
We Speak Spanish
Season 1 Episode 4 | 27m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Antonio makes a wish: only Spanish will be spoken around the Peña household.
Chaos strikes the Peña household when Antonio blows out his birthday candles and makes a wish: only Spanish will be spoken around the house.
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We Speak Spanish
Season 1 Episode 4 | 27m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Chaos strikes the Peña household when Antonio blows out his birthday candles and makes a wish: only Spanish will be spoken around the house.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[Music] hey hello America we are part of the new USA people listen people let us share what we have today [Music] us us [Applause] us us your son Joe is a very fine boy Mrs paa the reason I called you here today concerns you Jo Jo no no no not Joe you do no not me you oh did I do something wrong oh no no no I want to ask you why we're having such a poor turnout of our Cuban parents at the PTA meetings PT meetings who do you py we don't py anyone Mrs PTA stands for parent Teachers Association oh well I'm very sorry I didn't know anything about these meetings apparently neither did any of our other Cuban parents oh I wouldn't get so upset if I were you Mrs paa you know this problem exists with most of our Cuban students sit down I'll tell you all about it you know every time we have some papers to go home hey Speedy why this un interest in learning to type I'm trying to get a part-time job and they need a bilingual typus Joe that's perfect all you have to do now is learn how to type and speak Spanish no problem [Applause] tying I can speak Spanish perfectly well [Music] uhhuh there you are does the name PE body mean anything to you you didn't go see Miss brain did you hey is that all is that all why didn't you tell me about those meetings because I thought you'd probably be bored I don't believe your one word [Music] that's not true I'm not ashamed of the way you and Poppy speak English I might be embarrassed if my teachers heard you but that's thanks a lot that hurts me Joe it looks like this Cuban accent complex is a very contagious disease it's being spread all over the Cuban Community that's right I didn't invent it I know you don't have that much orig I don't want his father to know anything about this caring with did you have any cavities unfortunately four how was your exam today terrible speak Spanish so your grandparents can't understand what you're saying professor every time she turned around everybody was cheating in trading exams teaing [Applause] [Laughter] Joe you cannot translate English verbs by adding Spanish endings do you really think we are responsible because our children speak more English than Spanish no of course not it's the fault of this country because here everybody speak more English than Spanish anonio what do you mean most of my life I've been here all of my life I have to be excused I have sit down what does he mean who is ashamed the way I speak English don't look at me it is us who should be ashamed the way you speak Spanish wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute I've heard you at your job using words like uh Laina and uh CA IM try lacquer thinner and water mix would you also think it would be funny if I tell you that you cannot speak any more English in this house [Applause] [Music] sing it in Spanish sing it in Spanish I don't know the words you don't know the words no okay I teach you m [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] for no you're supposed to make a wish you heard your Ao no more English Spanish only diser disher disher disher repair it broke down and what's happened to the broke down you know my English this wash repair oh [ _ ] Sharon I don't believe you do you actually know English and I mean it mean it is English laugh in Spanish this is is unconstitutional really har tell me the difference between haha in English and haha in Spanish huh haha he you're insane can you believe this business of not being able to speak English around the house it's the craziest most idiotic thing I've ever heard of do they really think [Laughter] really I mean it's really really unfair we can't speak a word of English all day in the house and whenever they come they come around Carmen why did you hang up on me well speak to me stop it you're pulling my [Music] leg green because it's something that's green that you see no oh explain to me why you won't speak English to me oh okay you you two eat talk talk Chew Chew eat talk you don't want to talk to me your grandfather your grandfather doesn't speak English I know your grandfather doesn't speak English hey you're going to get someone thr you're mad you're mad at me you don't want to talk to me you're going to hit me Sharon we've been forbid to speak English around the house Joe good will [Music] [Music] okay great now we can talk you two have sure got problems yeah isn't it crazy well part of it isn't so crazy remember the D you got on our last Spanish test and you're talking about my Spanish Hi sh how are youas for paperwork speak English goodbye this is going to be fun fun why well the dishwasher repair man's going to drop by to fix the dishwasher and the Goodwill man's going to come by to pick up our old cloth and even the fast talking sales lady might show up that's your idea fun got me so what I don't think I'm going to stay around to watch this something fishies going on here and I don't want to be a witness hey baby how you doing I'm here to pick up the things you kindly donating to our organization what you say what' you say baby okay I'm from Goodwill um sorry understand you know it's very nice of you to be donating all this here stuff you know these days people don't think very much about their needy neighbors oh is that for me hey you know I don't want to hurt your feelings but uh I don't understand a word say say what [Music] [Laughter] oh PL [Laughter] [Applause] I forgot my interview and my exam are today I better run you better run in the right dire I'm help why cc to you too will I have been called many things in my life before but never pass I represent the wonderful Wonder cream company and I am here to give a free facial demonstration are any of the ladies here today see no matter you will do just fine no no no I wouldn't dream of doing you on top of that box I just happen to have this wonderful face cream for men now just relax relax gu [Applause] you will start to feel wonderful deting now if I were you I would lie very very still because some of this would happen to get into your ey all right if you will lead me to the bathroom I will watch it out with a you a [Applause] [Music] hello is this the P your resident I'm Mrs P Jo school counselor I love lady work me not speak English goodbye [Applause] I'm sorry I believe you misunderstood I'm from Joe's school yes yes yes yes yes yes yes oh thank you but I don't believe I'll have any is Mrs P home m p yes Mrs [Applause] [Music] [Music] P you doing I told you I didn't care for any of this look what you've done to my you rest all I told you I didn't want I came here [Applause] I I am very sorry very sorry that's all right Mrs P but who is this unbelievable Woman My Mother now anio you're going to be all right but in the future I would recommend that you be more careful I'm s my creams what have you done to my I insisted he lie down on the [Music] couch now now now Mrs Antonio be sweet be nice when you frown your forehead wrinkles hey somebody here want a dishwasher fixed come on come on I got work to do I ain't got time to pull around with you guys I got three more jobs to do today Hey where's the kitchen here hey where the way man over there yeah hey you know I finally figure out what you wanted me to do with these dishes me a little bit but I finally got it together thanks a lot later where are you going with my good dishes no no no these are my no no no [Music] wa look what we did yeah but I got bad news you flunked your typing test I flunked my Spanish test [Applause] you like my grandmother's cooking it is delicious Sal would you like some salt more salt well maybe a little bit some pepper maybe are we going to practice my Spanish right now you are going to translate in English for your grandparents okay English only okay well since it's his birthday uh he wants you to have some of his cake oh how wonderful [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I [Music] hey hey hey USA USA USA USA USA USA USA [Music]
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