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136-495: A spin-off of the series was produced in 1983 under the name Las nuevas aventuras de Federrico ("The new adventures of Federrico"). The Villagrán character was almost identical to Quico , which was his character on El Chavo series, the only change being the name, due to an ongoing dispute with Chespirito over the character, a pattern repeated with other former Chespirito cast members such as Rubén Aguirre and María Antonieta de las Nieves . Also, Valdéz's character Don Moncho

272-512: A bowling ball while working as a buyer/salesman of home antiques; the second when Doña Florinda first sets up a restaurant) his full name is revealed to be "Zenón Barriga y Pesado" (literally "Zeno Belly and Heavy", but Pesado is a real surname too), and "Zenón" being a pun on "Cenón" ("dining man" or "big dinner"); Zenón is also the Spanish form of Zeno. He is also well known because of his patience with Don Ramón and his unpunctual rent payments and all

408-516: A Brazilian Portuguese dub, has been broadcast by Brazilian TV Network SBT since 1984, and has been featured on Brazilian versions of Cartoon Network , Boomerang and Multishow , and in the United States it has aired on UniMás since May 2, 2011, following its previous airing on Univision and Spanish International Network. The series spawned an animated version titled El Chavo Animado , which aired from October 21, 2006 to June 6, 2014, just

544-554: A Mexican television sitcom series created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito) and produced by Televisa . It premiered on February 26, 1973 and ended on January 7, 1980, after 8 seasons and 312 episodes, and aired across Latin America and Spain . The series theme song is a rendition of Ludwig van Beethoven 's Turkish March , rearranged by Jean-Jacques Perrey and retitled “The Elephant Never Forgets”. A poor orphan known as " El Chavo " (meaning "The Kid" or "The Boy"), played by

680-547: A barber shop (where Don Ramón worked at one point), and the sidewalk located at the entrance of the vecindad. Three episodes were filmed in Acapulco , which also served as a vacation for the entire cast. In 1992, the last El Chavo sketches were filmed in Profesor Jirafales' classroom. The last sketch for El Chavo was a 1992 remake of "Clases de Inglés" (English Classes). In the series many objects are used as symbols of either

816-487: A common way of spelling by children, though it seems that Don Ramón tolerates the mispronunciation as long as Chavo and other children don't give out several insults. One quote popularized by himself is "There is no bad work, the downside is having to work". He is a fan of Club Necaxa , which in the day was generally known as a perennial mid-table also-ran, per Don Ramón's quote "Yo le voy al Necaxa", meaning that he neither wished for glory nor suffering. His personality of being

952-407: A corner shop. Federrico is also in love with his teacher, a very beautiful lady. His name comes from his father who died. Don Federico, who was a sailor, who died when his ship sank in the high seas. Quico (El Chavo del Ocho) El Chavo del Ocho , often shortened to El Chavo , is a Mexican television sitcom series created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito) . The show was based on

1088-401: A fairly upbeat attitude and to (just barely) make a living doing odd jobs. He's also a fan of all sports and is somewhat knowledgeable in them (having demonstrated boxing , bowling , American football , baseball and even bullfighting – with a dummy bull – to the kids), but due to the kids' own shortcomings, he always comes up short. Chavo often mispronounces his name as Ron Damón , that is

1224-616: A few months before Bolaños' death. El Chavo continues to be popular with syndicated episodes averaging 91 million daily viewers in all of the markets where it is distributed in the Americas . Since it ceased production in 1992, it has earned an estimated US$ 1.7 billion in syndication fees alone for Televisa. El Chavo was also available on Netflix in the United States, but was removed on December 31, 2019. The titular character, El Chavo (meaning "the kid or "the boy"), whose real name

1360-462: A few of the last episodes and takes over for Don Ramón and Quico in the Chavo segments on the hour-long "Chespirito". Whenever he enters the vecindad , he is seen carrying an old bicycle, which he cannot ride because he couldn't learn (and he'll be instantly dismissed if he tells at the post office he doesn't know how to ride the bicycle). Jaimito also is rather lazy and tends to avoid carrying out tasks with

1496-471: A four year absence. Both shows would be returning to Univision and UniMas and stream on Vix beginning on September 21, 2024 for Univision and two days later for UniMas. The show would return to Las Estrellas in Mexico a month later. Later in 1980, Gomez Bolaños returned with a revived version of Chespirito featuring El Chavo, El Chapulín Colorado and other characters. The debut of El Chavo in this program

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1632-409: A good-hearted and (not always) noble man, as well as acting as a surrogate father to El Chavo made Don Ramón one of the most cherished characters in the history of the show. In Brazil , he is known as Seu Madruga (literally "Mr. Dawn") and is considered to be the most popular character, with some of his quotes used under many circumstances, not only the funny ones. An example is during the 2000s that

1768-540: A la vecindad del Chavo" , were distributed, also in LP format, with songs from El Chapulín Colorado and El Chavo . In 1981, the LP record " El Chavo canta Eso, eso, eso...!" came out, with 10 tracks in total, distributed by PolyGram . Over a decade later, in 1992, the first CD with the series music was commercialized in following sequence, such as " Así cantamos y vacilamos en la vecindad del Chavo" (2000) and " Así cantamos y vacilamos en la vecindad del Chavo volumen 2" (2007), in

1904-539: A loyal reflection of the social reality of Latin America: people of low social class, unemployed, single parents, that in spite of all the problems, manage to move on with hope, good humor, loyalty, and friendship." Brendan Koerner, from the American online magazine Slate , compared the series style, practically staged on one set (the vecindad), with the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1967). He also commented that

2040-510: A ludicrously innocent relationship with Doña Florinda and patiently teaches way above the heads of his students. He is patient and professionally ethical. When angered, he shouts "Ta-ta-ta-taaaaa-TAH!!!". His last name is a reference to the very tall Aguirre, who stands at a height of 1.98 m or 6 ft 6 in ("jirafa" is Spanish for giraffe; the closest English equivalent would be Giraffald). The children (and sometimes adults, most notably Don Ramón) refer to him as "Maistro Longaniza" (being "maistro"

2176-468: A mispronounced form of "maestro", an alternative for "profesor", both meaning "teacher", and " longaniza ", a long kind of sausage ). Although he appears throughout all the series (almost 20 years) having a romance with Doña Florinda, by the time it finished, neither one suggested the possibility of going beyond that idyllic relation – there's an in-joke among the series production that statizes his full name to be "Inocencio Jirafales", being "Inocencio" both

2312-458: A moustache and is usually seen wearing a sun hat, a T-shirt, and jeans. His greatest aspiration seems to be living an uncomplicated life, but in the vecindad , this seems impossible. He is constantly hounded for the rent which he has neglected to pay for fourteen months (a figure that seems to be static since Señor Barriga forgives several months of his rent in several episodes) – however, in some episode, he did pay at least one month of rent while on

