Caray, Caray!

Ay Blue, I was so excited to click on thinking I'd add to yesterday's discussion and here was this great recap brimming with Bluesy Humor.

Faves:
- at least he didn't have to ask Lu to pretend to be sane, that would have been hard
- out come the incisors
- what happened to that nice promise to God? Do we need to give Armando a tumor now?
And, if this was really said...my favorite line of the show was "this is the last time I want to see you kissing men in public". lol

That spinning wheelchair dream was a hoot! Suspecting what we do of Aaron's lighter side, you know he had fun filming that. I liked when he popped a wheelie with Pig sitting in the wheelchair sweating.

Looks like Doris dyed between having a nice talk with Flor and sitting on Pig's bed. Her hair was very dark. Then her hair went back to having blonde highlights when Lu walked through the door.

Also, Doris is borrowing Rita's fake bottom.

Nicely done, Blue. I am so relieved you got a much deserved light episode.

R la O
 

Great recap Blue Lass. I like how you described La Marmota's scenes. She was really on a roll today.

Wow, Lu sure got her shirt off fast. I blinked and suddenly her hooters were about to make a break for it.

Hahahaha! I loved that Pedro couldn't get it up, although I totally understand. He still looked slightly hangdog about it. Maybe he doesn't fully comprehend how lucky he is.

I'm pretty sure Tonio has lost it too, what with all his talk about Antonio Joon-Yair and how he was going to raise Mi Hijo.
 

Thanks Blue Lass. I just finished watching this funny episode. This captures the spirit perfectly. Crispy and crunchy and very funny.

"“I dunno, pretend you’re crazy or something.”

And he said it with a straight face.

Tony playing with DonG in the wheelchair had me convulsing with laughter. I know it was wrong... for both them and me.

Lu consoling Pedro also had me cracking up.

What a perfect ending:

"“Antonio Joon-Yair”

Carlos
 

The wheelchair scenes also made me laugh hard. If I were El Pig I would I would just have gotten out of bed and read a book or something.

Doris might be premature in smiling about DonG's new will. Maybe this plays into her fake marriage cert plot.
 

Ms Blue Lass this was such a great great recap. I loved the whole thing from start to finish. I have to admit, I laughed again when I saw that wheelchair scene. It was sooo funny. My daughter will never recover, just kidding. She laughed with me. She thinks Aaron is soooo HOT, her words now. She doesn't understand Spanish but she thought this was a comedy. Ya think???

My faves of your recap are the same as RlaO's. They are fabulous. And the Marmot scream, she really blew didn't she, oh the horror!! lol. Love how Maria told her like it is. I think the Virus has come totally unglued.

Now poor Army has to deal with the fallout. Maybe it's off to Canada for him sooner rather than later.

Loved the look on the Pig's face when Lucrazy came in the room with Pedro, I thought the Pig would have an infarto right there. He sure looked like it.
 

Oh, and I liked the scene with Pedro and Lucrazy trying to get en flagrante. Too funny. I really thought they would really ya know, do it, but I'm glad that happened to Pedro. All we need now, after all this, if for Lucrazy to have a little Lucrazy in the oven.
 

R la O, I think what Antonio actually said to Camila was something like, "That's the last time you let him kiss you, ya hear?" It was still pretty lame.

Sylvia, "her hooters were about to make a break for it" -- ha ha!

And Carlos, I know, I felt sooo sorry for Aarón, having to deliver that line.
 

Madelaine, so true. If Pedro ever makes it with Lu, he'll REALLY have something to worry about. But surely we don't have time for any more (real or fake) pregnancy storylines?
 

I also thought your Kisses with a Big K and kisses with a little k was cute. My favorite kisses are with a big H - Hershey's.

With Lu walking in and the boda this weekend and the beans spilled about the pregnancy, things are rapidly wrapping up.

I was thinking that Pig's illness and paralysis was initially going to drag out. The actor probably spent hours walking at certain levels of numbness, only to be taken out in a matter of a couple of days.
 

And what woman chooses to wear a strapless bra under a regular shirt? They are so uncomfortable.
 

R la O, I thought the same thing. About the strapless bra that is.

Blue, I'm hoping that Pedro's incomplete attempt was is only shot at bedding that crazy succubus.
 

Anita - from previous comments - thanks for looking up Isidro. Yes, that was it.

Love the FYC picture. As long as we are digging, we should all look at the original description of the characters (Monday, Jan. 23). It really sounded promising, but they got sidetracked. Example: Elvira is described as "a beautiful woman of much character". lol lol
 

R la O, great idea. I just read the character descriptions too. Armando is described as vengeful. That guy doesn't have enough energy to be vengeful. Tony is a daddy's boy. Ha! But they got it right with Pedro when they described him as simple and foolish.
 

Oh, I know. And Armando's picture looks villainous. Boy was he ever miscast if they originally were thinking bad guy. "Driven by his mother, and using 2 names, he loves Don G's 2 granddaughters and enjoys watching them fight each other."
 

Blue Lass--You delivered another stellar performance. Very true, we don't need any *new* problems. Let's solve the old ones, ya.

Cap'n--these words of yours should be coming back to haunt you like a bad wheelchair ride dream:

You said and I quote "I love the idea of Pedro being involved with three warring women. Sounds like great fun in tropical Fresno."

It would have been great fun to actually see three warring women, no? As it was, one disappeared early on, the second one spend her time trying to convince herself that Pedro was going to be MIO and the third one spent the entire telenovela doubting Pedro's love and playing poor me I need to save my horrible mother.

More later on, Rogelio is about to fill my screen, poor thing. Hate Bruno.
Anita
 

Hahaha! I hate it when people quote me. Case in point, Madam Editor.

My goodness but all three women were a huge disappoint to me. Then again, Pedro wasn't worth a spitting contest, IMO.

