Caray, Caray!

OK I'm nearly done.

I thought I would maybe change the text color each time I edit this, that way if you keep checking back and the color is different than the last time you saw it you can easily tell if I've added. Again, I'm not rushing, because, well, this isn't like a novela where you need to know what happened before the next day, and I thought you would appreciate having more detail of the conversations, because the subtleties are what help you to get insight into the person's true character. So, I hope you don't mind terribly. Like I said... I figure it's kind of fun to have something to look forward to later. Besides, it's not really over 'til the last recap is written, right???? Sniff... *all photos courtesy of CristinaShow Online
Cristina opens by explaining all of the guests who are going to appear. She says they are going to start with an actress who despite being only 31 and having 29 years of experience it took 20 years for her to arrive at her moment, she’s an actress, dancer, singer, comedienne, imitator, writer and producer, tremendous daughter, and granddaughter and friend; and also we present an artist that is so versatile that he can be seen in a musical, lead actor in cinema, singer, actor in telenovelas, and one who recently revealed himself as the tremendous comedian Don Fernando in La Fea Mas Bella, and besides all that, he’s para chuparse sus dedos (for you to lick your fingers – I think that means like finger licking good or that he’s hot) Ladies and Gentleman your protagonists, the couple of the hour, Angelica Vale and Jaime Camil!!

C calls him her Heart of Melon, C admires Ange's cute shoes and how pink they are and points them out. {Those shoes were really pink and they didn’t exactly go with her natural colored dress, but what can I say she’s the star, and they were very high!!!! Ouch!!! But he’s 6’1, so I’d wear them too, around him.}

Notice the Chapulin Colorado? Well, ok, just the t-shirt, but it was funny this guy was in line right in front of me by himself, and was given a seat in the front row at the end. But, I think they they knew he was by himself, so they used him as a seat filler and he moved around the whole show. Note that he is at this point in the seat that soon Isabela will occupy with Camila. When she came out he was moved back over on the end and may have even been sitting on the floor.

There were a number of people that came up for this show (DUH!) so they actually had to rearrange the studio, while we watched. The people behind Cristina were the last ones seated after they removed the dining room table that was there (you can see it here) and set up more chairs. In that way they were really cool to accomodate everyone who showed up, but getting there was where they put all the smoke screens up! Ah Caray!!!

C- tells them what has made her the most excited is that both of them have been here several times together and the last time Jaime even presented a birthday surprise to Ange, but still, she never saw the people so excited as tonight! She has goosebumps but I think it translates literally to all my hairs stand up in Spanish. She asks him how they feel. Jaime replies him too, that many things have stood up for him. Maricruz says he meant not only his hair has stood up, other parts of his body too...which crossed my mind, but I just couldn't imagine such a reference without freaking out, so I had to put it out of my mind. I guess we were outside of family hour... :)

Angelica says she feels incredible and not even in her dreams most...Jaime finishes her sentence (how cute) for her... "remote" and she says yes, not in my most strange and crazy dreams did we imagine it would all turn out like this.
A -It's all been a fabulous experience not only to be within the actual taping of the novela but also how well received it's been with the public. We never imagined it.

C - I think the people are very interested to know how you both got involved in this novela, first Angelica, then Jaime.


A- Her mom went first to the casting for the program and she suggested that I go also, if the producers agreed, which they did. I told her I would love to audition, but I have to ask permission from the executives (at "La Parodia") first, because at that time I was working on that. Cristina mentions that she imitated Betty La Fea on La Parodia. They gave me the permission to stick with the novela, and the producers said yes, you are in. Then another day they said no.

She goes on to explain that she was also being considered for the Privilegio de Mandar, a political show only shown in Mexico and I think they were bouncing her back and forth between having her going with that or making La Fea.
Apparently they left her hanging for two weeks and she was just sick the whole time, until they finally they told her, yes, you will be La Fea, but we need you to get braces. She said yes, and went running to get her braces at the dentist! And they were covered by the show, so she felt much better and figured they now wouldn't change their minds again, because they made her so sick for the two weeks that they went back and forth.

The worst part was that soon she wasn't getting calls from La Parodia and she was afraid she would be "como un perro de las dos tortas" (dog between two sandwiches or stuck in the middle) and that she would end up without any work, without the telenovela or La Parodia. She was crying and wondering what she would do. But fortunately everything turned out fine, and she went running to get the braces. She wore her braces for 6 months, as that's what the doctor authorized, and that's how long they said the novela would last. (Oh boy were you wrong there!)
She says after 6 months they were fake. C says she was very brave to do that and that it probably hurt that she really put on all the apparatus. A agrees. Jaime says to C she should ask who really suffered. Ange says of course, it was him.



