Taylor (played by Valeria Andrews) is Carmen's friend. Manny wrote a letter to George before he died and requested that neither George or Benny attend his funeral, not wanting to draw negative attention and risk his reputation. In a later episode, Ernie becomes engaged to Ricky's mother, after she informs Ernie she is pregnant with his child. Her parents pulled her out of public school and placed her in a private one (at considerable expense), only to have similar problems follow her there. Lou drinks often and is described as being more "caring" for the workers by promoting better quality health care. With George Lopez, Constance Marie, Masiela Lusha, Valente Rodriguez. Benny often calls her "princess" sarcastically due to her being spoiled, and the two don't get along well. Randy (Nick Offerman) used to date Benny. Ernie refuses to believe so, even though George says there are pictures of him being breastfed at the reception. The series is produced by Fortis Productions and Mohawk Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. He speaks with a thick Cuban accent which George often mocks; George has stated that Vic's heavy Cuban accent makes every sign sound angry. and "Ay, What are you looking at?" As soon as Manny insults Benny, George punches him in the face. The show stars the titular comedian George Lopez, who plays a fictionalized version of himself, featuring his life at work and his family life in Los Angeles, California. All rights reserved. This made her a source of jealousy among other girls her age and leaves her with few friends, thus leaving her with extremely low self-esteem. George is clearly devoted to his wife, Angie, and. He is an incompetent, big-eared, clumsy, dim-witted, but loyal and lovable character. George finally gets to meet her for the first time at a Valley School district meeting in the episode "Feel the Burn". Joe appears and dies in the episode "Super Bowl". [13] Lopez also criticized ABC's decision to approve the show Cavemen, being perplexed at the circumstances: "So a Chicano can't be on TV, but a caveman can?" Carmen gets suspended from school when she gets in a fight with Piper. She laughs this off, but learns not to take a shower when Max is home, as she found him in the hamper once. [13] Lopez stated that the explanation was "painful to hear," noting that the show had four different time slots in only five years and had to constantly compete against shows like American Idol, yet the final season of the show was still able to outperform a comedy series that was renewed by ABC: Notes from the Underbelly. When George learned from his Aunt Cecilia that he was alive, he tried to track him down. It was found out that she and Randy McGee were dating before he started dating Benny. Conceiving him in the back of a car wash after engaging in premarital sexual relations with Manny Lopez, Benny wed her lover shortly afterward, only for Manny to divorce her during George's infanthood. When individual episodes have scores, they will influence the final season score. One episode focused on Mr. Taylor eats Carmen's food, uses her phone, and wears her clothes without permission. Both George and Angie see him as a delinquent; he once stuck a grilled cheese sandwich in George's VCR, he and Max accidentally burned down George's garage after letting Max light off a bottle rocket, and when he and Max skip school and try to take George's car for a joyride, they end up driving it into the backyard. He's also a foster father to Max's best friend, Ricky. Jason came to live with the Lopez family briefly while he trying to earn a football scholarship. [10] The George Lopez Show was seen as an attempt from ABC to diversify their programming, while still appealing to the widest possible audience. George, who's preparing to give a kidney to his father, is in trouble with Angie because he threw away a box of her family mementos, but both their priorities shift when Benny delivers bad news: Manny has died. He hates his despicable son Ray and tries to keep Ray's daughter Veronica from taking after him. Veronica's trust fund is jeopardized by her self-serving, cold-hearted, manipulative father in an attempt to rob his daughter of her inherited wealth, resulting in the freezing of her account. George runs into his aunt at the store and finds out that Benny has been lying to him for over 30 years and that his father is alive and is living in California. Like his father, Max suffers from dyslexia, which is a lot more severe than George's dyslexia. Needles' role in the television program was minor, his extensive quantity of ailments receded however he was mentioned a couple of times during the show saying that George use a shock to keep mr needles off the furniture. Unfortunately this has left her quite easy to manipulate, as her search for true love and acceptance from her peers blinds her to a person's true nature. The part of Vic is played by Emiliano Diez. Furious and emotional, George destroys the watch, not knowing that it is worth a fortune until Benny tells him it must have been worth a lot more than