2448-512: A nameless character similar to Doña Nieves for years in a variety of sketches, but she did not work particularly well in the Don Ramón role; for one thing, it was awkward that Doña Nieves and Chilindrina could not appear in scenes together except via special effects. By the late 1980s, her character had virtually disappeared from "El Chavo". In Brazil, her name was changed to Dona Neves . She has also appeared in various Dr. Chapatín sketches. Gloria

2584-509: A partnership selling churros (a fried pastry originating from Spain ) with Don Ramón. She is easily recognized by the fact that she always keeps her hair in curlers (except in some early episodes), even at work or on vacation in Acapulco. In later episodes, she opens a restaurant called "Restaurante Doña Florinda". Derisively, the kids call her "Vieja Chancluda" ("vieja" being "old lady", and "chancluda" as someone who uses "chanclas", sandals). In

2720-400: A party hosted by Aguirre. Villagrán did a comedy step where he blew his cheeks out of proportion, and Aguirre told Roberto Gómez Bolaños about his friend's hidden talent. Villagrán was promptly hired for the show. María Antonieta de las Nieves was a voice-over only actress who used to go to Televisa to make announcements. Upon hearing her voice, Roberto Gómez Bolaños thought she was perfect for

2856-543: A proposal from Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), a Venezuelan station run by Peter Bottome at the time, offering him the chance to direct and appear in the projects he had in mind. This is how he created the children's recreation program El Niño de Papel in 1981. Among this cast was the Mexican actor Ramón Valdés , who had resigned from his role as Don Ramón in El Chavo. From 1983 to 1984, he made Federrico, where he again uses

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2992-440: A real-life name in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries and a play on "innocence", thus adding to the "innocent" way he treats his relationship towards Doña Florinda. Even though he claims to have a strong hatred of violence , Jirafales is more than willing to beat up those whom he feels insult him or Doña Florinda. (in the episode in which Don Ramón teaches El Chavo some basic boxing classes and even lends his boxing gloves to

3128-503: A really impressive harmony" the characters and their situations, especially those relating to friendship and betrayal. In 2010, Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa expressed that El Chavo is "the best TV show" and praised the script, the characters, and the actor's abilities, especially Villagrán's as Quico. Due to the type of humor, it is considered the preceding show of double meaning in Latin America . Like Ramírez, Ruth Rocha ,

3264-416: A rent collector's salary. He rarely succeeds in collecting rent from Don Ramón and is greeted upon his every arrival by being (accidentally) kicked, tripped, beaten, or hit by a flying object thrown by El Chavo. His last name is a reference to his obesity ("barriga" is both Spanish and Portuguese for "belly", but the surname actually exists). In two episodes throughout the series (the first when Don Ramón buys

3400-516: A script for an adapted film of El Chapulin Colorado or El Chavo del Ocho. Gómez Bolaños denied this request due to his belief that El Chavo was uniquely developed in the vecindad and therefore would find it difficult to provide a new storyline that would be relevant with what has already been shown in the series. In its place, they produced El Chanfle , which used the same cast as El Chavo del Ocho . In this movie, Villagrán also appeared, even though he

3536-401: A senior woman. She has always been in love with Don Ramón, her neighbor, but he finds her highly unappealing, so Doña Clotilde tries and does everything she can to conquer him like bringing him food from the store, buying him medicine when he can't sleep, making cakes and other foods for him, or lending him luggage. In fact, all the times that Don Ramón is "interested" in her is when she faints in

3672-560: A series of sketches performed on Gómez's eponymous sketch show, Chespirito , which were first performed in 1971. El Chavo became its own series in 1973 and aired until 1980, becoming one of the most popular television programs in the world. Following its cancellation and the relaunch of Chespirito , the El Chavo sketches returned in 1980 and continued to be performed on Chespirito until 1992 when Gómez, by this point in his sixties, discontinued them due to his advancing age. The show follows

3808-489: A shark). Her full name is Florinda Corcuera y Villalpando, viuda de (widow of) La Regueira. Doña Florinda sees herself as being socially, morally and economically superior to her neighbors (and, according to the book El Diario del Chavo del Ocho , she was indeed rich until the death of her husband, leaving her without a way to obtain money and eventually waste it, forcing her to move to the vecindad ), and while not misanthropic, snobbish, or bully-like, she tends to give orders to

3944-515: A skit in 1971. On January 8, 1973, Telesistema Mexicano and Televisión Independiente de México merged to become Televisa . After the merger, on February 26, 1973, El Chavo del Ocho premiered as a half-hour weekly television series. The first two episodes of the main character were intercut with a skit at the start that included Dr. Chapatín, El Chómpiras, or another character created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños. In reality, those were sketches shot in 1972–1973, most likely intended for "Chespirito,"

4080-417: A skit in 1972. Produced by Televisa , it began as a weekly half-hour series in 1973 after Telesistema Mexicano and TIM merged. The show continued until 1980 when it became a segment of Chespirito. Up until 1992, Chespirito exhibited shorts after that year. In the mid 1970s, the show was averaging 350 million Latin American viewers per episode, leading the cast to global tours and public performances. Chaves,

4216-447: A toll and they stopped communicating. Direction and production fell into the hands of Carmen Ochoa and Enrique Segoviano , whom had previously worked with Gómez Bolaños on the series Chespirito. In some episodes, Gómez Bolaños appears listed in the credits as the scene director, alongside Segoviano. Mary Cabañas, Tere de la Cueva, Ersilia Anderlini and Norma Gutiérrez were Ochoa's and the production team's assistants. Luis Felipe Macías

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4352-526: A total of 29 episodes. At first “Federrico” was well received by the Venezuelan public, but it failed due to lack of dissemination. A spin-off of the series was produced in 1983 under the name "The New Adventures of Federrico" (Las nuevas aventuras de Federrico) . With the exception of Godínez and Doña Cleotilde, the show imitated and mimicked many of the standout characters from the Chavo del Ocho series, giving them new names and settings. "Don Moncho" persona

4488-464: A witch because if she were, she would use her magic to turn herself into a young, beautiful woman." She is a single woman, thirsty for love, and frequently seeks it with Don Ramón, who is a widower. Because she never wants people to know her real age, she is always saying the number of candles (40 candles) she had to use in her "last" birthday's cake (she never says to have more than 49) – even then, people never believe her, mostly because she also acts like

4624-405: A writer from Brazil, emphasized the universal theme from a perspective that is "incredibly childlike". Furthermore, she noted that "what we see in the kids, animated, but real children in the manner of their relationships, reactions and expressions [...] we can not only see a Mexican kid, but a kid who could be Brazilian, Argentinian, or Chinese, what we see is a child who reminds us we once were too"

