History Film / ProgressIslandUSA

** There's a sculpture of a transistor outside of DEC's factory.

** Of note is what is perhaps a sculpture of a transistor outside of DEC's factory.

* TheSeventies: From the fashions to the technology, and not forgetting the score! "With wah-wah pedals playing constantly!"

** So is sugar. ''(hyper)''

'''Progress Island, U.S.A.''' is a 1973 Promotional short that extols the benefits of traveling, living and starting your business in UsefulNotes/PuertoRico. Interestingly, the short repeatedly highlights the similarities of Puerto Rico to the rest of the United States. The film was made encouraging businesses to take advantage of Project Bootstrap, and to move the family because, hey!, not only do we have a yearlong warm climate but [=McDonald's=], too![[note]]It's also smack dab in the middle of hurricane country, but who's nitpicking?[[/note]]

Compare with ''[[Film/AssignmentVenezuela Assignment: Venezuela]]'', another Latin-American travelogue short.

!!Progress Island, U.S.A. contains the following tropes:

Compare with [[Film/AssignmentVenezuela Assignment: Venezuela]], another Latin-American travelogue short.

* TheSeventies

** Rum, on the other hand, is timeless. ''(hiccup)''

* FridgeLogic: Only a few hours flight from anywhere in the world! Just like everywhere else in the world...

** Rum, on the other hand, is timeless. ''(hiccup)''

For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E21TheBeastOfYuccaFlats episode recap page]].

** Record players and DEC PDP-11 computers are highlighted as products of Puerto Rico's cutting edge industry.

'''Progress Island, U.S.A.''' is a 1973 Promotional short that extols the benefits of traveling, living and starting your business in UsefulNotes/PuertoRico. Interestingly, the short repeatedly highlights the similarities of Puerto Rico to the rest of the United States. The film was made encouraging businesses to take advantage of Project Bootstrap.

'''Progress Island, U.S.A.''' is a 1973 Promotional short that extols the benefits of traveling, living and starting your business in PuertoRico. Interestingly, the short repeatedly highlights the similarities of Puerto Rico to the rest of the United States. The film was made encouraging businesses to take advantage of Project Bootstrap.

'''Progress Island, U.S.A.''' is a 1973 Promotional short that extols the benefits of traveling, living and starting your business in PuertoRico. Interestingly, the short repeatedly highlights the similarities of Puerto Rico to the rest of the United States.

It was featured as one of two shorts along with TheBeastOfYuccaFlats on MysteryScienceTheater3000. Compare with [[Film/AssignmentVenezuela Assignment: Venezuela]], another Latin-American travelogue short.

'''Progress Island, U.S.A. contains the following tropes:'''

'''The MysteryScienceTheater3000 presentation contains the following tropes:'''

* CallBack: "[[SanFranciscoInternationalAirport That nose wheel feels mushy.]]"
* TakeThat: The whole sketch makes a RunningGag out of Mike and the bots contradicting the narrator's overly triumphalist rambling ("There's something for everyone..." "...like flights ''out''!"), building up to the final joke:
-->'''Narrator''': The Spaniards called it "Puerto Rico"...
-->'''Tom Servo''': Because they couldn't think of anything else.
-->'''Narrator''': We call it...
-->'''Crow''': Cheaplabourville!
* WithLyrics: Tom Servo sings with the bouncy commercial-jingle music. "Strawberries, marshmallows, tinfoil and fudge and some dingle-balls hanging from trees..."

* TakeThat: The whole sketch makes a RunningGag out of Mike and the bots contradicting the narrator's overly triumphalist rambling ("Championship golf courses, the finest to be found anywhere..." "... are in Florida."), building up to the final joke:

* TakeThat: The whole sketch makes a RunningGag out of Mike and the bots contradicting the narrator's overly triumphalist rambling, building up to the final joke:

* TakeThat: As the narrator reminds us that in this movie "Puerto Rico is what we call...", Crow adds a well-timed "Cheap-labour-ville!".

* CallBack: "[[SanFranciscoInternational That nose wheel feels mushy.]]"

* CallBack: "That nose wheel feels mushy."

It was featured as one of two shorts along with TheBeastOfYuccaFlats on MysteryScienceTheater3000. Compare with Film/AssignmentVenezuela, another Latin-American travelogue short.

It was featured as one of two shorts along with TheBeastofYuccaFlats on MysteryScienceTheater3000. Compare with Film/AssignmentVenezuela, another Latin-American travelogue short.

It was featured as one of two shorts along with The Beast of Yucca Flats on MysteryScienceTheater3000. Compare with Film/AssignmentVenezuela, another Latin-American travelogue short.

It was featured as one of two shorts along with The Beast of Yucca Flats on MysteryScienceTheater3000. Compare with AssignmentVenezuela, another Latin-American travelogue short.

It was featured as one of two shorts along with The Beast of Yucca Flats on MysteryScienceTheater3000.