El Chavo
If it's really nice being in an international environment, meeting students from many countries. On the other hand, sometimes you miss having some common background to talk or make jokes.
But sometimes you get surprised on how much you have in common...
Yesterday was one of those days. By luck, I heard some days earlier that some students from Latin American countries were organizing a "video session". About what?
El Chavo... or in Portuguese, Chaves.
In short, that's a TV comedy show that was very popular when I was a kid. And still has many fans. So that the channel that broadcasts the show was never successful in removing it... It's some sort of classic.
So, that show seems to be popular in other places in South and Central America. Enough to gather students around their mid-twenties who laughed and reminded their childhood. Including me.
As expected, it was in Spanish. Althgouh that was the first time I've heard it in Spanish, it was amazing how most of the voices look alike (in original Spanish and Portuguese dubbed). Most of the famous phrases maintained the same "feeling", something that's sometimes lost when, for example, dubbing from English or Japanese.
We're considering repeating the "El Chavo afternoon marathon" someday... and I'm looking forward to that.
Tinha que ser o Chaves de novo! Or, in the original,
¡Tenía que ser el Chavo del 8!
But sometimes you get surprised on how much you have in common...
Yesterday was one of those days. By luck, I heard some days earlier that some students from Latin American countries were organizing a "video session". About what?
El Chavo... or in Portuguese, Chaves.
In short, that's a TV comedy show that was very popular when I was a kid. And still has many fans. So that the channel that broadcasts the show was never successful in removing it... It's some sort of classic.
So, that show seems to be popular in other places in South and Central America. Enough to gather students around their mid-twenties who laughed and reminded their childhood. Including me.
As expected, it was in Spanish. Althgouh that was the first time I've heard it in Spanish, it was amazing how most of the voices look alike (in original Spanish and Portuguese dubbed). Most of the famous phrases maintained the same "feeling", something that's sometimes lost when, for example, dubbing from English or Japanese.
We're considering repeating the "El Chavo afternoon marathon" someday... and I'm looking forward to that.
Tinha que ser o Chaves de novo! Or, in the original,
¡Tenía que ser el Chavo del 8!
1 comment:
Uau! Maratona de Chaves!!! Que legal meu!!!
:-)
Alias, esse eh o legal de ser nerd... mesmo que nao tenha tracos culturais comuns, voce pode sempre fazer piadinhas sobre monthy python ou computadores com seus amigos, hehehe
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