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George[edit]

. . .aired in ABC's TGIF lineup in 2003-2004, and is now shown on ABC at 8:30 on Tuesday nights. Is this still the correct time? In what time zone is it anyway?--BlueGlowGuardian 17:16, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I know it's on at 9:00 and 9:30 on nick at nite, but i am in the central time zone of usa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.215.29.200 (talk) 23:40, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You should add a picture of George lopez in the american idol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.105.163.25 (talk) 20:43, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding copying and pasting[edit]

You may notice the hideous broken line box within the article. that is from copy and pating from a websise. To all new wikipedians: please don't copy and paste from the internet, write ou the whole thing71.247.87.39 22:00, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone confirm this? Thanks. 70.96.210.48 00:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lead[edit]

Is this lead a joke? It doesn't satisfy WP:LEAD at all. He truly enjoys the taste of freshly fried toe. --Ideogram 16:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

is that really his favorite food?

Expand[edit]

Needs Expansion, Specifically a controversies section. Several comedians and their pages have been blasted by him and his supporters. And yet his page is untouched in regards to controversies, other than a quick mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.134.114.218 (talk) 05:41, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Needs a section on "The George Lopez Show"[edit]

MikeWren 18:00, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Lucy Show" Hispanic-Themed?[edit]

"The show featured a majority Hispanic cast and is the second-longest running Hispanic-themed sitcom, after "I Love Lucy." " "I Love Lucy" featured one Hispanic character hola i am a hispanic person and i like to party hard with booze and cigars also we are going to take a photo of girls and did not focus on his life outside his marriage to Lucy. We know very little about Ricky Ricardo popo head dodo head other than he was a very successful band-leader who came from Cuba. This does not make that show "Hispanic-themed." Better to say:""The George Lopez Show" is the second longest running network sitcom to feature at least one major Hispanic character." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.166.1.137 (talk) 18:15, 11 October 2007 (UTC) Verry Funny show[reply]

The Brothers Garcia[edit]

George Lopez was in The Brothers Garcia. Put it on the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.54.0.168 (talk) 01:36, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lopez Tonight[edit]

They have released more details on George's Night Show. It will be called Lopez Tonight and will premiere Monday November 9th, 2009! and i can't wait!And now its over it was cancelled august 12 2011 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.227.241.0 (talk) 17:56, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Mexican American" in lead[edit]

Part 3 of WP:MOSBIO states that "Ethnicity should generally not be emphasized in the opening unless it is relevant to the subject's notability". I agree that it is notable in this case, and that is why I added "His stand-up comedy examines race relations and Mexican American culture" to the opening paragraph (WP:MOSBIO doesn't say that it has to be in the very first sentence). Simply introducing Lopez as a "Mexican American comedian and actor", on the other hand, doesn't tell me anything other than that Lopez happens to be Mexican-American. All Hallow's (talk) 09:11, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And it doesnt state that it should not be in the first sentence either. Since his city of birth makes it obvious that he is an american, it is pointless to introduce the article as him being strictly ' an american comedian...'TomNativeNewYorker (talk) 10:59, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How is it "pointless" to introduce him as an American comedian? He is one! His city of birth isn't in the header, and what is pointless is stating he's "Mexican American" twice in the header. All Hallow's (talk) 17:07, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
His notability as a comedian/actor is the fact that he is a Mexican-American and his act revolves around his ethnicity. There is NOTHING in the MOS that prohibits ethnicity from articles. Apparently, for whatever personal reasons of yours, you go around to different articles and remove any ethnic information from articles and claim it is against the MOS which apparently it isnt. I have noticed with some articles, you remove the informotion in a location YOU feel it doesnt belong, but you will not even place it in any other area of the article. To me, that comes across as if you only remove it because you do not want to see it at all.TomNativeNewYorker (talk) 13:45, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow buddy...Its just a Wikipedia article. Calm down mama cita, take a deep breath, and enjoy life. Jesus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.163.194 (talk) 02:11, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Talkpage ettiquette and page clean-up[edit]

Prior to now, there were a lot of comments that were not directed towards article improvement. Not English comments should not be allowed. No personal attacks in responding to other editor questions. No posting of email addresses ala a fansite. Stray comments saying hi as if the subject reads this page. Stray editting and other immaterial stuff was removed.

