[11] Bullock, Helford, and two of the show's other executive producers met with ABC executives later that month, and the network tested the show with 4 episodes, before committing to 13 episodes the following fall and eventually adding an additional 9. scaring the living daylights out of Vic and Octavio, who angrily pursue him. 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. The show moved to ION Television on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. He is also dyslexic, which often comes into play on the show. Sylvie is Ernie's morbidly obese mother who needs assistance with bathing and dining. She is very melodramatic, always displays superior intelligence and a love of writing laughably dramatic, dark, or melancholy poetry. Taylor eats Carmen's food, uses her phone, and wears her clothes without permission. At the start of the series, he and Angie were very much in love. He is also an avid sports fan of teams such as the Oakland Raiders, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Needles in order to lessen his agony. Amy (Sandra Bullock) is a recurring character (appearing in three episodes in total) who is nicknamed Accident Amy, because she is accident-prone. Like Angie, Carmen has unrivaled beauty. She's cold. Throughout grade school, he and Ernie had the reputation of being outcasts or "unpopular". Carmen gets suspended from school when she gets in a fight with Piper. Due to this, Benny is disgusted at what her son George has been reduced to, which further causes her to dislike Angie. 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. Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas (Valente Rodriguez) has been George's best friend since the second grade. In Lopez vs. Lopez, George and his daughter discover that theyre not that different after all which is also true IRL. Much to George's fury, Manny has prohibited his son's family from attending his funeral in protection of his reputation. According to Lopez, 170 staff members who worked on the show lost their jobs. Meanwhile, Carmen gets a job working at the restaurant that George worked at as a teenager. 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. She has told Ernie directly on the first encounter that he has big ears, told George that he has a big head, and she answered the office telephone "Hello, Powers Brothers Aviation. 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. 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. When individual episodes have scores, they will influence the final season score. She got George in trouble with the Powers Brothers for not responding to important calls. that Benny was in turn raised in an abusive environment. Whenever he torments his sister, George will usually enable and/or encourage his behavior. Summary One in this comedy series, set in Los Angeles, in which comedian George Lopez plays family man "George Lopez." In this episode, George and Angie happily plan their trip to Hawaii, though Max is highly annoyed to be left behind. After getting a black eye (from taking off his boxing glove wrong), Angie found out. Even so, he still loves his family and cares for them, even if he doesn't show it as often as before. Dr. Victor "Vic" Garcia Lantigua Palmero (Emiliano Dez) is Angie's wealthy father, Emilina's ex-husband, George's father-in-law, and Carmen, Max, and Veronica's grandfather. Read on for more. Lopez explained that he "took the five years of good, and I did a lot with the good. Written by Dailyn Rodriguez, the episode, which was written by John Pasquin, originally aired on ABC-TV on November 28, 2003. Fans were surprised by the breakup considering Ann donated her kidney to George a few years prior after he suffered a condition that deteriorated his kidneys. Though aside from all this, they both truly love each other. The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth: Season 8, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1, Link to Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. [8] With an absence of TV deals, he continued to perform standup through the 1990s and into the 2000s. Carmen boldly defended Zach against her mother and father's claims of his true intentions. This is often demonstrated when a particularly challenging situation arises and rather than admit that he is in over his head, George will quote in a very high-pitched voice, "I got this! However, George frequently underestimates Carmen's intelligence and has little faith in her, sometimes apparently perceiving her as dim and airheaded (similar to how Benny sees Carmen as a future stripper). Much like George is overprotective of Carmen, Angie is overprotective of Max, and sees him as her little boy just like any stereotypically overprotective mother. Angie is very overprotective of Max and supportive of Carmen. His younger brother, Eric, is in a wheelchair. So let's wrap her around the keg and start this party!" After taking Carmen out to a club, she is kicked out and ends up with Benny. George initially believed Manny, his father, was dead (which was what Benny told him so he would stop asking where his father was), but learned he was actually alive from Manny's sister and George's aunt, Cecelia. They both share a hatred for Carmen. Many episode plots were established through his stay in the Lopez household. Esai Morales who plays Manny Lopez, George's father, is actually two years younger than George Lopez. George attempts to teach Veronica responsibility by helping her find a job in the factory, though his efforts are often thwarted when Veronica seduces the male workers (particularly Ernie and Mel Powers) into carrying out her duties for her. The percentage of approved Tomatometer critics who have given this title a positive review. