Saturday, July 18, 2009
Gancho Friday 7-17 Who was that Masked Man? Not her Tonto
Apparently, after Premios Juventud, our minds have been wiped blank, so the first five minutes of tonight’s show consisted of scenes from the various events of the last few weeks. Since we’ve all been faithfully reading the recaps, we’re fully informed, so let’s skip all that, and jump right in with new stuff.
When last we left our lovable characters, Moni hadn’t been able to tell either Mau or Beto the truth, but Don Cesar seemed to know the score. Beto tells Moni he’s just spoken with Don Cesar, which makes Moni muy nerviosa until Beto reveals that NO WAY is Moni quitting boxing. Moni’s relieved that that’s all Cesar told Beto, tells Beto he’s absolutely right, she’ll never quit boxing, he’s convinced her. Beto starts getting suspicious until Moni offers him some quesadillas, and once again, tummy trumps brain.
In the office, Gabi’s glowing from her date with Oscar. She even brought a little plant to work. She tells Salvador that she laughed so much with Oscar, she’s got new wrinkles. Sal looks jealous. Gabi asks if he is. Me, jealous? Looks as if Gabi’s plan is working just fine. She likes Oscar, and Sal’s interest is growing, too.
Jerry (remember, since a j in Spanish is pronounced as an h, I call him "Hairy") and Oscar are in a car talking about Gabi. Jerry thinks Oscar must be pretty tolerant to stomach that “bulldog” Gabi. Oscar thinks Gabi’s a fine woman, just needs love. Jerry puts her down again, but then gets to the point. What info did Oscar get? Well, to get Mau’s fortune, they need to get rid of Sal. And the key to getting rid of Sal is Gabi. Jerry then makes a gross remark about what region Oscar should concentrate on with Gabi. What a guy.
Ivan wants to explain to Aldo that when he was kissing Kátia, it was Kátia’s idea, to make Héctor jealous. There’s nothing between Ivan and Kátia. Ivan tells Aldo that Kátia likes him (Aldo). Then why didn’t she ask ME to kiss her to make Héctor jealous? She didn’t want to hurt you. This touches Aldo, and the two guys agree to be amigos.
Oscar glides up to Gabi’s desk to turn on the charm, telling her he wants to wrap Gabi’s luscious hair all around him (Paula’s in the background). Not here, protests Gabi, so Oscar leaves with a wink, until tomorrow. What a whirlwind of a guy (torbellino) says Gabi to herself outloud, thrusting her arms in the air in rapture, and Paula thinks Oscar is quite the gent, too. But be careful, she says, since the new guy makes one forget the old guy (un clavo saca a otro clavo, or a nail drives out the other nail), and what about poor Salvador? Salvador who, he’s so over, responds our smitten gal. Okay, jibes Paula, want me to bring you a coffee, or should I get a bucket (balde) of cold water!
Oscar (he’s a lawyer, remember) has shown Jerry the changes to Mau’s will. Jerry’s pissed, he’s leaving everything to the snotball kids! Not to worry, answers Oscar, when we’re done with Mau, we’ll use these papers as toilet paper. Enter Moni with coffee. She’s wearing an especially short red ruffled skirt today (and a red satin blouse), and Oscar’s eyes go instantly downward, savoring the view. He wastes no time in trying to sweet talk Moni into working for him, but Moni’s wise to his game. Gabi enters a little suspicious, but Oscar pours on some more sugar, and as Gabi leaves, Jerry’s in awe of a master.
It’s party time! Estrella has decided to have a masquerade party to celebrate Moni’s boxing victory, and she and Beto are blowing up balloons. Nieves is helping with the decorations, and everything’s very colorful. Aldo enters, starry-eyed (Estrella-y eyed?), and upon hearing about the party, asks Estrella why he wasn’t invited. Estrella doesn’t know if Aldo has permission to go (since he’s a kid). Nieves whispers in her ear if you lie down with kids, you wake up wet (la que con niños se acuesta, mojada amanece).
Moni also has coffee for Mau, and he can’t understand why yesterday, she wanted to tell him something, but she left. Well, she saw him kissing Connie, and was just saying adiós. She starts to leave, he wants her to wait, he was worried about her, is that a bad thing? Well, no, she answers, they move in close, they’re really gonna kiss, she looks into his eyes, and DARN, Salvador comes in to ruin the moment! Moni exits, Sal talks business, but Mau wants to go to the track (autódromo) to practice racing, despite Sal’s protests that Mau said he’d never race again. He’s off.
The party’s starting, Moni’s there, but she’s not dressed up yet. Beto is, though, wearing a light orange grass skirt and bra, dressed as a Hawaiian girl, with a flower in his ear. Moni and Paula think he looks ridiculous, but Nieves defends her boy, she had to destroy (desbaratar) ten brooms to make the skirt. Right, adds Beto, and it was the cheapest costume he could find. Not really, kicks in Estrella, you could have disguised yourself as a bum (holgazán) for free! Moni tells him to change, and she, Estrella and Paula go to get dressed up, too. Nieves still thinks Beto looks great.
Aldo wants Ivan to come with him to the party. Luisa wants to go, but Aldo says she’s too young. Ivan has to study. Aldo goes off by himself, just as Mauricio enters. Luisa tells him that Aldo’s going to a masquerade party in Monita’s neighborhood. When Teresa enters to say dinner’s ready, Mau asks her “Where was that costume of mine….?
As Mau exits, Kátia enters. Teresa informs her that Aldo’s in his bedroom, so that’s where she goes. She finds him sitting pensively on his bed, is he still mad at her? No, but he thinks she’s making a mistake with Héctor, he’s an idiot, and he makes her suffer. And next time you want help, don’t ask Ivan, ask me! You’re right, she replies, from now on you’ll be my advisor. Thank you. She reaches out her arms. He goes in for the kiss, but she stops him, “No, just friends, let’s hug”. They do, and she remarks it’s so great to have a friend. Yeah, great, he replies, a lot less enthusiastically.
