World Record of Jokes!

Jose Ordoñez is a Colombian comedian who is trying to break his own record of telling jokes for 72 hours straight, without breaks and no sleeping. This is not the first time this comedian attempts such a thing. On December 28 1993 in Bogota Colombia. He told jokes during 24 hours non stop, no break, no sleep.

Now 16 years later, he comes back and wants to break his own world record, this time, he is doing it for 72 hours straight. I was very fortunate to be there and witnessed this amazing thing, his jokes are awesome, and are not repetitive, he has different characters, and keeps the same energy from the begining to the end.

He is doing this for charity, for the displaced kids by violence in Colombia. This world record is being transmitted in the United States, Latin America and the rest of the world where spanish is spoken. I was lucky to be there for the first attempt which was very succesfull. I was only 13 years old, but I remember I enjoyed it a lot, and feel fortunate to do it again after 16 years.

Colombia is the second country in the world with more displaced people. So this unfortunate people run away from violent people, groups or gangs, and go as refugees to big cities asking for help. This as become a big social problem, because there are more and more coming from other cities, and most of the times are being ignored. They are abandoned to their own luck, the ones that are suffering the most are the kids, which don't have access to education, don't have health benefits and a place to sleep. They have to sleep under a bridge, on parks on streets.

This social problem started on World War II. This conflict is known as forced migration, violent coercion or forced displacement. One perfect example of this situation are the displaced people from Hurricane Katrina.

This could happen anywhere, and no country is exempt from this flagellum.

So, this show will last until Sunday morning, so I encourage all the Spanish speaking people to visit http://recordmundialdechistes.com where they can find the radio stations online to listen to this program and if possible donate for charity, because this is all about, Charity.