bill dana show-fall1964-what elephant intro

bill dana show-fall1964-what elephant intro

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[unclejuniorsoprano]

Bill Dana did more for gain Hispanic acceptance in America than Cesar Chavez did in all of his protests & marches. The one thing that makes Jose Jimenez much different from a lot of Hispanics in CA, AZ, NM,& TX is that although he has a funny way of speaking English, at least he can speak it. Were Bill Dana doing the same routine today, he'd be dressed in a long-sleeve shirt wearing a baseball cap & standing in front of Home Depot yelling TRABAJO? At least Jose Jimenez wasn't an illegal alien.

[therealjoebloggs]

The character of Jose Jimenez was supposed to be a take on an immigrant's wide-eyed look at his new country. At the time of the show(1964), it was thought to make Jose a Puerto Rican, technically an American citizen, to avoid INS-type storylines. Jose was supposed to be a Jibaro, the PR equivalent of a hick, in order to further emphasise the point of fish-out-of-water. Jose was more or less Gomer or Goober with a Spanish accent.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

i got this on a VHS at the one dollar store and they only had one copy

[Johnny Hustle]

As time passed, Dana realized that such ethnic humor by a person not of that ethnic group was becoming offensive. Hispanic groups began protesting Dana's portrayal of the dim-witted Hispanic character. In 1970, Dana announced to ten thousand Mexican Americans attending a cultural pride festival that "after tonight, José Jiménez is dead". In 1997 Dana received an image award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition.

[WSenator1]

- . . .as well as Jonathan Harris practicing his pre-"Lost in Space" smarminess!

[dale1966gto]

i used to love it when he would go...''my name jose' jimenez''.

[MYJESUSROCKS]

two intelligent for the front row

[adreamarace]

You go HughJardon69. I'm sick of hearing that being liberal is bad. Republicans somehow got it into their heads that they are the only ones who are christians. One question: How did the two of you end up with an argument about Palin while watching this video?

[halbie71]

Hugh i think you better go back to taking your medication.

[halbie71]

HughJardon69 you are probably beyond help!