Mumbo jumbo, or mumbo-jumbo, is an English term which denotes confusing or meaningless language. It is often used to express humorous criticism of middle-management and civil-servicedoublespeak.
It may also refer to practices based on superstition, rituals intended to cause confusion, or languages that the speaker does not understand.
Origins and usage
The phrase probably originated from the Mandingo name Maamajomboo, a masked dancer that took part in religious ceremonies. Mungo Park's travel journal Travels in the Interior of Africa (1795) describes 'Mumbo Jumbo' as a character, complete with "masquerade habit", that Mandinka males would dress up in order to resolve domestic disputes. In the 18th century mumbo jumbo referred to a West African god.
Banjo-Kazooie is a series of video games created by Rare. The games feature a honey bear named Banjo and his friend, a large red bird – of the fictional Breegull species – named Kazooie, who are both controlled by the player. Throughout the various games they are tasked with thwarting the various evil schemes of a witch named Gruntilda. The first game Banjo-Kazooie was originally released on the Nintendo 64 in 1998. Entries in the series have also appeared on later platforms.
Games
Main series
Banjo-Kazooie (1998)
Banjo-Kazooie was released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64 and re-released in 2008 for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. In Spiral Mountain, Banjo's sister, Tooty, has been kidnapped by the witch known as Gruntilda who wants Tooty's beauty and is willing to turn her into a hag for it. It is up to Banjo and Kazooie to save her. The goal is to progress through the witch's lair and the various worlds within it, collect items including jiggys which are golden jigsaw pieces which are needed to unlock new worlds and music notes that open up certain doors to help Banjo and Kazooie along their quest, and defeat Gruntilda.
Kumar was reportedly paid nine crores for the dubbing and two promotional songs.
Plot
The movie starts with Akshay Kumar singing the song "Everything's Gonna Be All Right" for the children in the school. He then begins talking to one child who seems to be depressed. He then narrates the story of Jumbo to this child.
Jumbo was a weekly comic magazine published in Italy from 1932 to 1938.
The magazine was founded by Lotario Vecchi and had a large commercial success, with an average circulation of about 300,000 copies per week. It mainly consisted of British comics, starting from the title character Tiger Tim (renamed as Jumbo), a comic strip series created by Julius Stafford Baker and taken over by Herbert Sydney Foxwell. A key role in the success of the magazine was also played by Rob the Rover, an adventure comic series by Walter Henry Booth which was translated as Lucio L'avanguardista (i.e. "The young avantgarde Lucio") and whose main character was adapted as a fascist airman. It also introduced to the Italian audience several notable American comics including Rex Maxon's Tarzan and Ace Drummond. It closed after the banning of the foreign comics ordered by Fascist MinCulPop in 1938.
Jumbo is a supermarket chain in the Netherlands. It is part of the privately owned Van Eerd Group. Van Eerd was originally a grocery wholesale company, established in 1921.
History
20th century
Jan and Anita Meurs opened on October 18, 1979 the first Jumbo supermarket in a former church building in Tilburg. It was named after the elephant Jumbo as an act of one-upping the name of a local rival store called Torro, which belonged to Van Eerd. In 1983, Van Eerd bought the Jumbo store from the Meurs family and subsequently embarked on a series of expansions, first in the southern provinces, then nationwide.
2000s
As of May 2006, 77 establishments have been opened throughout the Netherlands. Together they have a market share of 3.4% in the Netherlands as of 1 January 2006. Jumbo's marketing claims that the chain has "7 certainties" with which they, among others, claim to have the greatest choice for the lowest prices.
The head office and distribution centre are situated in Veghel. Jumbo has 3 regional distribution centres: Beilen, Drachten, and Den Bosch. With the opening of Jumbo in Valthermond, Drenthe in October 2005, there is now a Jumbo in every province of the Netherlands. Until the acquisition of C1000, relatively few Jumbos were in the Randstad.
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Mumbo Jumbo · Squeeze
East Side Story
℗ An A&M Records Release; ℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1986-01-01
Producer: Roger Bechirian
Producer: Elvis Costello
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Chris Difford
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Glenn Tilbrook
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: John Bentley
Associated Performer, Drums: Gilson Lavis
Associated Performer, Keyboards: Paul Carrack
Composer Lyricist: Chris Difford
Composer Lyricist: Glenn Tilbrook
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Mumbo Jumbo, Squeeze, Live! Casino & Hotel, Hanover, Maryland; February 29th, 2020; North American Tour, (Washington DC area)
published: 01 Mar 2020
Squeeze - Mumbo Jumbo - 2/24/20 - Academy Of Music - Northampton, MA
Mumbo Jumbo
Track 12 from East Side Story, the band's 1981 release.
