¿Qué Pasa, USA? (1977) (2025)
¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.? is America's first bilingual situation comedy, and the first sitcom to be produced for PBS. It was produced and taped in front of a live studio audience at PBS member station WPBT in Miami, Florida and aired on PBS member stations nationwide. The program explored the trials and tribulations faced by the Peñas, a Cuban-American family living in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, as they struggled to cope with a new country and a new language. The series was praised as being very true-to-life and accurately, if humorously, portraying the life and culture of Miami's Cuban-American population.
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Episode 1 - Bodas De Porcelana
Release Date:Juana prepares a special celebration for her 20th wedding anniversary. But Pepe forgets because all he does lately is work and he's too tired to remember things like an ""anniversary"". Juana wants Pepe to go to a marriage counselor but things only get worse after they go to the counselor.
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Episode 2 - Limpieza General
Release Date:A run of bad luck makes the family think that they have a ""hex"" on them. While the kids consult a ""medium"" abuela gets the Priest to visit. It gets really interesting when the Medium and the Priest are over at the same time.
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Episode 3 - Joe Goes To Heaven
Release Date:Joe is doing an article for the school newspaper on homosexuality. Things get hairy when Juana finds books on homosexuality in Joe's room. The whole family jumps to the conclusion that Joe is gay. A family trip is planned when they find out Joe has gone to a Gay club.
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Episode 4 - One Saturday Afternoon
Release Date:With the family out running errands Adela thinks her afternoon will be relaxing that is until a burglar comes to call.
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Episode 5 - Farewell Party
Release Date:A couple of Adela's girlfriends come to the Pena house to pay their respects because they read in the paper that Adela has died. Thankfully it was not ""our"" Adela but another woman with the same name. During the visit one of Adela's friends feels dizzy so she lays down to rest but dies in her sleep. Later on we get to see what a Cuban wake can be like, gossip, gossip and more gossip not to mention a pickup place for the teenagers.
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Episode 6 - The Encounter
Release Date:Sharon's mother is going a 7 day cruise but Sharon wants to stay at the Pena house during her mother's trip. Carmen and Sharon beg Juana and Pepe to let Sharon stay the week, Juana and Pepe finally acquiesce but life in a Cuban household is a little to structured and strict for Sharon.
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Episode 7 - The Garage Sale
Release Date:The Pena's decide to clean house by having a garage sale but, getting rid of ""old"" things is easier said than done.
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Episode 8 - Patria And Company
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Episode 9 - The First Move
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Episode 10 - Carmen's Night Out
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