Dejémonos_de_Vainas

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Dejémonos de vainas

Colombian TV series or program

Dejémonos de vainas is a Colombian sitcom, created by Daniel Samper Pizano and broadcast weekly between 1983 and 1998. Bernardo Romero Pereiro scripted and directed some episodes.

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The show, which depicted a "typical" middle-class family in Bogotá, was loosely based on Samper Pizano's own life. The protagonist, Juan Ramón Vargas, is a sports journalist working for El Clima (a spoof of El Tiempo), and lives with his wife, Renata, and his three children.

Main characters

  • Juan Ramón Vargas Sampedro (Víctor Hugo Morant, Carlos de la Fuente), father
  • Renata Hermelinda Villegas de Vargas (Paula Peña), mother
  • Ramiro, a.k.a. El Costeño (Edgar Palacio), neighbor
  • Loly Vargas (Erika Krum), aunt
  • Margarita Vargas (Marisol Correa), daughter
  • Teresita Vargas, a.k.a. Pecas (Claudia Anderson), daughter
  • Ramoncito Vargas Benjamín Herrera, son
  • Josefa Chivatá (Maru Yamayusa), maid

Secondary characters

  • Federico (Javier Locumi), Margarita's boyfriend
  • John Millhouse Clemens, a.k.a. El Gringo (Jimmy Bernal), Teresita's boyfriend

Spin-offs

After Teresita got married with John Millhouse Clemens (Jimmy Bernal), RCN TV produced the spin-off series Te quiero, Pecas, broadcast between 18 August 1988 and 25 March 1994.[3]

Soundtrack

The theme song for Dejémonos de vainas was Rose Royce's Yo Yo.

References

  1. [1]
    El Espectador, Los Vargas se dejaron de vainas, 16 August 1998
  2. [2]
    Luis Alejandro Amaya, El País (Colombia), Las cachas, 9 August 2007
  3. [3]
    Alberto B, El País (Colombia), SE FUE UN MAESTRO...QUE EL QUE DEJO UNA HUELLA A LOS COLOMBIANOS, 5 October 2006


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