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El Man Es German
Genre	Comedy-drama, sitcom, punk,family
Created by	Juan Manuel Cáceres Niño
Written by	Juan Manuel Cáceres (screenplay) Héctor Alejandro Moncada
Directed by	Consuelo González
Starring	Santiago Alarcón Heidy Bermúdez Santiago Reyes Jesús David Forero Marcela Gallego Aída Bossa Omar Murillo Santiago Rodríguez Rafael Zea Javier Peraza
Country of origin	Colombia
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	158
Production
Executive producer	Lizette Torres
Producer	Fernando Gaitán
Production locations	Bogota, Colombia
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	RCN Televisión
Original release
Release	December 20, 2010 (2010-12-20) – February 6, 2012 (2012-02-06)

El man es Germán was a Television series produced and aired in Colombia, made by Juan Manuel Cáceres Niño. It is a spin-off series of the telenovela Las detectivas y el Víctor. It was aired on Canal RCN, between December 20, 2010 until February 6, 2012. The series involves the various daily adventures of Germán Quintero, his fellow punk friends and his family. In addition, it integrates various cultural differences of the regions of Colombia interacting in the Bogota, the country's capital and main setting. This series incorporates the literary style of Costumbrismo, the interpretation of local life in the Hispanic scene.

Synopsis

After an unmentioned travesty in the United States, namely in Miami, and having lived the "American Dream", the adult punk German returns to his neighborhood to, in his words, "reclaim his turf" (The hood), his mate (Jabsleidy) and his cub ( Jonathan). Once he returns, he discovers that an old acquaintance named Mrs. Graceliela, owns a gym in German's old neihgborhood, the perfect place to set his grounds. However, things are not easy for German as he quickly encounters two major obstacles in his life: the first is that his turf is being contested with Calixto, a long haired football coach that constantly hits on all the girls; and the other is that the love of his life, Jabsleidy, is happily married to 8-Ball, a long time rival. German's comfort lies on his son Jonathan (or "tiger" as he calls him), his cub, who is the happiest kid in the world when he is with his father. Another silver lining to German's life are his best friends and "pack": Frito, Michael Giovanny and Bulto 'e Sal who, no matter what, stay by German's side.

Other notable characters that make constant appearances in the neighborhood are Mrs. Graciela, whom after marrying a rich foreigner, owns a gym and a variety store in the neighborhood, and Patty, an energetic, intensely talkative woman from Santander that is always keeping an eye on German, her current unrequited love. The series revolves around a complicated set of relationships with German and these three women; Jabsleidy, the ex whom he loves but does not love him back; Patty, the one whom loves him but he does not want; and Graceila, the one he gets stuck with as German desperately needs a job. In addition to the interactive relationships in German's life, this comedy shows the daily life of ordinary Colombians: the desperation and search for work of any kind, hope, love and rivalries, jokes, skipping on responsibilities from work and all other flaws and virtues that, as described on the official site are "all too Colombian".