The party’s in full swing, and we get to see the costumes (lent by an actor friend of Estrella’s). Moni’s wearing a red and white Cinderella gown (or maybe Marie Antoinette), looking like a Spanish princess. She even has a fan to complete the effect. Estrella has a bowler hat, elbow length black gloves, a little black top and a tiny black skirt over black thigh-high stockings. Rooowww! But look at Nieves. She’s Carmen Miranda, in a shiny red dress with blue accents, a daring neckline, a red turban, and bananas growing out of her head! (she thinks she looks like Rosa Carmina) And it keeps getting better (for us guys). Paula is dressed like the Little Mermaid, with a pretty blue bra and a long shimmering blue skirt. I’m loving it! We see Costeño in the background dressed as a priest, and all of a sudden, Zorro has arrived. Well, a chunky Zorro, as Beto ditched the Hawaiian girl garb for something a little more macho. Moni thinks he looks much better, but when he says he’s going to show her his “S”, she chides him not to be foolish (menso), Zorro starts with a “Z”. He then gets serious, and reminds her that their first kiss was at a masquerade party. She remembers, and they exchange tender looks. But she notices his cape is a little ripped, so he goes to find his Mom, maybe she can sew it up (zurza). In the hallway, a second Zorro has arrived. This one is tall, strong and gallant.
In the fancy part of town, Ximena is still mad at Connie for kissing Rolu. Connie’s sorry, goes to hug Ximmy, accidentally sits on the edge of the coffee table, knocking it over along with some bowls (apparently unscripted, and quite funny to me). Please forgive me, says Connie, you’re my best friend. Yeah, your ONLY friend, says Ximmy, and the girls touch thumbs, then do an eensty bitsy spider thing with their fingers, amiguitas again! Connie’s cell rings, and it’s Kátia, reminding her sis they’re having dinner with their Dad this Saturday. I know, replies Connie, where are you now? Kátia’s at Mauricio’s house, but he’s not there, he went to a masquerade party. Connie asks, does she know the address?
I guess so, as we’re whisked to the barrio, kids run out of the party, almost crashing into two party crashers, namely Connie, dressed sort of like an 80’s Madonna, or maybe a can-can girl, short black dress, net stockings, mesh gloves with the fingers cut out, and Ximmy, looking like Morticia Adams, full length black body suit over black bra and silver shorts, black lipstick and heavy eye makeup (not really too far from her normal look!). She’s happy Connie brought her to this cool party, doesn’t mind the rotten egg smell, it adds to the essence of the place, let’s dance! Connie’s not in the mood, so Ximmy grabs the first guy she sees (Costeño). The first person Connie runs into is chunky Zorro, and no sooner do they greet but all the lights go out, music stops, and we hear screaming and whistling. Beto yells out that the fuses burned out (ya se fusieron los fusibles). Connie yells “who grabbed my butt!” Beto goes to change the fuses. Most of the guests are happy, Estrella digging the ruckus (relajo), but sees that Moni is sad. Moni goes to her room to rest, and we see Zorro in shadow, sitting on a chair. She thinks it’s Beto, tells him not to say a word. She was remembering their first kiss, she knows she’s been treating him badly, but she really does care for him very much. Come give me a kiss, she says, closing her eyes, tilting her head back. As romantic strings play, Zorro turns, and it’s Mau, who approaches, gently taking her face in his large, strong hands, and they kiss deeply, beautifully.
Four minutes later (after the commercial), they’re still kissing. But when she pulls back, she realizes it’s not her novio, who are you, she yells. Mau/Zorro runs out without saying a word, just as Beto/Zorro comes in, and the lights come back on. Mau crashes into a table on the way out, Connie immediately recognizes him, and Ximmy thinks Connie’s hallucinating until Connie says Mau wore that same outfit to a party they went to recently. Connie leaves, disgusted, but Ximmy stays to party on.
Back in Moni’s apartment, Beto wants to know who was that other Zorro! She has no idea, but she thought it was Beto, and guiltily admits she did kiss him. But she meant it for Beto, wanted to give him a kiss like in the movies. So you really do still love me, asks Beto. Of course, dummy. Like when we first met? Well, I didn’t actually love you then, it took a while. Oh, well, anyway, why don’t you give me a movie kiss now, says B. Somehow the mood is broken, and Moni gives him a little peck, recoiling from the smell of tequila and chicharrones with green sauce. Whadya want, it’s a party, answers Beto, let’s dance!
Connie has retreated to a nightclub to drown her sorrows. But I guess not with alcohol, as she asks for a conga, a non-alcoholic fruit drink. And, small world, who should walk up but Jerry. Connie tells him to split (esfumarse), but he doesn’t, and introduces Oscar to “Mauricio’s novia”. Ex, she corrects. She’s had a rough night, followed Mau to a slum (tugurio), it was scary, and the lowlives who lived there were actually celebrating! Why weren’t they killing themselves? Ah, I bet he was chasing a woman, adds sensitive Jerry. Connie’s exasperated, but suave Oscar calms her down, telling her how pretty she is, why don’t they get a table and she can tell them all about it.
Mauricio arrives home, smiling, but limping from crashing into that table. Aldo greets him, you look good, you were the Zorro at Moni’s party, right? Mau tries to deny it, but Aldo wasn’t born yesterday. So Mau swears Aldo to secrecy, and tells all (although we don’t really see the conversation).
In the bar, Connie complains that she really started losing Mau when the three brats appeared. Jerry informs her that Mau’s leaving a lot to them in his will. You see, says Connie, if Mau died, what would I be left with? Of course, I’m not talking about money, just self respect. Of course it’s not the money, assures Oscar as he comforts her with a hug. He adds some praise, that the minute he saw her, he could tell she was a woman who knew exactly what she wanted, and who says what she thinks. And if she wants to get rid of those brats, they can do it if she’ll help. I’ll do anything, she asserts with a determined look, as the two cads wink at each other.
