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This is Wassup…

April 3, 2013 By Marta Darby 4 Comments

Last summer, I came across a Kickstarter Campaign for a not-yet-produced TV show called "Wassup en LA?" The theme was that a young Cuban American actor from Miami goes to Los Angeles to find fame and fortune. And his Cuban family, abuelos and all, follow and support him.

I clicked on the link, read the synopsis and and fell in love. You will recall that I wrote about it here.

If you know how Kickstarter works, you know that the project has to meet your fundraising goal by a pre-determined date to get the funds. Sadly, they did not meet their goal.

But something else magical and serendipitous happened. A faithful reader and follower of MBFCF in Sugarland, Texas (of all places!) stepped up and became the Executive Producer. Her production company is called Sugar Cube Productions. (Get it? Cuban? From Sugarland? Sugar Cube. Genius.)

After four years of sweat and toil and script writing and casting decisions, the day came when the pilot of Wassup En LA? got a green light for filming on March 23rd.

A few weeks before The Filming Day, I had a fabulous lunch (at Porto's Bakery, of course!) with the co-creators of the show, Rudolpho Zalez and Carlos de la Vega.

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They gifted me some cool Wassup gear. I gave them autographed copies of my cookbook. Win-Win.

During lunch they asked me: Did I have any Cuban-looking props they could use on the set?

Hello? My (freakishly small) house is one Big Cuban Prop. "Help yourselves."

Which is how a few of our household items ended up on the set of the TV home of the Diaz Family. How cool is that?

Cuban stuff

I have so much more to tell you about the show and how fabulous it was to watch the live taping and being part of a mostly Cuban studio audience. I promise I WILL BLOG ABOUT IT IN NAUSEATING DETAIL, but today's not that day.

For now, I just want you to just appreciate how accidentally awesome it is that a blogging Cuban mom in Mission Viejo wrote about a project that was seen by the movers and shakers in Texas (hello, Sugarland!) who actually brought the thing to fruition. Mind. Blown.

Makes me think that God's hand was in it somehow. And that makes me feel completely humbled, and sooo accidentally cool.

Go give them your support and love:

On Facebook. On Twitter. On YouTube. That's Wassup…

You might also like:

Wassup En LA? A Kickstarter Project Here’s Wassup. (MBFCF Giveaway #2) Wassup En La? Why you will love this sitcom… Cuban Word of the Day

Filed Under: Cuban-American Life Tagged With: Cuban, Cuban sitcom, Portos Bakery, Sugar Cube Productions, tv sitcom, Wassup en LA

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  1. Emilia Torres says

    April 4, 2013 at 5:14 pm

    Thank You, it’s wonderful to know that you help make it happens.I’m Oscar mom,and are very exited about Wssup en LA. God Bless you and everybody else who helped.Always CubanEmilia Torres

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  2. MV21 says

    April 4, 2013 at 9:34 pm

    This is awesome! Do you know when the show will begin airing and on what channel?

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  3. Marta M. Darby says

    April 25, 2013 at 11:20 am

    Hi Emilia,Oscar is a delight! He’s a wonderful actor and we just fell in love with everyone in the cast. They deserve great success.
    Besos,
    Marta

    Reply
  4. Marta M. Darby says

    April 25, 2013 at 11:20 am

    MV21,The show is still in post-production and will be shopped to the networks. I’ll keep you posted when I know any more than that.
    Marta

    Reply

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