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! The series is produced by Fortis Productions and Mohawk Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. [10] Upon the series debut, Lopez became one of the few Latinos to star in a television comedy series, following in the footsteps of Desi Arnaz, Freddie Prinze, and John Leguizamo. Rather than being a complete dick, Manny has shown sympathetic moments who lived full of fear and guilt of leaving George behind with his ex-wife, Benny. 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. George's dad, Manny Lopez, died in this episode right before George donates a kidney to him. Season 3, Episode 19: Angie Gets Tanked. Her most famous line is, "I know, huh?" She rebelliously fled to San Francisco with him against George and Angie's wishes in one episode. If you have kids with her, your mom and I will have to pay a dollar to visit our grandkids at the carnival.". EPISODE 48. Because he just sold your crib for weed. 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?" He was even willing to run into the burning building to save her if it weren't for a firefighter holding him back. She disapproves of the constant fighting between George and Benny and consistently tries to mend fences between them. George's relationship with his mom revolves around insulting each other, briefly complimenting each other, and insulting each other some more. Manny also left George his gold watch that his father gave to him (George's paternal grandfather). George also loves to play golf and he usually does it whenever he gets out of situations and to outsmart his family, like listening to Carmen's poetry or talk about Max's dyslexic problems. She talks like a valley girl. Manny's personality was commonly depicted as being abusive toward his son and former wife in his few appearances before he dies of kidney disease. George raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the hands of his neglectful alcoholic mother Benny, who is portrayed as selfish and cold-hearted. George often backs down from his wife, which prompts Benny to tease him on the inevitable fact she's actually the "man" in their marriage. George married Angie Palmero right out of high school and had two children, Carmen and Max. 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. They got back together in the same episode, during which Randy proposes and Benny finally relents and says yes. 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. George often refers to his mother as "a crazy old bat". George is about to donate a kidney to Manny, but Manny dies before he can donate the kidney. After they tell Carmen she can go back to school now, she refuses, telling them that she's the school whore now after revealing a phone call from boys who were asking if they could leave a message for the school whore. Randy (Nick Offerman) used to date Benny. Zack (played by Trevor Wright) is Mel's son and Jack's nephew. Later, they broke up because Tammy still wanted to sleep around when she and Ernie got married. Joe and Benny argue about how he owed her $20, while George subtly takes a $20 out of his pocket and drops it on the floor, exclaiming "Oh, look what fell out of Joe's pocket." 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. She also took personal calls at work. For example, whenever they have the house to themselves, George usually recommends they go upstairs and have sex. Manuel "Manny" Lopez is Benny's ex-husband, Lydia's husband, George Lopez's, Linda Lorenzo's, and George Edward Lopez (II)'s father. Needles of his tumor entirely, resulting in George's fulfillment of his vow to crawl up the cobblestones of the Church devoted to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico; in truth George did not wish to do this and only pretended to pray to make Max feel better. Max thinks the world of his father and is very close to him, part of which is due to their shared disability. Ernie refuses to believe so, even though George says there are pictures of him being breastfed at the reception. [19] After over six years since the release of the first and second seasons, Warner Home Video released the third season on July 16, 2013. [10], Though Bullock had connections through Hollywood, The George Lopez Show was not an easy sell. In the episode "Girl Fight" Piper writes "Carmen Hopez" on the sliding door and also wrote "Carmen Cant Say No-pez" on her locker at school because Carmen's ex-boyfriend Adam spread a rumor that he had sex with Carmen. Offers may be subject to change without notice. But who is her mom, George Lopezs ex-wife? 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. Later, George learns from the other George that Manny lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his construction buisness and is now rich. Helford and Borden also serve as showrunners and are executive producers. Despite all this, Angie still loves him. She is said to be deeply religious, though she was pregnant with Ernie before marrying his father. The show's theme song is "Low Rider", performed by War. A month later, the police show up at George's work, and arrest him. Max's learning disabilities were so bad that he nearly failed the 5th grade, but managed to avoid this. 