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¿Qué Pasa, USA?
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¿Qué Pasa, USA?

Creator Manny Mendoza

1977-05-01Ended4 seasons39 episodes~30 minUnited StatesEnglishPBSIMDb ›

¿Que Pasa, USA? was and still is America's first bilingual situation comedy. The program explored the trials and tribulations faced by a Cuban family, named Peñas,in Miami as they struggled to cope with a new country and a new language. The series focused on the identity crisis of the teenage members of the family as they are pulled in one direction by their elders who want to maintain Cuban values and traditions - and pulled in other directions by the pressures of living in a predominantly Anglo society. The series is bilingual, reflecting the mix of language often heard in Cuban-American neighborhoods from Spanish in the home and English at the supermarket to the inevitable combining of both into "Spanglish."

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Key Credits

  • M
    Manny MendozaCreator
  • V
    Velia MartínezActor · Abuela Adela
  • A
    Ana Margarita Martínez-CasadoActor · Juana Peña
  • A
    Ana MargoActor · Carmen Peña
  • S
    Steven BauerActor · Joe Peña
  • L
    Luis OquendoActor · Abuelo Antonio
  • M
    Manolo VillaverdeActor · Pepe Peña
  • B
    Barbara Ann MartinActor · Sharon Robinson
  • F
    Fred MasonActor
  • H
    Hilda WildeActor
  • R
    Rocky EchevarríaActor
  • C
    Connie RamirezActor

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