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bill dana show-fall1964-what elephant intro

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  • i can't fucking blame hispanics for hating this lol. he seriously does look mexican though

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • ..a.year or two LATER, it should have said above.

  • I thought Mr. Phillips was really a jerk to Jose. That's probably why I didn't feel too sorry for him when a year or two as Dr. Smith he freaked out at the sight of his own shadow.

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

  • two intelligent for the front row

  • 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?

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