Dejémonos de vainas explained

Runtime:	23 minutes (per episode)
Country:	Colombia
Company:	Coestrellas (1983-1986; 1992-1998)^[1] RCN TV (1986-1991)
Network:	Canal A (1992-1998)
Num Seasons:	14
Num Episodes:	741^[2]

Dejémonos de vainas is a 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.

Main characters

• Juan Ramón Vargas Sampedro (Víctor Hugo Morant, Carlos de la Fuente), father
• Renata Hermelinda Villegas de Vargas (Paula Peña), mother
• Ramiro, El Costeño (Edgar Palacio), neighbor
• Loly Vargas (Erika Krum), aunt
• Margarita Vargas (Marisol Correa), daughter
• Teresita Vargas, a.k.a. Pecas (Claudia Anderson), daughter
• Ramoncito Vargas Benjamín Herrera, son
• Josefa Chivatá (Maru Yamayusa), maid

Secondary characters

• Federico (Javier Locumi), Margarita's boyfriend
• John Millhouse Clemens, a.k.a. El Gringo (Jimmy Bernal), Teresita's boyfriend

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.

External links

• • • Blog devoted to the series

Notes and References

1. Luis Alejandro Amaya, El País (Colombia), Las cachas, 9 August 2007
2. El Espectador, Los Vargas se dejaron de vainas, 16 August 1998
3. Alberto B, El País (Colombia), SE FUE UN MAESTRO...QUE EL QUE DEJO UNA HUELLA A LOS COLOMBIANOS, 5 October 2006