Chespirito (TV series)
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| Also known as | 'Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada (1968–1970) Chespirito y la Mesa Cuadrada (1970–1971) |
| Created by | Roberto Gómez Bolaños |
| Directed by | Sergio Peña and Alberto del Bosque (1968-1973) / Roberto Gómez Bolaños and Roberto Gómez Fernández (1980-1995) |
| Starring |
Roberto Gómez Bolaños María Antonieta de las Nieves Carlos Villagrán (1970–1973) Florinda Meza (1970–1973; 1980–1990; 1992–1995) Ramón Valdés (1968–1973; 1981–1982) Rubén Aguirre (1968–1972; 1980–1995) Angelines Fernández (1972–1973; 1980–1993) Edgar Vivar (1972–1973; 1980–1992; 1993–1995) Horacio Gómez Bolaños (1980–1995) Raul Padilla (1982–1994) Aníbal de Mar (1968–1969) Anabel Gutierrez (1969–1973; 1987–1995) Moises Suarez (1993–1995) |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 22 |
| No. of episodes | 693 approximately; from both periods |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (1968–1973; 1993–1995); 60 minutes (1980–1992; 1994) |
| Production company(s) | TIM (1968-1973); Televisa (1980-1995) |
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| Original network | XHTM-TV |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | Invalid date range |
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Chespirito is a sketch comedy show that aired in Mexico and was created by and starred comedian and actor Roberto Gomez Bolaños, whose nickname gave the show its title.
Two series were produced with the same title. The first premiered as Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada on Televisión Independiente de México in October 1968, adopted the Chespirito title in 1971, and aired until February 1973. The second, which aired on TIM's successor Televisa, premiered on 4 February 1980 and aired until 25 September 1995.
Alongside Bolaños, other famous Mexican actors starred in the sketches. In the two periods, characters like El Chavo del Ocho, El Chapulín Colorado, Los Caquitos, Dr. Chapatín, Los Chifladitos, El Ciudadano Gómez, La Chicharra, Chespirito (character), Los Chiripiojos and the parodies of Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy starred in sketches 2–15 minutes long. The 1980-1995 period also featured special 40-minute episodes.
The show's first seasons featured a canned laugh track, but Bolaños made the then-controversial decision to drop it. Most presentations of the show include the announcer's warning that, out of respect for the audience's intelligence, there was no laugh track.
In 1968, Roberto Gómez Bolaños created and starred in a program named Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada, in the program Sábados de la Fortuna of Televisión Independiente de México's XHTM-TV channel 8. In this program, Chespirito starred in sketches about "letters" sent by the show's audience. Alongside him, Ramón Valdés, Rubén Aguirre and María Antonieta de las Nieves also starred in the sketches, not only about the "letters", but also featuring characters created by Bolaños. Los Supergenios was presented by Dr. Chespirito Chapatín (Bolaños), El Ingeniebrio Ramón Valdés Tirado Alanis (Valdés), El Profesor Rubén Aguire Jirafales (Aguirre) and La Mococha Pechocha, or, La Marioneta (Ma. Antonieta) at a square table where they read the letters and comment about them. Sometimes the letters were answered by sketches. In one sketch, a viewer of the show asked what to do when a crazed person put a giant rock in the door of his house, then a sketch starring María Antonieta de las Nieves, Rubén Aguirre and Ramón Valdes showed the solution to his problem.
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