A Musical Interlude: Cuban Pete

With so much grim economic news and political partisans screaming at each other (and those in the middle) it’s time to offer some fun things on TMV once more. So for starters:

Here is my favorite You Tube lip synch. A young teen lip synching Jim Carey’s version of Cuban Pete as done in The Mask. This kid (now two years older) is a genius:

And here is the ORIGINGAL Cuban Pete the Carey lampooned: Desi Arnaz’s famous performance on the classic 1950s sitecom “I Love Lucy.” A tidbit 4 U: I worked on the San Diego Union newspaper for nearly 10 years. Arnaz was a legend in San Diego county. He lived in Del Mar and was beloved. He would call the paper’s TV critic from time to time and was a favorite in Del Mar — in the city by the sea and at its famous racetrack.