4760-522: Is Don Ramón, who never pays his rent and either hides from Señor Barriga until he leaves or uses trickery to waive the payment for later. El Chavo likes to "hide" in a wooden barrel located in the neighborhood 's main courtyard, especially after getting into a disagreement where he ends up getting scolded, and otherwise is usually accompanied by his friends: Quico, Doña Florinda's spoiled, dim-witted and arrogant son, and Chilindrina, Don Ramón's shrewd and mischievous bespectacled daughter. Non-residents who visit

4896-426: Is a Mexican Spanish slang for "kid" or "boy"; Chavo's real name is unknown, but is supposed to be Chente , short for Vicente , after a supposed friend that nobody has ever met and according to Chavo, looks a lot like himself. Generally Chavo is enthusiastic, creative and good-natured, but on the other hand he is also rather naïve and very gullible. He is not particularly bright (which Roberto Gómez Bolaños insinuated on

5032-401: Is also widely identified by his enormous cheeks, which he can puff out quite largely, and his minuscule intelligence, often responding to the Spanish words for idiot, stupid, dummy, etc. (he even displays delight about being called such things, oblivious to the fact that all these words are insults). Despite his stupidity, Quico displays more deceptive abilities and common sense than Chavo, and is

5168-455: Is identical to El Chavo' s Don Ramón , although he left the program after only one season. In 2009 Federrico was broadcast on RCTV Internacional on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. Currently the series is available on the digital platform and YouTube channel. in 1978, when Carlos Villagrán resigned from El Chavo del Ocho due to irreconcilable differences that to this day are not known with certainty. Bolaños assured that Villagrán wanted to leave

5304-412: Is likewise the same as that of the iconic El Chavo del 8 figure, " Don Ramón " with the exception being that he has no children in this instance. The other characters' personalities and the settings they inhabit are strikingly similar. For example, Pichicho's character is similar to Ñoño's, Doña Carlota, Federrico's mother, is similar to Doña Florinda, Quico's mother, Marucha is similar to Chilindrina, Patty

5440-518: Is never revealed, is an eight-year-old orphan boy who lives in a neighborhood where he and several other characters, both residents and non-residents, interact with each other on a daily basis. The neighborhood is owned by the fat and wealthy Señor Barriga (Spanish for "Mr. Belly"), who is often seen in the neighborhood to collect the monthly rent from his residents. His best tenants are the widow Doña Florinda (Ms. Florinda) and Doña Clotilde (Ms. Clotilde), who pay every month on time, and his worst tenant

5576-453: Is not copyrighted in Argentina). María Antonieta de las Nieves , however, won a court battle against Gómez Bolaños for the right to appear in Mexico as la Chilindrina. Nonetheless, in 2012, after a long judicial battle, de las Nieves retired her character. She declared that a long judicial battle against Bolaños ruined her career and that her public image was tarnished, which "burned" her name in

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5712-403: Is not present in the scene. When Villagran left the show – thus concluding Quico's presence in the vecindad – she still slaps Don Ramón, but less often. This is due to Don Ramón laughing loudly whenever a rude comment is directed towards her (mostly coming from El Chavo). She likes cleanliness and order and also likes to cook and for that reason becomes famous among her neighbours. Once she accepted

5848-400: Is similar to Popis, and Yoyo, the homeless boy, is similar to Chavo. Don Salomón, the father of Pichicho who is in love with Doña Carlota, acts differently from the usual Professor Jirafales; however, he does wear an almost identical outfit, and whenever Doña Carlota and him see each other, they find themselves in a situation akin to Professor Girafales with Doña Florinda. Additionally, he owns

5984-482: Is the daughter of Don Ramón. "Precocious" is the best way to describe Don Ramón's intelligent and mischievous daughter, who likes to take advantage of her slow-witted friends to play pranks on them and take their toys or snacks. She usually wears a short green-patterned dress, white shorts, and a red sweater that is always twisted on the back. She has freckles, horn-rimmed eyeglasses, a missing front tooth, and two pigtails that are always uneven, one significantly higher than

6120-455: Is their first fight over their crush, although she kisses Chavo in the animated series). Despite being a hungry 8-year-old child, he seems to have an incredible physical strength, since his punches are able to stun or even topple a full-grown man, mostly Don Ramón. In the English dub of the animated adaptation, he is voiced by Mona Marshall . Unlike in the original series and the Spanish version of

6256-455: Is unknown. Some might suggest she receives a pension, or maybe gets her money out of an inheritance, otherwise it would be impossible for her to pay the rent to Señor Barriga, pay her own expenses and buy all the things she gives to Don Ramón. In the English dub of the animated version, and the official English subtitles for the Netflix print of the original, she was renamed Miss Pinster (a pun on

6392-426: Is voiced by Bob Buchholz .. In Brazil his name is written Professor Girafales ("girafa" is Portuguese for giraffe) and nicknamed by the children as Professor Linguiça or Mestre Linguiça (being "mestre" an alternative for "professor" and "linguiça" meaning "sausage"). Doña Clotilde, sometimes referred to as "La bruja del 71", is a retired woman who chases after Don Ramón. Because she is old and somewhat eccentric,

6528-401: The neighborhood regularly include Señor Barriga and his equally fat son Ñoño, Profesor Jirafales, the tall, cultured and elegant teacher of a nearby school that the children attend, and Popis, a stuck up girl who speaks nasally. Each episode uses comedic strategies, such as slapstick , irony , recurring jokes, and funny situations in which the characters are usually getting into. It includes

6664-449: The 1970s, several TV stations have repeated it. El Chavo is also highly popular in Brazil, where it has been dubbed into Portuguese with the name of Chaves , broadcast by SBT ; historically, since its premiere, the show has repeatedly recorded the first audience place at all time-slots in which it was broadcast. The main reasons for the immediate success of the program is the similarity between

6800-433: The English dub of the animated series as "I'm telling...", such as when Profesor Jirafales told Quico that he gave the wrong answer. Whenever she says or does something wrong, she blames it on her doll, Serafina, which she loved as a daughter. Her attire was originally a pink dress with spotted blue dots, later changed to a green and pink dress.. In the English dub version of the series, and in the official English subtitles for

6936-414: The English dub of the animated version, as well as in the official English subtitles for the Netflix print of the original, he was known as Mr. Raymond or nicknamed Rister Maymond by El Chavo and was, like Quico, voiced by Doug Erholtz . Florinda Corcuera y Villalpando, Viuda de Matalas Cayando, commonly referred to as Doña Florinda, is the mother of Quico and love interest of Profesor Jirafales. Before