when she was with Manny. When he got back to his home town, Mel finds him sleeping on the couch and brings him into the factory to confront a furious George about Carmen's whereabouts. Jack and Mel are usually looked down upon by most other aviation companies mostly because their father started the business and since they inherited it the company has gone down the tubes somewhat and they constantly prove they are simply not the men their father was. Though George may be aware of this, he still prefers to accuse Jason possibly because he can't accept the fact that it's his daughter that's lustful for Jason. Maximilian Victor Roberto Magic Johnson "Max" Lopez (Luis Armand Garcia) is George and Angie's second-born child and only son, Carmen's younger brother and Vic, Benny, Emelina and Manny's grandson. . In the episode "Mementos", George gets a posthumous letter from Manny, telling him his dying wish was that neither George nor Benny attend his funeral, as he had a reputation he wanted to protect, as his friends and associates would not look favorably upon a man who abandoned a wife and young child, as he did Benny and George many years earlier. They got back together in the same episode, during which Randy proposes and Benny finally relents and says yes. [10], Though Bullock had connections through Hollywood, The George Lopez Show was not an easy sell. But as the series progresses, he becomes increasingly more arrogant, seemingly difficult, and becomes more-and-more competitive with Angie and Benny. Due to this, Benny is disgusted at what her son George has been reduced to, which further causes her to dislike Angie. Ernie is depicted as silly, socially awkward, and very loyal to George. [9] Bullock approached Lopez backstage after the show and made her pitch to produce and star in a situational comedy centered around the comedian. The show entered syndication one month after the series finale on ABC, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. For example, whenever they have the house to themselves, George usually recommends they go upstairs and have sex. [10][11] Lopez was given full starring, creator, producer and writer credits for the show. Throughout grade school, he and Ernie had the reputation of being outcasts or "unpopular". At Thanksgiving dinner later that year, Manny is revealed to need a kidney transplant, so George offers to donate his kidney. Throughout the series, George demonstrates several times how self-righteous and uncaring he is of Angie, such as in "George's Extreme Makeover: Holmes Edition", where George promises to renovate the garage into an office space for Angie, but resorts to paying a couple of his old friends to do it with "a couple of cases of beer". George Lopez Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. scaring the living daylights out of Vic and Octavio, who angrily pursue him. Mel is said to be a womanizer; he often hires female managers and at one point he dates Veronica. (George, however, defends himself by saying if she's told him repeatedly, he's obviously not a very good listener) George can also tend to forget Angie's birthday or their anniversary, such as in "George of the Ring", where Angie points out that he actually forgot three days ago. In her first appearance, however, she was shown to be average size and played by Lillian Hurst. Episodes from the first four seasons of George Lopez do not use those respective seasons' opening titles, the season five version is used instead (this is evident as Emiliano Diez is credited in the sequence, which is slightly longer than how they were originally broadcast on ABC, though there is also a short version also used in syndication that also differs from the original short opening credits that does not credit him for seasons 13, even though Diez did not make his first guest appearance until season two and did not become a cast regular until season four); the final two seasons use those seasons' appropriate versions of the opening credits. Manny, wishing to estabish a relationship with George, drops charges on George, and he is released, as George invites him to have dinner over at his house, so that Manny could meet Angie and the kids. He is often at George's house conversing with the family and has very few other friends. The couple - who wed in July . Top Democrats said their goal is to 'just stop stupid stuff' and 'put people over politics' as they took their first pass at a strategy for trying to take back the House in 2024. When Manny sends George $20,000 to pay off his debt, he decides to go to Phoenix and meet his long-lost father, with his family tagging along for the ride. However, it has been revealed that Benny secretly does love her son; some reasons relating to her secrecy and deprivation of multiple privileges toward George were out of protection and worry for him. He is the son of Manny and Benny Lopez. He and Benny were estranged for fifteen years over a foolish grudge, but George convinces his mom to see Joe and get "closure" before he dies. For one Halloween, Max was asked what superhero he wanted