Cast and Characters

Primary Characters

• Santiago Alarcón - Germán Quintero "El Macho Alfa"
  • The Protagonist and self-proclaimed "alpha male", the dominant individual of his group of friends (IE: his herd). In reality, he's a fast talking, pretentious and overall lazy know-it-all thinking he can solve everything. He is the neighborhood bum, divorced, with only casual custody of his son on some weekends.
  • He represents the middle class Colombian, the run-of-the-mill person, whose usual saving grace is their kindness. He loves his family and friends more than anything, though he may not always have much to show for it. He is not the best son, nor a great friend or a suitable husband, but he is a great dad.
  • German's strength is not his intelligence, even though he thinks is smart. German claims to know all, and what he doesn't know he tends to make up on the spot. He knows every business, every way to cut corners that there ever was. As a typical Colombian, he constantly assumes, or "ass-u-me" as he says.
• Heidy Bermúdez - Jasbleidy Cardozo "Chiquita Brava"
  • The Ex wife who, whenever German is up to something, awaits for his latest scheme to crumble around him so she can rub his face that he is a good-for-nothing, miserable bum, a real loser. And usually, she is right.
• Santiago Reyes - Cristian Rojas "Frito"
  • German's unconditional friend, his "dude" and right-hand man. Frito is the one friend that German can always look to when he's short on cash, the one that helps him up when he feels down, the one who helps him get past a Hangover, and the one who waits for him while you are in the emergency room after an accident. No matter the consequences, Frito is always the one to stand beside German.
• Marcela Gallego - Graciela Rodríguez "Doña Grace"
  • The one who is always in the know and keeps the community up to date on news around town, or if it's really interesting, around the neighborhood. Not one single snoop, rumor or story gets around without Mrs. Graciela knowing about it. One word from her is all you need to have your entire privacy and public image ruined.
  • She owns Gracy's Gym, a common place setting for a number of the series's episodes as well as the convenience store across the park.
• Aída Bossa - Laura Patricia Neira "Patty/Patyfastidio"
  • Patty came to Bogota because she believed her family wanted her to study and get ahead in life, but they really wanted to get rid of her as they cannot stand her. An intense and at times exhausting person to be around, she always tries to be the center of attention when she is present, or as she enters.
  • She is in love with German, since the moment she met him and will do anything to win over the heart of the alpha male, while he tries all he can to keep her as far away as possible.
• Jesús Forero - Jonathan David Quintero Cardozo "El Tigre"
  • German's son and at times, his voice of reason. Jonathan helps steer German to better actions and helps get his father out of his self started troubles every day. He is happiest when he is with his dad, and admires his throughput or "Cuando un macho alfa promete, cumple!" (when an alpha male promises, he follows through!) no matter the situation or how dire it may seem.
• Santiago Rodríguez - Calixto López "El Macho Beta"
  • Nicknamed by German as the "Beta Male", Calixto is always looking for ways to diminish German's reputation and unofficial status as the alpha male of the neighborhood. Whether it be scoring girls, spreading rumors or outright sabotage, Calixto has a hand trying to remove German's chances to regain Jasbleidy's love.
• Rafael Zea - Michael Giovanny Santos "Risitas"
  • The meek and all around handyman and caretaker of the group, Michael Giovanny is the third of German's group. Multi-talented, mature but lacking self confidence, he is the manager of the group, feeding, paying bills and doing his best to support the group where he can, which usually means doing most of the work.
• Omar Murillo - Samir Porras "Bola 8"
  • Nicknamed "8 ball" due to his head shaped like a billiard ball, this loving husband and stepdad is constantly away on business as a private investigator, which inevitably triggers hope's in German that one day, he can reclaim his woman and his cub from this rival.
• Javier Peraza - Eduardo Emilio "Bulto 'e Sal"
  • German's 4th and predominantly silent group member and the unofficial third wheel, as the group usually don't hear or sometimes ignore what Bulto 'e Sal's has to say. Even so, this carefree and happy-go-lucky member is ready and willing to do his part for the herd.
  • The name translates to bundle of salt, which is appropriate as he has a tendency to get injured at some point in each episode.

Secondary Characters

A series of one time or reoccurring characters on the show, either related to the primary characters or incorporated in one or many episodes.

