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Samba Story

Episode aired Oct 9, 2002
TV-PG
22m

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6.8/10

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Damon Wayans and Sofía Vergara in My Wife and Kids (2000)

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Jay is dissatisfied with how she and Michael spend their nights out and so signs them up for Samba lessons; Michael doesn't take kindly to Jay flirting with her male dance instructor and so ... Read allJay is dissatisfied with how she and Michael spend their nights out and so signs them up for Samba lessons; Michael doesn't take kindly to Jay flirting with her male dance instructor and so decides to give her a dose of her own medicine by having him replaced with a sexy woman in... Read allJay is dissatisfied with how she and Michael spend their nights out and so signs them up for Samba lessons; Michael doesn't take kindly to Jay flirting with her male dance instructor and so decides to give her a dose of her own medicine by having him replaced with a sexy woman instructor. Meanwhile, Claire makes the cheerleading squad in school even though she doesn't... Read all

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Damon Wayans

Michael Kyle

Tisha Campbell

Janet 'Jay' Kyle
(as Tisha Campbell-Martin)

George Gore II

Michael Kyle Jr.
(as George O. Gore II)

Jennifer Freeman

Claire Kyle
(as Jennifer Nicole Freeman)

Parker McKenna Posey

Kady Kyle

Joseph Vassallo

Marcello Roccocco

Sofía Vergara

Selma
(as Sofia Vergara)

Porscha Coleman

Shaneka

Ally Maki

Sasha
(as Ally Matsumura)

Brooke Anne Smith

Jessica

Jordi Caballero

Rheagan Wallace

Kathy

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This episode features Sofia Vergara, one of her first acting roles.

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1/10

One more ridiculous stereotype...

Don't get me wrong - I liked the series, but I do hate it when American writers fail to do their research and start casting Spanish-speakers as Brazilians, or making Spanish language jokes trying to pass it off as Brazilian. Ruicoco? Are you seriously expecting me to believe that THIS is a Brazilian name? First of all, we DON'T speak Spanish in Brazil, we speak Portuguese, so the name wouldn't be pronounced "RRRRRuicoco", it would be pronounced "HOOOeycoco", if it were a Brazilian surname, which it ISN'T. The music wasn't samba, it was salsa, which is as foreign to us here as French music is to Americans. The episode has the valuable lessons on jealousy and doing the right thing, but the horrible stereotypes, none of which are accurate, far outweigh the potential good side of the episode. As much as I enjoyed "My Wife and Kids", this episode was by far the worst they did.