Carmen insults him about buying jerseys in her diary, saying because he doesn't play for them, George should stop buying the jerseys. He is a Cuban immigrant who became rich as a cardiac surgeon when he arrived in America. After taking Carmen out to a club, she is kicked out and ends up with Benny. [10] The network bought promotional time for the show on Spanish-language networks, and took out full-page ads in some magazines.[10]. Max is an avid skateboarder. Helford and Borden also serve as showrunners and are executive producers. George gets a package with a gold watch and a letter from Manny asking him not to come to his funeral to avoid ruining his reputation. Her parents pulled her out of public school and placed her in a private one (at considerable expense), only to have similar problems follow her there. He eventually accepts George as a good match for his daughter, as his son and other daughter's marriages ended in failure while Angie is still married. It is mentioned by Carmen that the reason for Zack's undisciplined behavior stems from his father not being there for him and having a "bitter old drunk" of a mother. Mel is the father of Zack Powers, a delinquent teenager who has a cold relationship with George because he used to date Carmen. In the series finale, Jack and Mel eventually end up being bought out for the factory and announce they are co-presidents at a similar airplane factory in Cancun, leaving the factory to George. George eventually and successfully negotiated Jason's pro baseball contract with the Washington Nationals farm team, the Savannah Sand Gnats. EPISODE 48. [14] The series joined TBS on September 28, 2020.[15][16]. Comedian George Lopez had been performing standup throughout the early 1990s, expressing interest in having his own comedy television show like Seinfeld. His mother, Benny was neglectful and verbally abusive, which took a toll on George's childhood. They got back together in the same episode, during which Randy proposes and Benny finally relents and says yes. Other characters include Angie's indulgent father, wealthy doctor Vic Palmero, who is not very fond of George; and George's best childhood friend Ernie Cardenas, noted for his socially-awkward behavior and unsuccessful attempts at dating. He claimed he "saw one boob through one window and the other boob through the other window." 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. Later, George learns from the other George that Manny lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his construction buisness and is now rich. This made her a source of jealousy among other girls her age and leaves her with few friends, thus leaving her with extremely low self-esteem. When Angie's mother dies, George . They remain dedicated parents, and committed partners in business and their philanthropic organization, The Lopez Foundation.". George retaliates by teasing her about her short stature, her age, and her inability to maintain a single man for more than a day. Based on their true story, George and Mayas new show tells their tale of reconciliation. Manny dropped the charges and had George released. He even said "My mom's been training for this; she's been smoking three packs a day for years!" She is very melodramatic, always displays superior intelligence and a love of writing laughably dramatic, dark, or melancholy poetry. Libbey Peverall, who was just . And I walked in on her checking a man for moles in a place where sun damage is not a possibility!"). Several times in the series George has had to prove to her that people were lying or being insincere. Lopez said that ABC "dealt with us from the bottom of the deck" and that it was "hard to take after what was a good run. His father (played by Stacy Keach) pressured him into taking steroids to enhance his athletic abilities. Lopez vs. Lopez airs Fridays at 9 p.m. EST. 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." It is stated that he was kicked out of school, vandalized the factory (in the episode "Wrecking Ball") and got a girl pregnant at a previous school, simply to infuriate the principal. To this date, it continues to be their highest-rated series and one of cable's best for an off-network sitcom. It's also been revealed that George got Angie pregnant before they got married, meaning that their first-born Carmen was conceived outside of marriage. 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. Lopez explained that he "took the five years of good, and I did a lot with the good. When he got back to his home town, Mel finds him sleeping on the couch and brings him into the factory to confront a furious George about Carmen's whereabouts. 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. In the three episodes which he actually appears, Manny is played by William Marquez. The show entered syndication one month after the series finale on ABC, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. Mayan then started making videos on TikTok and spilled all of the family tea. 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 . The comedy revolves around a fictionalized portrayal of Lopez who works at the Powers Brothers aviation factory. He is also an avid sports fan of teams such as the Oakland Raiders, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Needles is the name of the Lopez family dog; mangy and sickly, having contracted a multitude of harsh, often fictional and disgusting, canine ailments. Est loco! Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter 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. Later, they broke up because Tammy still wanted to sleep around when she and Ernie got married. scaring the living daylights out of Vic and Octavio, who angrily pursue him. 