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Last day of our triple header in December. Friday night in New Bedford, Saturday in Fall River and tonight we finish it off in Westport. We’re going into hibernation after this!

Stunned. Thats the only word that can describe the reaction from our latest YouTube video, A Portuguese Christmas Song. We have garnered over 15,000 views in 2 days. That’s a record for us! And both Hot 106 as well as 94 HJY have mentioned it on air. We even have a Pop Culture web site based out of NYC asking for an interview. Maybe… Just maybe… The Portuguese Kids will be here to stay.
~Derrick

“Are you making fun of Portuguese people/ Culture through your comedy?” A question that seems to pop up randomly, and one in which we take no offense to and are happy to answer. Basically, “No”, we aren’t Making fun of our culture, or personally taking shots at anyone Portuguese. Our comedy is just our point of view of growing up Portuguese in America. (Canada too!!) Though there are some (Who are Portuguese) who take offense to our material. They feel we are poking fun at them, and that we are not portraying the Portuguese Culture accurately. We do respect their opinions, but there are many people who have been to our shows and seem to love our material because they can relate. They relate to the situations that we perform on stage. Situations that a Portuguese person would handle differently than a typical “All American” citizen would. (In all honesty any ethnicity groups growing up in North America can relate to our situational material)

Growing up Portuguese in North America is a completely different experience than growing up Portuguese in Portugal or any of the “Autonomous Regions” related to Portugal. Growing up Portuguese in North America came with some additional “non traditional” takes. This of course depended on where your family immigrated. It was really a crapshoot. Your family could have very well moved to an area where many other Portuguese people have settled in. Or they just moved to where ever their finger landed on the map. Whatever the case, wherever they moved, they moved to an area that was mixed in culture. Italian, Irish, Spanish, Polish, German, Indian, and even Slytherin (Sorry according to Harry Potter lore, the founder of the Slytherin House came from Portugal. Thanks “Prodigal Lusaphone” for that one!) Because of the various mixes of Cultures in North America, the typical “Growing Up Portuguese” that our ancestors and relatives (currently in Portugal) are used to, are now completely different. Putting everyone out of their element, and ultimately forcing you to adapt to your surroundings. This is where our inspiration kicks in. Inspiration based on situations our “Very Portuguese” parents and family members went through in America.

Having to buy groceries, getting your car fixed, going to the doctors office, ordering out, buying a home, buying clothes etc etc etc. It’s all a challenge now because they’re faced with having to do this in English! What’s that? You can’t speak English? No problem, take a class. (Of course your family could take the class after they worked, and after food was prepped for the family, and after they went back to work for some over time!!) But these where the challenges our Portuguese Families went through living in North America. A lot of those challenges where tough, and put families through some hard times. Though there are success stories of Portuguese immigrants making it “big” in America. Regardless, the road they took to get to where they are was not “Traditional” to the ways of growing up in Portugal. North America is not Portugal, but our parents did their best to raise us as close to those traditions as possible. With all the other cultures surrounding us, with all the road blocks that seemed to throw a kink in the “Start a New Life in America” scheme, our families did what they could to the best of their abilities to make sure we had a good life, a good home, and food on the table… the Portuguese Way.

We aren’t poking fun at the Portuguese Community. We are proud to be Portuguese, we love being Portuguese, and our mission is simple; To show you the “Funnier Side of Growing Up Portuguese”, and to help save those “Old School” traditions through our comedy for the new generation.

~Brian

Another great night in the Whaling City… Seems that crowds we get in New Bedford are absolutely ELECTRIC. Tomorrow night we do it all again in Cambridge!