Max also shares George's sense of humor and will make decisions based on his father's actions. During flashbacks, Manny has come across as a stubborn dick who always talked back and showed no respect to Benny whatsoever. Per Variety, the two were estranged for about a decade before the pandemic brought them back together. In the episode "George Discovers How Mescal-ed Up His Life Would Have Been Without the Benny-Fits", Angie sides with Benny when George prevented her from winning a contest at work. However, she is most frequently depicted as being cynical and cold-hearted; she taunted her little son for his undiagnosed dyslexia and showed him no encouragement of any kind at all, exposing him to criminal activity, gang disputes, and riots during his very earliest years of life. In Season 2 she takes a job selling health and beauty products to help pay for Carmen's private school tuition. 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. George warns him, "She's your first cousin; you have dyslexia. She told Max "What we called discipline is now called child abuse". In the season 3 finale, he runs away with her and takes $5,000 with him. 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. (Vic says he learned of it when "Last week I went to her dermatology clinic to surprise her. At the 9th ALMA Awards in 2007, George Lopez called the song the "Chicano National Anthem". Taylor eats Carmen's food, uses her phone, and wears her clothes without permission. Born in 1996, Mayan is George's only child. ("Evidently, the lesson sunk in"). "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. Jason MacNamara (Bryan Fisher) is Carmen's boyfriend during seasons 3 and 4: popular, athletic, handsome, charming and smart. Joseph "Joe" Diaz (Ismael 'East' Carlo) is George's and Linda's deceased uncle, Angie's uncle-in-law, Carmen and Max's great-uncle, and Benny's big brother. When Manny left, he took George's birth certificate, later used to legalize his 2nd son, George Lopez, George's half brother, with the same name. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter "George and Ann Lopez have made the decision to end their 17-year marriage," they said. [8] With an absence of TV deals, he continued to perform standup through the 1990s and into the 2000s. Piper (Autumn Reeser) is Carmen's former friend turned nemesis. (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. 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. Vic, George, and Ernie went out to the Atlantic Ocean to pull Octavio out of the ocean and bring him to American soil as a surprise anniversary gift from George to Angie. It was found out that she and Randy McGee were dating before he started dating Benny. He is shown to be quite rebellious and never listening to his father. Joe seemed to have a lot of money because of how Benny described him not sacrificing $20 for her. He is known to date many other girls only for sex, even sleeping with his principal's daughter. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. She is known for having an attitude problem and for being very rude to people. 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. He also suffered from insomnia at one point due to the stress of having to work harder than anyone due to his dyslexia, so Vic suggested he take up boxing to help him cope with anxiety. He ran away from Carmen to pursue a baseball career after she tried to pressure him into having a baby so they could get married. Vic despises Fidel Castro; in Carmen's Dating, when George tells him that Castro died, he is irrepressibly thrilled. George and Angie agreed that he would not box anymore, and resolved to help him deal with his stress; George later implied he was lying and would make Angie handle it alone. 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". All rights reserved. [8] Lopez was only willing to do a show if it meant that the roles were not demeaning to Latinos, vowing never to play a murderer, drug dealer or gang member. Manuel "Manny" Lopez is Benny's ex-husband, Lydia's husband, George Lopez's, Linda Lorenzo's, and George Edward Lopez (II)'s father. "[13], Lopez attributed the cancellation in part to the fact that the show was not produced directly by ABC Studios, but instead by Warner Bros. She laughs this off, but learns not to take a shower when Max is home, as she found him in the hamper once. 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. Later, George learns from the other George that Manny lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his construction buisness and is now rich. Ah! 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. Veronica Ann Palmero (Aimee Garcia) is George and Angie's wealthy, spoiled niece, whose trust fund was left under George's care after the passing of her mother. Max thinks the world of his father and is very close to him, part of which is due to their shared disability. In one episode, it is learned that Angie once fell in love with him because of a mural Angie that George claims to have made. Lopez drew much of the material for the show from his own life experiences, especially his upbringing in the San Fernando Valley. Per Variety, the two were estranged for . George found Manny in Phoenix, Arizona, punched him in the face for calling his mother a "cabrona" (Spanish for "Bitch") and was arrested for it a month later. But who is her mom, George Lopezs ex-wife? 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. Amazon. 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." At one point, George finds out that Manny is alive from Manny's sister Cecelia Lopez. 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. Vic makes his series debut in the Season Two episode "Meet the Cuban Parents", where he appears along with wife Emelina Palmero, his wife, who's played in the episode by model . His wife, Angie's mother Emilina, cheated on him by having a prolonged affair and they divorced early in season 3. 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. 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. That said, at the time, the couple released a statement regarding their split after 17 years. This is incorrect he should have said that they are in Malibu when actually they are in Cuba. [10][11] Lopez was given full starring, creator, producer and writer credits for the show. A prime example is when George believed his mom died in a house fire and was genuinely anxious. After seeing her TikToks, George Lopez took daughter Mayan Lopez to therapy and the two now co-star on 'Lopez vs. Lopez.'. scaring the living daylights out of Vic and Octavio, who angrily pursue him. 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. He works on the assembly line at Power Bros. Aviation, he started as a regular worker who later on became the Assembly Line's Team Leader. 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. It's been implied that one of the reasons Max didn't do too well at school is George and Angie's constant arguing which makes it hard for him to concentrate on his studies, though his parents don't seem to care or even attempt to change even after Max practically broke down informing them of this, though it was implied he simply used it as an excuse in order to explain his getting a D in history at the time. Everything was open to the show. She is said to be deeply religious, though she was pregnant with Ernie before marrying his father. 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. George Lopez Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. George Lopez: [looking at a picture of Manny] Who's that he's holding? 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