Porfirio Rubirosa (Entry 1087.1K1210)
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🗓️ 12 November 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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In which a Dominican diplomat cozies up to one of history's worst dictators, marries the two richest women in the world, and creates our modern image of the macho "Latin lover," and Ken tries to revive some slang from 1980s sex comedies. Certificate #41003.
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| 0:00.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century. |
| 0:21.0 | Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this |
| 0:25.5 | monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. |
| 0:28.8 | These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost. |
| 0:35.0 | So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions, |
| 0:41.0 | this is our legacy to you. |
| 0:43.4 | This is our time capsule. |
| 0:45.4 | This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 1087.1K-10. Certificate number 4-1003. Porphyrio Rubirosa. |
| 1:29.0 | His legend precedes him, the way lightning precedes thunder. |
| 1:35.0 | He is the most interesting man in the world. |
| 1:40.0 | The theory of rubarosa. Very nice. Or feario, or rubros. |
| 1:44.0 | Very nice. |
| 1:45.0 | I'm not sure. |
| 1:46.6 | Is that your Zorro try out real? |
| 1:48.0 | Not sure if it's very good, but there. |
| 1:49.9 | I can't say, you can't say something like that without, yeah, without doing it like Antonio |
| 1:54.3 | Penderis. You don't just want to sit there and be like rubarosa, rubarosa. |
| 1:58.0 | Porphyrio rubarosa. I always think of, um, what is that from? Oh, Richard Widmark in the old Murder on the Orient |
| 2:06.3 | Express never says, never tries to say Poirot's name right. He's just always like, |
| 2:10.0 | Mr Perot, like he's talking to Ross Perot. Mr. Perot, I need you to guard my train. |
| 2:15.0 | I kind of like that. |
| 2:18.0 | Do you want to turn into a white guy that doesn't try to say foreign name? |
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