La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for May 06, 2012
May 05, 2012
May 07, 2012
Transcript:
Cuco: Cinco de Mayo is a holiday commemorating the 1862 Battle of Puebla where a ragtag Mexican army defeated the French army... but you're a Cinco de Mayo historical re-enactor?! Eddie: Yeah! I'm re-enacting a really great Cinco de Mayo from 2005!
Peabody-Martini over 12 years ago
I never could figure out how Cinco de Mayo came to be a big deal in LA. The rest of the US is always looking for a good drinking holiday.
TheEtruscan over 12 years ago
As usual for the French, Grandeur got in the way. Napoleon III got dethroned in the French-Prussian War of 1870 but the great undoer of Mexico was the 1848 American invasion that took half of the Mexican territories. American reapeting guns versus the Mexicans British made single shot rifles.
TheEtruscan over 12 years ago
Poor Maximilian his wife, Carlota became crazy with grief.
hablano over 12 years ago
My favorite American fake-Mexican holiday!
pam Miner over 12 years ago
You and the cockroach comic guy are the only people who can make cockroaches cute! And you do it every day!