March 16-22, 1991 This week Ken welcomes comedian Fabrizio Copano. Ken and Fabrizio discuss Barbara Walters love of TMNT, inappropriate turtle love, Chile, El Chino, Ninjas, Hero Turtles, Peru, Dragon Ball Z, Japanese content, Ramna, why The Simpsons were so massive in South America, prime time animation, things that aren't just for kids, Bart is forever, Lucha Libre, El Santo, WWF, how things from inside Latin America don't travel that well, El Chavo de Ocho, El Chapulin Colorado, Sabado Gigante, making it world wide, Paul Simon, Batman, Superman, Comics, being a huge movie freak, Pretty Woman, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit rocketing you into puberty, hunting down obscure VHS tapes, traveling all over the country to go to video stores, hating 2010: The Year We Made Contact, being disappointed by Barry Lyndon, the 2009 film La Nana, Machuca, El Club, Catholicism, learning English ten years ago after you've already moved to the U.S.A., how there are no Spanish shows in L.A., doing comedy in a totally different language, how jokes don't quite translate, finding your voice, MTV, Lifetime's Genecology Update, Comic Strip Live, inventing the stand up scene in Chile, The Half Hour Comedy Hour, having an empty Sunday, Indiana Jones, Daughters of Privilege, Nickelodeon animated shows, how Nick shows with humans didn't do well in Latin America, Fabrizio's American wife showing him shows from her youth, Sabrina vs Clarissa, The Lion King, Frog Girl, how only in America do student dissect frogs, Divorce Court, old people running the world, Phil Donohue, Yo! MTV Raps, America's Funniest Home Videos, Video Loco, Fabrizio's brother's journalism career, the Copano boys cable show, getting recognized in public, fame in another country but not in the U.S., recognizing the power of luck, realizing how good you have it, having to put a disclaimer on your citizenship, The Wizard of Oz, Jesus of Nazareth, Titanic, and the insanity of the TV Guide cross word tip line 900 number.

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