Hey Bill, I haven't had the chance yet to cross-check that list o' atrocious cinema, but chances are excellent that many of them are covered in Re/Search's Incredibly Strange Films (which is where I got the pic of Ms. Satana, incidentally). Several years ago I went through and highlighted all of the MST3K films they mentioned (though it seriously predates Joel and the bots by two years--circa 1986) but upon rereading it I found a bunch more that MST did subsequently; reading the interviews with Ray Dennis Steckler (cf. The Incredibly Strange Creatures) and Russ Meyer (see my LJ) have a whole different subtext now that I actually know about the films they're discussing. (Plus we even get an overview of Arch Hall Jr's film career! Whatta world, whatta world!)

Yes, young Zefster, banda and accordions suck, IMO. And yes, M3, Telemundo's truly atrocious dubbing is a major reason why I've tended to watch Univision and AztecaAmerica instead (although the other night I noticed on the former they'd done a lousy job of dubbing on De Pocas Pocas Pulgas or whatever it's called). As far as I know, Pasion de Gavilanes (sp?) and Amor Descarado (7 and 8 pm, respectively) are subtitled in English; all you have to do is turn on your closed-captioning on CC1 and presto, you might have a clearer understanding of what's going on, as long as you're not like me and don't get annoyed at how broadly they translate (like, how come the terms of endearment that Rodolfo's good-guy twin on Amor Descarado uses--"mi amor," "mi vida," y "mi reina"--all get translated as "baby"? :P).

Sorry, Bill, we probably need to start our own QuickTopic page, huh? I doubt you fired this one up so you could read us nattering on about Mexican television... ;)