IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Señor Lopez
Played by Steve Martin
Señor Lopez is the relentlessly upbeat volunteer Spanish tutor from Saturday Night Live's 1979 "Spanish Tutor" sketch. Played by host Steve Martin, he introduces himself as Señor Smith, translates his own name into Spanish, renames his…
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Señor Lopez is the relentlessly upbeat volunteer Spanish tutor from Saturday Night Live's 1979 "Spanish Tutor" sketch. Played by host Steve Martin, he introduces himself as Señor Smith, translates his own name into Spanish, renames his reluctant pupil Pablo and treats a stranger's home as his own.
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