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7072-434: The English dub of the animated version, as well as in the official English subtitles for the Netflix print of the original, she is known as Mrs. Worthmore (a pun on worth more), and voiced by Kate Higgins . Her restaurant was renamed "Mrs. Worthmore's Cafe" as well. In Brazil, her name was translated to Dona Florinda . Profesor Inocencio Jirafales is the schoolteacher. He is highly educated but naïve, although he carries on

7208-477: The Hispanic population in the United States watches El Chavo del Ocho mainly due to " nostalgia " which entails watching Mexican productions in a country different from their own. He noted in his reporting that the show keeps being successful due to being transmitted generation after generation. Similar to his opinion, Carolina Sanín , who wrote for Semana opinión (former Revista Arcadia ), mentioned that thanks to

7344-561: The Netflix print of the original, he is renamed Mr. Beliarge (pun on the word belly and large ) and is voiced by Dave Mallow . In Brazil, his name translates to Seu Barriga (literally "Mr. Belly") or Senhor Barriga . Doña Florinda's niece and Quico's cousin. Cutesy and dumb, Popis was usually only present in schoolroom scenes until after Quico left the series, when she filled in for his character in remakes of old episodes. She would frequently say "Acúsalo con tu mamá" ("Tell on him with your mom") sometimes at inappropriate moments, known in

7480-411: The Netflix print of the original, she is renamed as Phoebe , her doll is renamed as Stephanie . She is voiced by Kate Higgins in the animated. She fills in for Chilindrina in the animated series, as Chilindrina never appears or is mentioned in the series. Pronounced NYO-NYO, as in yo-yo , Señor Barriga's son, he is as fat as his father, and thus is always the butt of the classroom's fat jokes. Ñoño

7616-642: The Right», originally composed for the animated movie Peter Pan , « Funeral March », written by Frédéric Chopin , «Miss Lilly Higgins Sings Shimmy In Mississippi's Spring» by Argentinian band Les Luthiers , « Minnie's Yoo Hoo » from Disney , «Gonna Fly Now» from Rocky , among others. In 1977, Polydor Records , subsidiary of Universal Music , distributed the LP record "Así cantamos y vacilamos en la vecindad del Chavo" [Like this we sing and play in El Chavo's neighborhood], with songs that were incorporated in some episodes of

7752-430: The United States that many of the phrases El Chavo and his friends used have become part of the vernacular of countries like Peru, Uruguay, and Argentina. "Chespirito" has established legal battles with former El Chavo del Ocho actors out of a desire to prevent them from using the show's characters in Mexico without his permission. Villagrán moved to Argentina in order to use his character's name on his shows ( Chespirito

7888-431: The age of 63, Chespirito retired the El Chavo character from his show (he did the same thing to El Chapulin Colorado one year later). In 1978, Villagrán left the show to start his own with Quico, with the permission of Gómez Bolaños. Within some time, he felt that the character's rights were his and sued Gómez Bolaños. The results of the lawsuit were favorable to the show's creator. Later on, Villagrán admitted that his exit

8024-605: The animated series, instead of being called "Chente" or "Chavito", he is called "Chavorino" by his friends sometimes. Also, the "El" part of his name was officially removed from his character's bios in the animated series, possibly to keep in with the show's English production on Americanizing the series. Instead of ham tortas, he has a craving for ham sandwiches , although the Christmas specials state that he also has cravings for jelly sandwiches for mysterious reasons, but those jelly sandwiches are actually ham tortas (ham sandwiches) in

8160-403: The animated version, who came to have her same mischievous personality. In Brazil, her name was changed to Chiquinha , a diminutive for Chica , which in turn is a nickname for Francisca . Federico Matalascallando Corcuera, known as Quico, is a spoiled, greedy, overprotected 8-year-old boy, son of Doña Florinda and a late naval captain (also named Federico), who reportedly died when his vessel

8296-445: The balloons first to make his friends angry at each other and then to make them cry. When Ñoño arrives, with balloons too, Chavo confuses him with a balloon and burst his belly making Ñoño to "burst" leaving only his clothes visible. In the English dub for the animated series, as well as in the official English subtitles for the Netflix print of the original, he is renamed as Junior and is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal . In Brazil, his name

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8432-447: The broadcast of the series in their services due to deadlocks between Televisa and Grupo Chespirito, which owns the characters and the scripts for the episodes. Grupo Televisa is currently in talks with several studios to distribute past and future projects, including El Chavo . On September 7, 2024, it was announced by Florinda Meza on Twitter/X that El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado would be returning to television after

8568-447: The canceled sitcom. Following a few of those early seasons, the show started with an almost thirty-minute episode that was preceded by a sketch featuring Roberto Gómez Bolaños and his characters. This was the format of the first season. Due to her pregnancy, María Antonieta de las Nieves departed the show at the end of the first season. It was observed that De Las Nieves, who was the first actor credited after Chespirito, primarily played

8704-502: The cast in 1981, he made his television series debut with Villagrán in Federrico in 1982. He collaborated with him again in ¡Ah qué Kiko! , which came out in 1988, six years later. Valdés was diagnosed with stomach cancer at this period, which put his health at risk. He died on August 9 during that year. In 2002, Gómez Bolaños sued De las Nieves due to disagreements over rights to La Chilindrina. In 1995, De las Nieves recorded herself as

8840-463: The character on another Televisa show. Gómez Bolaños denied his consent due to Villagrán denying his authorship in creating Quico. Due to this, Azcárraga Milmo opted to cancel the independent project for Quico. Regardless, Villagrán continued to use Quico's character in Venezuela in 1981 in the show Federrico . In that time, producers Valentín Pimstein and Fabián Arnaud asked Gómez Bolaños to write

8976-491: The characters or of the neighborhood itself. The most iconic of these was the wooden barrel near the entrance of the neighborhood. This was El Chavo "secret hiding place", and most of the characters were unaware that he had an apartment where he lived. A running gag about this is that they believed this was El Chavo's actual residence, which El Chavo was quick to clarify. Other symbols in the series include Quico's ball and other toys , lollipops and balloons which represented

9112-516: The children, Don Ramón's cap , Doña Florinda's curls, Profesor Jirafales's cigar , the flowers of the budding romance of the latter two, Doña Clotilde's broom , etc. By 1971, Roberto Gómez Bolaños was already well known in Mexico for his self-titled sketch comedy show, Chespirito, which was produced by Televisión Independiente de México and aired on XHTIM-TV, channel 8 (now XEQ-TV channel 9, Gala TV ). He had already introduced El Chapulín Colorado and other characters. The first drawing of

