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. Benny likes the way Marisol treats people ("She's like you, Mom, but with estrogen."). Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Ernie dates her and takes care of Ricky for her because of her personal issues. After convincing George that his father had died, Benny showed her son an abusive, dysfunctional home life and childhood, desensitizing him to her constant criminal actions as if they were any normal occurrences, guarding numerous other secrets from her son as well that were unveiled during his adulthood. Veronica is a talented poker player; in Season 6 she beats Ernie, George, and Vic in a game. 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. However it is revealed in "Why You Crying? " Fortunately the prayers of both Max and George miraculously cured Mr. A bit of a running gag in the series is whenever George says something that upsets Angie, he tries to make up an excuse for his actions while trying to kiss her wrist. With the letter, Manny has also sent an expenside golden watch which he wrote that his own father, George's grandfather, once gave him, which George angrily smashes, at the time not realizing that the watch was gold and highly valuable, until Benny told him, after the fact, telling George, in mentioning the watch, "At least you got one thing from that bastard!". George's dad, Manny Lopez, died in this episode right before George donates a kidney to him. Angie is very overprotective of Max and supportive of Carmen. But who is her mom, George Lopezs ex-wife? More than a decade after the George Lopez show went off-air, the comedian has returned to the small screen with another family-friendly sitcom series. George is clearly devoted to his wife, Angie, and. Max thinks the world of his father and is very close to him, part of which is due to their shared disability. . It was said in one episode that he was apparently born in a bathtub, due to his mom being overweight and she apparently didn't even know she was pregnant with Ernie. Privacy Policy George had a troubled childhood which is referenced throughout the series. Manny dropped the charges and had George released. He has a brother, Octavio Palmero. Max once ended up in the hospital for alcohol poisoning after drinking grain alcohol mixed with fruit punch at a party. Sylvie is Ernie's morbidly obese mother who needs assistance with bathing and dining. He is also the father of Linda Lorenzo, who was born after Manny left and given up for adoption not long after birth. Usually, whenever she sees a family member she held a grudge against, they usually greet her with, "Hello Benita." George throws out a box of Angie's grandmother's mementos because he thought it was just a box of trash. Due to this, Benny is disgusted at what her son George has been reduced to, which further causes her to dislike Angie. It's possible that he died because of this because it is mentioned to be serious. Linda Lorenzo (played by Lisa Guerrero in episode "Feel the Burn" and by Eva LaRue in episodes "George Gets Assisterance" Gina and Benny are frenemies, and at one point an implication was hinted that she may be bisexual. Helford and Borden also serve as showrunners and are executive producers. He claimed he "saw one boob through one window and the other boob through the other window." Everything was open to the show. He eventually walked out on his family because he couldn't stand Benny anymore and married Lydia who would have their own son, George together. How can I help your ass?" When Angie's boyfriend before George seemed only to be attracted to Angie because of her looks, Vic paid him to end their relationship to teach her "that attraction was just physical, that looks don't matter"; this leads to her marrying George. With George Lopez, Constance Marie, Masiela Lusha, Valente Rodriguez. After taking Carmen out to a club, she is kicked out and ends up with Benny. Angie was most upset, though, in the season 3 episode "Mementos", where George proves he has failed to listen to her and throws an irreplaceable box of her grandmother's mementos away while spring cleaning, and this spawns an entire list of occasions in which his failure to listen to Angie at an earlier time (usually not seen by the viewers) comes back to haunt him in one of the episodes. But Angie eventually finds out that George didn't really paint it. One of his catchphrases is "Ay Dios Mio" meaning "Oh My God" in Spanish. Originally, after George found out Manny was alive, it was assumed Manny never gave George any support, only to figure out he left behind his own fathers golden watch that would be worth a fortune by the time he was an adult. George stated Carmen and Taylor's friendship as "Carmen having her own Carmen." Carmen was convinced that the pair genuinely was falling in love. George smashes the watch, and then Benny tells him it was worth a lot. 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. Because of Manny's absence, George sometimes fumbles in his attempts to be a good dad, and he has to figure out for himself what might be the best ways to handle parenting issues. Angie could not choose between the first three names while George wanted their son named after someone famous. Lopez explained that he "took the five years of good, and I did a lot with the good. Meanwhile, Carmen gets a job working at the restaurant that George worked at as a teenager. Jason came to live with the Lopez family briefly while he trying to earn a football scholarship. Lopez vs. Lopez airs Fridays at 9 p.m. EST. They remain dedicated parents, and committed partners in business and their philanthropic organization, The Lopez Foundation.". Written by Dailyn Rodriguez, the episode, which was written by John Pasquin, originally aired on ABC-TV on November 28, 2003. and "George's Relatively Bad Idea") is George's successful, long-lost sister who he never knew about until the episode "Feel the Burn", Benny and