Dejémonos de vainas
# Dejémonos de vainas

Dejémonos de vainas is a Colombian sitcom, created by Daniel Samper Pizano and broadcast weekly between 1983 and 1998. Bernardo Romero Pereiro scripted and directed some episodes.

The show, which depicted a "typical" middle-class family in Bogotá, was loosely based on Samper Pizano's own life. The protagonist, Juan Ramón Vargas, is a sports journalist working for El Clima (a spoof of El Tiempo), and lives with his wife, Renata, and his three children.

## Main characters

* Juan Ramón Vargas Sampedro (Víctor Hugo Morant, Carlos de la Fuente), father
* Renata Hermelinda Villegas de Vargas (Paula Peña), mother
* Ramiro, a.k.a. El Costeño (Edgar Palacio), neighbor
* Loly Vargas (Erika Krum), aunt
* Margarita Vargas (Marisol Correa), daughter
* Teresita Vargas, a.k.a. Pecas (Claudia Anderson), daughter
* Ramoncito Vargas Benjamín Herrera, son
* Josefa Chivatá (Maru Yamayusa), maid

## Secondary characters

* Federico (Javier Locumi), Margarita's boyfriend
* John Millhouse Clemens, a.k.a. El Gringo (Jimmy Bernal), Teresita's boyfriend

## Spin-offs

After Teresita got married with John Millhouse Clemens (Jimmy Bernal), RCN TV produced the spin-off series Te quiero, Pecas, broadcast between 18 August 1988 and 25 March 1994.

## Soundtrack

The theme song for Dejémonos de vainas was Rose Royce's Yo Yo.