9248-460: The closing sequence, the credits only feature the production team responsible for the respective episode, with the last scene being of them or a related image, along with the musical theme used in the opening. In its first moment, music in El Chavo del Ocho was conducted by Ángel Álvarez, Luis A. Diazayas, René Tirado, and later, by Alejandro García. In some episodes, melodies were used to emphasize certain scenes. Among these are «The Second Star to

9384-406: The comic child characters and Don Ramón as the charismatic adult character. During that season, the classroom scenes began to appear, alongside other child characters like Ñoño (the son of Señor Barriga, both characters played by Edgar Vivar ), Popis (one of Florinda Meza's other characters), and the relaxed Godínez (played by Horacio Gómez Bolaños , brother of Roberto Gómez Bolaños). De las Nieves

9520-401: The country. In another version of the character, the same situation occurs with the new character being named Señor Barbadillo (played by Horacio Games Bolaños who played Godinez.) El Chavo del Ocho El Chavo ("The Kid" or "The Boy", Spanish chavo also meaning " cent "), also known as El Chavo del Ocho ("The Kid/Boy from Number Eight") during its earliest episodes, is

9656-421: The episodes. Surrounding it are the homes of Doña Florinda and Quico in #14, Doña Clotilde in #71, and Don Ramón and Chilindrina in #72, and from 1982 onwards Jaimito "El Cartero", who lives up the stairs in #23. The hallway on the right between #71 and #72 leads "the other courtyard", which at times has a fountain in the middle. On the street facade at the left, a corner store and a barber shop are shown adjacent to

9792-426: The excuse of "avoiding fatigue" (in the English dub of the animated series, his excuse is that "his tiredness makes him tired"). He hails from Tangamandapio which, although being a real location in Mexico, is thought by fans of being just a coincidental joke (Jaimito once said that "Tangamandapio is bigger than New York ; it's so big, it doesn't appear in any maps"). In the English dub of the animated version, and in

9928-439: The familiar by presenting "isolated characters, and adults who are frequently made fun of by the kids" and that it involves blank comedy. She added that the dialogue "lazy and tasteless" and that the show appeared comparable to The Simpsons, She said that although "presenting one of the possible reflections of society... but minimizes social issues,". Furthermore, other writers have incorporated prejudice and acts of hostility against

10064-655: The female protagonists in the episodes of the first season, including those shot in 1972–1973. When Florinda Meza filled in for her, El Chavo and Quico developed into a fantastic comedy duo for the non-Chavo del 8 sketches. While de las Nieves was not a part of the series, there was a contention that Chilindrina was residing in Celaya, Guanajuato, with her aunts. the character made a comeback in an episode dedicated to her: El Regreso de la Chilindrina. During this absence, Bolaños introduced new characters: Ñoño, La Popis, Malicha, and Godínez. The second season began with El Chavo and Quico as

10200-444: The front yard, and that he was genuinely hurt when El Chavo left La Vecindad in the episodes "El Ratero de la Vecindad" and "El Billete de Loteria". Moreover, Quico is a good kid deep inside, even though there are several occasions in which he acts self-centered. Quico wears a rainbow-colored beanie cap, a dark blue naval officer's shirt with a red ascot, bright yellow socks he pulls all the way up to his knees, and white low-top shoes. He

10336-518: The kid, Jirafales has beaten him so violently that even Doña Florinda displays disgust over it). In the English dub version, and on the subtitles of the Netflix print of the original, he is known as Professor Girafalde (a pun on the word giraffe ) or nicknamed Professor Sausage (Maistro Longaniza) or Professor Firehose (in the Fireman episode) and even Professor Drainpipe by El Chavo (sometimes called "Professor Girafalges" by non-marketing teams) and

10472-430: The kids think she is a witch, and refer to her as "The Witch from (Apartment) 71". Some of the adults also refer to her as that, often by mistake, due to the kids frequently calling her a "witch". She refers to herself as señorita (Miss) because she has never been married, which also she gets upset by when called señora (Mrs.), meaning that she is a married woman. In one episode of the series, Chavo stated that "She's not

10608-407: The kids' (mostly Chavo's) misbehavior like punching him or nicknaming him (always making fun of his obesity). In one episode, he follows through on his eviction threat to Don Ramón, but while he is packing his belongings, Chavo and Quico come across an old scrapbook with pictures of Don Ramón as a boxer in his younger years. Barriga is overcome with emotion; as it turns out, he was heavily in debt and

10744-462: The launch of the animated series may be a consequence of poor nutrition) and is remarkably clumsy, often hitting Quico, Don Ramón and Señor Barriga with balls, brooms, shoes, hammers, bricks, chairs and other objects. Chavo's typical attire consists of a green plaid baseball cap with ear flaps, a striped t-shirt, khaki shorts held up by a pair of orange suspenders he wears with both straps over one shoulder, and brown shoes without socks. Chavo arrived at

10880-414: The life and tribulations of the title character , a poor orphan child (played by Gómez Bolaños) that lives on a Mexican housing complex, typically called a vecindad . He is accompanied by a cast of neighbors, children, and other characters. All the characters, including the children, were played by adults on El Chavo . El Chavo del Ocho is an 8-year-old orphan and the main character of the series. "Chavo"

11016-450: The market. Currently, the only cast members who did not sue Bolaños were Édgar Vivar, who retired his character after bariatric surgery, and Bolaños' wife, Florinda Meza. El Chavo rapidly became the most successful show on Channel 8, being one of the few to best the viewing quota from Channel 2 in its time. In the beginning, the series was considered "vulgar", even though it counted with a "good dramatic structure". Aguirre mentioned that it

11152-401: The middle of the yard and was going to bring him something from the store or just when being polite with her is his only choice. When Ramón Valdés left the show, her affections turned towards Jaimito el cartero (the mailman). She is always dressed with a blue or pink hat (1950s style) with "leaves", blue gown, and black shoes. At times she had also a black sweater. Regarding her income, the source

11288-399: The most likely to break the fourth wall (especially regarding that four of his quotes do this so). Often in the series Quico mentions that he has or that his mom will buy him a "square ball" and in "Termina el Romance" he and El Chavo refused to help Profesor Jirafales reconcile with his mother due to Profesor Jirafales having promised to them a square ball. In 1979, when Carlos Villagran quit

11424-429: The name of the character who made him famous, but to avoid legal problems, he wrote it with the letter “K”. 'Kiko' (now with 'K' and with slight changes in appearance to avoid legal problems), who continued to tour with the character, found a new opportunity in Venezuela as a star. of a new Show, 'Federrico', produced and broadcast by Radio Caracas Televisión. 'Federrico' had two seasons produced between 1983 and 1984 with