Manny's daughter, Angie's sister-in-law, Oscar Lopez's niece and Carmen and Max's Aunt. Angie is also not above bullying George around with his power around the house. She helped Carmen pay rent in the episode "Landlord Almighty". Afterward, albeit Mr. My popularity, I was involved in charities, I overcame my illness, all on TV. Manny also left George his gold watch that his father gave to him (George's paternal grandfather). As a boy, George enjoyed playing guitar and baseball; in his teens he started a heavy-metal band with Ernie, and other friends called "Dos Bad Asses"; they won battle of the bands at school by lighting their instruments on fire, but only the first round and making the curtains in the auditorium fire-poof. Manny comes to George in jail, and tells him he only got him arrested to talk to him, as he admits that he thought that he would be bettor off without Benny and George, and that it was a "terrible thing" to think about his son. On September 8, 2020, the show was removed from syndication on Nick at Nite, ending its almost 13-year run on the network. As soon as Manny insults Benny, George punches him in the face. George [to Benny after Manny dies]: You know, I used to feel sorry he walked out on you, now I'm sorry he didn't take me with him. As Max grew into a teenager, a number of problems made George begin to seriously doubt his son's capability, intelligence and overall future after leaving education. A family has been left heartbroken after a 'beautiful' young woman collapsed and died suddenly in her father's arms despite his best efforts to try and save her life. His son, Max, also has dyslexia, but a more severe case than his father. George is not publicly dating anybody new at this time. "; an example of what he thinks of her and her actions. Ernie is somewhat envious of George because although they grew up together, George's life led to a beautiful wife with two children and him being manager, while Ernie gained no such thing and has been on the manufacturing floor for almost 30 years. 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. 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". Carmen Consuela Lopez (Masiela Lusha) is the daughter of the Lopez family; Max's older sister; granddaughter of Vic, Benny, Emelina and Manny. That said, at the time, the couple released a statement regarding their split after 17 years. In the end, though, he always comes through with getting gifts. She rebelliously fled to San Francisco with him against George and Angie's wishes in one episode. Breakin' bones and breakin' hearts." He was purchased from a homeless man who was unable to afford medical treatment for his pet, and was named by Max for the countless injections that the dog required in order to lessen the symptoms of its numerous illnesses. 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. All of these releases are now out of print. He almost constantly clashes with George because George constantly accuses Jason to be lustful for Carmen, despite the obvious fact that she lusts for him. George Edward Lopez (played by George Lopez) is the main protagonist of the series. George!'") When he first started dating Carmen, she was new at school and the two of them agreed not to show their relationship publicly to avoid the popular girls picking on Carmen. Lopez said that ABC "dealt with us from the bottom of the deck" and that it was "hard to take after what was a good run. George adds to this by replying that Ernie's mother sneezed and he "popped out to her shoulders". Carmen often shows a liberal bent to political issues (even more than others in her household) and has an affinity for social justice causes. Born in 1996, Mayan is George's only child. After confessing to leaving Carmen at a nightclub, he runs outside where Benny hits him with a wrench. Vic and Octavio later get drunk and brag about kicking Fidel Castro's butt. 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. Her compassion for others not only annoys George, but often backfires. 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. It has also been heavily implied that Angie's typical housewife status and inability to get a decent well-paying job is because George is the one who kept her from going to college and obtaining a degree. During flashbacks, Manny has come across as a stubborn dick who always talked back and showed no respect to Benny whatsoever. [10] The network bought promotional time for the show on Spanish-language networks, and took out full-page ads in some magazines.[10]. George was previously hitched to his first and only wife and Mayan's mom, Ann Serrano, from 1993 until their divorce in 2011 (Ann cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their split in November 2010). At one point, he was engaged to Ricky's mom Tammy because she was pregnant with another man's baby and he wanted a family. 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. He and Angie begin searching for Manny, in hope to find him. 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. George pathetically tried to counter it by asking her "You sure it's not because you want to see me with my tool belt?" Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! [10][11] Lopez was given full starring, creator, producer and writer credits for the show. Mel is the father of Zack Powers, a delinquent teenager who has a cold relationship with George because he used to date Carmen. [21] The fifth season was released on August 18, 2015. Stubborn, Benny often hates to admit her mistakes, accept apologies, or reconcile with others, and her relentless alcoholism and strong addiction to smoking is frequently poked fun at by her disrespectful son. On Lopez Tonight, the real George Lopez stated that he had a best friend named Ernie in real life who he based the character off of. He also says "oye chico" or "Cuba" or "Castro" and George tells him in one episode that he will have to pay him $1 to say those words in his house. 