Cheech Marin & Paul Rodriguez Are Bringing OG Chicano Comedy to NBC

*I’m looking forward to this. VL


By Andrew S. Vargas, Remezcla (2.5 minute read)  

Santa works in mysterious ways. Maybe you didn’t get that storm trooper action figure you were praying for, or the Pink Hatchimals Pengualas you underlined three times on your Christmas list – but it looks like NBC is developing a multi-generational Latino sitcom starring Cheech Marin and Paul Rodriguez. So stop those temper tantrums and wipe away those tears, because Santa knows you better than you know yourself; and this year he has given us the greatest gift of all: OG Latino comedy.

Of course, this isn’t the first time Rodriguez is teaming up with Marin, and the two consummate Chicano comedians have been playing fictional family members since Marin’s iconic 1987 comedy Born in East L.A. This time they won’t be playing cousins, but rather a father-son duo complimented by a grandson played Rodriguez’s real-life progeny and pro-skating phenom Paul Rodriguez Jr.

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