The party’s over and Moni’s cleaning up. Drunk Beto pinches her tush, and she tells him to go sleep it off. He says the party’s not over until he says it is, and he pulls out a gun, pointing it at the ceiling. What are you doing, screams Moni. It’s just a toy, answers Beto, look, pulls the trigger, and boom! The gun goes off, waking up the entire neighborhood. Paula wants to know what he’s doing with her Dad’s pistol, but he thought it was a prop. Estrella shoos our tipsy fellow away, as he tells her to take off her disguise (the second time he said this to her in this episode, and of course, neither time was she wearing one). Nieves comes out in her nightclothes, Costeña’s sleeping in her living room! She wants the girls to help, but they make excuses, and rush giggling into Moni’s apartment.
She tells them she has no idea who the second Zorro was, but Paula says it’s obvious, it was “Mauricio Sermeño Group” (using the English word group). Oh, sure, why would Mauricio come here? Why, to give you a kiss. But how would he know? Estrella relates how Aldo came by earlier and they told him about the party. Moni’s face brightens, are you sure? Well, says Paula, he crashed into a table on the way out. Tomorrow morning, when you go to the office, see if he’s limping. If he is, you’ve found your Zorro!
It’s morning now, and Nieves is disgusted that two people are sleeping on her living room sofa, namely Ximena (still fully dressed) and Costeño, arms wrapped around her, in his undies. All night, he was snoring like a frog. Ximmy wakes up first, surprised but very happy to find herself entwined in the muscles of a stranger, where has he been all her life? Costeño’s not so happy to find himself with a strange señorita, jumps up, and asks Nieves where his clothes are. Well, she had to return the priest outfit Estrella had borrowed, and his other clothes are outside, so get out! He does, and Ximmy opines how great is unexpected love. And just who are you, asks Nieves, observing our nutty gal. Just a woman in love, see ya! And she floats out on her personal cloud.
At the office, Mau tells Salvador not to tell anyone he’s limping. Moni enters to check out just that fact, asks how was his evening. The best night of his life is the response. She wants him to move, says there’s a cockroach on the floor. No cockroaches here, quips Sal, Jerónimo hasn’t arrived yet. Mau requests coffee, and it’s you first, back and forth between them a few times, but he’s not moving. Jerry comes in, and HE’s limping, horrifying Moni. She rushes into the coffee room to tell Paula, but Paula reassures her, I know what I’m telling you, Zorro was Mauricio.
Cut to the park, just off the beaten path we see a naked man, bushes mercifully blocking our view of the danger zones. Beto wakes from his dream, says “who called the penguins” (good phrase to start the day with, no), then realizes he lost the Zorro suit, Estrella’s gonna kill him. He grabs some leaves, stands up, just as some kid’s big green ball goes into the bushes near him. He grabs the ball to cover himself, runs off, pursued by the little boys and their granny.
Moni brings Mau coffee, puts a napkin on his lap, don’t want to stain those pants, he still doesn’t budge, she leaves, but doesn’t close the door, waits, waits, Mau’s on the phone, he gets up, and he limps! Gotcha! She yells joyfully, pointing at his leg.
Monday: Beto’s not taking this con les brazos cruzado (lying down)
Vocabulario:
Torbellino - whirlwind
Un clavo saca a otro clavo – One nail drives out the other, or the new replaces the old
La que con niños se acuesta, mojada amanece – when an older person hangs out with a younger mate, there’s trouble, literally, lie down (or sleep) with children, wake up wet
Autódromo – racetrack (note accent)
Holgazán – bum, slacker
Menso – foolish, stupid
Zurcir – to darn, to mend
Se fusieron les fusibles – the fuses burned out
Tugurio – a slum, dive, hovel
Un relajo – a ruckus, a commotion, pretty much the theme of our entire novela, and I mean this in a good way
When last we left our lovable characters, Moni hadn’t been able to tell either Mau or Beto the truth, but Don Cesar seemed to know the score. Beto tells Moni he’s just spoken with Don Cesar, which makes Moni muy nerviosa until Beto reveals that NO WAY is Moni quitting boxing. Moni’s relieved that that’s all Cesar told Beto, tells Beto he’s absolutely right, she’ll never quit boxing, he’s convinced her. Beto starts getting suspicious until Moni offers him some quesadillas, and once again, tummy trumps brain.
In the office, Gabi’s glowing from her date with Oscar. She even brought a little plant to work. She tells Salvador that she laughed so much with Oscar, she’s got new wrinkles. Sal looks jealous. Gabi asks if he is. Me, jealous? Looks as if Gabi’s plan is working just fine. She likes Oscar, and Sal’s interest is growing, too.
Jerry (remember, since a j in Spanish is pronounced as an h, I call him "Hairy") and Oscar are in a car talking about Gabi. Jerry thinks Oscar must be pretty tolerant to stomach that “bulldog” Gabi. Oscar thinks Gabi’s a fine woman, just needs love. Jerry puts her down again, but then gets to the point. What info did Oscar get? Well, to get Mau’s fortune, they need to get rid of Sal. And the key to getting rid of Sal is Gabi. Jerry then makes a gross remark about what region Oscar should concentrate on with Gabi. What a guy.
Ivan wants to explain to Aldo that when he was kissing Kátia, it was Kátia’s idea, to make Héctor jealous. There’s nothing between Ivan and Kátia. Ivan tells Aldo that Kátia likes him (Aldo). Then why didn’t she ask ME to kiss her to make Héctor jealous? She didn’t want to hurt you. This touches Aldo, and the two guys agree to be amigos.
Oscar glides up to Gabi’s desk to turn on the charm, telling her he wants to wrap Gabi’s luscious hair all around him (Paula’s in the background). Not here, protests Gabi, so Oscar leaves with a wink, until tomorrow. What a whirlwind of a guy (torbellino) says Gabi to herself outloud, thrusting her arms in the air in rapture, and Paula thinks Oscar is quite the gent, too. But be careful, she says, since the new guy makes one forget the old guy (un clavo saca a otro clavo, or a nail drives out the other nail), and what about poor Salvador? Salvador who, he’s so over, responds our smitten gal. Okay, jibes Paula, want me to bring you a coffee, or should I get a bucket (balde) of cold water!
