I admit this might sound a bit juvenile, but it's great to hear George Lopez swear, because I'm used to the much tamer version from his television program. Here he is completely unrestrained. He also mixes Spanish and English together freely throughout the performance, so if you speak both languages, you'll get a lot more enjoyment out of this album than those who speak only English. (I finally feel that my college degree in Spanish has come in handy.) For example, you need to know the correct pronunciation, as well as definition, of "peligro" to get some early jokes.
He performs in front of a wildly enthusiastic crowd. It's almost too easy for him at this point to get laughs and cheers. But you can't hold that against him. George Lopez is pretty damn funny.
When the album opens, we hear just a bit of War's "Low Rider" to start, as George Lopez takes the stage. You can tell it's a big crowd even before he mentions that there are seven thousand people. He says, "You seven thousand people have paid to see a Mexican." In his opening bit about Latinos working, he says that they're not concerned with safety. He mentions the caution signs you see on store floors, and says, "We don't have those signs when we work because we've taken them home and we're using them as soccer goal posts." That's hilarious, and then he continues by saying, "We assume that you know the difference between a wet floor and a dry floor."
A lot of the humor on this CD is racial humor, including lots of stuff about how Latinos raise their kids differently from white folks. He says Latinos raise their kids to be tough, that they're not spoiled ("We don't get our kids phones, especially when they're eight"). He says, "We're not there to entertain our kids." White kids feel entitled, with "that stupid fucking look on their faces." From the amount of audible laughter, it's clear there is some visual humor we miss on the CD.
The bit on baby proofing is seriously hilarious. He says Latinos don't baby proof their homes, but rather leave everything the same. How else is the kid to learn? Society's current obsession with child safety has clearly gone overboard. He says, "To put a kid in a car seat now, it's like the motherfucker's going to the moon." No kidding. I've watched my brother strap his kids in, and it takes several minutes. George says, "We don't have time for that shit."
I love the bit about trick-or-treating, about how kids these days go out while it's still daylight (because, again, everything has to be safe for the kids). "Latinos, we want it to be pitch black. We don't want nobody to see us, because we trick or treat well into our early forties."
During the "Drunk Wedding" segment, he gives us this wonderful bit of dialogue:
Woman: "I don't like you when you're drunk."
Man: "I don't like you when I'm sober."
The snoring bit isn't as funny, at least not on the CD. I'm guessing you need to see his facial expressions for this bit to really work. And then at the end of the performance, he talks about this being an election year, and stresses the importance of the Latino vote. George Lopez has been to the White House three times, "And every time I've been to the White House I steal some shit."
CD Track List
- Latinos Work
- Talking Shit
- Racist Grandmother
- Raising Our Kids
- Trick Or Treating
- Almost Swimming
- Baby Proofing
- Ethnic Shopping
- Intervention
- Drunk Wedding
- I Don't Snore!
- Latino Vote
- White House Visit
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