Dejémonos de vainas
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Dejémonos de vainas was a long-running Colombia
n 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.
produced the spin-off
series Te quiero, Pecas, broadcast between 18 August 1988 and 25 March 1994.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n sitcom, created by Daniel Samper Pizano
Daniel Samper Pizano
Daniel Samper Pizano is a Colombian lawyer, journalist, and prolific writer.-Career:Samper attended the Gimnasio Moderno, where he began writing in the students newspaper El Aguilucho. At the age of 19 he worked for the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo as a reporter...
and broadcast weekly between 1983 and 1998. Bernardo Romero Pereiro
Bernardo Romero Pereiro
Bernardo Romero Pereiro was a Colombian actor, director and writer. He was the founder of Producciones Bernardo Romero Pereiro. He died at the age of 61 due to a respiratory failure....
scripted and directed some episodes.
The show, which depicted a "typical" middle-class family in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, 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.
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 TVRCN TV
RCN Televisión , is a Colombian private television network. It started as a production company in 1967...
produced the spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
series Te quiero, Pecas, broadcast between 18 August 1988 and 25 March 1994.