Oscar (he’s a lawyer, remember) has shown Jerry the changes to Mau’s will. Jerry’s pissed, he’s leaving everything to the snotball kids! Not to worry, answers Oscar, when we’re done with Mau, we’ll use these papers as toilet paper. Enter Moni with coffee. She’s wearing an especially short red ruffled skirt today (and a red satin blouse), and Oscar’s eyes go instantly downward, savoring the view. He wastes no time in trying to sweet talk Moni into working for him, but Moni’s wise to his game. Gabi enters a little suspicious, but Oscar pours on some more sugar, and as Gabi leaves, Jerry’s in awe of a master.
It’s party time! Estrella has decided to have a masquerade party to celebrate Moni’s boxing victory, and she and Beto are blowing up balloons. Nieves is helping with the decorations, and everything’s very colorful. Aldo enters, starry-eyed (Estrella-y eyed?), and upon hearing about the party, asks Estrella why he wasn’t invited. Estrella doesn’t know if Aldo has permission to go (since he’s a kid). Nieves whispers in her ear if you lie down with kids, you wake up wet (la que con niños se acuesta, mojada amanece).
Moni also has coffee for Mau, and he can’t understand why yesterday, she wanted to tell him something, but she left. Well, she saw him kissing Connie, and was just saying adiós. She starts to leave, he wants her to wait, he was worried about her, is that a bad thing? Well, no, she answers, they move in close, they’re really gonna kiss, she looks into his eyes, and DARN, Salvador comes in to ruin the moment! Moni exits, Sal talks business, but Mau wants to go to the track (autódromo) to practice racing, despite Sal’s protests that Mau said he’d never race again. He’s off.
The party’s starting, Moni’s there, but she’s not dressed up yet. Beto is, though, wearing a light orange grass skirt and bra, dressed as a Hawaiian girl, with a flower in his ear. Moni and Paula think he looks ridiculous, but Nieves defends her boy, she had to destroy (desbaratar) ten brooms to make the skirt. Right, adds Beto, and it was the cheapest costume he could find. Not really, kicks in Estrella, you could have disguised yourself as a bum (holgazán) for free! Moni tells him to change, and she, Estrella and Paula go to get dressed up, too. Nieves still thinks Beto looks great.
Aldo wants Ivan to come with him to the party. Luisa wants to go, but Aldo says she’s too young. Ivan has to study. Aldo goes off by himself, just as Mauricio enters. Luisa tells him that Aldo’s going to a masquerade party in Monita’s neighborhood. When Teresa enters to say dinner’s ready, Mau asks her “Where was that costume of mine….?
As Mau exits, Kátia enters. Teresa informs her that Aldo’s in his bedroom, so that’s where she goes. She finds him sitting pensively on his bed, is he still mad at her? No, but he thinks she’s making a mistake with Héctor, he’s an idiot, and he makes her suffer. And next time you want help, don’t ask Ivan, ask me! You’re right, she replies, from now on you’ll be my advisor. Thank you. She reaches out her arms. He goes in for the kiss, but she stops him, “No, just friends, let’s hug”. They do, and she remarks it’s so great to have a friend. Yeah, great, he replies, a lot less enthusiastically.
The party’s in full swing, and we get to see the costumes (lent by an actor friend of Estrella’s). Moni’s wearing a red and white Cinderella gown (or maybe Marie Antoinette), looking like a Spanish princess. She even has a fan to complete the effect. Estrella has a bowler hat, elbow length black gloves, a little black top and a tiny black skirt over black thigh-high stockings. Rooowww! But look at Nieves. She’s Carmen Miranda, in a shiny red dress with blue accents, a daring neckline, a red turban, and bananas growing out of her head! (she thinks she looks like Rosa Carmina) And it keeps getting better (for us guys). Paula is dressed like the Little Mermaid, with a pretty blue bra and a long shimmering blue skirt. I’m loving it! We see Costeño in the background dressed as a priest, and all of a sudden, Zorro has arrived. Well, a chunky Zorro, as Beto ditched the Hawaiian girl garb for something a little more macho. Moni thinks he looks much better, but when he says he’s going to show her his “S”, she chides him not to be foolish (menso), Zorro starts with a “Z”. He then gets serious, and reminds her that their first kiss was at a masquerade party. She remembers, and they exchange tender looks. But she notices his cape is a little ripped, so he goes to find his Mom, maybe she can sew it up (zurza). In the hallway, a second Zorro has arrived. This one is tall, strong and gallant.
In the fancy part of town, Ximena is still mad at Connie for kissing Rolu. Connie’s sorry, goes to hug Ximmy, accidentally sits on the edge of the coffee table, knocking it over along with some bowls (apparently unscripted, and quite funny to me). Please forgive me, says Connie, you’re my best friend. Yeah, your ONLY friend, says Ximmy, and the girls touch thumbs, then do an eensty bitsy spider thing with their fingers, amiguitas again! Connie’s cell rings, and it’s Kátia, reminding her sis they’re having dinner with their Dad this Saturday. I know, replies Connie, where are you now? Kátia’s at Mauricio’s house, but he’s not there, he went to a masquerade party. Connie asks, does she know the address?
