William Nericcio with Gustavo Arellano on KPFK Monday at 2:20

update!

the interview is now streaming--it begins about 15 minutes in; you can also download it here.




Hit the image above to be transported to a streaming version of the West Coast's one and only progressive and indy Pacifica Radio station KPFK, 90.7 FM. I will be on Monday, November 3, 2008 at or around 2:15pm with noted Chicano malcontent, the author of Orange County: A Personal History, Gustavo Arellano talking about satire, comedy, and the 2008 election season! Curious about this rasquache Laredense's take on Nailin' Paylin, SNL, John McCain on SNL, Tina Fey, Obama on The Daily Show, give us a listen. Órale!

Here's a clip via Hulu.com, NBC's rad web-based video streamer, of the Stewart/Obama interview:

The Heirs of Jonathan Swift

Speedy Gonzales's Gringo Nemesis? "Rapid Dave" from Family Guy

update

The link in the original post below on the "Padre de Familia" episode of Family Guy went dead; Hulu, however is there to the rescue with a despicable outtake that is as reprehensible as it is understandable given the "climate" for Mexicans in America these days;



here's another segment from the same episode only available on AdultSwim:

and here, lastly, a comedic summary of what makes this "comedy" possible:



ORIGINAL POSTING: 11/22/07


Fox's Family Guy, "funny TV for young facists," recently featured a satirical episode on patriotism and immigrants. The entire episode is available here courtesy of hulu and aol. Speedy Gonzales's replacement, "Rapid Dave," makes his appearance at the 6:44 point of the video if you want to fast-forward. This animated feature, entitled "Padre de Familia," and written by Seth MacFarlane and David Zuckerman along with Kirker Butler, and directed by Pete Michels, features both fine meditations on stereotypes and base reproductions on the same--viz, the Jewish Porn movie gag (at 5:33). It never fails to amaze me how elements of popular culture evolve with the fluidity of an Ovidian metamorphosis! Brace yourself if you watch the whole episode however! The Mary Poppins sequence, replete with corpses and vomiting, is not worth the price of admission. Neither is the "Mexican" piñata/abortion clinic sequence (watch for the leafblower cameo), which is worthy of Mengele on a bad day.

Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck, Meet Lalo Alcaraz: 21st Century Swifts and Comedies of Hate

The rise of immigrant-loathing, ethnic-hypochondriac, fascist pundits like Lou Dobbs (Mexicans have Leprosy!) and Glenn Beck (Burn Mexicans as gasoline) is fueling*, pardon the pun, not only a rising wave of anti-immigrant, anti-Mexican hate, it is also, remarkably, helping fine tune a rising wave of Jonathan Swift-style satire. Lalo Alcaraz is our head Chicano artist "Gulliver" in the cause!

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