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''[[Cuentame Como Paso]]'' (transl: tell me how it happened) is a Spanish soap opera that ran between 13th September 2001 and
The entire thing, all 11 series, is one enormous [[Flash Back]] belonging to Carlos Alcantara, and it follows his life growing up in [[The Sixties]] and [[The Seventies]] during the decay of the Franco regime and the Transition to democracy. [[Edutainment Show]], mix of macro and micro history: the big events of the time (the lunar landings, the assassination of Carrero Blanco, Franco’s death,<s> Eurovision</s> (whoops)) and this typical middle class Madrid family’s story, narrated soap- opera style and with voiceovers from adult Carlos.
It’s all deliciously sepia-
''Cuentame'' can safely be considered to be a family show; good ol’ pure nostalgia for parents/grandparents (anyone over fifty) providing them with a nice long sesh in which they can bitch about the Franco regime they experienced, and for the kids a dramatized, <s> perhaps</s> definitely exaggerated insight into how their parents may have lived back in the Good Old Days. This is combined with either “I’m so glad I didn’t live back then” or “I so wish I could have lived back then”!
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So basically little Carlitos is growing up in exciting times. He’s the youngest child {{spoiler|initially}} of a hardworking, despairing father, and "absolutely perfect" mother, with a hippie [[Cool Big Sis]], a [[Oh Crap|communist brother]], and a [[Cool Old Lady|lovely]] Catholic gran. And don’t forget his fleet of flare-wearing friends.
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▲* [[Badass Preacher]]- Padre Froilán
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▲* [[Catch Phrase]]:
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]
▲{{quote| '''Antonio''' ¡Me cago en la leche, Merche! (Literally: [[Unusual Dysphemism|''I shit on the milk!'']]}}
▲* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]- The Series is normally good at keeping track of its [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] but there are a few examples such as Jose Luis and his sister and more surprisingly Maica
* [[Dawson Casting]]
▲* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Don Pablo especially comes to mind.
▲* [[Dawson Casting]]- averted! They decided to jump forwards in time five or so years, resulting in the actor playing Carlitos having to ‘’play a teenager older than his actual age’’. Whoah.
** Played Straight in the case of Luis.
* [[Doomed by Canon]]
* [[Dream Sequence]]
* [[Eurovision Song Contest]]
* [[Freud Was Right]]
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Knight in Sour Armour]]
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]
* [[Mental Affair]]
* [[Product Placement]]
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* [[The Sixties]]
* [[The Seventies]]
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]
* [[The Woobie]]
* [[Writing Around Trademarks]]
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