Academy Of Music
Northampton, Massachusetts
February 24th, 2020
published: 26 Feb 2020
Squeeze – Mumbo Jumbo
I do not own the copyright to this recording. This video is for historical and educational purposes only.
published: 01 Apr 2023
Mumbo Jumbo (Live at the Fillmore)
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Mumbo Jumbo (Live at the Fillmore) · Squeeze
Spot the Difference
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Composer, Writer: Chris Difford
Composer, Writer: Glenn Tilbrook
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Squeeze: 'Mumbo Jumbo' (Song Review)
The great Buddy Holly-influenced, surreal rocker from side 2 of 'East Side Story' - it's Mumbo Jumbo! Let me know what you think of this bizarre little jewel in Squeeze's crown...
published: 15 Aug 2024
Squeeze-“Mumbo jumbo”
Live Tarrytown Music Hall 3/1/20
published: 05 Mar 2020
King George St and Mumbo Jumbo - Squeeze - 17th October 2019, Bath Halls, Scunthorpe
King George Street and Mumbo Jumbo performd by Squeeze on the 17th October at Bath Halls, Scunthorpe.
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Mumbo Jumbo · Squeeze
East Side Story
℗ An A&M Records Release; ℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1986-0...
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Mumbo Jumbo · Squeeze
East Side Story
℗ An A&M Records Release; ℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1986-01-01
Producer: Roger Bechirian
Producer: Elvis Costello
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Chris Difford
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Glenn Tilbrook
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: John Bentley
Associated Performer, Drums: Gilson Lavis
Associated Performer, Keyboards: Paul Carrack
Composer Lyricist: Chris Difford
Composer Lyricist: Glenn Tilbrook
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Mumbo Jumbo · Squeeze
East Side Story
℗ An A&M Records Release; ℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1986-01-01
Producer: Roger Bechirian
Producer: Elvis Costello
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Chris Difford
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Glenn Tilbrook
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: John Bentley
Associated Performer, Drums: Gilson Lavis
Associated Performer, Keyboards: Paul Carrack
Composer Lyricist: Chris Difford
Composer Lyricist: Glenn Tilbrook
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Mumbo Jumbo (Live at the Fillmore) · Squeeze
Spot the Difference
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Composer, Wri...
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Mumbo Jumbo (Live at the Fillmore) · Squeeze
Spot the Difference
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Composer, Writer: Chris Difford
Composer, Writer: Glenn Tilbrook
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Mumbo Jumbo (Live at the Fillmore) · Squeeze
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Composer, Writer: Chris Difford
Composer, Writer: Glenn Tilbrook
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The great Buddy Holly-influenced, surreal rocker from side 2 of 'East Side Story' - it's Mumbo Jumbo! Let me know what you think of this bizarre little jewel i...
The great Buddy Holly-influenced, surreal rocker from side 2 of 'East Side Story' - it's Mumbo Jumbo! Let me know what you think of this bizarre little jewel in Squeeze's crown...
The great Buddy Holly-influenced, surreal rocker from side 2 of 'East Side Story' - it's Mumbo Jumbo! Let me know what you think of this bizarre little jewel in Squeeze's crown...
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Mumbo Jumbo · Squeeze
East Side Story
℗ An A&M Records Release; ℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1986-01-01
Producer: Roger Bechirian
Producer: Elvis Costello
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Chris Difford
Associated Performer, Guitar, Vocals: Glenn Tilbrook
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: John Bentley
Associated Performer, Drums: Gilson Lavis
Associated Performer, Keyboards: Paul Carrack
Composer Lyricist: Chris Difford
Composer Lyricist: Glenn Tilbrook
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Mumbo Jumbo (Live at the Fillmore) · Squeeze
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Composer, Writer: Chris Difford
Composer, Writer: Glenn Tilbrook
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The great Buddy Holly-influenced, surreal rocker from side 2 of 'East Side Story' - it's Mumbo Jumbo! Let me know what you think of this bizarre little jewel in Squeeze's crown...
Draw a line in the dirt bring out the worst in a person hang out the flag on some mumbo jumbo Enough to turn a good mind bad enough to twist a simple heart monarchy religion, and a list of wars A moulded lie pushed to conform, brain washed by media tycoons A fat arms deal will pull the strings, religion only fans the flames Lights out Enough to turn a good mind bad Lights out They'll fuck with you, try twist your head Lights out No choice but keep you in the dark Lights out they're messing with your hearts what's it going to be when the oil runs out what's it going to be when your moneys dead If history repeats it's just a list of wars A moulded lie pushed to conform, brain washed by media tycoons A fat arms deal will pull the strings, religion only fans the flames enough to turn a good mind bad enough to twist a simple heart Power and money politics, and a list of wars Draw a line in the dirt bring out the worst in a person hang out the flag on some mumbo jumbo A moulded lie pushed to conform, brain washed by media tycoons A fat arms deal will pull the strings, religion only fans the flames enough to turn a good mind bad enough to twist a simple heart