Taking a Break

We are going on a brief hiatus for a few days and hopefully we will return to publish a few posts over the weekend.

In the meantime we'll leave you with a video that we've previously highlighted - the Mystery Science Theater 3000 poking fun at a short film on Venezuela:

Enjoy!

Video Source - YouTube via Ekit357

Today’s Video: “Por favor señor fondle my butt”

Of all the personal joys I feel writing for this blog one of the most satisfying is the “Daily Video” series. Numerous types of videos have been featured over this past year on diverse subjects like at guerilla warfare, music with political messages, or racist TV shows of yore. Whether it be on purpose or merely accidental it is truly amazing to watch these videos.

For me the most memorable video of the year was one I stumbled upon while goofing off one evening on YouTube. It is from the brilliant, much-missed “Mystery Science 3000” where Tom Crow and company poke fun at a so-bad-its-good documentary. The 1960s era film shows the tribulations of a gringo who travels to Maracaibo and is contracted to work on a Venezuelan offshore oil field.

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Ah satire!

Sources- The Latin Americanist, YouTube

Today’s Video: “Venezuela: crown jewel of the Adriatic”

Note: We’ll be blogging some news and notes over the weekend.

It’s hard to figure out what is the funniest part of this “Mystery Science Theater 3000” clip poking fun at a 1960s short film on Venezuela:

• The visiting gringo practicing his broken Spanish with a seemingly disgruntled airport employee.
• The protagonist’s joy at seeing the “familiar sights” of a Sears department store and used car lots in Maracaibo.
• The “Leave It to Beaver”-like mom and kids looking for Venezuela on a map.
• Tom Servo and Crow’s sarcastic, wise-ass remarks such as the title to this post.
  

Check it out:

Sources- YouTube