"It's just so ridiculous!" -Ricky Ricardo *quality

I find this stuff very interesting, will be visiting that site. Something I noticed about native Spanish speakers is that when they speak English they put a slight "eh" sound at the beginning of English words that start with "st" or "sp", as no Spanish words start with those consonants. So they pronounce the word "Spanish" as "ehSpanish". Which leads to Ricky Ricardo over-correcting and trying to perfect his accent by removing the "e" sound where it actually belongs, like "(ex)splaining" and "(e)xactly".

Well said.

Thanks for the quality.

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Lucy was a goddess... Sexy, talented, obviously smart, and man oh man, was she ever funny! Ricky Ricardo was the perfect foil for Lucy McGillicuddy- their chemistry was the best I've ever seen on the screen. I know that their marriage was unhappy, especially in the later years, I know about the allegations of abuse, I know about their children and the difficulties that they had. I know about all of those things, but the above video is how I choose to remember them- obviously in love, happy, funny, charming, talented.

Thanks for the memories, Lucy and Desi.

*quality stuff

Lucy was a goddess... Sexy, talented, obviously smart, and man oh man, was she ever funny! Ricky Ricardo was the perfect foil for Lucy McGillicuddy- their chemistry was the best I've ever seen on the screen. I know that their marriage was unhappy, especially in the later years, I know about the allegations of abuse, I know about their children and the difficulties that they had. I know about all of those things, but the above video is how I choose to remember them- obviously in love, happy, funny, charming, talented.

Thanks for the memories, Lucy and Desi.

*quality stuff

Really? Was Ricky's ethnicity made fun of in the show? I never saw any of that, but I haven't seen much of I Love Lucy. I don't think that they constantly made fun of Ricky, but his accent and other things created humorous moments. There is nothing racist about this clip, for instance, in which Ricky's accent creates humor, and Ricky points out the stupidity of English spelling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBXl0vPzFSA. His accent is cute and funny, and Desi plays it up for humor.

See, to ME it always seemed like Ricky was the intelligent, successful, exasperated one, and that his dumb blonde wife was always screwing things up.

>> ^entr0py:

And yes, you have to be a bit stupid not to realize that the way Ricky's ethnicity was constantly made fun of was racist, and would probably be offensive to most people from that part of the world.

>> ^quantumushroom:


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Let's examine just how racist this is. The Senator made a pop culture reference to a very well known, heavily accented Cuban TV character while addressing a Puerto Rican woman. First of all, Desi Arnaz was awesome. My question is, are references to Ricky Ricardo inherently racist in nature? I've never heard them used that way, but I could be wrong and I'm ready to be corrected. I don't think that Ricardo was an ugly racial stereotype (I've only seen bits of the show, so I could be mistaken). He had an accent, but there is nothing wrong with that.

I would be worried if Coburn had quoted Speedy Gonzales or Tony Montana or Cheech or something.

Think about it. Is Coburn making any kind of derogatory statement about hispanic people in any way? I mean, really, it may have been kind of inappropriate to make a joke that called attention to her nationality and possibly drew a comparison between Sotomayor and Ricardo (if he even intended it that way), but just how racist was it? Not very. It makes you cringe a little bit inside, but is it really even derogatory?

I would venture to say that this really isn't a big deal and that the reaction is a classic example of our hypersensitivity to racial references of any kind.

I am willing to accept that I may be wrong about this, so if anyone wants to explain to me how this is racist, I'm all ears.

>> ^ponceleon:
In all fairness, she kind of set the stage for a humorous response from the senator by making a very silly remark about shooting someone being perhaps illegal.

This was part of a longer conversation about gun rights, and in particular, he was asking her whether she believed that people have a right to self-defense. The immediate preamble to this clip was something like "It depends on state law, and in New York the threat needs to be immediate and proximate..."

But you're right, the example was delivered with mirth, and I did laugh at Coburn's response, and didn't even think of it in a racial context.

However, Republicans are very sensitive to racially charged speech -- have you heard that once Sotomayor said something about Wise Latinas with experience being able to better judge a case than a white man without those same experiences, and that makes her essentially the same as a hood-wearing KKK member?

I fully expect them to call for Coburn's resignation, since this was far more offensive (in that it might've actually offended one or two actual people).

It seems pretty clear to me that he did the Ricky Ricardo quote because she's of Latin background, just like some Teabaggers had the "Whatchu talkin bout Willis?" signs at their Obama protests. I think the former is more cute while the latter was not nearly as much. :-P

Because the name "Ricky Ricardo" being attached to "TAAAAAPIOCA" is just inherently funny. Like farting at a playground.
Gotcha.

I DON'T F*IN' GET IT

is it too much to ask to get some description on the video posts?

What song is he referring to?
I'm not 40 years old. I don't know it. And I don't find anything tapioca/cuba-related to Ricky Ricardo.

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... a two-tone Ricky Ricardo jacket ...

(nope that didn't exorcise it)