I'm new here and I'm not sure if that fits here, so please bear with me.
On May the 6th at 09:47 Central European Time, Cubavision International aired an issue of a magazine called "Contra el Olvido" which aired a short segment of which I've been able to record the tail end of. (see the attached frame grabs)
It's a very 1960s musical with lots of "Go Go Girls" dancing and a character dressed like Phantomas (in the 1960s French and the 1980s Czechoslovakian version) and declaring "Yo soy Phantomas". From what my nearly non existant knowledge of Spanish tells me, he then tries to pursue a woman, but she only loves a man. Phantomas then takes off his mask revealing that he is that man.
Does anybody have any idea how this was called and where I can get a copy from? I have tried the contact form of Cubavision International, but got a Wordpress error. I have tried to e-mail them, but the e-mail bounced. I have not yet called them or sent them a letter.
Here's what I have so far: (it'll take about 5 minutes for the upload to complete)
Post by tostoncitoricote on Nov 12, 2023 14:18:19 GMT
Hello. I apologize in advance for my writing, I don't know much English so I usually use translators to communicate and there may be inconsistencies in my text. That is a fragment of a television program that was produced in Cuba a long time ago, more or less in the sixties. The Fantomas parody occurred due to the high popularity that the original films had in Cuba. There are many personalities from Cuban culture who take part in the video, Rosita Fornés being the most famous. In fact, the original program called "Su Noche Favorita" was a type of cabaret program very typical of the time in which the main figure each week was Fornés.
On the other hand, "Contra el Olvido" is a Cuban program still in production that is dedicated to the broadcast of old audiovisual materials. For those who do it themselves, it is difficult to find the materials, since the conditions of the Cuban television archive have not been very good over the years. So many times material from personal archives ends up being broadcast. (Many of the audiovisuals that have been transmitted cannot be found outside the program).
However, it is easy to find a version specifically from that broadcast of "Su Noche Favorita". I also saw "Contra el Olvido" that day and I can assure you that that was only a very small fragment, even the version that I share with you, as they say, is incomplete. I hope you enjoy it. youtu.be/baIb3crIMzo?si=42qFbOFQGlvQVg3W
Texto original en español:
Hola. Pido perdón de antemano por mi escritura, no sé mucho de inglés así que suelo usar traductores para comunicarme y pueden haber incongruencias en mi texto. Ese es un fragmento de un programa televisivo que se produjo en Cuba hace mucho tiempo, más o menos en la década de los sesenta. La parodia a Fantomas ocurrió debido a la alta popularidad que tuvieron las películas originales en Cuba. Son muchas las personalidades de la cultura cubana que toman parte en el vídeo, siendo Rosita Fornés la más célebre. De hecho, el programa original llamado "Su Noche Favorita" se trataba de una especie de programa de cabaret muy típico de la época en el que la figura principal cada semana era Fornés.
Por otro lado, "Contra el Olvido" es un programa cubano aún en producción que se dedica a la emisión de materiales audiovisuales antiguos. Para quienes lo realizan de por sí es complicado hallar los materiales, pues no han sido muy buenas las condiciones del archivo de la televisión cubana a lo largo de los años. Así que muchas veces se termina emitiendo material de archivos personales. (Muchos de los audiovisuales que han transmitido no pueden hallarse fuera del programa).
Sin embargo, es sencillo encontrar una versión específicamente de esa emisión de "Su Noche Favorita". También vi ese día "Contra el Olvido" y puedo asegurarte que eso fue solo un pequeñísimo fragmento, incluso la versión que te comparto, según se dice, está incompleta. Espero que la disfrutes. youtu.be/baIb3crIMzo?si=42qFbOFQGlvQVg3W