television


Self-consciously cool French dudes sure love their iPads, but sometimes, as the mademoiselles know, one must squeeze Le Charmin, or Le Trefle, as they say in France. D’accord, Monsieur Whipple? Or do we have to mansplain it to you?

{ 0 comments }


Is this an original video from when King Africa‘s La Bomba was a big hit in 2000? We don’t know, but this video showed up on YouTube Thursday evening and we had to share. If this doesn’t make you at least chair dance, call a doctor!

And we’ve got lyrics! [Mas…]

{ 0 comments }


Ward, something is bothering the Beave. Wait, that’s not right. What? Lassie? What’s wrong, girl?

{ 0 comments }

Based on the POCHO story “The Talking Dead: No Habla Zombie” by S.J. Rivera.

{ 0 comments }

(PNS reporting from IOWA CITY) Brian Peterson said he started out last Friday night like any other night — catching up on his favorite telenovela so he could improve his Spanish language skills.

But this episode of El Amor No Muere was different.

“After three months of pretending like they could be just friends, Gabriela and Domingo were finally going to get together! But instead of just kissing, they ended up, well, more compromised,” Peterson told PNS. “That’s when it happened.”

HVAC specialist Peterson had watched telenovelas purely for their educational value. He wanted to learn, in his words, “how people truly and actually live” in Mexico.

Señora Hall, his old Regina High Spanish teacher who studied Spanish in Spain, once told him many students swore by telenoevelas for their educational value, and he remembered her advice when he was trying to understand what some Spanish-speaking coworkers were trying to tell him.

“I understood tech words in Spanish like ‘hot’ and ‘cold’,” he told PNS, “but I wanted to learn the nuances of Español.  That’s why I started watch the shows on Spanish TV.”

Friday night, all of a sudden, without warning, Peterson noticed Gabriela Spanic’s ample cleavage and low-cut blouses (photo) for the first time. [Mas…]

{ 0 comments }

GOP Presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney will be in the hot seat on Univisión at 7PM PDT tonight. Anchors Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas will ask him questions in Spanish, and Latino wannabe Romney will respond in English.

It’s an ideal time to bust out your Arpaio Viejo™ Tequila for a drinking game! Every time Mitt Romney does something from Column A, take a drink according to the rules in Column B: [Mas…]

{ 1 comment }

Comic video shoot-out! ‘I love Spanish TV’ vs ‘I hate Spanish TV’

by CISCO YBERRA July 6, 2012 Cultura
Thumbnail image for Comic video shoot-out! ‘I love Spanish TV’ vs ‘I hate Spanish TV’

Eliot Chang just loves Spanish-language TV. Comic Yamil (“I’m Hispanic”) Piedra dislikes the very same shows, doesn’t think the comedies are funny, hates the dubbing and thinks the Spanish voices sound like they were recorded on the toilet. YMMV.

[Mas…]

Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero: Good vs evil, plus a little kid (video)

by Comic Saenz June 9, 2012 Cultura
Thumbnail image for Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero: Good vs evil, plus a little kid (video)

The late, “despicable” wrestling pocho Eddie Guerrero insists opponent Rey Mysterio seat his son Dominic Mysterio ringside — so the son will witness Guerrero’s trimumph over his dad, up close and personal. Will Mysterio be so pre-occupied with his son’s safety that he’ll lose focus and let Guerrero’s distraction trick work its evil magic? Evil [...]

[Mas…]

Latino unemployment rate holds steady – except on TV (video)

by Comic Saenz June 7, 2012 Cultura
Thumbnail image for Latino unemployment rate holds steady – except on TV (video)

Al Madrigal, Daily Show Senior Latino Correspondent (and POCHO Migrant Editor), takes a look at the tragic unemployment rate for Latinos in the television industry.

[Mas…]

Ladies: Is your guy a ‘Macho Man from Taco Land’? (music video)

by Esponja Roberto de Pantalones Cuadrados April 2, 2012 Cultura
Thumbnail image for Ladies: Is your guy a ‘Macho Man from Taco Land’? (music video)

Ladies: Does this song describe anyone you know? Or shall we ask again after tonight’s big game? Gary P. Nunn is a Texas singer/songwriter with a good eye for detail and a pointed wit.

[Mas…]