• Inés Prieto - Yolanda Santos
  • also known as Aunt Yolanda. This is Michael Giovanny's aunt, who has raised him from childhood and instilled in him devotion to the Virgin Mary.
• Papito Isidro
  • Patty's grandfather who always keeps an eye on her granddaughter and her financial needs so she doesn't have to go back to San Gil ( Patty's home town).
• Giovanny Álvarez - El Cura del Barrio
  • The neighborhood priest, and very often confides in German and his herd to help out with problems in the community.
• Jorge Muñoz - Wilson
  • The manager of Grace's variety store, who has learned the art of gossip from her boss, passing rumors around the neighborhood. He respects German, but sometimes gets involved some of Calixto's schemes.
• Humberto Arango - Don Tomás, El Maestro
  • A regular old painter, who like German, is an alpha male and acts as a mentor in many occasions, with his own omega male and best friend Heraclio.
• Fernando Corredor - Don Heraclio
  • A kind and loving old man, the inseparable friend to El Maestro and Like Frito, an omega male.
• Cristina Penagos -la Profesora Martha Melo Díaz
  • Johnathan's school teacher whom has very little love for German and how lazy he is.
• Orteguita
  • A Salesman from Tolima, who always offers some sort of business to German and his herd, but with him, things never go as planned.
• Ursulita
  • A beautiful woman from La Guiajira, who was also Frito's girlfriend.
• Jorge Herrera -Don Gotica
  • The neighborhood loan shark ( or so he says), feared by most people in the neighborhood.
• Julio Hernán Matasanos es Don Pocho
  • The Neighborhood "mob boss" who occasionally threatens German and his herd with his "dirty business".
• Germán Escallón -Don Ramón López
  • Calixto's father, who left his son to search for a better future for him and his mom and returned to find him. Don Ramon lovingly calls Calixto "Junior".
• Fabián Mendoza -Edilberto "El Edil"
  • With German's Help he was elected the Neighborhood Edil, always yelling and thinking to be a great politician while at the same time doing nothing of benefit to the public. He is attracted to Grace, and with German's help organizes certain events like the Miss Pretty pageant for the neighborhood.
• Leidy Johana "La Picapolla"
  • Giovanny's Girlfriend, who at first attempted to kill him, but came back to him because how much she loved him and married her "picapollito" (sweet little chick).
• Lenna
  • Frito's girlfriend during the second season, up until Frito tried to propose to her. Frito later thought she betrayed him and turned emo, until he found out that nothing happened and they decided to end the relationship.
• Paquita
  • A pretty girl from the neighborhood who always attracts the gaze of men in the neighborhood.
• Don Rojitas
  • the grouchy and hard working father of Frito, who things German is a terrible influence to his son. He dies in the series due to illness.
• Steven Calixto
  • Calixto's negleted son, who unfornutately inherited many of his father's lesser traits.
• Catalina
  • Jonathan's girlfriend, whom he is willing to do anything for.

Animal Characters

Live animals that acted as pets, or central points to one or more episodes.

• Rocky Balboa
  • A fighting rooster that German and his herd found, whom they wanted to cook and eat, but German decided to train him, as he noticed that this rooster was also an alpha male like him.
• Cholita
  • The llama the herd found and eventually cared for and used to make their own portable studio.
• Carlos Amparo
  • A Macaw the Patty bought because she felt lonely.
• Mick Jagger
  • A turtle that Frito befriended in the episode "Eco Frito" and instigated Frito to make a movement to protect its environment.
• Yoyo
  • A dog that belonged to Graciela's grandfather, sent to her for protection.

Influence and legacy

The show continued having an effect off screen in Colombia. One particular example was due to German's Aerobic exercises, a well known gimmick of the show. The Isntituto Distrital De Recreation y Deported Hosted an aerobics exercise session based on the show and its repeated made up routines. It took place at the Simon Bolivar Metropolitan Park in Bogota, Colombia on August 15, 2011. The event lasted 64 minutes, with a 12 minute warm up routine and a full 50 minute class. It currently holds the Guinness World record for largest exercise demonstration / class with a total of 50,420 attendants at the event. In addition, after the shows' first season, the series took a turn towards the youth that viewed the show, guiding the writers to create stories to appeal to younger audiences while still retaining the essence and excitement of the first season. The writers said that the show " brings a possibility of returning to a comedy, that in fact, is apt for the whole family. Which is why in the second season we will emphasize more stories for younger viewers, as they showed a great interest in the first season." Another great influence on the show's direction was the diverse cultural music in Colombia, which inspired creators to produce and choreograph original songs and dances based on Hispanic styles of music such as Salsa, Reggae, Ranchera, Cumbia and various others.

The Simon Bolivar Park, where the world record breaking exercise event took place.

Awards and nominations

Tvynovelas Awards

Año	Categoría	Nominado	Resultado
2012	Best / Favorite Series	El Man Es Germán	Nominated
	Best Protagonist Actor in Series	Santiago Alarcón	Won
	Best Antagonist Actor in Series	Santiago Rodríguez	Won
	Best Supporting Actress in Series	Ayda Bossa	Won
	Best Supporting Actor in Series	Santiago Reyes	Won
	Best Actor/Actress of the Year	Rafael Zea	Won
	Best Telenovela or Series Director)	Consuelo González	Nominated
	Best Telenovela or Series Writer	Juan Manuel Cáceres y Héctor Alejandro Moncada	Nominated
	Best Music / soundtrack in telenovela series	El Man Es Germán	Nominated

India Catalina Awards

The Statue of the India Catalina, which is the base for the statuette awards handed out to the winners.