Please rememember to sign all comments with four tildes: ~~~~

I recommend that this page be archived with only current month preserved. --Morenooso (talk) 07:09, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:NOT#FANSITE; item 4 - Not a discussion forum. --Morenooso (talk) 07:15, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit war/reverts on the Sarah Palin citation[edit]

Editors are getting hung up on the fact that title of the article/citation reads 'La Cabrona' which means bitch in Spanish. If you watch the video he does call her that. If we are going to follow WP:V, the initial words should read 'La Cabrona' with the translated words afterward. All these reverts are not WP:CIVIL. Let's improve the citation to read appropriately. --Morenooso (talk) 18:23, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, I think editors are getting hung up on the citing of a video snippet of a stand-up comedy routine, and using the punch-line of a joke ("special needs"), without context, as if it was somehow relevant in a living person's biography. Try following WP:BLP. Xenophrenic (talk) 18:34, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The helpdesk knows how to do the proper reference if someone wants to tie them up when they doing other needed duties. The article's title at the URL provides directly what was improved upon by the initial edit. As per Jimbo Wales, Let's not bite (the newcomers) or edits. --Morenooso (talk) 18:38, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
A potential 3RR situation might occur should any more reverts occur. Please note, my edit technically is not a revert but I will not cross that line. --Morenooso (talk) 18:46, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This is not a WP:BLP issue either. George Lopez+Sarah Palin gets ghits which means it is being reported elsewhere as in this thisurl. The user, who exceeded 3RR has changed his revert reasoning from his earlier post @ 1834 hours. Now, if this was Palin's bio and not accurately sourced, that would be a BLP issue. But this one has sourcing from other sources which can be added. --Morenooso (talk) 19:16, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Fortunately the removal of disputed, contentious content in obvious violation of WP:BLP is not subject to the 3RR restriction. I have put the comments into context and returned them temporarily to the article. I still do not see justification for the insertion of a comedy routine punch-line into the biography of a living person. What is it we are trying to convey about Lopez with the insertion of that one sentence? Is it a political opinion, a personal opinion of his, an example of comedy stylings? There isn't broad coverage of this joke in reliable sources, so I do not see the relevance. Unless there are any significant objections, and valid reasons for keeping it, I'll be removing it. (The desire to smear Palin isn't a valid reason to insert content like that.) Xenophrenic (talk) 19:30, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, the BLP policy states that removal of unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material is not subject to the 3RR restriction. The material is not unsourced or poorly sourced. I'm OK with the addition of the context, but not the removal of vitriolic material about a major political public figure.--Drrll (talk) 19:45, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The contentious material is indeed poorly sourced. The only present source is a short video clip of part of a stand-up comedy monologue hosted on the Fox Nation blog. There is no context, no reporting, no description of why the clip is even posted there. That is far from a "high-quality source" citation required by WP:BLP. You not being OK with the removal of poorly sourced, contentious material from BLPs is noted. Xenophrenic (talk) 01:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's not for us to decide. When properly sourced, this comes a reportable issue that readers or other editors can or will interpret.--Morenooso (talk) 19:33, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally, I have no dog in this. I am a Page Patroller and have this page on Watch. You can see from the article's history, my record. When I saw the edit war begin, I examined the URL and watched the YouTube version. I actually saw the original (but that would be WP:OR. The subject matter is accurately sourced as per my edit which I did to improve the article as per my original post here in this section. --Morenooso (talk) 19:59, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, it is for us to decide. "Accurately sourced" is not the only requirement of content in a WP:BLP; please do not disregard Wikipedia's other policies. Do you plan on properly sourcing the content (as it stands now, it does not meet the sourcing requirements of WP:BLP)? I am also waiting for the justification of the insertion of one joke (out of thousands) from his comedy routine about a political figure (probably the only joke about a political figure in history). Drrll's apparent hatred for Palin notwithstanding. What is the content insertion intended to convey to the reader? Xenophrenic (talk) 20:02, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
And how often do you hear a major comedian on a non-premium broadcast channel refer to a major political figure as a bitch? If he wants to do that fine, but Lopez can't complain if a large number of his potential audience find it over the line.--Drrll (talk) 20:20, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Answers: I hear similar remarks all the time. As for a large number of people feeling Lopez is "over the line" on anything, that might be article-worthy if significant and reliably sourced and reported. But there is nothing about that in the content you inserted. You inserted a joke and a punchline with no content about what people think about it. So, is there any reason to keep it? Xenophrenic (talk) 20:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Examples, please. Imagine the uproar if he or any other comedian called Hillary Clinton a bitch on TBS. It is reliably sourced to a Fox News website and the reader can draw their own conclusions without having someone else tell them what to think about it.--Drrll (talk) 20:35, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Inserting reliably sourced content about an "uproar" would be appropriate. Inserting a joke and a punchline, without any indication of relevance at all, is not. So, is there any reason to keep it? Xenophrenic (talk) 21:13, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't see any either. I've removed the joke and punchline. Xenophrenic (talk) 19:53, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality[edit]

