December 07, 2004

Super Xuxa vs. Satan Seriously.

Don't ask me why, but today I got to thinking about an obscure failed kids show from the 80s called "Xuxa" which was hosted by a Brazilian supermodel in hotpants. (You wonder why things like this stick in your pubescent psyche...) The show failed miserably, and there was some controversy over the fact that this kid's show host had posed for Playboy in Brazil, and that, as they say, was that. Except it wasn't. For a while Xuxa (pronounced "SHOO-sha") was the most popular kids show personality on the planet, albeit not so much in the US. So while I was thinking, "Whatever happened to that hot bouncy blonde Brazilian babysitter?" I happened across the above link. No point really. I just think that the fact that this exists should be known, widely. It just...seems...important....

posted by TenaciousPettle 20 years ago
  • I know how to pronounce Xuxa, goddammit. Now, tell me more about these "hot pants" you mention.
  • Will the talking worm spurt magic liquid on her finger? Quiz for the day: Bad translation or sub-rosa porn?
  • God, Back in the late 80's, I used to love watching Xuxa and her equally hot pants clad cohorts prancing around. Dang, why can't they have TV shows like this now?
  • This site has some wonderful movies. I don't remember seeing this at all, but any kid's show with a Brazilian in hot pants just has to be instructive. Go Xuxa!
  • May I humbly suggest a GIS with safe search off for "Xuxa" zowie
  • I heard from anecdotal accounts that she didn't really like kids. Yeah, I second the "safe search" suggestion.
  • Oops, forget the Safe Search comment.. in this case it REALLY depends what you're looking for.
  • So THAT'S where Teleboobies came from.
  • Safe Xuxa Links. The unsafe ones will have to wait till I get home. zowie, indeed. She was like the Wiggles, but with more wiggling.
  • Quite the au pair.
  • Comments from JumpTheShark.com:
    This show never jumped!! You cannot go wrong by having a kids variety show led by six foot tall blond vixens wearing vinyl knee-high boots and hot pink short-shorts!! Also, the way Xuxa's Blond Gestapo of cute assistants pushed those kids around like cattle was priceless. Every once in awhile some 8 year old, presumably from one of Sao Paolo's infinite barrios, would break through the ranks and run after Xuxa. He'd only get within 5 feet of her before members of the blond Gestapo collared him and violently through him back into the simpering group of other 8 year olds...Just once I was hoping for a kid to actually touch Xuxa, so I could watch Xuxa kick him down and place an impeccably polished stiletto heal from one of her boots onto his throat while barking -Lick that boot, you barrio-trash!!- Alas, this never happened. But it was easy to imagine!
    Hard to believe this chick has reached Eva Perron status with the children of Brazil...It was hilarious watching Xuxa make no attempt at all to hide her contempt for the kids she was supposed to be entertaining. It also didn't help that Xuxa's english was almost non existant..what was her catch phrase? "Drop a chicken? Choke a chicken?" And those sexy cheerleaders herding the kids around like stormtroopers ..
    Alf is getting released as a DVD box set, and this ISN'T? I ask you, WHERE'S THE JUSTICE?
  • A better link to the Xuxa fansite. Her filmography with synopses is priceless. I'm not sure but I think....I think I love her... :0
  • Holy shit. Okay, I'm quitting after this one, but check this out: Waylon Jennings appeared on Xuxa's show TWICE, as did members of the American Gladiators and, more appropriately, the Olsen Twins. Oh, and here are those Paquitas. With pictures and where-are-they-now blurbs. Okay, I'm stopping before this becomes an obsession...
  • I'm seeing Dukes of Hazzard references everywhere at the moment. And Waylon Jennings is another. I swear, it's worse than having a tune stuck in my head.
  • I've not laughed so hard in weeks as I did at Xuxa's film synopses... Everything happens when a misterious [sic] black car appears on the streets of a calm city and conquers a young girl´s heart (Xuxa), causing a lot of confusion. Isnpired in the musical success by Almir Rogério. A young girl from the farm, who dreams to be a singer, goes to live with her aunt in Rio de Janeiro, and there her cousins do everything to thwart her dreames [sic]. In search of a treasure, our hero Didi and his group face wild animal-skin hunters. Comedy with ecological message filmed at Pantanal Matogrossense, that brings Xuxa and the dinosaur Papangu as special attractions.
  • What about Xuxa being Pele's lover? and her songs a hit at every grown-ups party? And I also remember a Brazilian show, early one Sunday morning, that had the botella dance (which makes lambada seems puritanical), ending with the main dancer throwing away her top and showing her nice gorgeous boobies. Family entertaining at 10am. :)