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. 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. Manny dies in Momentos, the next episode, before the surgery. He eventually walked out on his family because he couldn't stand Benny anymore and married Lydia who would have their own son, George together. Born in 1996, Mayan is George's only child. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Benny lied to George, telling him Manny had died in a car accident. His relationship with his parents is portrayed as much more friendly than the one with Carmen. 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. 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. 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 and Angie fix the problem and the principal revokes Carmen's suspension, suspending Piper. to which Joe replies, "Who told you?" The series finale aired on May 8, 2007, after the show was canceled by ABC. When Manny sends George a check to help him out of financial trouble, George goes to see him in Phoenix, and ends up punching him in Benny's honor (the first gift Benny actually wanted from him). Throughout the series, George demonstrates several times how self-righteous and uncaring he is of Angie, such as in "George's Extreme Makeover: Holmes Edition", where George promises to renovate the garage into an office space for Angie, but resorts to paying a couple of his old friends to do it with "a couple of cases of beer". Zack (played by Trevor Wright) is Mel's son and Jack's nephew. 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. She laughs this off, but learns not to take a shower when Max is home, as she found him in the hamper once. Another notable fact about her marriage with George is their infatuation with each other. She was last seen cleaning up in Benny's house. A third brother, Lou, is also co-owner of the company but estranged from his brothers. "George and Ann Lopez have made the decision to end their 17-year marriage," they said. George often refers to his mother as "a crazy old bat". Angie is also not above bullying George around with his power around the house. In reality, Zach was only trying to lure her into having sexual intercourse before dumping her. Initially, George stayed quiet about her accusations. and the 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. [10][11] Lopez was given full starring, creator, producer and writer credits for the show. His younger brother, Eric, is in a wheelchair. He claims to be jealous of George's life. All of these releases are now out of print. She got George in trouble with the Powers Brothers for not responding to important calls. George Lopez: [looking at a picture of Manny] Who's that he's holding? 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). A month later, the police show up at George's work, and arrest him. He consistently strives to pick up women but to no avail. But before he dies, he gives Benny the tickets. Vic does not care. In Season 2 she takes a job selling health and beauty products to help pay for Carmen's private school tuition. Manuel "Manny" Lopez is Benny's ex-husband, Lydia's husband, George Lopez's, Linda Lorenzo's, and George Edward Lopez (II)'s father. George often buys expensive jerseys of the teams and wears them on his days off. George later revealed that he needed a kidney transplant, as George, after much thought, and much to the chagrin of Benny, planned to donate his father a kidney, but Manny wound up dying before he had a chance to go through with the transplant. 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. 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. Ernie dates her and takes care of Ricky for her because of her personal issues. However it is revealed in "Why You Crying? " George was previously hitched to his first and only wife and Mayan's mom, Ann Serrano, from 1993 until their divorce in 2011 (Ann cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their split in November 2010). They both share a hatred for Carmen. Piper (Autumn Reeser) is Carmen's former friend turned nemesis. [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. This is incorrect he should have said that they are in Malibu when actually they are in Cuba. 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. 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. 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. Lopez vs. Lopez premieres on NBC Friday, Nov. 4, with a star-studded cast of characters that includes his daughter, Mayan Lopez. She also took personal calls at work. In "God Needles George", he shares the beginning of a speech he saved for Benny's death; the beginning of his speech was "The reason I'm drinking champagne is because". George tracks down Manny, and talked to him. During flashbacks, Manny has come across as a stubborn dick who always talked back and showed no respect to Benny whatsoever. She lost her job early in Season 4 and became a wedding planner. But what do we know about Mayan, as well as her relationship with her dad? For the first five seasons, the show had an all-Latino cast with the exception of Albanian American actress Masiela Lusha, who played George's daughter Carmen. 