This seems like it is written in a negative way. It randomly points out his various ethnicities, it focuses on his divorce, and it seems to treat him poorly overall.Ryan Vesey (talk) 17:07, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Two typos[edit]

There are two spaces missing. One in the top paragraph, "August 10,2011", and the other in the Kirstie Alley section, "vodka.Piggy".

Edit request from Rjkhan, 11 August 2011[edit]

However on 11 Aug 2011, Famous comedy show Lopez Tonight is going to end today The News Tribe[1] Rjkhan (talk) 08:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cancellation is already in the article with a different source. Jnorton7558 (talk) 09:47, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ http://www.thenewstribe.com/2011/08/11/george-lopezs-lopez-tonight-comes-to-an-end-today/

Politics statement[edit]

"In an interview with Piers Morgan, Lopez stated that if Sarah Palin ever becomes the President of the United States, he would emigrate to Canada. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/07/26/exp.pmt.george.lopez.palin.cnn?&hpt=hp_c2" This had to be a joke. I doubt George Lopez would actually emigrate to Canada if Palin became president, this has to be an exageration, but the page makes it seem serious. I don't know how to fix something like this, but perhaps someone could explain this to me. TomUSA 00:44, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. One-liners from a comedian don't merit any mention in the article. He'll say a lot of things about politics especially if they are things frequently mentioned by other comedians.MavsFan28 (talk) 02:49, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Seems the whole section is unneccesary. His reps have said that he was in fact joking when he said he'd run for mayor. (http://deadline.com/2010/12/george-lopez-to-run-for-mayor-of-la-92277/) If he does choose to throw his hat into politics, we'll cross that bridge when it comes. But unless that happens, these one-line jokes from a comedian are not article relevant.MavsFan28 (talk) 04:37, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Estrada[edit]

Erik Estrada doesn't shake his hand and Lopez hates him?

I met Erik also at the height of his career, they were filming in Redondo Beach, like pier scene or something, he signed an autographed picture, at the time I was a kid on a school field trip and did the same for all the kids with a big Estrada smile. So maybe Erik didn't like YOU Lopez and then you have the gall to call him basically a homosexual in a hateful way?

Very telling of George's character. Typical of his... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.4.25.196 (talk) 06:43, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from , 26 October 2011[edit]

I would like to add this to George Lopez's "Personal Life" section: On October 18, 2011, Lopez's elementary school, San Fernando Elementary School, honored him for his beneficent efforts by naming their auditorium after him. Lopez has ensured through his annual toy giveaway that every child at the school receives a gift during the holidays.

JayBagel (talk) 21:09, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Citation : feed://www.georgelopez.com/comedian-george-lopez-gets-valley-schools-auditorium-named-after-him/

that one is the correct link... ;) mabdul 21:45, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Bility (talk) 17:24, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 12 March 2012[edit]

goerge LOPEz is a very cool person — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asdfmovies1-4 (talk • contribs) 20:24, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 2 July 2012[edit]

I would like people to know what are some things they might not know about them. add more information. 


