The classic video compilation was a dupe, I'm afraid. I came, I saw and I had to kick it's ass

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Golden-Age-of-Video-By-Ricardo-Autobahn?noredirect -> http://www.videosift.com/video/Awesome-music-rhymes-clips-from-the-best-of-TV-and-film

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:


No gay marriage advocates have proved there's "no difference" between the sexes. It is odd that despite never providing any proof of this claim, you still repeat it.
There is no proof that President Obama was born in Kenya, and certainly no proof he is a communist.
Only in Lunatic Fringeland does graduating from Princeton summa cum laude mean you’re a dumbass. I guess then notable conservative Princeton graduates like Samuel Alito, Donald Rumsfeld, David Petraeus, James Baker, Frank Carlucci, George Shultz, John Foster Dulles, Meg Whitman, Malcolm and Steve Forbes, George F. Will and John Stossel must be even bigger dumbasses. Yet Sarah Palin, who needed six years and four different schools just to earn a bachelor's degree and John McCain was fifth from the bottom in his class rank, they are brilliant. NOT!
It is interesting how you so often whine about the lies told by the “liberal MSM”, yet when the rightwingnuts and regressive media tell lies, you gobble it up like they are serving you filet mignon.

Doesn’t it bother you that you are being played for a chump?

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

Freaking loved Ricardo Montalban. Such a loss.

Yeah I heard this back around 1997, but come on Ishkur still no Ricardo Villalobos or Richie Hawtin under Minimal techno?

This was how I fell in love with Detroit techno, I heard Jeff Mill's the bells on this and a few years later I saw Jeff Mills playing at Aria in Montreal

PS: I hardly understand or use musical labels

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.

Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalban
November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009
RIP

I grew up with Fantasy Island and loved him in Trek and Planet of the Apes, Sorry to see him go...
He left behind a legacy!

Thanks for the promote!

It's a sad day.

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*promote

Ricardo Montalban RIP

I have submitted this;

http://www.videosift.com/video/Ricardo-Montalban-dances-with-Cyd-Charisse-in-Fiesta

I'm just hoping Ricardo Montalban's casket is lined in rich, Corinthian leather. RIP

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