Dejémonos de vainas

Dejémonos de vainas
Dejémonos de vainas
Format Situation comedy
Created by Daniel Samper Pizano
Starring Víctor Hugo Morant (1983-1986)
Carlos de la Fuente (1986-1998)
Paula Peña
Marisol Correa
Claudia Anderson
Benjamín Herrera
Maru Yamayusa
Country of origin  Colombia
No. of seasons 14
No. of episodes 741[1]
Production
Running time 23 minutes (per episode)
Production company(s) Coestrellas (1983-1986; 1992-1998)[2]
RCN TV (1986-1991)[2]
Broadcast
Original channel Canal A (1992-1998)
Original run 1983 – 16 August 1998
Chronology
Related shows Te quiero, Pecas

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

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.

Contents

Main characters

  • Juan Ramón Vargas Sampedro (Víctor Hugo Morant, Carlos de la Fuente), the father
  • Renata Hermelinda Villegas de Vargas (Paula Peña), mother
  • Margarita Vargas (Marisol Correa), daughter
  • Teresita Vargas, aka Pecas (Claudia Anderson), daughter
  • Ramoncito Vargas, Benjamín Herrera, son
  • Josefa Chivatá (Maru Yamayusa), maid

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. ^ El Espectador, Los Vargas se dejaron de vainas, 16 August 1998
  2. ^ a b Luis Alejandro Amaya, El País (Colombia), Las cachas, 9 August 2007
  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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