Año	Categoría	Nominado(s)	Resultado
2012	Best Protagonist Actor in Series or Miniseries	Santiago Alarcón	Won
	Best Story and Original Script for Series or Miniseries	Juan Manuel Cáceres y Héctor Alejandro Moncada	Nominated
	Best Music in Series or Miniseries	Juan Gabriel Turbay	Nominated

Episodes of "El man es Germán"

Temporada	Episodes	Official Air Date
		Start	Finale
1	67	December 20, 2010	February 3, 2011
2	43	August 22, 2011	September 20, 2011
3	48	December 12, 2011	February 2, 2012

Seasons

Season 1

#	Episode	First Aired	Title	Rating
1	1	December 20, 2010	El regreso del macho alfa	17.3
2	2	December 21, 2010	No me rendiré	15.5
3	3	December 21, 2010	El milagro de Navidad	14.4
4	4	December 22, 2010	Las cenizas del abuelo
5	5	December 23, 2010	La honra del macho
6	6	December 27, 2010	El campeón	13.8
7	7	December 29, 2010	El Edil...Berto	14.6
8	8	December 30, 2010	Soñar no cuesta nada
9	9	January 3, 2011	Vendiendo el cuerpo
10	10	January 4, 2011	Leyendas del balompié colombiano
11	11	January 5, 2011	Yo quiero ser torero
12	12	January 6, 2011	Técnicas de Supervivencia
13	13	January 7, 2011	Situación Embarazosa
14	14	January 11, 2011	El perro de los 12 millones	14.0
15	15	January 12, 2011	El tiro por la culata	14.3
16	16	January 13, 2011	La inquilina	14.6
17	17	January 14, 2011	La primera conquista	13.6
18	18	January 17, 2011	Los teloneros
19	19	January 18, 2011	El redentor	13.8
20	20	January 19, 2011	Los Revendedores	13.8
21	21	January 20, 2011	Las cosas importantes	12.0
22	22	January 21, 2011	Viejo zorro viejo	14.6
23	23	January 24, 2011	El campeón mundial	12.7
24	24	January 25, 2011	El ladrón	13.5
25	25	January 26, 2011	Una mujer muy peligrosa	14.2
26	26	January 27, 2011	Aeróbicos en la playa	15.8
27	27	January 28, 2011	Enamorado de la profe	14.5
28	28	January 31, 2011	El macho responsable	15.1
29	29	February 1, 2011	Bola 8 infiel	16.3
30	30	February 2, 2011	El amigo secreto	16.1
31	31	February 3, 2011	Germán de la Mancha	14.7
32	32	February 4, 2011	La lotería	14.8
33	33	February 7, 2011	Despedida de solteras	15.8
34	34	February 8, 2011	El desmemoriado	17.3
35	35	February 9, 2011	Árbitro y juez	14.6
36	36	February 10, 2011	El hijo pródigo	16.7
37	37	February 11, 2011	Instructores de buceo	15.5
38	38	February 14, 2011	Noche de brujas	16.2
39	39	February 15, 2011	El abuelo de Patty	15.0
40	40	February 16, 2011	Pintores de brocha gorda	14.4
41	41	February 17, 2011	Mala suerte	13.9
42	42	February 18, 2011	La decepción de doña Grace	14.5
43	43	February 21, 2011	Soñando con Santa Marta	15.1
44	44	February 22, 2011	El mejor papá del mundo	14.6
45	45	February 23, 2011	Germán el locutor	16.8
46	46	February 24, 2011	Los recreacionistas	16.5
47	47	February 25, 2011	El regreso del franchute	14.9
48	48	February 28, 2011	Dueños de su trabajo	15.1
49	49	March 1, 2011	Empresa transportadora	15.9
50	50	March 1, 2011	Pagar en especie	15.4
51	51	March 2, 2011	Dólares calientes	14.8
52	52	March 3, 2011	El fantasma del gran gimnasio	13.9
53	53	March 4, 2011	El matrimonio	14.2
54	54	March 7, 2011	Estatua humana	13.0
55	55	March 8, 2011	De paseo con los gringos	14.2
56	56	March 9, 2011	Los dos machos a la cárcel	14.5
57	57	March 10, 2011	El hijo negado	15.6
58	58	March 11, 2011	El prom	15.2
59	59	March 14, 2011	El cacerolazo	13.7
60	60	March 15, 2011	La primera vez	14.8
61	61	March 16, 2011	Germán y el gallo	14.6
62	62	March 17, 2011	Ser mamás es cosas de machos	14.5
63	63	March 18, 2011	El mapalé	13.8
64	64	March 22, 2011	Amor en la red	14.9
65	65	March 23, 2011	El extra-actor	15.5
66	66	March 24, 2011	Rumbo a los Unites	15.4
67	67	March 25, 2011	Donde hubo fuego....	15.1

