The Laughing Samoans were a
New Zealand
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-based duo formed by comedians
Eteuati Ete
Etuate Ete (born ~1962) is a New Zealand-based actor and comedian best known as one half of the Samoan duo Laughing Samoans.
Biography
Ete was born in Samoa and moved to New Zealand with his parents at the age of 12. He was one of the first Pac ...
and
Tofiga Fepulea'i, both of
Samoan descent. The duo have toured in New Zealand in sold-out shows and internationally to
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,
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, the
Cook Islands
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, Hawai'i,
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and
England
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in 2009.
Their first show as a duo was called ''A Small Samoan Wedding'', and toured around New Zealand in 2004 before traveling overseas. Since then, they have toured with a new show almost every year:
*''Laughing with Samoans (2003)''
*''A Small Samoan Wedding (2004)''
*''Old School (2005)''
*''Off Work (2006)''
*''Crack Me Off (2008)''
*''Prettyful Woman (2009)''
*''Choka-Block (2010)''
*''Greatest Hits (2011)''
*''Funny Chokers (2012)''
*''Fobulous (2013)''
*''Fresh Off da Blane (2014)''
*''Fink About It (2015)''
*''Island Time! (2016)''
Ending
On 5 December 2016, Ete posted on their website and Facebook page that the Laughing Samoans would not be producing another touring show for the foreseeable future.
References
External links
Laughing Samoans website (Archived March 8, 2018, via the Wayback Machine)Mau Forum 2009 showBloomsbury Theatre show 2009
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New Zealand comedy duos
Comedy theatre characters
Theatre characters introduced in 2004
Samoan-New Zealand culture