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Chesperito
El Chavo del Ocho (Chaves in Brazil and O Xavier in Portugal)
El Chavo del Ocho (Chaves in Brazil and O Xavier in Portugal), or simply El Chavo, is a Mexican television series created, scripted, directed and starring Roberto Gómez Bolaños (known as Chespirito). The main cast is composed by Roberto Gómez Bolaños(Chaves), Carlos Villagrán(Quico), Ramón Valdés(Seu Madruga), Florinda Meza(Dona Florinda), María Antonieta de las Nieves(Chiquinha), Edgar Vivar(Lord Barriga), Rubén Aguirre(Professor Girafales), Angelines Fernández(Witch of the 71), Horacio Gómez(Godinez) and Raúl Padilla(Jaiminho). The series first aired in 1971. The barrel is a secret hideout, Chaves never slept there. They say Chaves shared an apartment with an old lady. Neither she nor the apartment ever appeared on the show.
Its first exhibition was on June 20, 1971, as a skit on the Chespirito program
Its first exhibition was on June 20, 1971, as a skit on the Chespirito program. The program was initially broadcast on Canal 8, but in 1975 it was switched to Televisa. The original name of the program is “El Chavo del Ocho”, which translates as “The Boy of Eight”. In Brazil, Chavo ended up becoming Chaves. The creator of the series, Roberto Gomes Bolaños, is nicknamed Chespirito, which means “little Shakespeare”. The character Chaves is eight years old, but when he started playing him, Bolaños was 42, and played him until he was 63.
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The solo show was canceled in 1981
The solo show was canceled in 1981, but skits were presented within the Chespirito program, something that lasted until 1992. In 1978, Carlos Villagrán left the program, moving to Venezuela, to have his own show. The Acapulco episodes are the last in which he participates. The series' original opening theme is called "The Elephant Never Forgets", and is a version of Beethoven's "Turkish March". The series has a total of 298 episodes.
Chiquinha and Dona Neves do not appear in the cartoon
Chiquinha and Dona Neves do not appear in the cartoon, due to the problems that actress Maria Antonieta de las Nieves has with Roberto Bolaños. The theme song by Dona Florinda and Professor Girafales comes from the movie “…..Gone with the Wind”, and is called “Tara´s Theme”. The name of Dona Neves, Chiquinha's grandmother, was taken from the surname of the interpreter of the two, Maria Antonieta de las Nieves. The full name of Dona Neves, in the original is Nieves Frías de Lemón Aguado.
His Belly's full name is Zenón Barriga y Pesado
His Belly's full name is Zenón Barriga y Pesado. Nhonho's full name is Febronio Barriga Gordorritúa. In the original, Chiquinha is called Chilindrinha. Of the main cast, Florinda Meza, Edgar Vivár and Maria Antonieta, and Carlos Villagrán (who played his father only once) play more than one character each. Originally, Nhonho would be called Gordoño.
The character Chaves was voiced by five different people in Brazil
The character Chaves was voiced by five different people in Brazil: Marcelo Gastaldi, Sérgio Moreno, Cassiano Ricardo, Tatá Guarnieri and Daniel Mullerem. Quico wears sailor clothes in honor of his father, who was a commander in the Navy and was swallowed by a whale. It is speculated that Quico's full name is Federico Mátalas Corcuera, or Federico Bardón de la Regueira. The Man in the Old Clothes is the name of the first episode of the series.
The character Seu Madroga (or Seu Romão
The character Seu Madroga (or Seu Romão, as it was also translated in another dub), Seu Madruga's cousin, is called Don Roman in the original, a tribute to Don Ramon. Angelines Fernandez, who plays Dona Clotilde, was considered one of the most beautiful women in Mexico in her youth. Angelines was Don Ramon's best friend in the cast. When he passed away, she didn't leave her great friend's coffin for a minute. After that, she went into depression and died in March 1994, coincidentally, at the age of 71.
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