Casado con hijos (Chile)

Casado con hijos is a Chilean television series and remake of the American tv show Married... with Children. It aired on May 2, 2006, and ended on October 15, 2008. At the moment it’s aired on post-time schedule, which means, after one a.m.

It was produced by Roos Film and Sony Pictures Television International and aired on the Chilean channel Megavisión. Its running time was about thirty to forty minutes and had four seasons.

Casado con Hijos was the most watched sitcom in the history of Chilean television, some of its episodes reaching more than 40 points of rating.

Synopsis

The Larrain’s are a particular Chilean family. They are characterized for being a bit lazy, watching television all day, being messy and with no hope of social mobility.

Tito met his wife Quena (a Coihueco native) when they were in high school. Quena ended up pregnant and had no other choice but to marry Tito. Tito is a hooligan of the soccer team Unión Española, just like Fernando Larraín, the actor who portrays him.

Tito’s family used to have a lot of money, but they lost everything on the economic crisis of 1982. His family left the country and Tito stayed in Chile by himself. He never got into college because he had no money. It was then that he looked for a job and the only thing he could find was a position as a seller in a women’s shoe shop, in a mall in Downtown Santiago called “El Conde del Calzado”. Now, after 19 years of marriage, he’s still working in the same pathetic job.

Seasons

First season

The First season Casado con hijos (Married with children) began on Tuesday, May 2, 2006, replacing the legendary Mr. Bean and concluded on Friday, September 29 of that year. In adaptation, originally completed with only 25 chapters distributed Monday through Friday, but due to the success of the series in Chile, screenwriters and producers decided to make a Second Season.

Second season

The Second season or simply Casado con Hijos 2 (Married with children 2) began on Monday, October 2, 2006 and ended on Friday, January 26 of 2007. Is set after a year of the ending of the last season, which is why the protagonists of the series have changed "looks" (except Tito Larrain, who looks the same).

Third season

On Monday, March 12, 2007 began Casado con hijos 3(Married with children 3), the third season. The family changed their look again.The neighbours had a baby, Larrain had a new car, a 15-inch flat TV, and had a dog instead of a parrot.

Fourth season

The fourth season of Casado con hijos (Married with children) is called: Casado con hijos: Estelar (Married with children: Stellar) and began broadcasting from Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in primetime at 22:00 hrs. The premiere of this season was successful, because it was an excellent hearing, being first of its schedule. The plot of this season is in the first leg of Tito's house to dedicate himself to music, which leads to a family breakdown.

Characters

Alberto "Tito" Larraín (Fernando Larraín): In Tito likes beer and loves to put his right hand between his legs when he is sitting in his favorite sofa. Dures and often is not very affectionate with his family. Almost never come because of his wife 'Quena' someone who rarely cooks.

Quena Gómez de Larraín (Javiera Contador): She is the careless mother of the family. She is Tito's wife and mother of Nacho and Titi. Being married for 19 years in which Quena has never cooked, washed clothes or the house neat. She rather would buy new clothes in liquidations than wash clothes she already has. Quena dresses with attractive colours, taken adjusted and low-cut shirts. She attracts young and attractive rates.

Nacho (Fernando Godoy): He is the youngest son of the family. He is characterized by being the smartest of his family and for having good grades at school. Nacho is obsessed with having friends, although never achieved, that's why he spends many hours in Internet posing to older people to talk to, or dancing the typical car dance (clean windshield).

Titi (Dayana Amigo): Titi, the eldest daughter is 19 years old but has the maturity of a 13-year-old and reads like a girl of 6 years old. She is the beautiful daughter of the family but it is foolish and naive. Titi has a lot of boyfriends during the series, even at times may have several at once. Her father is very protective of her and affectionately calls her Polillita (Little Moth).

Neighbours

Marcia Durán (Carmen Gloria Bresky): It is the neighboring. Marcia has feminist ideas and thoughts towards perverts who have done harm. She is always criticized by Tito for having breasts and whiskers. Quena is one of her friends.

Pablo Pinto(Marcial Tagle): He is the husband of Marcia, which is always good between the influence of Marcia and the bad influence of Tito. Sometimes when Marcia is angry with Pablo, she becomes hysterical and hit him.

Norma (Renata Bravo): The other neighbour of the Larrain family . She is another feminist, because she has had to cope with her husband's death in which he died drinking Titi's nail polish remover.

Pets

Paco: The parrot family, which is served by Quena. It is said that a parrot which was preferred instead of a dog because it bothers least during the recordings. It lasted until the second season when it died.

Campeón: The family dog that appears in the third season. It is a quiltro (without dog race and, or mixed), although the seller told Quena that Shepherd was "kind of" German.

Job

Luis "Lucho" (Jaime Omeñaca): He is Tito's co-worker, they are very similar but have a big difference, Lucho is not married and manages to conquer any woman. Evenmore, he lives with his mother, who is very loving with him. Besides being colleagues with Tito, they are very friendly.

Bárbara (Josefina Velasco): She is the boss of Tito and Lucho, who is very strict and tries to be ordinary. In one episode, she fell in love with Nacho.

Song

Soy casado, casado con hijos

Ni lo sueñes, es mucho el sacrificio

A mi esposa, la mandaría a trabajar

Y aunque me pase todo el día en la zapatería

Todo el dinero lo gasta mi familia

Soy casado, casado con hijos

No me envidien por favor

No me envidien

Translation into English:

I am married, married with children

Don't you dream it, it's a lot of sacrifice

my wife, I'd send her to work

And although I spend all day in the shoe store

All the money, my family spends it

I am married, married with children

Do not envy me please

do not envy me

External links

• Intro, second season.
• Casado con hijos at the Internet Movie Database