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A permanent high school memory is returning from my job at McDonald’s around midnight. Was tired but turned on David Letterman. Voices were all dubbed over in Spanish, with English subtitles. No one onscreen acted unusual. I was dying to go to bed but stayed up till the end to hear the punch line or payoff. Then the show finished without a single reference to it. I was awestruck. I’ve never heard anyone remark about this — I wonder if I imagined this or it just didn’t shock/impress people like it did me.

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Wait, some guy on youtube made the same comment seven years ago. Is this some absurd long-con of yours?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBZpBgBsWI

oh man. I remember coming home from my job at McDonald's (!) and this episode was playing. I was dead tired but stayed up to see how they'd finally stop the subtitling thing. They never did -- the kept it up throughout the show and never made a single mention of it. That made it 10x more hilarious. Wonder when this aired? must have been 1989 or 1990ish

Either way amazing

What impresses me is that you have an encyclopedic memory of comments found on relatively forgettable YouTube videos! Not being facetious here, but I have to say I’m gobsmacked.

I figured mynameishere just searched youtube to find what episode audiometry was talking about and happened to see the comment.

Although your idea is cooler :)

Seriously what is happening

2020 is the year of glitches in the matrix.

Either that or there's two people who worked at mcdonalds and had the exact same experience.

Actually, probably quite a few, only two (at least) of whom mentioned it on the internet.

Here’s a link to the full episode:

https://youtu.be/zUEWILMJIlE

“November 27, 1989“ “Broadcast on Repeat Monday with no pre-announcement. The original airdate was February 10, 1989.”

“Was it overdubbed on the original airing?”

“No.”

and see all Pike Bishop comments: “as a native Spanish speaker from Chile, I must say this is priceless stuff! This was dubbed in Mexico. I contribute to a website that identifies and lists the voice actors of Spanish dubs made for Latin America, so I know several of the voices in this video; in fact, I grew up listening to them, along with millions of other people!”

Why would it be a long con of his? It's not the same comment, it's a similar comment describing the same thing - I mean in all the U.S there are lots of people who work at McDonalds, probably a good portion of those in the late 80s coming home from work watched Letterman.

The comment is of course on a video showing exactly what was described, Letterman dubbed into Spanish with subtitles.

on edit: Or even better it's the same person making a similar comment on two different platforms many years apart on the same subject? Still not seeing the long con aspect under those conditions.

Yeah, in fact, it was me in the original youtube. Even I forgot I ever saw this on youtube...

But you're right -- 1989 summer job.... 3 network channels + some UHF channels. I doubt I was the only burger flipper sitting there thinking, "huh?" at midnight.

Millennials will never appreciate how edgy Far Side, Letterman, Howard Stern, etc. were to that era. Of course, I'll never appreciate most of the nonsense my teen son watches on youtube now either. (he even thought 'Heat' was a lame movie...)

I suspect they didn't literally mean they were running some kind of scheme to defraud anyone, but it was a funny/playful way to note the coincidence.

Hahahahah wow... "M S, 7 years ago" That's me. Totally forgot I'd even seen this on youtube.

Well, at least my story was consistent -- like that line from Glengarry, Glen Ross, "tell them the truth, it's the easiest thing to remember"

Yeah, I don't know why this episode made an indelible memory for me, but it sure did.

I remember this episode. Figured it was just an accidental airing of the wrong version of the show. I didn't make it as far as you -- I turned it off after about 5 minutes.

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