I guess so, as we’re whisked to the barrio, kids run out of the party, almost crashing into two party crashers, namely Connie, dressed sort of like an 80’s Madonna, or maybe a can-can girl, short black dress, net stockings, mesh gloves with the fingers cut out, and Ximmy, looking like Morticia Adams, full length black body suit over black bra and silver shorts, black lipstick and heavy eye makeup (not really too far from her normal look!). She’s happy Connie brought her to this cool party, doesn’t mind the rotten egg smell, it adds to the essence of the place, let’s dance! Connie’s not in the mood, so Ximmy grabs the first guy she sees (Costeño). The first person Connie runs into is chunky Zorro, and no sooner do they greet but all the lights go out, music stops, and we hear screaming and whistling. Beto yells out that the fuses burned out (ya se fusieron los fusibles). Connie yells “who grabbed my butt!” Beto goes to change the fuses. Most of the guests are happy, Estrella digging the ruckus (relajo), but sees that Moni is sad. Moni goes to her room to rest, and we see Zorro in shadow, sitting on a chair. She thinks it’s Beto, tells him not to say a word. She was remembering their first kiss, she knows she’s been treating him badly, but she really does care for him very much. Come give me a kiss, she says, closing her eyes, tilting her head back. As romantic strings play, Zorro turns, and it’s Mau, who approaches, gently taking her face in his large, strong hands, and they kiss deeply, beautifully.
Four minutes later (after the commercial), they’re still kissing. But when she pulls back, she realizes it’s not her novio, who are you, she yells. Mau/Zorro runs out without saying a word, just as Beto/Zorro comes in, and the lights come back on. Mau crashes into a table on the way out, Connie immediately recognizes him, and Ximmy thinks Connie’s hallucinating until Connie says Mau wore that same outfit to a party they went to recently. Connie leaves, disgusted, but Ximmy stays to party on.
Back in Moni’s apartment, Beto wants to know who was that other Zorro! She has no idea, but she thought it was Beto, and guiltily admits she did kiss him. But she meant it for Beto, wanted to give him a kiss like in the movies. So you really do still love me, asks Beto. Of course, dummy. Like when we first met? Well, I didn’t actually love you then, it took a while. Oh, well, anyway, why don’t you give me a movie kiss now, says B. Somehow the mood is broken, and Moni gives him a little peck, recoiling from the smell of tequila and chicharrones with green sauce. Whadya want, it’s a party, answers Beto, let’s dance!
Connie has retreated to a nightclub to drown her sorrows. But I guess not with alcohol, as she asks for a conga, a non-alcoholic fruit drink. And, small world, who should walk up but Jerry. Connie tells him to split (esfumarse), but he doesn’t, and introduces Oscar to “Mauricio’s novia”. Ex, she corrects. She’s had a rough night, followed Mau to a slum (tugurio), it was scary, and the lowlives who lived there were actually celebrating! Why weren’t they killing themselves? Ah, I bet he was chasing a woman, adds sensitive Jerry. Connie’s exasperated, but suave Oscar calms her down, telling her how pretty she is, why don’t they get a table and she can tell them all about it.
Mauricio arrives home, smiling, but limping from crashing into that table. Aldo greets him, you look good, you were the Zorro at Moni’s party, right? Mau tries to deny it, but Aldo wasn’t born yesterday. So Mau swears Aldo to secrecy, and tells all (although we don’t really see the conversation).
In the bar, Connie complains that she really started losing Mau when the three brats appeared. Jerry informs her that Mau’s leaving a lot to them in his will. You see, says Connie, if Mau died, what would I be left with? Of course, I’m not talking about money, just self respect. Of course it’s not the money, assures Oscar as he comforts her with a hug. He adds some praise, that the minute he saw her, he could tell she was a woman who knew exactly what she wanted, and who says what she thinks. And if she wants to get rid of those brats, they can do it if she’ll help. I’ll do anything, she asserts with a determined look, as the two cads wink at each other.
The party’s over and Moni’s cleaning up. Drunk Beto pinches her tush, and she tells him to go sleep it off. He says the party’s not over until he says it is, and he pulls out a gun, pointing it at the ceiling. What are you doing, screams Moni. It’s just a toy, answers Beto, look, pulls the trigger, and boom! The gun goes off, waking up the entire neighborhood. Paula wants to know what he’s doing with her Dad’s pistol, but he thought it was a prop. Estrella shoos our tipsy fellow away, as he tells her to take off her disguise (the second time he said this to her in this episode, and of course, neither time was she wearing one). Nieves comes out in her nightclothes, Costeña’s sleeping in her living room! She wants the girls to help, but they make excuses, and rush giggling into Moni’s apartment.
She tells them she has no idea who the second Zorro was, but Paula says it’s obvious, it was “Mauricio Sermeño Group” (using the English word group). Oh, sure, why would Mauricio come here? Why, to give you a kiss. But how would he know? Estrella relates how Aldo came by earlier and they told him about the party. Moni’s face brightens, are you sure? Well, says Paula, he crashed into a table on the way out. Tomorrow morning, when you go to the office, see if he’s limping. If he is, you’ve found your Zorro!
It’s morning now, and Nieves is disgusted that two people are sleeping on her living room sofa, namely Ximena (still fully dressed) and Costeño, arms wrapped around her, in his undies. All night, he was snoring like a frog. Ximmy wakes up first, surprised but very happy to find herself entwined in the muscles of a stranger, where has he been all her life? Costeño’s not so happy to find himself with a strange señorita, jumps up, and asks Nieves where his clothes are. Well, she had to return the priest outfit Estrella had borrowed, and his other clothes are outside, so get out! He does, and Ximmy opines how great is unexpected love. And just who are you, asks Nieves, observing our nutty gal. Just a woman in love, see ya! And she floats out on her personal cloud.
At the office, Mau tells Salvador not to tell anyone he’s limping. Moni enters to check out just that fact, asks how was his evening. The best night of his life is the response. She wants him to move, says there’s a cockroach on the floor. No cockroaches here, quips Sal, Jerónimo hasn’t arrived yet. Mau requests coffee, and it’s you first, back and forth between them a few times, but he’s not moving. Jerry comes in, and HE’s limping, horrifying Moni. She rushes into the coffee room to tell Paula, but Paula reassures her, I know what I’m telling you, Zorro was Mauricio.
Cut to the park, just off the beaten path we see a naked man, bushes mercifully blocking our view of the danger zones. Beto wakes from his dream, says “who called the penguins” (good phrase to start the day with, no), then realizes he lost the Zorro suit, Estrella’s gonna kill him. He grabs some leaves, stands up, just as some kid’s big green ball goes into the bushes near him. He grabs the ball to cover himself, runs off, pursued by the little boys and their granny.