to dress up as, and he said it was George; this shows how greatly Max appreciates his father. And I walked in on her checking a man for moles in a place where sun damage is not a possibility!"). The theme plays in the opening credits and was present when the show aired on ABC as well as syndication, but was replaced in the DVD releases of all seasons except 1 episode due to licensing costs. He starts to say all those words and dropping dollar bills everywhere, before he says "what-cha" (George's catchphrase) to George in his own house. Benny couldn't afford to keep both her and George, so she gave her up for adoption. He is a Cuban immigrant who became rich as a cardiac surgeon when he arrived in America. George is not publicly dating anybody new at this time. During the show's fifth season, Aimee Garcia was cast as George's niece, Veronica. 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T. R. S. Ranking Report: 01 Thru 210", "Getting Funny, Not Angry: Comedy: George Lopez deals with the stereotyping of Latinos by using humor to help fight the slights. [14] The series joined TBS on September 28, 2020.[15][16]. At the end of the episode when George and Angie were at the restaurant Angie told George that her father does not want her to go to Cuba unless Castro is not in power anymore. So let's wrap her around the keg and start this party!" Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, The Mandalorian Creators Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni on Grogus Force Training and the Darksabers Significance. According to Lopez, 170 staff members who worked on the show lost their jobs. Benny accepts, but later claims to leave Randy because he bored her. It is stated that he was kicked out of school, vandalized the factory (in the episode "Wrecking Ball") and got a girl pregnant at a previous school, simply to infuriate the principal. Her compassion for others not only annoys George, but often backfires. George warns him, "She's your first cousin; you have dyslexia. My popularity, I was involved in charities, I overcame my illness, all on TV. George often buys expensive jerseys of the teams and wears them on his days off. But what do we know about Mayan, as well as her relationship with her dad? At one point, George learned Angie's ex-boyfriend dumped her before meeting him, making him think she "dropped a level" so she wouldn't get dumped again. But before he dies, he gives Benny the tickets. "; an example of what he thinks of her and her actions. Angie could not choose between the first three names while George wanted their son named after someone famous. This results in Carmen being devastated, as he left California to pursue his baseball career. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. "Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi Camera Series Nominees / Winners 2004", "Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi Camera Series Nominees / Winners 2005", US ABC network to offer more shows dubbed in Spanish, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Lopez_(TV_series)&oldid=1142208394, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 02:51. Even so, he still loves his family and cares for them, even if he doesn't show it as often as before. And what happens?"[13]. Before Randy and Benny got married, Amy showed up at Randy's bachelor party and told Randy to leave Benny at the altar. Though they sometimes go through hardships trying to cope with his dyslexia, they never really have too many problems together. Her most famous line is, "I know, huh?" A prime example is when George believed his mom died in a house fire and was genuinely anxious. Max had a crush on Taylor. At some point during the second George's childhood, Manny, his second son, and wife, Lydia, had a dog whom Manny named "Benny" after his ex-wife. Manny dies before this can happen. She usually has been misled through someone else's deception or by her own desires (such as when she ran away from home with the womanizing Zach Powers and later insisted upon re-decorating her bedroom symbolically in order to match with her supposed maturity). Taylor is the backup dancer for Chingy. In Lopez vs. Lopez, George and his daughter discover that theyre not that different after all which is also true IRL. Angie is considerably softer and more forgiving as a parent, unlike her husband who is quick to come down hard on their kids. But George knew Angie wouldn't let him so they did it behind her back. Ernie agrees to foster Ricky- who is capable of managing multiple household tasks- out of necessity: his mother is usually too drunk to do anything. George always gives Max advice on how to deal with hardships he himself dealt with when he was Max's age while Angie gives him sympathy and unsuccessful advice mainly because she never dealt with the kind of problems Max deals with. Bullock executive produced the show; normally a film actress, Bullock's three episodes as Amy are her only television acting credits in the twenty-first century. Angie usually outsmarted George and had disrespected him in front