Greetings from Buenos Aires! The idea for Tango Television came from the custom of a gang of people coming over to my old manhattan apt on 7 & D after the milonga, ordering food or raiding my fridge, and watching tango videos into the early morning. That included tango movies, tango performances, instructional videos, anything and everything that had something to do with tango. Some of the videos were really good, most were pretty bad, but in the end everyone had a good time.The usual crowd consisted of me, Murat Erdemsel, Jennifer Bratt, Adel, Michelle, and whichever visiting teacher was in town at the time. The scene was like something out of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
(For those that don't know, Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American cult television comedy series that features a man and his robot sidekicks who are trapped on a satellite in space and forced to watch particularly bad science fiction movies. The premise of the show is that the man and his robots make a running commentary on the film, making fun of its flaws and wisecracking their way through the film in the style of a movie theater peanut gallery.) Years later, with the invention of youtube, I am able to bring that experience to others. I want people to comment on the videos, to praise as well as criticize. I appreciated all the feedback on the episodes. I want everyone to post a comment on my page casting their vote for the best performance from this series of TT. This new episode will debut this weekend. (I needed a little extra time to work on it.) As always, it will have lots of dance performances. I won't say who, you'll have to watch and find out. In the meantime, catch up on all the previous episodes at http://www.youtube.com/tangotelevision Ney Melo -- Watch "TANGO TELEVISION" at http://www.youtube.com/tangotelevision