11560-411: The neighborhood at the age of four and apparently lived in apartment #8 with an elderly woman (who is never seen, but is mentioned in the novel El diario de El Chavo del 8 ). After her death, Chavo spends most of his time inside an abandoned barrel that he calls his "secret hideout". He has a craving for ham sandwiches , a popular kind of sandwich in Mexico. He has a crush on Paty, along with Quico (which

11696-466: The neighborhood where the plot takes place, and he resembles Señor Barriga (Ñoño's father), albeit with a thinner build. Frederrico is a boy in a sailor costume of 9 years old: spoiled and envious, rude to his friends, but on the necessary occasions, he shows his great sense of help and kindness and gets involved on funny adventures on the school or with his friends. Many times he drives his neighbor Don Moncho angry, and his mother, Doña Carlota who runs

11832-484: The neighborhood's entry. El Chavo was filmed in a fictitious neighborhood set at studios 2, 5 and 8 of Televisa San Angel in Mexico City . In the later seasons, sometimes an unnamed park was shown. Several episodes are set in Profesor Jirafales's classroom, where he teaches; all the child characters in the sitcom attend the same classroom, sometimes with their parents. Others are set inside Doña Florinda's restaurant,

11968-638: The official English subtitles for the Netflix print of the original, he is renamed as Manny the Mailman who comes from Upsidedowntown and is voiced by Dave Mallow . In Brazil, his name was changed to Jaiminho, o carteiro and his hometown Tangamandápio . Chilindrina's great-grandmother, and Don Ramón's grandmother (the one constantly referred to by Doña Florinda). Has character traits of both Don Ramón and Chilindrina. In some late "Chavo" episodes and early "Chespirito" episodes, she also takes over for her grandson Don Ramón. María Antonieta de las Nieves had been playing

12104-414: The opening sequence, De las Nieves was the first in charge of the presentation during the first two seasons (1972 and 1973), then Meza was left in charge when De las Nieves left, since the end of 1973 into beginning of 1974. Previously, in 1974, Jorge Gutiérrez Zamora becomes the one in charge of the presentation. His first presentation was in the episode "El billete de lotería" [The lottery ticket]. Gutiérrez

12240-505: The original Spanish version, called jelly sandwiches in the English version. Also, his friend "Vicente" (or Chente) is renamed as Chova (switching the A and the O around). In Brazil, his name was changed to Chaves , which means "Keys" in Portuguese, because the word chavo wouldn't make sense in this language. On a related note, Chaves is a Portuguese language surname, with a Spanish language version, spelled Chávez . La Chilindrina

12376-413: The original. Don Ramón is an unemployed widower with an extremely lanky, nearly emaciated build. Sometime before the series started he was married to his wife and lived in the neighborhood together. As a result of the marriage they had their daughter, Chilindrina. But unfortunately, his wife died giving birth so Don Ramón was forced to raise his daughter alone the best he could. He has black wiry hair and

12512-567: The other one, just like her socks. "Chilindrina" is the name of a typical Mexican bun, with brown sugar sparkles on top, reminiscent of the character's freckles. In early episodes, La Chilindrina used to have longer ponytails which were cut by El Chavo. In most episodes, she is seen to have a crush on Chavo, and is very jealous of his crush on Paty. La Chilindrina was cut from the El Chavo animated series due to disputes with Roberto Gomez Bolaños (creator of all El Chavo characters) and Maria Antonieta de las Nieves (Chilindrina's portrayer) about who owned

12648-408: The others, such as putting signs that ban animals and infants from the vecindad (much to Barriga's chagrin, because she does it without his authorization). She is so fiercely protective of Quico that whenever he is upset, she'll beat up Don Ramón without seeking explanation. In fact, a recurring gag in the series is that she unfairly accuses him of "attacking" Quico and goes to slap him, even when he

12784-412: The owner of the author's rights, to which Gómez Bolaños responded that he was the owner of the character being the creator. De las Nieves was not involved in the recording of the animated series El Chavo del Ocho , and was replaced by Ñoño and Popis. In 2013, De las Nieves won the lawsuit and kept author rights over La Chilindrina. Due to this dispute, Gómez Bolaños and De las Nieves's friendship took

12920-412: The physical stereotypes of certain characters, such becoming a target of criticism. El Chavo always hits Señor Barriga in this way. In addition, the other characters' frequent ridicule of him as a result of his weight. Popis, known for her nasally voice, once caused a parent to act nonconformistally. The parent claimed during one of the cast's tours that Popis' speech was a sarcastic poke at children who had

13056-414: The present, sighing wistfully, then pulling out a cup-and-ball (the only toy he had ever had on a regular basis) made of a stick, a tin can, and a piece of string. He begins to play with it as the camera slowly fades out. Some episodes also have educational endings, teaching, for example, that it is good to take a shower and to not judge a book by its cover. The central courtyard is the setting for most of

13192-405: The rights to the character and if the character was allowed to be used publicly outside of El Chavo. María Antonieta de las Nieves was able to win a legal battle over Chespirito in 2003, which gave her permission to act as La Chilindrina in public, and granted her rights over the character so that character is separated from the cast but still be on it by the fans. She was replaced by Ñoño (Junior) in

13328-487: The same format. The program has been translated into over 50 languages after airing in many countries, making it the most translated Latin American program in history. It is the most watched sitcom in Mexican television history, with 324 episodes and 316 sketches in the 1980s Chespirito show (the 1,300 episode count that is often cited is incorrect because it includes all of the episodes of El Chavo, El Chapulín, Los Caquitos, Los Chifladitos, and other Chespirito series). Since

13464-437: The same issue. In spite of the previous critics, there were those who praised the content of the show. For Chilean editor of the diary El Mercurio , Paulo Ramírez: "El Chavo is one of the characters and one of those series that is eternal"; in his analysis, he made emphasis that, in spite of being a Mexican series, it contained "universal situations", and recognized the popularity due to whichever spectator could identify "with

13600-401: The scene had to 'cut'. Gómez Bolaños approached him, asked him if he was Vivar, and told him that they would not be using an earpiece, to which Vivar responded that he didn't know what he was talking about. He hired him on the spot. Roberto Gómez Bolaños recruited Ramón Valdés because he had known Valdés for years and had seen multiple movies Valdés had made. Then, Rubén Aguirre was cast in

13736-403: The series started she was married to a naval officer and was rich. As a result of their marriage, she gave birth to Quico. She became a widow when Quico was still young. Her late husband, after whom Quico was named, was a naval officer who died at sea. It is often said by Quico that he descansa en pez (a pun on "rest in peace", literally meaning "rests in fish", indicating that he was swallowed by

13872-412: The series using a "hip-hop" twist and gave Villagran's character a slight wardrobe make-over. In the English dub version of the animated version, the main role is sometimes as the antagonist, he is voiced by Doug Erholtz . Instead of being called "Tesoro" (treasure/darling), he is called "Muffin". His name was also retained in said dub, as well as in the official English subtitles for the Netflix print of

