# Have you heard of I Married Dora? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745 "2015-08-01T19:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/21 "2015-08-02T05:54:16Z")
I don’t remember it from the time, if I even knew it at the time, but it was brought to my attention more recently when Elizabeth Peña died. Wait, does that mean I should have voted no? Oy. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/22 "2015-08-02T06:56:36Z")
Watched the show from the beginning, but somehow missed the ending. Never even heard of the surprising ending until recently. But I always thought Elizabeth Pena was totally cute. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/23 "2015-08-02T09:20:18Z")
When Elizabeth Peña died recently somebody else mentioned it here on the SDMB, and I watched it then. It looked extremely familiar to me, and I think it may have even been the show I was first exposed to her. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/24 "2015-08-02T10:19:12Z")
Watched it when it originally ran because I loved Elizabeth Pena. ETA: That was me who posted that Pena died and mentioned the show. i also noted then that no one remembers I Married Dora. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/25 "2015-08-02T16:03:44Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I vaguely remember it airing but the main reason I know it is it’s infamous finale. I don’t think infamous means what you think it does (you are not alone) although for those of us who haven’t heard of it it may seem appropriate. in·fa·mous ˈinfəməs adjective well known for some bad quality or deed. “an infamous war criminal” ---
**Author:** ![missouri65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@missouri65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missouri65)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/26 "2015-08-02T17:33:19Z")
Loved this show as a kid. I think I mostly loved Elizabeth Pena. I didn’t remember the finale until reading about it online, but that was probably because I was too young to get it. I watched religiously. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/27 "2015-08-04T21:33:50Z")
Watched the whole series, but the only specific episodes I have any memory of are the first and the last. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/28 "2015-08-04T21:58:43Z")
Watched the entire series. I love Daniel Hugh Kelly, and also watched _Second Noah_ and _Ponderosa_, two of his other short-lived series. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/29 "2015-08-05T04:30:26Z")
Growing up in New Mexico at the time, any show with a Hispanic theme was automatically a huge deal…and the show lasted far longer than A.K.A. Pablo! ---
**Author:** ![fridolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85f322/32.png) [@fridolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fridolph)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/30 "2015-08-05T04:52:17Z")
I never heard either watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/31 "2015-08-05T13:53:07Z")
Only heard of it from the other thread about great endings/great moments. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/32 "2015-08-05T14:02:25Z")
Watched it, saw the finale. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/33 "2015-08-05T14:50:57Z")
So…What happened in the Finale? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/34 "2015-08-05T15:21:43Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > So…What happened in the Finale? The show was cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/35 "2015-08-05T15:24:47Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > So…What happened in the Finale? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VvVR99yafr8/hqdefault.jpg ""I Married Dora" Unexpected Closing Scene from Series Finale") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvVR99yafr8) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/36 "2015-08-05T16:00:28Z")
[quote=“Telemark, post:35, topic:726745”] [/QUOTE] The YouTube clip is cute but doesn’t give you the whole picture. IIRC, during the entire episode more and more dire events kept piling on until they all got to the airport, when the zinger zinged, like something out of Greek theater. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/37 "2015-08-05T23:47:13Z")
I remembered the show. I remembered the finale. In fact I have at times told the story of how surprising the ending was to various people. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745/38 "2015-08-05T23:52:44Z")
Ohhh thaaaaat’s where that’s from! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-i-married-dora/726745.md?page=1)