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KurtVon
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 12/14/2005 : 3:09:04 PM
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Originally posted by R. Dittmar
Just to point out how bizzaro world the 70's were, the thing I remember most about the original is the scene in which Segal is drowning his "getting fired" sorrows in a bar. He tells the bartender "Another drink por favour" and an undercover immigration agent arrests him for being an illegal immigrant because he used a Spanish phrase!!! Nowadays you can stroll around downtown L.A. with a sandwich board professing "I snuck across the border illegally and I'm looking to work off the books" and you won't be pestered by the INS.
When I was in grad school, my major professor related that he was once arrested by INS just for being in a spanish bar in LA, so this isn't as out there as you'd think. Especially considering he had been born and raised in Kansas. INS didn't even bother explaining themselves, they just walked in, demanded his green card, and carted him off before he could explain why he didn't have one.
He actually ended up before a judge, but fortunately had a Kansas driver's license and a complete lack of an accent to back up his story.
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