14008-441: The series. The record has 10 tracks in total, with a duration of little over a half hour. Among them is the song «La vecindad del Chavo» [Chavo's neighborhood] (also known as «Qué bonita vecindad» [What a lovely neighborhood]), which went on to be one of the musical themes which the series would be associated with, after the melody was used as the opening sequence. Three years later, in 1980, another 3 records named " Síganme los buenos

14144-419: The show as the character of "Profesor Jirafales". Aguirre and Roberto Gómez Bolaños had been working on scripts together for years, and Aguirre had already been playing the character of Profesor Jirafales on another Chespirito show, Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada , which spoofed current events panel discussion. Carlos Villagrán just happened to be a friend of Aguirre who was a newspaper reporter, and he went to

14280-455: The show for a period. In real life, he was brother to Roberto, creator and writer of the series. In the English dub of the animated version, as well as in the official English subtitles for the Netflix print of the original, he is renamed as Gordon . He is voiced by Kate Higgins in the animated series Like his Spanish counterparts, Gordon is funny and makes ridiculous remarks. A sociable but forgetful and negligent postal worker who appears in

14416-416: The show's creator, Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito) , is the main character of the series. It chronicles his adventures and tribulations, and those of his friends, frequently leading to comedic confrontations among the other residents of a fictional low-income housing complex, or "neighborhood," as it is known in Mexico. Chespirito, produced by Televisión Independiente de México (TIM), debuted El Chavo as

14552-429: The show, Quico is said (in the episode named "Vámonos al Cinema?") to have gone off to live with his rich godmother, reportedly "unable to stand the riffraff anymore." No one in the show ever talked about him afterwards, or said anything about his absence, as if he had never existed. Villagran's character, Quico, starred in a rather short-lived spin-off series, ¡Ah qué Kiko! in the late 1980s, which attempted to revive

14688-444: The show, created by Gómez Bolaños, premiered on June 20, 1971, and depicted an 8-year-old child competing with a balloon seller in a park. Character development was given a lot of attention in the program, and each character was given a unique personality. Even though the program was about adults interpreting children, Gómez Bolaños made the decision from the start that El Chavo would be aimed at an adult audience. Roberto Gómez Bolaños

14824-588: The show, it was explained that Quico had gone to live with his rich grandmother. "He couldn't stand the riffraff anymore", Doña Florinda explained. Not long after, Ramón Valdés also left the series. Chilindrina explained that Don Ramón left the city to look for a job and that he wouldn't return until he was a millionaire. With the loss of two of its major supporting characters, the ratings for the show slid and Televisa cancelled El Chavo on January 7, 1980. On August 1, 2020, all broadcasters showing El Chavo and other shows by Chespirito in several countries had to suspend

14960-402: The show. At first, she refused by telling him she was not a comedy actress, but Roberto Gómez Bolaños's retort challenged her: "Then you're not a good actress: there are no dramatic or comic actors—there are only actors." The last additions to the show were Angelines Fernández , a former film actress and Horacio Gómez Bolaños , Roberto's younger brother who had never considered acting before; he

15096-525: The social realities and the culture of Brazil and Mexico, which added to the ease of adaptation of the dialogue and jokes between Spanish and Portuguese. In the United States, the show is still shown on UniMás and Galavisión as of 2012. The show in the United States is consistently the No. 1-rated Spanish-language cable program. The show was so popular in Latin America and among the Spanish speaking community of

15232-433: The team to seek new horizons while the interpreter of 'Quico' assured that professional 'envy', due to the fame of his character, had led him to resign. And the retaliation for his resignation, he sent faxes to channels in several Latin American countries only for them to deny him the opportunity to work in them, which would have caused him to spend two years without being able to carry out his projects. In 1981, he received

15368-466: The use of pre-recorded laughter tracks to emphasize comic scenes. The sitcom explores, in a comical manner, the problems that many homeless children face on a daily basis, such as hunger, sadness, loneliness, and a lack of adult supervision and attention. On one episode, for example, Chavo was sitting on the stairsteps of the vecindad at night, dreaming of all the toys he wished that he could have and how he'd play with them. It ended with him returning to

15504-454: The vecindad visits Acapulco. Some sources state that this episode was the only one where the whole cast was filmed together. Costumes were provided by Casa Tostado, located in Mexico City , which specializes in customized designs. The song used in the title sequence of El Chavo del Ocho is "The elephant never forgets" composed by Jean-Jacques Perrey in 1970. This melody is based on Ludwig van Beethoven 's Turkish March Op. 113. In

15640-464: The verge of eviction from Señor Barriga. His daughter (Chilindrina) is a perennial headache and his neighbor Doña Florinda's response to any imposition on her lifestyle is a loud slap on his face, which causes him to spin in a circle. He eventually became something of a scapegoat for Florinda's wrath, with her ending up slapping him when he wasn't even present when something went wrong. Although rather high-strung and quick-tempered, Don Ramón manages to keep

15776-443: The wife of a naval officer), he believes that he and his mother are superior to everyone else in the neighborhood. He still finds time to play with—as he and his mother call them – chusma ("rabble" or " riffraff "), namely Chavo, Chilindrina, and Don Ramón. However, Quico has proved many times to be Chavo's best friend, often assisting him in Chavo's mischievous acts, as seen due to the fact that they are mostly seen playing together in

15912-493: The word spinster ) or nicknamed The Witch of 71 by the children and is voiced in the animated series by Mona Marshall , like El Chavo. In Brazil her name is Dona Clotilde or Bruxa do 71 . Some sources in Spanish misspell her name as Cleotilde . Zenón Barriga y Pesado is the landlord of the vecindad . Bolaños states that Señor Barriga prefers going personally to receive the residents' rents in order to save up his own time or

16048-483: Was about to go to jail when he desperately bet against Don Ramón in a boxing match, and won back enough money to clear his debts. Even though he is the victim of Chavo's various pranks, he cares very deeply about him, even offering to take him to Acapulco instead of his son Ňoño, who is off on a camping trip with the Boy Scouts. In the English dub of the animated version, as well as in the official English subtitles for

16184-451: Was an incorrect prejudice on their part. Violence has been criticized as one of the show's themes. In 2008, a survey in Ecuador comprising over 1400 parents and children concluded that Don Ramón's blows to the neighborhood kids and Doña Florinda's slaps to him are a bad influence on the younger audience. In the Spanish journal Sphera Pública, Patricia Ávila Muñoz found that it is distinct from