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. In the pilot episode, "Prototype," George gets promoted to manager of Powers & Sons Aviation (usually seen as Powers Bros.), an airplane parts factory. Jack and Mel Powers (Jack Blessing and Mark Tymchyshyn) are the co-presidents of Powers Brothers Aviation, the airplane manufacturing factory that employs George, Benny, and Ernie. He is the son of Manny and Benny Lopez. The part of Vic is played by Emiliano Diez. That said, at the time, the couple released a statement regarding their split after 17 years. But George knew Angie wouldn't let him so they did it behind her back. He was known for his on-again-off-again romance with Carmen. Eventually she admitted that her parents were right all along about Zach when she confessed that he had dumped and ditched her in a nightclub shortly after she refused to sleep with him at a hotel he had taken her to. Joe picks up George's $20, disagrees with him about the money being his, and walks out. It is also implied he lives with his parents in Switzerland. and the While they are talking, George bursts through the door dressed as Castro, and shouts in a thick Cuban accent: "It's Go Time!" Needles is the name of the Lopez family dog; mangy and sickly, having contracted a multitude of harsh, often fictional and disgusting, canine ailments. 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. Though they sometimes go through hardships trying to cope with his dyslexia, they never really have too many problems together. Her compassion for others not only annoys George, but often backfires. [14] The series joined TBS on September 28, 2020.[15][16]. [11] Bullock sought the help of Bruce Helford (who created The Drew Carey Show and had been a head writer for Roseanne), and, due to his history with ABC on those shows, became a co-creator and executive producer of Lopez's show. 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 Everything was open to the show. ("I don't listen to any of your messages. 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. [10] The network bought promotional time for the show on Spanish-language networks, and took out full-page ads in some magazines.[10]. I shared all of that with Americaevery secret I had Every emotion. He is often at George's house conversing with the family and has very few other friends. A third brother, Lou, is also co-owner of the company but estranged from his brothers. He is also the father of Linda Lorenzo, who was born after Manny left and given up for adoption not long after birth. In Season 3 he went through several tutors until Jason started tutoring him, which helped him significantly. He claimed he "saw one boob through one window and the other boob through the other window." Vic despises Fidel Castro; in Carmen's Dating, when George tells him that Castro died, he is irrepressibly thrilled. 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. Ricky (J.B. Gaynor) is Max's closest friend. 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. He has a huge crush on Angie, and can often be seen hitting on her, much to George's distaste. His son, Max, also has dyslexia, but a more severe case than his father. The series finale aired on May 8, 2007, after the show was canceled by ABC. 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. Mementos was the 11th episode in Season Three of George Lopez; it also was the 39th overall series episode. Ernie said: "She likes to air-dry!". The show's theme song "Low Rider" is intact in these releases. However Carmen does not give in when Zack attempts to sleep with her at a hotel, even trying to get her drunk just to do so, which also fails. He is a Cuban immigrant who became rich as a cardiac surgeon when he arrived in America. Benny constantly teases George about not being the man of the house, his big head, his failures as a child. 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. Angie gets mad at him because it was all she had left to remember her grandmother by. In the episode where Carmen wants to get birth-control pills for safe sex, Vic says that he lost his virginity in a field "with the sound of revolution in the background." Manny dies in Momentos, the next episode, before the surgery. Benita "Benny" Diaz Lopez (Belita Moreno) is George and Linda's mother, Angie's mother-in-law, and Carmen and Max's paternal grandmother; a wise-cracking, outspoken, insensitive alcoholic who was responsible for George's frequently-mentioned traumatic childhood. Another running gag in the series is her hitting George at least once an episode after he says something she doesn't want to hear or something that she believes is too inappropriate in front of the kids. to try calming himself. When he realizes Carmen was not going to give in and sleep with him, he breaks up with her and leaves her in San Francisco at a club before going back home. [8] In August 2000, after being given one of Lopez's comedy albums to listen to, actress Sandra Bullock saw Lopez perform live at the Brea Improv Comedy Club. 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. Helford and Borden also serve as showrunners and are executive producers. Benny often calls her "princess" sarcastically due to her being spoiled, and the two don't get along well. 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. Angie is considerably softer and more forgiving as a parent, unlike her husband who is quick to come down hard on their kids. She soon says that George couldn't tell her whom to date but soon breaks up with Vic when she finds out how he kissed Benny, her mother, and gently tells him it'd be best if they just stayed friends. Angie usually outsmarted George and had disrespected him in front of their children. Vic and Octavio later get drunk and brag about kicking Fidel Castro's butt. 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