Saturday, January 10, 2009

September 1976 Vintage Teleschlock: Charlie's Angels in "The Mexican Connection"

There's nothing like 70s television to practice the theories and findings in Tex[t]-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the "Mexican" in America! Screen "The Mexican Connection" in all its glory below!





update

Anonymous, in the comments below, sends in this link that argues that Aaron Spelling ripped off his infamous series from a Japanese production!

Davey and Goliath

Some things are just meant to be shared; and so, for no other reason than my own synapses were tainted by it, Davey and Goliath!













Thursday, January 08, 2009

The Amazing Cinematic Mind of Burt I. Gordon

There is no excuse for posting this! The gods of cinema made me do it!



source, boingboing.net

You Too Can Run Like Mad in Fear from the Border Patrol


Like some improbable nightmare spawned by Lou Dobbs doing Jello shots off Glenn Beck's tummy while watching Westworld, Eduardo Santacruz, Mexican ex-pat foreign correspondent on Latin America for the Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog, zaps in this story from the New York Times on Mexican adventure vacations where you can assume the role of an on-the-run undocumented worker! Holy Second Life, Batman! What's next? Disease tourism in virtual reality?




Tuesday, January 06, 2009

More Animated Mexican Bandits for Kids!


Hot on the trail of animated Mexican cucumbers--I am trying to track down references to an episode of VeggieTales that Gustavo Arellano just clued me in to that features a be-sombreroed bandit cucumber! If you know more, hit me with the details! All I have found is this on eBay!

I will be on this afternoon talking to Arellano on his show after 4pm today! Listen in if you have the time:




UPDATE

Gustavo's found the offensive nugget of video Tex[t]-Mex idiocy!