{"id":6336,"date":"2019-06-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/gabriel-iglesias-wilson-high-netflix\/"},"modified":"2019-06-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T07:00:00","slug":"gabriel-iglesias-wilson-high-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/gabriel-iglesias-wilson-high-netflix","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Gabriel &#8216;Fluffy&#8217; Iglesias to star in new Netflix series based at Wilson High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Gabriel &#8220;Fluffy&#8221; Iglesias, who has deep ties to Long Beach, plays a history teacher at Wilson High (the one in Long Beach) on a new Netflix sitcom called &#8220;Mr. Iglesias&#8221; set to debut Friday, June 21.<\/p>\n<p>The well-known standup comic\u2014a native of Long Beach who graduated from Wilson in 1994\u2014plays a high school teacher trying to make a difference among a diverse group of students who are underperforming in school.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80209013?trkid=13710079&amp;MSG_TITLE=81000280&amp;g=EDF4B1745BFFA463548067493F0D96AD645291FC&amp;lkid=TRAILER_WATCH&amp;lnktrk=EMP\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong> the trailer for &#8220;Mr. Iglesias&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iglesias, who wears school swag during the show, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mohavedailynews.com\/arts_and_entertainment\/the-fluffy-life\/article_b421f874-cc15-11e8-a293-5b673517af8f.html\">told<\/a> the Mohave Daily News in October that he received permission from Long Beach Unified to use the school&#8217;s logo and colors.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Long Beach Unified said the producers didn&#8217;t shoot the series at Wilson, but they planned to use some exteriors from the high school near Recreation Park.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Wilson has been featured in Hollywood productions. It was the true-story setting of &#8220;Freedom Writers,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/freedom-writers-story-lives-on\/\">book and movie<\/a> based on the experiences of teacher Erin Gruwell with at-risk students in the 1990s. 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