16320-475: Was another classmate, but often appeared around the neighborhood if any scenes needed an extra kid. He is well-studied and good-hearted, but like most of the other kids, naïve to say the very least, so he is often taken advantage of. He also substituted for Quico in the later years. Ñoño usually gets teased by his peers due to his weight. A hard joke on him over his weight was one where Quico and Chilindrina have several balloons and Chavo, hidden in his barrel, burst

16456-451: Was another factor contributing to the radical success. Likewise, Joaquín Bode observed in his review on Veintemundos.com that the show's appeal to viewers worldwide stems from its ability to "reflect the way of being and living of the Latinos very well; but also the unforgettable and loved characters, where they live, and their moral and religious aspects were part of a common identity [...] it's

16592-463: Was attacked and, according to Quico, was eaten by a white shark . Arrogant, manipulative, and envious, Quico always wants to draw everyone's attention to himself, either by screaming loudly or by showing off his newest toy. Because of this, he usually gets El Chavo in trouble when he does something wrong, especially to Don Ramón, after which Don Ramón hits El Chavo angrily on the head. Partially due to his mother's influence (and former wealth and status as

16728-537: Was auspicious, with a wealth of new episodes being produced. Moreover, in 1981, Valdés joined Chespirito after starring in some unsuccessful shows alongside Villagrán. However, he left again at the end of the year. The number of new episodes started to decline in the late 1980s and early 1990s, so once again, many early episodes were remade. Eventually, Chespirito's age began to catch up with him and it became harder for him to adequately portray some of his characters, especially El Chavo and El Chapulin Colorado. In 1992, at

16864-460: Was changed to Nhonho , a phonetic transcription of Ñoño for Portuguese. An overall and baseball cap-wearing kid who usually keeps to himself and tries to dodge questions in the classroom so he can focus on drawing and playing musical instruments. Godínez is his surname; his given name is unknown. He seems to be a capable student but is totally uninterested, except when talking about soccer. Godínez only appears on rare occasions. Horácio Gómez directed

17000-448: Was considered the peak of success of the character in the country, Don Ramón was often used heavily as an internet meme to the point of having several Orkut communities related to him and even fangames with him being the protagonist. In 2010 a book entitled "Seu Madruga: Vila e Obra" was published exclusively in Brazil in honor of the character and his actor showing curiosities, interviews and unpublished photos about Ramón Valdés. In

17136-422: Was distanced from his fellow cast mates. Valdés resigned from El Chavo afterwards, in 1979, citing personal reasons. Because of this, Chespirito hired Raúl Chato Padilla to integrate into the vecindad in 1980, but Chespirito did not want to replace Don Ramón. Instead, Padilla would play a brand-new character named Jaimito el Cartero , who served as Don Ramón's stand-in in various ways. Although Valdés returned to

17272-419: Was due to jealousy and envy between his character's and El Chavo. According to Vivar, Chespirito was accustomed to write all the best jokes in the show for Quico, whom he knew was very popular with the audience. Regardless of his conflict with Chespirito, Villagrán recorded his last episodes with his cast mates in 1978 with what seemed typical normalcy. Once he abandoned El Chavo del Ocho , Villagrán wanted to use

17408-420: Was given "distinctive" last billing when she returned in 1975. After Villagrán and Valdés left in 1978 and 1979 respectively, she was moved to top billing after Chespirito again. On the hour-long "Chespirito", De las Nieves was often given third billing behind Chespirito and Florinda Meza if playing another character besides Chilindrina, otherwise she always got the special final credit. When Carlos Villagrán left

17544-711: Was in charge of production, Saltiel Peláez was responsible for the forum where episodes were filmed, and Gabriel Vázquez was the camera director. At once, there were up to three cameramen to record a single episode; among them, were Andrés H. Salinas, José M. Carrillo, Jaime Sánchez and Armando Soto. The scenography was the responsibility of Julio Lattuf (in episodes from 1976 and 1977), of Gabriel Bernal (in 1977 and 1978) and of Alicia Cázares (in 1979), while Leopoldo Sánchez and Alberto García were in charge. Episodes were recorded in Forum 8 and 5 of Televisa San Ángel, although there were some exceptions where they were filmed outside, such as when

17680-400: Was in charge until 1979, who was preceded in that same year by Aguirre until the last episode as an independent series in 1980, including in the first years of the series Chespirito (between 1980 and 1981). In 1983, Gabriel Fernández, De las Nieves's husband, acted as the narrator who presents the stellar cast. His first presentation was the episode in which Valdés returns to the show. Regarding

17816-505: Was one of those shows that allowed them to do so. For Valerio Fuenzalida Fernández, from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile , many adults "have in general enormous difficulty to value humor television programs for children, under the prejudice that humor would be a useless and irrelevant distraction, therefore a waste of time" and would therefore prefer kids to be invested in watching educative shows, which he believed

17952-431: Was originally to oversee the show's marketing. The first El Chavo sketch was broadcast in 1971 and there is little information about that time, but possibly premiered on June 20, since El Chavo was created to replace the sketch Los Chifladitos, in which Chespirito and Rubén Aguirre played two madmen, Chaparrón Bonaparte and Lucas Tañeda. As Rubén Aguirre had left the program, the sketch needed to be replaced and that

18088-420: Was played by Maribel Fernández in 1972, Olivia Leiva in 1975 and Regina Torné in 1978; Paty was played in 1972 by Patty Juárez, Rosita Bouchot in 1975, Ana Lilian de la Macorra in 1978, and Patty Strevel in 1987. In Brazil, his name was translated into Senhor Furtado , fitting to his surname ("furtar" is Portuguese for "to steal") very similarly to the original Spanish language and also being an actual surname in

18224-534: Was qualified as "trash, stupid content". In Colombia, the government sought to forbid the distribution of the series due to their belief of it being "dehumanizing", while in Brazil some executives from the SBT chain qualified it as "not recommendable" for distribution. Even though Gómez Bolaños declared that the show was not intended for children as an audience, there are studies that children prefer to view shows that allow "them to relax through laughter", and El Chavo del Ocho

18360-408: Was the show's main creator and star. He called Florinda Meza to act in the show first; Chespirito and Meza later married. Édgar Vivar was the second actor chosen for the show. A mutual friend recommended Vivar to Gómez Bolaños when he started casting. Gómez Bolaños cited Vivar at Forum 8 at Telesistema Mexicano – where shooting was taking place. Vivar showed up as a scene was shooting; he laughed and

18496-426: Was when Chespirito created El Chavo Del Ocho. Several "Chavo" sketches produced before the start of the half-hour series were grouped into half-hour segments and are shown before the "official" half-hour episodes in syndication. Many of these were also re-written and re-shot as half-hour long shows later in the show's life. TV show Chespirito, created by Televisión Independiente de México (TIM), debuted El Chavo as

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