After one year of L.A. EASTSIDE doing it’s thing, some of us here have not failed to notice the painful disappointment we have created among certain Right Wing detractors out there.
Yes, your hate mail has been received and noted.
I usually don’t take much regard of this small group of individuals and their rants, I always have better things to do. But today’s their lucky day!
With this blog, I’m proud to have the opportunity to help break some stereotypes on a daily basis. I realize that this may not sit well with some folks, and I realize that for them, nothing can be more infuriating than groups of people that don’t know their place in a conservative interpretation of America. Yes, we have dared to challenge, to question and to speak with equality. Over our history, we have fought to remove oppressive boots from the back of our necks on many figurative levels. And, we will continue to do so. Like Jack says, if were saying anything that’s not true, do something about it!
In my own way, I will now provide to these paranoid detractors, some nostalgic images to bring back some of that non-threatening comfort zone that Mexican culture used to provide, at least for a few seconds, anyway. You’re welcome, Señores! Enjoy! And when you’re done, turn out the lights and don’t let the screen door hit you on the nálgas, Cabrónes!
..And here’s a clip from the Golden Age of television to help those of you who want to remember the good ol’ days!
hahah, one of my all-time favorites:
http://www.archive.org/stream/Streetof1937/Streetof1937_256kb.rm
I wouldn’t know about this blog if it weren’t for a right wing, Spanglish slanging, self proclaimed Chicano bitching about it at another blog. He called you guys a bunch of “whiny liberals”. LOL. Anyhow, glad he brought it up though because I enjoy this blog and check it daily, now. All buzz is good buzz…
Rob, bro (I know this pisses of Chavo), link! If you don’t want to put it up for everyone to read, send it to me via my contact page at my blog.
is it BITH?
LOL! Al where did you find that Adam 12 film? Man that is some cliche riddled Frito Bandido tripa’s, even for the 60’s it was crude. Now I’m so pumped I’m going searching for remants of the Real McCoy TV program with that right wing wacko Walter Brenan yelling at the house mouse Mexican, Pepito, “Pepito you gall darn Mexican jumping bean, you put the chicken feed into the oats that daisy the milk cow uses!
I work for the State and they used the third picture of the Mexicanito with the Menu sign and Martini on our building’s cafeteria menu.
I was obviously offended. I emailed our EEO and they took it down right away.
We should’ve sued them…
There is a long history on the web of publicizing your worst hate mail. If you’ve got some batshit crazy gems tucked away in your inbox, don’t be shy! The LOLs are well worth the price of publicizing a maniac’s rant.
Does anyone remember the creepy Mexican busboy/cook from Three’s Company? “Shame, shame, shame”
soledadenmasa, yes, it’s BITH, particularly a regular commenter there. It was in a comments section from a couple of months ago. I’ll try and find it, and post it here.
I wish we still had sitcoms on english language television where the cast were latino like the George Lopez show.
Don Q,
That episode is on the DVD box set of Adam-12 Season One. I love watching those old episodes along with the Jack Webb DRAGNET TV shows because you catch glimpses of old 60’s L.A. in the background. On Adam-12 they’d show a lot of exterior shots from around the old Temple/Rampart Police station back when it was mostly white people on the streets! Imagine that!
BTW- The Mexican(?) actor with the big sombrero who played “Pepe” is billed in the credits as:
“Speedy Zapata”.