Last Fall, a producer from the Magnolia Network reached out to me because they came across this site and thought the Big Brown Fambam might have a story that would make sense for their program, Recipe Lost and Found.
And sure enough, we delivered.
Here’s the preview
You can catch the full episode on Discovery Plus.
This was an occasion to talk growing up in the hood, studying philosophy, making media and slanging coffee. Dive in.
What can I say that I didn’t already say in this 2002 interview?
Our greatest religious traditions draw heavily on agricultural metaphors, which is cool and all but considering we don’t grow or farm anything, this puts us at a disadvantage.
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These three slang words are similar insofar as they all relate to amplification but they have different meanings and are deployed in divergent contexts. What’s with amplification?
In quarantine, the differences between days can be difficult to discern. But this day right here?
This?
This was clearly a good Friday.
What can I say that hasn’t already been said in a strongly worded petition to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?
In case you haven’t heard, the mofuxin’ Eagles are not in the Super Bowl this year.
Damned shame.
But that didn’t stop Big Brown Familia from doing what we do and what we do is head to the east…the east, my brother, to the east…
…all the way to the ‘beautiful mountain’ (ie. Beaumont) where my Aunts Deborah and Missy and Uncle Matt know how to put on a Super pop-off.
Here, I made a little video about our day.
Sometimes you get notified your services are needed in the dead of night.
There’s a sex joke available here but I’m not gonna make it.
Instead, I’ll show you a video.
No, not a sex video, you big dummy.
THIS video.
Meet Meal Team Six.
I’m not sure if you’ve heard but THE EAGLES ARE NOT IN THE MOFUXIN SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR!
This means we’ve spent that last several Sundays fully engaged in Big Brown Family Time.
And this past Sunday was no different.
Mexican-Americans?
Yeah, we out here, talking our English and butchering our Spanish, y que?
Frankly, the popular image of Latinos in the U.S. as foreigners, aliens even, is retrograde.
Bruh, we’re not trying to learn English, we’re trying to learn Spanish!
The dirty little secret in media and advertising is that Latino-facing companies continue to make money by telling general market brands that we like our content ‘in-language’ (i.e., Spanish), so, “You-know, pay us to do it for you.”
That’s understandable; everybody has to eat but this shit ain’t gonna work for much longer. English dominant, culturally immersed brown folks are the new now.
This is us.
My friend (and comedian) Paul Kim visited me at work 10 years ago today. And that’s when I decided to disclose my secret connection to the Big Kahuna Hussein Obama.