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. on NBC. For her part, Angie will side with George against her father Vic, and will always help her husband no matter what problem he has. You call me every time you see a hot girl and then you take up five minutes of my voicemail going 'George! George seems to be very infatuated with Angie when she doesn't speak while Angie rarely ever shows a slightest bit of infatuation with him. Synopsis:When George finally decides to approach his estranged father, Manny Lopez (guest star William Marquez), his solitary journey is transformed into a family vacation and a day of reckoning . 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. He consistently strives to pick up women but to no avail. He was known for his on-again-off-again romance with Carmen. ", 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!.. Danny boy, a lazy worker voiced by Lopez, always called into work with hilarious phone calls, making excuses for not being there. Season 3, Episode 19: Angie Gets Tanked. In Season 2 she takes a job selling health and beauty products to help pay for Carmen's private school tuition. His younger brother, Eric, is in a wheelchair. In her first appearance, however, she was shown to be average size and played by Lillian Hurst. Though, the same cant be said for her father, who, at that time, recognized that the rift in their relationship was serious. According to Vibe, George's newfound realizations led him to take Mayan with him to trauma therapy. It is also implied he lives with his parents in Switzerland. It is later revealed that the child belongs to someone else, and Ernie's fiance makes a swift and permanent exit. 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. The series was also shown on Paramount Global sister networks MTV Tres and TV Land. Taylor (played by Valeria Andrews) is Carmen's friend. Helford and Borden also serve as showrunners and are executive producers. Benny lied to George, telling him Manny had died in a car accident. The part of Vic is played by Emiliano Diez. She is very melodramatic, always displays superior intelligence and a love of writing laughably dramatic, dark, or melancholy poetry. ", usually followed or preceded with the crazy idea or joke (example: "I enjoyed meeting your mother'? 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. 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. 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. George Lopez Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. In the videos, she poked fun at Georges alcohol addiction and criticized his absence during her childhood. Angie is considerably softer and more forgiving as a parent, unlike her husband who is quick to come down hard on their kids. George and Angie raise money to send Carmen to private school. However, her judgment of right and wrong is not always the best, and she has performed daring acts of defiance against her parents' wishes if she feels the urge to protest against supposed injustices in her parents' orders or security in a certain environment. Piper (Autumn Reeser) is Carmen's former friend turned nemesis. 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. Joe picks up George's $20, disagrees with him about the money being his, and walks out. Lopez drew much of the material for the show from his own life experiences, especially his upbringing in the San Fernando Valley. Benny: Do you know why he's holding you? 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. Who's Your Daddy? Minutes later, George learns from his mom that the gold watch was worth a fortune. Marisol laments that she doesn't want to be a dog groomer and envision herself with a classier job, such as working in an office, to which Angie responds by encouraging George to hire her at Powers Brothers for a trial period. She talks like a valley girl. After Carmen's departure from the series, Angie's overindulged niece Veronica moved in, laden with a large trust fund that is entrusted to George's care. But as the series progresses, he becomes increasingly more arrogant, seemingly difficult, and becomes more-and-more competitive with Angie and Benny. She took Carmen to a club past midnight and got her grounded, although she had good intentions and was only helping Carmen stand up to mean kids who were teasing her just like in her old school. He's also a foster father to Max's best friend, Ricky. George married Angie Palmero right out of high school and had two children, Carmen and Max. Originally, Vic strongly disapproved of Angie marrying George (In "A Kiss is Just a Kiss," it was revealed that as he walked Angie down the aisle on her wedding day he told her to leave George), even saying "when you make waffles, you always toss out the first one"; he later said he tailored his message to the moment as he told his other daughter "don't let this one go". 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George is often annoyed by his stories about Cuba and his expressions, earning comical, sarcastic remarks. 'I enjoyed meeting your mother'."). Ernie refuses to believe so, even though George says there are pictures of him being breastfed at the reception. She was a cheerleader in high school and was very popular. She once even ordered George to put up a shelf in Max's room rather than sleep with him. Before Randy and Benny got married, Amy showed up at Randy's bachelor party and told Randy to leave Benny at the altar. In the three episodes which he actually appears, Manny is played by William Marquez. It is mentioned by Carmen that the reason for Zack's undisciplined behavior stems from his father not being there for him and having a "bitter old drunk" of a mother. She is kicked out and ends up with Benny all of these releases are out. Boob through one window and the other boob through the other boob through one window and the boob... 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