Moni brings Mau coffee, puts a napkin on his lap, don’t want to stain those pants, he still doesn’t budge, she leaves, but doesn’t close the door, waits, waits, Mau’s on the phone, he gets up, and he limps! Gotcha! She yells joyfully, pointing at his leg.
Monday: Beto’s not taking this con les brazos cruzado (lying down)
Vocabulario:
Torbellino - whirlwind
Un clavo saca a otro clavo – One nail drives out the other, or the new replaces the old
La que con niños se acuesta, mojada amanece – when an older person hangs out with a younger mate, there’s trouble, literally, lie down (or sleep) with children, wake up wet
Autódromo – racetrack (note accent)
Holgazán – bum, slacker
Menso – foolish, stupid
Zurcir – to darn, to mend
Se fusieron les fusibles – the fuses burned out
Tugurio – a slum, dive, hovel
Un relajo – a ruckus, a commotion, pretty much the theme of our entire novela, and I mean this in a good way
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Hombre, excellent recap. It's good to have a fresh episode to discuss. You descriptions are always accurate capturing the fun mood of the show as well. Nieves was a knockout as Carmen Miranda and Ximena as Morticia a stunner as well. All the women in this show are strikingly lovely. Ximena"...she floats out on her own personal cloud." Funny and dead on." Gabi's plant by the way, is the type that Juan set up his business cultiavating i Achichipico in JQ. A rather calm show violence-wise last night. I can't recall a single blow being struck. Carlos
Hombre, Fabulous recap and great vocabulary choices. So well done. Yes it is great to have new subjects to discuss. I was glad there was a really great kiss and no particular violence for a change.
Carlos, you are so right, everyone looked fabulous in their party costumes. Nieves has really become svelte since Gaviota's Mama days in Destilando. She is really still a pretty woman. And Ximena whose affected ways usually annoy the daylights out of me was more natural acting and looked so dreamy (blue lips aside) in her filmy outfit. And little Moni looked like a princesa.
Carlos, you are so right, everyone looked fabulous in their party costumes. Nieves has really become svelte since Gaviota's Mama days in Destilando. She is really still a pretty woman. And Ximena whose affected ways usually annoy the daylights out of me was more natural acting and looked so dreamy (blue lips aside) in her filmy outfit. And little Moni looked like a princesa.
One thing that has disappointed me a bit so far is the sparse use that's been made of Costeño (Elvis in DA). He seems like a perfect foil for Ximena. Maybe this is the start of something big. Afterall she's in love(again). And where was don Cesar? He did coach Moni's win. The way he dresses he wouldn't have even needed a disfraz. Carlos
Actually, Connie provided a bit of violence foe this episode. As she and Ximena arrived at the party a group of costumed children ran by them and as they passed Connie smacked two of the smaller kids with her purse. What a sweety. Carlos
Loved the title salute to the Lone Ranger, Hombre and what a juicy bunch of vocab and dichos! Great one about sleeping with young'uns and waking up wet.
I too would like to see more of Costeño. Or at least as much as we saw of him last night. Muy impresionante. An excellent way of forgetting the perfidious Rolu. Although of course I eventually want Ximena to end up with steady regular guy Tano.
I too would like to see more of Costeño. Or at least as much as we saw of him last night. Muy impresionante. An excellent way of forgetting the perfidious Rolu. Although of course I eventually want Ximena to end up with steady regular guy Tano.
Judy, it's so good to hear from you this morning. I got worried when you didn't chime in with your thoughts yesterday. I was afraid that you may have wandered off like Lil and Aurora over at MEPS. Good news, I got the OK from the power that be to order the laptop. That means I'll be good to go when Nick heads off to OSU. Already getting the little mariposas accumulating in the tummy. I know that Beto drank a bit too much at the party, but how the heck did he end up as he was Fri.? Bless his heart, I hope that is a dream sequence. Carlos
Great recap Hombre. I loved the little kissing scene with Mau and Monita. About time. Beto waking up naked cracked me up. And then running away from the kids. He is one of my favorite characters on the show.
Hey Carlos, I DID wander off like Lili and Aurora yesterday. The oral surgeon suggested I try a new pain medication to see if it would make me nauseous like Percocet and Darvon and ilk do. Ohmigawd...and thank goodness I only took one of the two pills recommended. Sick and totally out of it the entire day and night...still a little woozy today but had to help out my daughter in the church nursery and happy to report I didn't drop any babies! Don't know what I'm going to do for pain meds after the surgery Thursday. Still trying to figure that one out. Ugh.
I blame myself for not drinking enough, not smoking and not doing drugs in college. Obviously I have not trained my liver to deal with toxic substances. Who knew?
I blame myself for not drinking enough, not smoking and not doing drugs in college. Obviously I have not trained my liver to deal with toxic substances. Who knew?
PS So glad you got the okay from the "powers that be" (Is that the lovely Linda?) to order the laptop, Carlos. There are two people I've always thought would be awesome at recapping just because of the wit of their comments...you and Susanlynn. Alas, Susanlynn does not really know Spanish. But you do! so it's a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned.
That being said, I was plenty nervous my first night. A little less so the next week and gradually calmed down. Although the first night I had to do Juan Querendon without closed captions I practically split my head open trying to understand what they were saying. I will NEVER forget that night.
What I find so encouraging is that other recappers will occasionally say..."I didn't get this part. Can someone help?" giving us all permission to be less than perfect. That alone gave me the courage to give it a try.
That being said, I was plenty nervous my first night. A little less so the next week and gradually calmed down. Although the first night I had to do Juan Querendon without closed captions I practically split my head open trying to understand what they were saying. I will NEVER forget that night.
What I find so encouraging is that other recappers will occasionally say..."I didn't get this part. Can someone help?" giving us all permission to be less than perfect. That alone gave me the courage to give it a try.