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. By creating an account, you agree to the George is clearly devoted to his wife, Angie, and. Taylor (played by Valeria Andrews) is Carmen's friend. Taylor eats Carmen's food, uses her phone, and wears her clothes without permission. He and Benny were estranged for fifteen years over a foolish grudge, but George convinces his mom to see Joe and get "closure" before he dies. Vic despises Fidel Castro; in Carmen's Dating, when George tells him that Castro died, he is irrepressibly thrilled. But George knew Angie wouldn't let him so they did it behind her back. George is of Mexican descent and proudly boasts about it several times throughout the series, though he occasionally makes jokes about it as well. George, who's preparing to give a kidney to his father, is in trouble with Angie because he threw away a box of her family mementos, but both their priorities shift when Benny delivers bad news: Manny has died. 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. According to Lopez, 170 staff members who worked on the show lost their jobs. At the start of the series, he and Angie were very much in love. 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. 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. Amy's first appearance occurs at the plant when she returns from breaking her arm. Sylvie is Ernie's morbidly obese mother who needs assistance with bathing and dining. Fortunately the prayers of both Max and George miraculously cured Mr. 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. [10], Though Bullock had connections through Hollywood, The George Lopez Show was not an easy sell. This is the episode list for The George Lopez Show "Prototype": George Lopez, a worker at an aviation factory for 20 years, gets promoted to manager. Tammy (Gigi Rice) is Ricky's alcoholic mother. But George and Angie learn that he is enduring a childhood similar to and even somewhat worse than George's: a missing father and a drunken mother. 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. In a later episode, Ernie becomes engaged to Ricky's mother, after she informs Ernie she is pregnant with his child. 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?" George's relationship with his mom revolves around insulting each other, briefly complimenting each other, and insulting each other some more. [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. Taylor and Carmen hung out with each other in San Francisco. [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. Copyright Fandango. Conceiving him in the back of a car wash after engaging in premarital sexual relations with Manny Lopez, Benny wed her lover shortly afterward, only for Manny to divorce her during George's infanthood. 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 is believed to be a Super Bowl fan, because he always has tickets. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck dropped by a home in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday amid reports that they are 'in escrow' on a $34.5million property in the area.. With the letter, Manny has also sent an expenside golden watch which he wrote that his own father, George's grandfather, once gave him, which George angrily smashes, at the time not realizing that the watch was gold and highly valuable, until Benny told him, after the fact, telling George, in mentioning the watch, "At least you got one thing from that bastard!". Carmen boldly defended Zach against her mother and father's claims of his true intentions. Ricky (J.B. Gaynor) is Max's closest friend. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. The show's theme song "Low Rider" is intact in these releases. Season 3, Episode 19: Angie Gets Tanked. She was a cheerleader in high school and was very popular. Manny left Benny when George was only two years old, as he was cheating on Benny. Angie responds by pulling away and giving him a disgusted look. Throughout the series, this has been heavily implied but never implicitly said. George smashes the watch, and then Benny tells him it was worth a lot. 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. This Is What the 'George Lopez' Cast Is Doing These Days, A Kidney Transplant Saved George Lopez's Life, and Years Later, He's Returning to Television, George Lopez's Ex-Wife Gave Him Her Kidney When He Was In Need. 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. He is the son of Manny and Benny Lopez. George's dad, Manny Lopez, died in this episode right before George donates a kidney to him. Ernie is depicted as silly, socially awkward, and very loyal to George. His son, Max, also has dyslexia, but a more severe case than his father. 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. Though they sometimes go through hardships trying to cope with his dyslexia, they never really have too many problems together. ("Evidently, the lesson sunk in"). 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. This eventually stops, and seems like Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, but considering he never showed up, he was actually probably fired. She's also been described as a bad cook by mainly Benny and sometimes George. Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas (Valente Rodriguez) has been George's best friend since the second grade. The couple - who wed in July . She is also portrayed as a goody-two-shoes, very naive, and often takes people at face-value. 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 warns him, "She's your first cousin; you have dyslexia. At one point, George finds out that Manny is alive from Manny's sister Cecelia Lopez. Taylor's exit comes when a one-night stand refuses to leave and George tricks her into packing her things and going back to San Francisco to make him think she is leaving, to which it's obvious to everyone but Taylor that he is actually forcing her to leave. Offers may be subject to change without notice. In the season 3 finale, he runs away with her and takes $5,000 with him.