Nagila in which Nagila is a little Japanese sports car that's being sold by a British car dealer. Sure, it's silly, and so is the rest of the comedy sketch. But it was funny enough to air in 1972.

Enjoy!

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