Anybody else remember this? I understand by 1970, this jolly, little bandit had the spicks screaming at the idiot box and raising a big stink not unlike the bullshit about the Taco Bell chihauhua some years later.

I just see it as cute commercials from better times. I laughed at it when I was a kid and I laugh now. *I even got that Frito Bandito eraser and liked it. True story - During Halloween I even went trick or treating as the Frito Bandito.

Was he related to Speedy Gonzales & Slow Poke Rodriguez ? LoL probably.

good nostalgia:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWhjl5NaLq4"]YouTube- 1969 Frito Bandito Banned TV Commercial[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwCTiAQs8DU&feature=related"]YouTube- Frito Bandito Corn Chips Video Better Quality[/ame]