C says Camil desbembado by Ange. A-It was actually more difficult to work with the fake ones than the real ones, wasn't it? J says yeah, because the fake ones kept falling out! She agrees. He jokes also he would tell her sometimes something fell out of them. She said she really couldn't give him a real kiss because the braces would keep falling out.

C turns to Jaime and says, and you were planning to do a work in New York, he says yes I was unemployed in New York. No, he continues, I was doing the Latinologues with Eugenio Derbez on Broadway and I had two weeks left on my contract. He continues that Ocampy called him directly to tell him that she was considering him as the lead actor in a telenovela but this is super private so don't tell anyone. He says he hung up and not two minutes later someone was calling saying they heard something today, he of course said he knew nothing.

He asked Rosy what is the novela and she says well it's at 4 in the afternoon, and he rolled his eyes and sighed. She said it was a remake of Betty La Fea, from Colombia, with Angelica Vale and he says that when he heard Angelica Vale he thought thank God. Really he didn't know if a novela at 4pm would do well or not, but he knew that with their affection and friendship for each other, that chemistry would certainly come across on the screen. C asked how long they have been friends, and they said over 15 years.
C says that people wrongly think that this is so easy. She said you both are hard workers and completely versatile to do anything, and Angelica says that they even sold Tamales! On Sundays.


J- We'd cut for a break to eat and we'd go out to eat, and she said let's go over here and I'd ask her if she didn't want to go somewhere more private or closed off, and she said no, let's just go here. And we'd get to the restaurant with her glasses, well the glasses were real... A says yes they were real, but now I had an operation so I see without them. He said but Lety's rims were so sexy (sarcasm), so she would go out with those and sometimes she was lazy so she'd keep her make up on and go out with her unibrow and her moustache. She interrupts him and says no I took off the moustaches, and he says eeehhhhhhhhhh. She says ok, maybe only sometimes I took them off. He says ok you tell me if she really did when in the restaurant they'd say hello to Lety and ask how it is going for Lety and he rubs his moustache.

C calls her Angeliquita but apologizes saying well now she's grown. A-You can still call me Angeliquita, but there are people who can't. C thanks her.
And commercial break. I don't remember that anything much happened during this one. Jaime might have walked around a little. Actually, I remember that Jaime greeted the audience looking around and when he got to the little section on the floor, he pointed and said NEMO!! Well, he was pointing to that digital fishtank behind the audience (you see it in one of the clips) and there must have been a clownfish that swam past at that time. It was very cute.
And we are back....C announcing them again.

Now we are going to mix it up. Paty shouts as she walks on! Let me enter, let me enter! She wants to know what is going on. She says hello to Cristina and to her public. She says you see all my public here and asks Cristina how she could do a program about the Feas without inviting the point of comparison!! She continues that this should be her program, she doesn't understand.
C says they are going to a commercial and Mama and Jose Jose will be here and we'll peek at the show next week. She thanks Serg in English for that (the proposal) telling him how beautiful it was.
Really I think this was just a pr stunt, and Isabela knew about it ahead of time, this wasn't anything serious or monumental, just something fun to do for the show.
I think that during this break Jaime picked up Camila and wandered around with her a little.
When we come back from the break, Cristina says something about if they gave Angelica Vale anything in the world the best was sharing scenes with her mom, the tremendous personality of Julieta, with unibrow and everything, and having Jose Jose as her Papa.
Angelica Maria and Jose Jose come out with none other than MOTY!!!!! YEAH!!!!!

Cristina greets them says she loves AM in English and Jose Jose thanks her for inviting them and C points out that his wife and daughter are right over there. They are in the front row and both named Sara.

Cristina mentions that they had thought the dog was named Beethoven, but he's not, he's Mozart right. Angelica Maria says yes Mozart, and his stage name is Moty. Jaime jokes that he just fetches and then takes off. AM says, no they didn't even give him dog biscuits!!

Cristina asks AM how it was to work on this novela. C says she knows that it was you who... they called you first for this program and you said if your daughter does it, then so will you. She says yes, at the beginning the role was very small, much smaller than it ended up being. She said Julieta originally only had 14 or 15 scenes and only afterwards did they make the role bigger. She said that didn't matter, I'll do it if my daughter does, to be with her, because she knew this would be really important for her, and no one would make a better Lety than my daughter, isn't that so ladies and gentlemen? The crowd agrees, and Sergio says we support that.

Ange says that's my mom for you.

