Synopsis
The video brings the playful appetite of "Las Gorditas De Mario" to life through a colorful, irreverent celebration of food, pleasure, and dancing. Its comic energy matches the song's deliberately excessive mood, as the simple act of eating becomes an all-consuming source of happiness and delirium. Rather than presenting a conventional narrative, the clip works as a lighthearted visual extension of Los Amigos Invisibles' party-minded blend of funk, disco, and Latin rhythms.
Factoids & Trivia
- "Las Gorditas De Mario" appears as the final track on *The Venezuelan Zinga Son, Vol. 1*, an album issued in the early 2000s and released in the United States by Luaka Bop in 2004.
- The track runs for more than eight minutes, making it one of the album's extended dance-oriented pieces.
- The album was produced by Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez and "Little" Louie Vega, the influential house-music duo better known as Masters at Work.
- David Byrne and Yale Evelev are credited as executive producers of the album. Byrne's connection with Los Amigos Invisibles began after he discovered the Venezuelan band in a New York record store and signed them to Luaka Bop.
- Recording and mixing for the album took place at Pulse Studios in Staten Island, New York, while editing was handled at La Casa Del Ritmo in New York.
- The song's lyrics intentionally blur food cravings and euphoric pleasure, listing gorditas, tacos, bollitos, chocolate, and the desire to keep eating as sources of comic delight.
- On the Venezuelan edition of the album, the song is followed by a hidden reprise of "Comodon Johnson."