“A Cuban émigré who had a central role on ¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.? — believed to be the first bilingual sitcom in the United States”: from the New York Times obituary.
In 2020, when the Times listed ¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.? as one of fifty PBS shows that have made “a lasting imprint” on American culture, PBS had a handful of episodes available. Today it appears that nearly all episodes are online.
I watched ¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.? as a student of Spanish back in the day. I still consider it one of the funniest sit-coms I’ve seen, full of Lucy-esque lunacy. The series was funded by grants from what is now the Department of Health and Human Services. Impossible to imagine that happening today.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Manolo Villaverde (1936–2026)
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