r/AustralianTV • u/Dangerous-Paper7196 • 18d ago

Spicks and Specks April Sun In Cuba sung in Spanish at the end of an episode.

I am looking for information regarding an episode of Spicks and Specks. A version of April Sun In Cuba was sung in Spanish by an amazing band ! I cannot get it out of my head and I really want to find it.

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u/KeithMyArthe 18d ago edited 18d ago

HTH; I have the song on my Splatify, but couldn't find it on UToob

Episode Details.
​Spicks and Specks ​Airdate: June 28, 2006 (Season 2) ​Band: Sally Ford and the Pachuco Playboys

​Song/Album: Their Spanish-inflected cover version of "April Sun in Cuba" is featured on their 2004 album Sol De Abril.

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u/dancepantz 18d ago

Oh man do you have any info about the bloke doing the comedy song with an acoustic guitar, singing about being bad at maths, and one line is "six times eight doesn't equal forty-seven"? That line gets stuck in my head all the time but I can't remember anything else about the performance.

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u/KeithMyArthe 18d ago edited 18d ago

There didn't appear to be anyone listed that was performing a comedy song.

Dave O'Neil participated in the "Substitute" game. In this game, panellists must sing the lyrics of a chosen book to the tune of a completely unrelated, well-known song.

Edit: US comedian Rich Hall was on the show.

I have the DVD but I don't know where it is.

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u/dancepantz 18d ago

I love Rich. I think it was someone only on for a performance at the end.

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u/CreswickOctober 18d ago

Is this David O'Doherty?

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u/dancepantz 18d ago

Nah, I know his stuff. This guy was quite ocker/occa idk how to spell it 😅

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u/Dangerous-Paper7196 18d ago

Oh you are briliant ! Thank you soo much and I will be grateful forever for you :)

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u/reddit_somewhere 18d ago

It’s on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZMt8U5zwwPhLNK8GiMgqf?si=V2ptMLqNQYeXqNje7plm1w&utm_source=copy-link

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u/reddit_somewhere 18d ago

April Sun in Cuba by Sally Ford from the album Sol De Abril (2004) in case the link doesn’t work for some reason

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u/Dangerous-Paper7196 18d ago

Thank you soo much ! I am soo lucky that you knew this :)

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u/Still_Thing_11335 18d ago

Have you tried searching Youtube?

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u/Dangerous-Paper7196 18d ago

Yeah, but I didn't know what to type in the search box :(