''Os Aspones'' is a Brazilian television

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that aired on

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from November 5 to December 17, 2004. It was created by

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and Alexandre Machado. The series, which portrayed a group of white-collar workers at a governmental department lost in Brazilian bureaucracy in

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which actually has no function at all, starred Selton Mello,

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, Pedro Paulo Rangel, Marisa Orth and

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. The show's title is a Portuguese

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formed from the phrase "assessor de porra 'or'' porcarianenhuma" (literally "assistant of fucking nothing").e viva o palavrão!!! - Metamorfose Digital
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Synopsis

It featured a group of public officials, better known as aspones (Advisors of No Crap), who work at ''FMDO'' (Ministerial Binder of Mandatory Documents), a public office where you have nothing to do. Thus, they create the ''FMDO'' (Speaking Bad Of Others), which makes them ridicule among themselves and those who go there.

Cast and characters

* Selton Mello as Tales *

as Leda Maria * Pedro Paulo Rangel as Caio * Marisa Orth as Anete *

as Moira

References

External links

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