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    1980s Television Comedy Shows A USA TV 2 Mins Read

    a.k.a. Pablo

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    Short-lived ABC comedy from Norman Lear about a struggling young Hispanic comedian and his large, noisy family, who rooted for his success while wanting him to treat his Mexican-American heritage with almost solemn dignity.

    Paul Rivera (Paul Rodriguez) – still called Pablo by his family – used a lot of ethnic jokes in his act, which sometimes offended his traditionalist parents, Domingo (Joe Santos) and Rosa Maria (Katy Jurado).

    But every Mexican joke he used seemed to spring from his own home situation, whether it was about his sister Lucia (Martha Velez) and her swaggering husband Hector (Arnaldo Santana), stuffy bricklayer brother Manuel (Bert Osario) and his coquettish wife Carmen (Maria Richwine), or unmarried sister Sylvia (Alma Cuervo) who worked at K-Mart.

    Jose (Hector Elizondo) was Paul’s fast-talking but inexperienced agent, while the rest of the regulars consisted of the Rivera/Del Gato children.

    Paul (Pablo) Rivera 
    Paul Rodriguez
    Domingo Rivera

    Joe Santos
    Rosa Maria Rivera

    Katy Jurado
    Sylvia Rivera

    Alma Cuervo
    Lucia Rivera Del Gato

    Martha Velez
    Hector Del Gato

    Arnaldo Santana
    Manuel Rivera

    Bert Osario
    Carmen Rivera

    Maria Richwine
    Jose Sanchez/Shapiro

    Hector Elizondo
    Linda Rivera

    Edie Marie Rubio
    Nicholas Rivera

    Antonio Torres
    Anna Maria Del Gato

    Claudia Gonzales
    Susanna Del Gato

    Martha Gonzales
    Tomas Del Gato

    Mario Lopez
    Mario Del Gato

    Beto Lovato
    Elena Del Gato

    Michelle Smith

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