''La banda del Golden Rocket'' (English: ''The Golden Rocket band'') was a 1991 Argentine TV series.

Premise

The main characters were Diego, Adrián and Fabian, three distant cousins who dd not know each other, until they received a common heritage from their grandfather: an old '57 yellow Oldsmobile Golden Rocket 88, dubbed as the "Golden Rocket". The three cousins began the work of

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the car, and had romantic affairs.La Banda del Golden Rocket regresó a la pantalla por Volver

Impact on the actors

Although the main characters are named after the actors playing them ( Diego Torres,

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and Fabián Vena), they were not starring as themselves; in fact, they were novice actors by then.Pusieron primera
Even so, Diego Torres had some roles as a singer within the plot, and became a successful professional singer after the ending of the series. Similarly, the character Adrián had a romance within the series with "Pato", a character played by

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. Suar and González had a real romance afterwards, and got married. Torres, Suar and Vena reunited in 2011 for some episodes of ''

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''. They did not play again their former characters, Suar and Vena were already recurring guest actors, and Torres was invited as well.Veinte años no es nada
Nevertheless, they made

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al references to the old series, mainly the use of a similar car. The car, however, is not the same physical car used twenty years before, but a similar one, as the owner refused to give or rent the car.

Cast

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Banda del Golden Rocket Argentine comedy television series 1990s teen drama television series 1991 Argentine television series debuts 1993 Argentine television series endings 1990s Argentine television series Television shows set in Buenos Aires