Season 2

#	Episode	First Aired	Title	Rating
68	1	August 22, 2011	De sus cenizas	18.9
69	2	August 23, 2011	Lo quiero mucho papá	19.8
70	3	August 23, 2011	We are the church	19.8
71	4	August 24, 2011	El ángel y el diablo	15.9
72	5	August 24, 2011	Happy birthday to me	15.9
73	6	August 25, 2011	La tusa de Frito	11.7
74	7	August 25, 2011	Llama la llama	11.7
75	8	August 26, 2011	¡Corra, Germán, corra!	12.4
76	9	August 26, 2011	El amor es así	12.4
77	10	August 29, 2011	El bachiller	13.4
78	11	August 29, 2011	El regreso del Silver Halcón	13.4
79	12	August 29, 2011	Zapatero a tus zapatos	13.4
80	13	August 30, 2011	Que parto	13.7
81	14	August 30, 2011	Lo que es pa' uno es pa' uno	13.7
82	15	August 30, 2011	Paternidad irresponsable	13.7
83	16	August 31, 2011	Abuso de confianza	12.4
84	17	August 31, 2011	Claustrofobia	12.4
85	18	August 31, 2011	Me voy	12.4
86	19	September 1, 2011	La novia de Frito	10.3
87	20	September 1, 2011	Habemus circus	10.3
88	21	September 2, 2011	Acto de misericordia	11.6
89	22	September 2, 2011	Adiós escuelita de fútbol	11.6
90	23	September 2, 2011	Germán bizarro	11.6
91	24	September 5, 2011	Por un hot dog	11.1
92	25	September 5, 2011	La luna de hiel	11.1
93	26	September 5, 2011	De amigos a enemigos	11.1
94	27	September 6, 2011	Los libretistas	11.4
95	28	September 6, 2011	Tras bambalinas	11.4
96	29	September 7, 2011	Suerte de tenerte	10.7
97	30	September 7, 2011	Pie de atleta	10.7
98	31	September 8, 2011	El polvito blanco	10.8
99	32	September 8, 2011	Solo por la pinta	10.8
100	33	September 8, 2011	Cobarde Cobarde	10.8
101	34	September 9, 2011	Los abuelos alfa
102	35	September 9, 2011	La competencia
103	36	September 12, 2011	Miss Simpatía	10.5
104	37	September 12, 2011	Diente por diente	10.5
105	38	September 13, 2011	El récord Guinness	16.0
106	39	September 14, 2011	Maldita vanidad	14.2
107	40	September 15, 2011	Una noche de copas, una noche loca	14.1
108	41	September 16, 2011	Una pequeñísima historia de amor	15.0
109	42	September 19, 2011	¡Por fin! (parte 1)	15.6
110	43	September 20, 2011	¡Por fin! (parte 2)	17.3