Judy, gee, que casualidad. I was wondering if you had taken one of the Halcions or Ultrams and wandered away. I've never had either but the Ultram seemed to work well for Bonnie Belle's pain, and she would conk out for several hours with each one. They seemed to last about 12hrs. on her pain. I hope that you did get to see Fri.'s episode. No violence except for Connie whackng the kiddies with her purse as they scurried past her and Xemina. I'm loving how Moni lies whenever she opens her mouth. Maybe instead of taking a sip of booze every time someone gets hit, the game could be a sip every time Moni fibs. I believe that would get the job done as well. Glad no niños were dropped. Maybe your dentista can get you some medical marijuana instead. Carlos
Alas, Carlos, medical marijuana would probably make me sick too. However I noticed on the little fact sheet that the pharmaceutical people don't consider nausea, dizziness and loopiness to be contraindications! Easy for them to say!
Happily, I got to see the Friday show before going to la-la land. However tried watching MEPS on Saturday and was in an absolute stupor. And mostly dozed for over 24 hours which seems to be a little excessive, no? Couldn't even begin to make sense of anybody's recap until today. Hope Carrie L.'s experience will be better than mine!
Happily, I got to see the Friday show before going to la-la land. However tried watching MEPS on Saturday and was in an absolute stupor. And mostly dozed for over 24 hours which seems to be a little excessive, no? Couldn't even begin to make sense of anybody's recap until today. Hope Carrie L.'s experience will be better than mine!
Judy,even though I was taken to task over at MEPS for telling Dr. stories I'm going to share an experience from some years ago anyway. I had a lovely young pt. that we discovered to have Hodgkin's lymphoma. She was in the hospital for initiation of chemotherapy. One day I went by on rounds and Dr.B, the oncologist I consulted was discussing her chemo with her. He is a refined southern gentleman from New Orleans who would remind you of a macho Truman Capote. Very genteel. She asked him about using mota for the nausea and vomitting certain to ensue. His face lit up like I had never seen before. She, no stranger to marijane looked at him with innocent intensity as he first cautioned her against smoking. He then, to my uncontainble amusement began to regale her with recipes and suggestions for cooking with ganja. What a bedside manner. She by the way did well and went on later to have two children. I never inquired about her culinary efforts durning her treatment. Carlos
Carlos, I'm sure you'll be great as a recapper. The good thing is that there are many backup plans. For example, if your recorder doesn't work, you can probably find the episode on Youtube. And if you don't understand some part, just guess, and we'll all fill in the blanks. I love doing recaps. The 4-5 hours just zip by (yes, it still takes me that long!)
Judy, when I had my wisdom teeth removed, my dentist was also an anesthesiologist, and he gave me a combination of drugs. He said I was fully lucid during the operation, but he made it so I forgot everything immediately afterwards. Fine with me, although now I'm wondering if he used something like the drops Camilo gave Aurora on MEPS. Fortunately I didn't wake up naked under a sheet!
Speaking of naked, they never told us how Beto ended up in that state, and they probably never will. It's just a funny bit they threw in, so typical for his character.
Judy, when I had my wisdom teeth removed, my dentist was also an anesthesiologist, and he gave me a combination of drugs. He said I was fully lucid during the operation, but he made it so I forgot everything immediately afterwards. Fine with me, although now I'm wondering if he used something like the drops Camilo gave Aurora on MEPS. Fortunately I didn't wake up naked under a sheet!
Speaking of naked, they never told us how Beto ended up in that state, and they probably never will. It's just a funny bit they threw in, so typical for his character.
Hola Hombre and others. Sorry for the late comment. I just saw this episode and read Hombre's fantastic recap. What a fun episode this was, I loved the costume party. Everybody looked great, even Beto in his hula girl outfit. Hombre, this recap must have taken a long time, there was so much fun going on and you had so many great dichos and words to translate. I found the scene with Moni and Mau in his Zorro costume to be quite hot. I think I might have had one or two Zorro fantasies as a result of watching Telemundo's Zorro.
Judy, I vividly recall the time I had to translate JQ sans closed captions, I was in a real panic. Luckily body language says a lot and our dear Juan was a master at it. Nobody seemed to care when I didn't get things quite right.
It's kind of a coincidence you folks talking about medical marijuana. Last night a friend of mine was telling me about when he was battling tongue cancer and undergoing chemo. He actually visited he medical mota clinic and left with a batch of cookies that he said really did the trick, although he could only eat about a quarter at a time. They were for helping him sleep and he said they were much more affective than Ambien which knocked him out for too long.
Judy, I vividly recall the time I had to translate JQ sans closed captions, I was in a real panic. Luckily body language says a lot and our dear Juan was a master at it. Nobody seemed to care when I didn't get things quite right.
It's kind of a coincidence you folks talking about medical marijuana. Last night a friend of mine was telling me about when he was battling tongue cancer and undergoing chemo. He actually visited he medical mota clinic and left with a batch of cookies that he said really did the trick, although he could only eat about a quarter at a time. They were for helping him sleep and he said they were much more affective than Ambien which knocked him out for too long.
Hey guys...thanks for those stories. Carlos, no one would ever take you to task for doctor stories on this line. It's a "different neighborhood"! You have so many good ones, I hope you write them down so that your daughter and grandchildren will have them. You're a great raconteur.
Hombre...you had me laughing again. Glad your dentist didn't have any wicked designs on your bod!
Sylvia, the Zorro kisses were muy caliente, but didn't you get a flashback to our dear Juan when Costeño woke up in his colorful boxer shorts? I was right back to Juan doing triceps presses in his undershorts and cowboy boots. Good times.
Hombre...you had me laughing again. Glad your dentist didn't have any wicked designs on your bod!
Sylvia, the Zorro kisses were muy caliente, but didn't you get a flashback to our dear Juan when Costeño woke up in his colorful boxer shorts? I was right back to Juan doing triceps presses in his undershorts and cowboy boots. Good times.