that is why I want to edit this page
An edit request is not the proper method for requesting the ability to edit a page. Instead, you could consider creating an account, see our reasons to create an account. Four days and 10 edits later, you will be able to edit this page. Ryan Vesey Review me! 15:12, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Edit request on 4 December 2012[edit]

|- |2013 | It's not me, it's you. | Himself | HBO Special 72.205.254.215 (talk) 21:55, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done, as you have provided no sources. Even if you did, it is rarely a good practice to include future material in a filmography.—Kww(talk) 21:59, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Feuds with Joe Arpaio[edit]

George Lopez also has a beef with Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, due to the fact that Arpaio is known for his outspoken opinions on illegal immigration. In July 2012, Lopez went on a profanity-laced tirade calling Arpaio a fat m*****f***er and ranting "F*** you Sheriff Joe, you f***ing puto!" DPH1110 (talk) 22:14, 4 June 2013 (UTC)DPH1110[reply]

Without response from the other side, it hardly counts as a feud. He's known for going on rants about people during his specials. This has no significance to be included in the feud section, barring a response from the sheriff. I do suggest that it could be included in the politics section as his views on immigration however. MavsFan28 (talk) 01:50, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 17 October 2013[edit]

George Lopez and Jenifer Lopez has been pronounced brother and sister Eirb82723 (talk) 20:07, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --Stfg (talk) 12:31, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Arsenio Hall Show[edit]

The article makes no mention of his frequent visits on The Arsenio Hall Show (more than any other stand up comedian) and recent return to the revival of the show.[1] 74.62.92.20 (talk) 02:28, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 May 2014[edit]

Add the 2012 HBO Special: Its Not Me, Its You http://www.hbo.com/comedy/george-lopez-its-not-me-its-you http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2270274/ 131.247.250.189 (talk) 18:35, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. And also what you want changed from to what. --Imagine Wizard (talk · contribs · count) Iway amway Imagineway Izardway. 19:58, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Radio claim on George Lopez[edit]

The article states that "In 1999, Lopez hosted a major morning radio show for Clear Channel Communications in Los Angeles. He was the first Latino to have headlined the keystone morning radio slot on an English-language station in LA — the nation’s top radio market"

This is incorrect. In 1989, Los Angeles Classical outlet KFAC switched formats and became KKBT. The first morning show host was Mexican-American comedian Paul Rodriquez.

Here is an article about the switch and Rodriguez.

[1]

  1. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1989-10-08/entertainment/ca-476_1_classical-radio-station/5

Semi-protected edit request on 6 December 2014[edit]

GEORGE LOPEZ IS MY MAIN MAN 198.20.4.21 (talk) 17:03, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — {{U|Technical 13}} (e • t • c) 23:28, 6 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 April 2015[edit]

George Lopez HBO Special It's Not Me, It's You 2012 for stand up section AJF150 (talk) 03:54, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Amortias (T)(C) 10:06, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Where's Manny Lopez?[edit]

The redirect page "Manny Lopez (character)" leads to this page. But nowhere is that character mentioned here. Must that redirect page be deleted? -- Bagoto (talk) 00:31, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If we assume that the redirect was done in the first place because "Manny Lopez" is connected to him, a better improvement would be to add that material here, with a source. I'm not familiar with the subject. Is "Manny Lopez" a character he does in his act? Willondon (talk) 02:20, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Manny Lopez was his dad in the George Lopez sitcom. Not sure of any other connection or why it would redirect here.MavsFan28 (talk) 01:54, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Feuds section[edit]

Is this section really necessary? Nothing really came from any of these as they are just one sided thoughts from him, or one comment from him then a response. Anyone see any of this section as crucial to the article other than maybe the ABC section? (which could be included in the TV section about his show anyway). MavsFan28 (talk) 05:22, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Categories[edit]

Can someone please add this article to the following categories:

20th-century American comedians 21st-century American comedians

Thanks 89.242.193.57 (talk) 08:54, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why is there a People v. Jackson information box in this article?[edit]

Is this a joke? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dialecticas (talk • contribs) 20:16, 18 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why is there no mention of his scandals?[edit]

Accused battery and prostitution — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.114.108.98 (talk) 01:22, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Israel-Palestine celebrity list[edit]

George Lopez was one of the 700 people to sign a list supporting the Israeli attacks on the occupied Palestinian territory. Informed21 (talk) 05:26, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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