of their children. When George and Angie work at the dunk tank for a school fund-raiser, a student's prank puts Angie in a very embarrassing position. Manny sends George a letter telling him not to go to the funeral, but with the letter, he sends George a gold watch that was handed down from Manny's father. Manny also stole George's birth certificate when he left him and Benny and used it to legalize the second George, who was born in Mexico. However, every appearance after that, the character is never shown and is voiced by a man. George later revealed that he needed a kidney transplant, as George, after much thought, and much to the chagrin of Benny, planned to donate his father a kidney, but Manny wound up dying before he had a chance to go through with the transplant. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! ", or when he thinks an idea is crazy or stupid, or when he clearly knows someone is joking about something, he will usually quote "Est loco!.. Angelina "Angie" Lopez (ne Palmero) (Constance Marie) is the daughter of Vic and Emilina Palmero, sister of Gloria and Ray Palmero, wife of George, daughter-in-law of Benny, and mother of Carmen and Max. George Lopez, commonly referred to as The George Lopez Show,[1] is an American sitcom created by George Lopez, Bruce Helford and Robert Borden, which originally aired for six seasons, consisting of 120 episodes, on ABC from March 27, 2002, to May 8, 2007. Along with her role in Mr. Troop Mom, shes also appeared in Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie, TMI Hollywood, and Celebrity Family Feud. Multiple storylines in the series are established through the unveiling of a secret guarded by Benny throughout George's whole childhood, most notably the discovery that his father Manny is still alive after Benny had convinced George that he died. Carmen did not agree, and Piper made Carmen choose to be friends with her or with Toby. Many episode plots had often been established through George's discovery of a protected secret, such as the revelation of his having a sister named Linda (who had enjoyed a far more loving childhood after Benny had given her up for adoption), and many jokes had been brought up referencing one of Benny's numerous acts of child abuse directed toward George and mistreatment of him. Another running gag is that whenever George is angry at her for something, such as a kept secret, she usually resorts to selling him her body in order to avoid consequence. She also took personal calls at work. Manny dies in Momentos, the next episode, before the surgery. I realized I wasn't the best dad, but when your kid's twerking upside-down, you've got some real f--king problems.. Comedy Drama When George's father Manny sends him a check for $20,000 to pay off his debt, George and the family take a trip out to Phoenix to meet his father for the first time in 36 years however he punches him and storms out. [26], "The George Lopez Show" redirects here. In the "fantasy dream flashbacks", in which George supposedly has when he's trying to describe to his son Max what his dad Manny, whom he's not seen since he was two, and doesn't remember how he looked, might look and act like, Manny's played first by Esai Morales in "Who's Your Daddy?" Although he doesn't have Carmen's low self-esteem, he succumbs to peer pressure, and does outlandish things such as dyeing his hair purple, telling Benny to "take her tired ass home" (and being slapped in the face), and giving his garage to a band. Angie gets mad at him because it was all she had left to remember her grandmother by. His wife, Angie's mother Emilina, cheated on him by having a prolonged affair and they divorced early in season 3. Ernie's inept social skills and inability to talk to women is obviously a result of the over sheltered childhood he had and his parents own problems rubbing off on him. Benny: Do you know why he's holding you? Ricky (J.B. Gaynor) is Max's closest friend. [12] According to Lopez, ABC prime-time entertainment president Steve McPherson called him over the weekend and explained that the network would lose money if the show was picked up again, and that it wasn't doing well financially. Max took on a more selfish attitude mainly from George's part and begins to make decisions based on his own insight rather than George's, which is seen towards the end of season 5 and beginning of season 6. Randy leaves Benny at the altar to be with Amy, his former love interest, but returns and begs her to take him back. Born in 1996, Mayan is George's only child. EPISODE 48. George Lopez (2002-2007) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Series Directed by Series Writing Credits Series Cast Series Produced by Series Music by Series Cinematography by Series Film Editing by Series Casting By Series Art Direction by Series Set Decoration by Series Costume Design by Series Makeup Department Vic later became engaged to 27-year-old Lindsay Cafferty (Stacy Keibler), but later discovered she was cheating on him with a younger man. 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