Season 3

#	Episode	First Aired	Title	Rating
111	1	December 12, 2011	Siempre Germán	14.5
112	2	December 12, 2011	La radionovela	14.5
113	3	December 13, 2011	El Día del Padre	15.1
114	4	December 13, 2011	Los exhibicionistas	15.1
115	5	December 15, 2011	El paseo millonario	12.4
116	6	December 15, 2011	El mercado ganador	12.4
117	7	December 16, 2011	Que fácil es ser Germán	9.6
118	8	December 19, 2011	La cita de Frito	12.9
119	9	December 19, 2011	No se quede callado, denuncie	12.9
120	10	December 20, 2011	Una pequeña lección	10.2
121	11	December 20, 2011	Nos quedamos sin apartamento	10.2
122	12	December 22, 2011	El hombre de mi vida	9.2
123	13	December 22, 2011	La gran oportunidad	9.2
124	14	December 30, 2011	Cinco pa' las doce
125	15	January 10, 2012	La maid...masita	12.2
126	16	January 10, 2012	Todo o nada	12.2
127	17	January 10, 2012	La boda de Michael Giovanny	12.2
128	18	January 11, 2012	La solupresa	12.6
129	19	January 11, 2012	El tigre no es como lo pintan	12.6
130	20	January 11, 2012	Ni una caloría de más	12.6
131	21	January 12, 2012	El juicio	12.8
132	22	January 12, 2012	El papá de Calixto	12.8
133	23	January 13, 2012	Qué dilema	11.4
134	24	January 16, 2012	El enamorado secreto	10.6
135	25	January 16, 2012	La patria boba	10.6
136	26	January 17, 2012	En busca del camino	11.6
137	27	January 17, 2012	La visita del alcalde	11.6
138	28	Januray 18, 2012	La plaga	11.2
139	29	Januray 18, 2012	La reconciliación	11.2
140	30	January 19, 2012	Los lavadores	12.0
141	31	January 20, 2012	Sabia decisión	11.8
142	32	January 23, 2012	Mister Colombia	12.7
143	33	January 23, 2012	Quiero un hijo	12.7
144	34	January 24, 2012	Cita triple	13.3
145	35	January 24, 2012	De que las hay las hay	13.3
146	36	January 25, 2012	Salto de fe	11.6
147	37	January 25, 2012	El hijuepocho	11.6
148	38	January 26, 2012	Del más allá	12.9
149	39	January 26, 2012	Tan dentro de mí	12.9
150	40	January 30, 2012	Nada es porque sí	11.2
151	41	January 30, 2012	Demasiado Tarde	11.2
152	42	January 31, 2012	¿Por qué está triste el payaso?	11.8
153	43	February 1, 2012	La felicidad	11.7
154	44	February 1, 2012	Déjese hablar	11.7
155	45	February 2, 2012	Hoy me siento chimbita	12.9
156	46	February 3, 2012	Eco Frito	11.3
157	47	February 3, 2012	Cuando Como Camarón...Me Voy	11.3
158	48	February 6, 2012	El man es Germán	16.3

Technical team

• Director: Consuelo Gonzalez Cuellar
• Original story: Created and Written by Juan Manuel Cáceres
• Associate creator: Hector Alejandro Moncada
• Scripts: Juan Manuel cáceres child, hector alejandro moncada
• Scripts assistant: andrea bejarano
• Director of photography: sergio garcia
• Art director: hermann lozada
• Costume designer: marcia vargas
• Makeup designer: rossio lópez
• Sets: design rcn creative
• Advertising: in house rcn
• Big-head director: Rafael Taibo
• Production manager: Lizette Torres
• Assistant director: Carlos Alberto Ramirez, Mauricio Tirado
• Edition: Silvia Ayala
• Original music: Juan Gabriel Turbay
• Vice president of product: Fernando Gaitán
• Production assistant: Diana Manosalva
• Production manager: Eugenio Martinez Novel
• Coordinator: María Claudia García
• Script: Angela Ardila
• Head of atmosphere: José Luis Melo      
• Props: Rafael López
• Atmosphere assistants: Camilo Pinzon, Jaime Rodríguez
• Makeup: Viviana Velasquez, Liliana González, Angela López
• Wardrobe: Diana Milena Henao, Monica Suarez, Jennifer Salamanca

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References

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