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Yes, gran’pa tell me about the good times. I remember sitting on the porch of my grandfather’s house asking him about his life. Good times, bad times and times when he was the happiest. So much can be learned from our grandfathers. My “papa” died a few years ago and I miss him dearly. I think about him often and one of the things we did together a lot was laugh. He was a jokester, but so full of wisdom. Do you still have your grandfather in your life? They can never be replaced, but there’s an abuelo that’s taking over the net and reminding me of the good times with my papa.
Have you heard of the award winning HBO web series Gran’pa Knows Best? I absolutely love it, and shocker, I might have cried while watching. Cried in a good way of course; watching made me miss my gran’pa. Here’s a little bit about the awesome web series:
Gran’pa Knows Best is a comedy series starring a 4-inch 3D printed likeness of Creator/Director, William D. Caballero’s 86 year old grandfather, Victor Muriel. Originally from Puerto Rico, Muriel voices the character and offers his real advice on various subjects in a very funny way.
What a wonderful way to honor his gran’pa. William D. Caballero has done an amazing job in capturing his gran’pa’s spirit and by using his actual voice he’ll have memories to share with generations to come.
As a part of this campaign we received a fun box that you’ll have a chance to win (keep reading!) that included our very own three-inch gran’pa figure. The boys LOVED taking gran’pa around with us. So much that we might have loved the tip of his finger off. L The hubs and I have watched the series on line so we gave the boys advice on life that gran’pa wanted us to share with them.
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In my gran’pa’s younger years he worked as a migrant farmer so we were excited to take gran’pa to a lavender farm that we visited. He told the boys all about the farming life and the importance of being kind. One of the lessons my papa talked about often was privilege. He always said in Spanish, “El que no siembra, no levanta” which translates to “if you don’t plant you can’t harvest”. In other words, you have to cultivate relationships in different aspects of our lives to reap the rewards. Nothing comes easy. That can be adapted in so many areas of life, at the workplace and in relationships etc.
During our trip to Tallahassee gran’pa dropped some knowledge on the automobiles we saw at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum too. Being that I have two boys, I can only imagine what it will be like when they become drivers. It’s never too soon to tell them about driving safety. I think they will remember what gran’pa said.
Don’t you wish you had a gran’pa figure of your own? Well one of my lucky readers will win a Gran’pa Knows Best prize pack. Check out the box the winner will be receiving:
Enter below and don’t forget to catch HBO web series Gran’pa Knows Best online HBO GO and HBO Latino. Season two was just released in June so you can see both season 1 and 2. Come back and tell me what you think to win!
awesome giveaway
I was to young to remember what he told me.
My Grandpa told me to get off my butt and get some exercise. That advice still works for me.
My grandpa always told me to do well in school.
Growing up, whenever I said I was bored, my grandfather would say “why don’t you go out in the street and kick around horse shit?”. He came from an era when horses and their excrement was all over the public downtown streets.
Well i never had a grandpa but my grandma always told me treat others as I want to be treated and i think this world would be a much better place if we all did that
My granpa had two: 1. Roll Tide 2. Go DO It–long before Nike started saying that too:)
I actually never had the chance to meet my grandfather so sadly I never got any advice. Thanks for the chance.
It wasn’t really advice I remember one time I was cutting a watermelon when I was young and I almost cut my arm he didn’t say anything but I knew he was letting me learn to do it the right way.
Unfortunately Babushka never knew her abuelos, pero that doesn’t mean she’s not grateful for them- or you, for the giveaway.
My Grandpa always told me to “do the right thing”.
looks like the end of his finger is broken…anyway, both of my grandpas died before I was born. One of them (my dad’s dad) was born in 1875! But I think I can assume they both would have given good advice to me.
Yeah it is broken. We loved on gran’pa a little too much. 🙁 I bet they would have had amazing advice for you Doug.
Gosh I can’t even remember all the things that my grandfather used to tell me. I do remember that he told me if I swallowed a watermelon seed that one would grow in my belly.
I’ve never herd of this web series. It reminds me of my grandpa. He was so sweet and had the best advice….usually.
I lost my papa almost three years ago and miss him dearly. He always took me swimming and out for the best ice cream!
my grandpa always tell me to live life to the fullest because you cant go back.
This series sounds fun. I had the best times with my grandpa. He always brings toys and ice cream for me!
This sounds like such a cool show. I think it will be super relatable and I like the unique stop-motion animation style.
What a cute little figure, love the giveaway for it. I bet many will have a blast with this little gran’pa figure!
My Grandpa taught me how to cheat at card games lol. Spent hours playing kings on the corner. Sounds like a good show, will have to check it out.
This is the first time I’ve heard of the show and it sounds amazing! I think it would be nice to have your own granpa kit! This definitely brings back a lot of memories from my own childhood.
This show looks like it is going g to be great! Grandpa’s sometimes are the best for storytelling and advice giving.
I only have my grandmother still around now. My grandfather was an amazing man – he was an engineer and built a cabin we still use today.
I haven’t seen that show yet, but it sounds like a fun one. I didn’t know my grandfathers, so I’ll have to adopt Gran’pa as my own!
I don’t think I’ve heard of this show yet, but it sounds like it would be a fun one to watch. What a great kit!
Nice show! This reminds me so much of my grandpa. He is very strict when it comes to almost everything!
I was little when my gpa died. But he always said salt your watermelon and cantaloupe it will bring out the sweetness.
Ha! Looks like it will be a funny show!
Sadly both died before I was born so I don’t have any words of wisdom from them. I have my great-grandfather’s Purple Heart from the military for a reminder. I wish I had met them!
Gran’pa said to try hard and always do your best.
I’m not sure Scamp needs to be indulging in this kind of condcseending gossip. Laughing at people isn’t your style is it? The people this training video (and that’s all it is) is aimed at are likely to be from Eastern Europe, and with English as their second language. It may be their first job in the UK. In that conext, it’s a perfectly legit training tool created by a company seeking to get the best out of their staff. What’s so funny about that?
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This looks like a good and funny web series. I will check it out!