Hombre, thanks - another great one. Glad there's a dicho about the inevitable of sleeping with a baby. Many shirts had to be washed back in the day... Also- good call on Morticia Addams. My first thought was Elvira, but Morticia's a better fit.
Sylvia, my sister found great relief in non-medical cannabis during her rounds of chemo. Must be something to it.
So for the old heads on this day, a question: where were you when the Apollo guys landed? That was during my tenure at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo (Carlos...) and I remember about 25 of us trying to watch a little 17" b&w TV. Truly amazing.
Sylvia, my sister found great relief in non-medical cannabis during her rounds of chemo. Must be something to it.
So for the old heads on this day, a question: where were you when the Apollo guys landed? That was during my tenure at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo (Carlos...) and I remember about 25 of us trying to watch a little 17" b&w TV. Truly amazing.
I was at home watching with my family. My father was a high school teacher and not teaching summer school that year so we all watched together, mom, dad, sis and I.
Judy, I do miss the days of JQ doing his morning pushups wearing nothing but his boxers and boots. Costeño looks like he does his fair share of pushups too.
Judy, I do miss the days of JQ doing his morning pushups wearing nothing but his boxers and boots. Costeño looks like he does his fair share of pushups too.
I was a new intern at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin, Texas. We all crowded into the interns' lounge where we watched in awe on the big screen(19in.BW)TV with tears in our eyes.
Carlos
Carlos
I was over my friend Bill's house, and we watched on his black and white TV. We had just graduated from high school, and we were going to go to Woodstock (which was just a few weeks after the moon landing), but his father nixed the idea, thinking there would be "too many black people" there!
Hombre: Excellent recap (as always) and wonderful vocabulary. A fun episode and I agree with everyone who said the partygoers looked amazing.
Carlos, I like the idea of Costeño and Ximena!
I watched the "moon walk" with my mother.
Diana in MA
Carlos, I like the idea of Costeño and Ximena!
I watched the "moon walk" with my mother.
Diana in MA
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: Monday, July 20, 2009 at 11:21:00 AM EDT
: Monday, July 20, 2009 at 11:21:00 AM EDT
I was fresh out of high school and my brothers and I went to my boyfriend's house to watch, since his family had a color tv - woo woo!! We were all in the kitchen having a pizza making contest but all activity stopped to watch the landing. I'll never forget it.
I wasn't born yet...well ok I was, but I was too young to remember where I was because actually, my Mom was still in the hospital as my brother was just born two days before and he will forever be the moonbaby in our family and my father knowing Mom and baby were fine had just left for a long distance race so I was probably with some relatives somewhere. I suppose I should ask. Sadly I don't think I have any recollection whatsoever.
I sadly too didn't get a recording of this show, so I just now read the cap and will have to see if you tube has (just not the same) so thanks for illustrating the images so well Hombre, I can see it in my head, though Xime waking up with Costena would be priceless to see!!!
I sadly too didn't get a recording of this show, so I just now read the cap and will have to see if you tube has (just not the same) so thanks for illustrating the images so well Hombre, I can see it in my head, though Xime waking up with Costena would be priceless to see!!!
I'm putting this anonymous for good measure, but despite seeming like smoking something would make you feel sick, it truly does wonders with nausea and absolutely should be made legal for these purposes. Trust me.
I was skeptical forever until my friend swore with me that the carsickness I was feeling from speeding around coastal mountains in the back seat of a tiny little car would go away. Well, being a captive passenger on the trip and desperate to feel better, I finally figured I'd try anything and voila, when nothing ever worked for this, within a minute or two I was feeling amazing, not high at all, just all the nausea vanished...and I could enjoy the view.
Since then, I've known sick people who absolutely can't function without it, nothing else quite works as well. It won't work for the pain though, unless you do get so high that you feel none a'tall!! :)
I was skeptical forever until my friend swore with me that the carsickness I was feeling from speeding around coastal mountains in the back seat of a tiny little car would go away. Well, being a captive passenger on the trip and desperate to feel better, I finally figured I'd try anything and voila, when nothing ever worked for this, within a minute or two I was feeling amazing, not high at all, just all the nausea vanished...and I could enjoy the view.
Since then, I've known sick people who absolutely can't function without it, nothing else quite works as well. It won't work for the pain though, unless you do get so high that you feel none a'tall!! :)
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: Monday, July 20, 2009 at 3:23:00 PM EDT
Anon, I can't dispute a thing you've said although MJ would not be my drug of choice for motion sickness. I'll bet the scenery never looked better. For pts. with nausea from chemo there is likely nothing better according to my oncology consultants. There is a synthetic product called Marinol, but they think that the real thing is better, plus the added benefit for asthenic pts. of the munchies.
Carlos
Carlos
Well, thanks guys for the continued discussion. He prescribing something else for me to try but I'm sure it's not marijuana in cookies! He'd like for me to try it tonight but I've got to recap for Nickster. And I'm recapping tomorrow too. But I may be on drugs for one of those babies, so if it's incoherent, you'll know why!
Posting late but wanted to commend Hombre for the recap and vocab.
Regarding the moonwalk, like Kris, I was a wee one at this time and my sister was only a few weeks old.
Interesting conversation about medicine. Judy your statement about not being exposed enough to drugs reminded of my mother telling me about my sister's birth. She said the doctor didn't even have to use the full amount of the drug b/c she was not exposed to drugs or drink.
Best wished on the recap and I'll pray things go well in surgery and its aftermath.
Regarding the moonwalk, like Kris, I was a wee one at this time and my sister was only a few weeks old.
Interesting conversation about medicine. Judy your statement about not being exposed enough to drugs reminded of my mother telling me about my sister's birth. She said the doctor didn't even have to use the full amount of the drug b/c she was not exposed to drugs or drink.
Best wished on the recap and I'll pray things go well in surgery and its aftermath.
I just realized I misspelled Costeño's name as Costeña. I think that's what the captions said, and of course, I just blindly copied them. But of course, being a guy, he's Costeño.
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