Yesterday’s Cinco de Mayo festivities (which I believe to be a U.S. holiday to celebrate the glorious introduction of tequila and tortilla chips to our cultural melting pot?) got me thinking about how little I knew of Latin American culture growing up in the late 1970’s. Let’s face it, a child in a small, midwestern, blue-collar community didn’t exactly have many opportunities to learn about authentic Mexican/Latin heritage. Which brings me to…
Slay’s Totally Imperfect List of her Top 6 Latin American Icons of the 1970’s: (because I couldn’t come up with 10 or narrow it down to 5)
#6 – Tony Orlando and Dawn
#5 – Dearly departed Freddie Prinze on Chico and the Man
#4 – Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein on Welcome Back, Kotter
#3 – Luis & Maria from the Street…Sesame that is
#2 – Cheech & Chong, “the original high riders” in Up In Smoke “Don’t go straight to this movie!”
#1 – (No shock to anyone) the quintessential 70’s icon across all cultures….Erik Estrada as “Ponch” on CHiPs
Slay the Writer 