Chacrinha
| Chacrinha | |
|---|---|
| Born |
José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros September 30, 1917 Surubim, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Died | June 30, 1988 (aged 70) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation | TV presenter, comedian |
José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros (September 30, 1917 – June 30, 1988), better known as Chacrinha (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʃaˈkɾiɲɐ]), was a Brazilian comedian, radio and TV personality. His career was at its peak from 1950 to 1980. He was author of a famous Brazilian phrase that states: "Na televisao, nada se cria, tudo se copia" ("In television, nothing is created, everything is copied"). In his shows, now famous Brazilian celebrities were revealed, such as Roberto Carlos and Raul Seixas.
He began as a radio presenter, and then enjoyed great success and inspired controversy with his anarchic sense of humor while hosting many TV shows on Globo and other networks in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s . He would interrupt the musical numbers of major stars, blow a horn like Harpo Marx while poking fun at guests and throw codfish to the audience.
Chacrinha was born in Surubim, Pernambuco. At the age of 10, he moved with his family to Campina Grande, Paraiba. At age of 17, he went to the capital of Pernambuco, Recife to study. He was admitted to Medicine School in 1936 and in 1937 he had his first contact with radio at radio Clube Pernambuco, when he gave a speech about alcoholism. Chacrinha, besides several financial crisis in his family throughout his life, had a peaceful childhood.
In Recife, the starting point of his career, he finished his studies and everything seemed to point Medicine School for his future. Because he did not want to spend a year in the military, he falsified his D.O.B at his identification document and ended up at Tiro de Guerra, a military Brazilian institution. After this experience, he started playing drums. Two years after beginning his medicine studies, in 1938, he was saved by already graduated colleagues from a severe appendicitis. While still recovering from the very delicate surgery, he, as a percussionist at the group Bando Academico, decided to travel as a musician in a ship called Bage, heading to Germany. However, at that day in 1939, Second World War forced him to cancel his plans and land at the then Brazil's capital, Rio de Janeiro. There, he became a speaker at Radio Tupi. In 1943, he started a Carnival music show called Rei Momo na Chacrinha at Radio Fluminense, which became very successful. He was then known as Abelardo "Chacrinha" Barbosa. In the 1950s he would command several successful shows, in which he released various successes of Brazilian music. In one of his shows, Cassino do Chacrinha (Chacrinha's Cassino), he pretended, with sounds and noises, to be throwing big parties and would make people expect big releases.
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