So much hope, so little delivery. Still, it's been fun mostly because we made it that way. El Tal was a hoot to mock.
 

LOL - It's okay, Sylvia. We were coming off a CME high and just assumed it's replacement would be a decent substitute. No one told us the editors and continuity guys came over from Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring. lol Does anyone remember that hallucinogenic movie?

Anita - I am not a fan of Bruno either, unless you count that UA shirtless picture. Bruno shirtless, not UA.
 

Good grief, I haven't thought about that movie in years! I saw it when I was in high school and thought it was so cool.
 

RLO--Nobody told us it was a comedy, either. We just weren't prepared.
 

I was *desolate* when CME ended. I never thought I'd be celebrating a gran final a month in advance...
 

Blue, loved the recap and the title.

My favorite was the peacock. If someone would just listen to them, they are great watch dogs.

Someone needs to give Viral a "Mi Cheque" and let her roam the world trying to cash the darn thing. Ren and Rita could be hot on her trail - what a great comedy/mystery that would make.

Rosemary Primera
 

Blue: "I never thought I'd be celebrating a gran final a month in advance..." or asking "when does this end?" a month into it.

Rosemary, it seems the peacocks have the most sense. They've been trying to tell us. It sure is fun to catch glimpses of them here and there.

Peacock story! My dad was a brickmason who also had a small aviary of doves and quail in our suburban backyard. He did some brickwork for a farmer friend, who in addition to paying him gave him a pea hen. It BLARED all night long, the neighbors were furious and the next day we donated it to the city aviary.

The funny part of this story is that when my dad came home the night of the peacock, my mom and I were sitting out on the front porch. Up drove my dad in his ratty stationwagon, with the peacock perched on the top of the seat next to him. LOL! We couldn't believe our eyes!

Oh, I don't think I've thought of that for years. That will give me something to laugh with my mom about today. Thank you, El Tal and Rosemary Primera!

R la O
 

That's a great story. Very funny.

I remember some neighbors of ours used to have peacocks or peahens. For a while I thought they were just a couple of houses down but it turns out they lived blocks away. I felt sorry for the next door neighbors, those birds were so darn loud.
 

A few summers ago we could hear pretty bagpipe music every night. One night we followed the sound and it was coming from a house 5 blocks, and down a gully, away! You think the neighbors kids' playing drums would be bad? Try a bagpipe!
 

This was such a funny episode, and such a funny recap also.

I cackled when arrimada El Viral, who has never thought about anyone but herself in her life, was demanding money from Maria to buy the apartment and when Maria wouldn't give it to her, she screeched "You are so selfish!" Why does no one ever tell her to get a job?

The wheelchair scene was funny, too. We used to do that with my grandmother's wheelchair. Um, while taking turns in it amongst us kids, not while she was in it, obvio.

Bagpipes are horrible. There used to be a guy who would play on the corner near my office. He drove me crazy 16 floors up. I wished our windows opened so I could throw a bucket of water on him and make him stop.
 

Mike and I were in Savannah for St. Patrick's a few years ago. There was a British pub on the opposite corner from our hotel. (Insert English/Irish irony here...) It seemed as if every bagpiper in town for the parade gathered - and played nonstop - at that particular pub. Kinda nice at 9:00pm or so. By 3:00am, after much imbibing, it began to sound as if they were squeezing cats!!

Thanks, Blue for the recap, and to all the commenters. This train wreck is going to end, right?
 

SIX MORE EPISODES -- seven if you count the double-header finale.

Julia, thanks for the reminder on "arrimada" -- I had it written in the corner of my notes but forgot to look it up afterward. My dictionary says "possessed by demons." That sounds like Elvira, all right.
 

I actually like bagpipes (if they are well played), but I'm not sure I would like them next door or outside my office. Once when I was traveling through Edinburgh Scotland my friend and I found a great little B&B that was super cheap. Little did we know it was cheap because it was right next to some Army School of Bagpipes practice warehouse. We had to leave during their DAILY practices. I think we stayed about three days before we moved on.
 

Arrimada is a great word for Elvira. Possessed by demons, alternate translation: headband too tight.
 

But she's not wearing the headband, and she's crazier than ever! Of course it might have done permanent damage.
 

I used to like bagpipes, but that was before I was forced to hear the same bagpipe tune (is there more than one tune for the bagpipe?) for hours daily.

Blue Lass, does your dictionary really say "possessed by demons"? That's hilarious and PERFECT for El Viral. Arrimada actually means freeloader. I heard it several times last night, describing both Elvira and Doris. I think this show has missed a great opportunity to teach us dozens of colorful ways to say "harpy shrew" and "delusions of entitlement."
 

Well, Julia, that makes more sense. I really do think I need a more up-to-date dictionary. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd like one with good coverage of conversational expressions and common slang terms, if possible. In other words, a telenovela dictionary.
 

I've heard good things about Larousse. You can also access their dictionaries online.

I have the Oxford Spanish Dictionary, which is huge and has tons of useful information in it. I don't think any hard copy dictionary is going to have all the latest or regional slang in it, though. When I was doing vocab for UFCS, I found maybe half the words and phrases in the dictionary, and the rest I had to Google-fu.
 

Google-fu?
 

Google-fu: when merely Googling the word or phrase you thought you heard doesn't get you instantly to the answer, and you have to get creative about what to search for and read through a lot of stuff to figure it out.
 

Ah...I see I should have googled "google-fu." Wonderful! :D
 

I have the huge Larousse. I like it very much but of course I can't carry it around. It is pretty good with the slang but doesn't have the latest fresa-speak.
 

You forgot to mention the last scene where Pedro offered up money to Elviral to spill the beans on why Antonio is married to Camilla.
 

El Sargento, I believe that was on Friday.