He has a huge crush on Angie, and can often be seen hitting on her, much to George's distaste. Benny lied to George, telling him Manny had died in a car accident. 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. 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. She told Max "What we called discipline is now called child abuse". By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Amazon. Benny: Do you know why he's holding you? 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. Though aside from all this, they both truly love each other. Max is an avid skateboarder. 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. [23], The complete series was also published in high definition on the iTunes Store and Amazon Video. He is an incompetent, big-eared, clumsy, dim-witted, but loyal and lovable character. Carmen did not agree, and Piper made Carmen choose to be friends with her or with Toby. Carmen Consuela Lopez (Masiela Lusha) is the daughter of the Lopez family; Max's older sister; granddaughter of Vic, Benny, Emelina and Manny. 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. She talks like a valley girl. 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. "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. In the pilot episode, "Prototype," George gets promoted to manager of Powers & Sons Aviation (usually seen as Powers Bros.), an airplane parts factory. She's also been described as a bad cook by mainly Benny and sometimes George. 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. George was infuriated by his actions and Zach admitted his intentions to George during a confrontation. 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 almost constantly clashes with George because George constantly accuses Jason to be lustful for Carmen, despite the obvious fact that she lusts for him. ABOUT GEORGE. At another time, when Benny said she would never see George again after an argument, George said he would (when he's called to identify Benny's dead body)- "That's her. [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. 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. And what happens?"[13]. This is a list of characters from George Lopez. 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. The show's theme song is "Low Rider", performed by War. After confessing to leaving Carmen at a nightclub, he runs outside where Benny hits him with a wrench. to which Joe replies, "Who told you?" 'I enjoyed meeting your mother'."). 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. George had a troubled childhood which is referenced throughout the series. 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. Mel is the father of Zack Powers, a delinquent teenager who has a cold relationship with George because he used to date Carmen. George eventually and successfully negotiated Jason's pro baseball contract with the Washington Nationals farm team, the Savannah Sand Gnats. He likes everyone in the family except for Benny, who sometimes barks at him due to his personality. In Season 2 she takes a job selling health and beauty products to help pay for Carmen's private school tuition. Carmen gets suspended from school when she gets in a fight with Piper. George also accidentally saw Sylvie naked as a child. Carmen goes to private school after people keep harassing her, including a guy pulling her shirt up in the hall, and another who follows her into the bathroom and asks her if she wants to have sex with him. Carmen and Toby don't go to the party and Carmen and Toby remain best friends. 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. 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. [21] The fifth season was released on August 18, 2015. 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. 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?" In one episode she was hired as a stripper as a gag during Randy's bachelor party, only for Amy to interfere with her performance in an attempt to win back Randy's affections. 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. That was until Mayan posted a viral video that saw her twerking while simultaneously doing a handstand, and it would've made Megan Thee Stallion proud. 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. 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. 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. But who is her mom, George Lopezs ex-wife? See production, box office & company info, The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Dinner for Schmucks/Charlie St. Cloud/Get Low, Stage 4, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA. George!'") [24][25] The series became available to stream on Peacock on July 15, 2020. For her part, Angie will side with George against her father Vic, and will always help her husband no matter what problem he has. Helford and Borden also serve as showrunners and are executive producers. 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. Copyright Fandango. 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. He and Angie begin searching for Manny, in hope to find him. 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. A third brother, Lou, is also co-owner of the company but estranged from his brothers. In Would You Like a Drumstick or a Kidney?, George learns from his half-brother that his father needs a new kidney. How can I help your ass?" Vic and Octavio later get drunk and brag about kicking Fidel Castro's butt. She once even ordered George to put up a shelf in Max's room rather than sleep with him. 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. George! He is believed to be a Super Bowl fan, because he always has tickets. George often refers to his mother as "a crazy old bat". Towards the conclusion of the series, Carmen left for college and the role filled by her character was replaced through the addition of her snobbish, overindulged, wealthy cousin Veronica, whose trust fund has been left in George's care after the death of her mother and who debuted shortly before Carmen's departure. Copyright 2023 Distractify. She's cold. George replies and says the thing is for 2020 and Castro would dead or her dad would be senile and they could tell him that they are in Cuba when they were actually in Malibu. The show entered syndication one month after the series finale on ABC, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. 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. She disapproves of the constant fighting between George and Benny and consistently tries to mend fences between them. Randy (Nick Offerman) used to date Benny. George's son Max is attracted to her, saying he loves her. Piper (Autumn Reeser) is Carmen's former friend turned nemesis. But it was clear to the audience that he was pathetically trying to convince himself that he's attractive to his wife. His mother, Benny was neglectful and verbally abusive, which took a toll on George's childhood. In response to years of the abuse that George has put up with her, a common theme throughout the series is George referring to Benny in some demonic shape or form or when he won the award for manager of the year, he proudly stated, "And to my mother, I wish she'd lived to see this day but I know she's down there looking up at me and she's saying "Oh my flesh is burning! [10] ABC executives were hopeful that Lopez's humor and relatability would draw a large family audience, focusing on marketing the series as much as possible. The part of Vic is played by Emiliano Diez. His father (played by Stacy Keach) pressured him into taking steroids to enhance his athletic abilities. 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. Last edited on 18 February 2023, at 03:52, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_George_Lopez_characters&oldid=1140043299, This page was last edited on 18 February 2023, at 03:52. 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. 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. Jason came to live with the Lopez family briefly while he trying to earn a football scholarship. Manny dies before this can happen. 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. 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