AM continues, that she knew this was going to be a great success and she wanted to be with her daughter. It didn't matter the small role, but then later the character started getting bigger and more involved, with more beautiful scenes where they were having tender conversations showing the trust between a mother and daughter. So she explains she really tried to make something of the personality, to give it character, make the lady nice, and good, and Ange says "moustached", and... Ange points out that on Julieta the moustache and eyebrows were her mom's idea. AM says of course, if the daughter is ugly then the mom must be too! Otherwise they'll wonder where she came from, did I pick her up on the street?
Serg comments this beautiful woman was asked to put a moustache on her face?C asks her if she went out like her daughter with the unibrow and moustache and she says no, she took it all off, even the stomach!Cr now turns to Jose Jose and asks him how he got involved.
He said he came for another program Cantando por un sueno, and C interjects that he was doing two reality shows. He says yes, and that's where Ocampy called me up and asked me if I would like to be the spouse of Angelica Maria...DONE! Whatever it is, he says. Imagine that, he says! AM says how divine. Someone interjects where do I sign.

He continues, that my whole life, deep down inside, I always told myself that one day I will have the opportunity to act with someone whom I profoundly admire, whom I have admired since 1969 when I first met her. I have worked with her in a few circumstances, and on tours, and such but I’ve never had the privilege to do anything like this with her. I’ve done a scene and maybe a little bit of acting. So they called me to do televsion with this lady and all of these kids, and this is what happened. I stood there like this (very stiff) and they said say this, now move over there (he does it very stiff)….AM interrupts to find out which camera is filming and she finds out it’s the one in front of her so she moves him in front of her and says this is what he did. I would talk and he’d put himself just like this (in front of her, blocking her from the camera).

So she told him your camera is the one with the light on and your light is over here, so don’t block me. She also said and turn around to show your face. He says yeah, and the working camera has the light so don’t put your back to the camera, go out over here. He continues everyday they had to say that. Everyday it was a series of instruction for me with Maestro Jimenez and this precious lady here.

Cristina asks her: You don’t want grand kids? AM says oh, since when haven’t I wanted them! Ange says to herself Oh God. AM continues but that is something you can’t rush, but I do want grandchildren already. A grandchild, a grandchild, and that they go to Europe so I can take care of them.

Jose Jose says he’s of the opinion that what is the most important to point out was the growth of values, that the little ones all the way up to the grandparents would sit themselves together in front of the tele for this family show, and the family was united for this. Jaime and Serg start chanting Don Erasmo for President!! And Serg, starts with a little dance.

Cristina wants to cut to a commercial because she says things are getting a little porno, but Ange wants to say something. She turns to the camera and says regarding the wedding and babies, that will come, I am working on that, give me a chance, I assure you it will come. Cristina asks with whom. She says well the problem is that I still haven’t found who yet, but it will come. AM pipes in that she sees that’s very far off, the furthest. C agrees.
This was really my favorite part. Cristina says that her dream is that Jamie and Ange would be in love, well she says, she thinks they really ARE in love…

They all laugh and C starts chanting BODA BODA, the audience is screaming BESO BESO!!! (kiss) Ange says no she can’t because the hoarseness that she has will hit him, he has a show, and Jaime chimes in yes, I have a show and she’ll give me her hoarsenss. Then he climbs over the chair and pretends that he’s going for it.

I swear they cut out a lot here, because if I remember correctly they starting talking about them marrying in real life, and C said something about how the stars on Betty La Fea fell in love and one of them said they didn’t think they married, but the Fea club told them that indeed the leading stars of Betty La Fea got married in real life too!! And Ange noted that to Cristina.

Cristina says well, Ange says she doesn’t want to kiss him because he might catch the hoarseness (it might hit him) and C says well as long as what doesn’t hit them is..Jaime interrupts the tounge to the larynx (or get it stuck to the larynx) and Cristina says well as long as she doesn’t catch what this man and this lovely lady (pointing to Serg and Isabela), this beautiful baby, have caught, then we are ok!

She continues to announce the rest of the stars who will be coming up and then she goes to commercial.

During this break Angelica Maria and Jose Jose wandered around to greet the audience. Moty was left on the chair, and started trying to make himself comfortable jumping from chair to chair, and then he tried to dig himself a comfortable place before settling down in one. With all of those wonderful people, go figure I was watching the dog!!! Jaime was actually taking a call on his cell phone.

After commercial, everyone who appears is now on stage. This was weird because they all came out only to view Angelica singing, but then they went back offstage and were announced one by one, as you’ll see on the second segment. Cristina tells them all that because of time limits she can’t do all the interviews tonight, but she's not moving from her seat until she's spoken with them all and she’ll continue next Monday. Jaime then says do we have to sit here until next Monday then? 7 Days? She tells him yes, a week, so tell that woman who’s trying like crazy to get you on your cell phone I'm sorry, but you are mine for the next 7 days!!! Sergio mentions that yesterday was his birthday (May 22) so they were going to celebrate and Cristina says well when we come back we'll sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you then. I think maybe we did, but I honestly don't remember it....huh.

We leave with Angelica singing her famous song Aqui Estare, that she wrote.

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