La Hora Chanante

La hora chanante
Joaquín Reyes as Tim Burton and Ernesto Sevilla as Beetlejuice
Genre	Comedy
Presented by	Joaquín Reyes, Ernesto Sevilla, Raúl Cimas, Pablo Chiapella, Julián López, Carlos Areces, Mauro Muñiz
Country of origin	Spain
Original language(s)	Spanish
Production
Producer(s)	Hill Valley
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	Paramount Comedy, Localia
Original release	May 5, 2002 – November 5, 2005
External links
Website	www.paramountcomedy.es/pc.es/lahorachanante

La Hora Chanante (The Whamming Hour or The Amazing Hour) is a Spanish comedy television show aired through the cable/satellite local version of the Paramount Comedy channel. Each episode is a half hour long and consists of a series of unrelated sketches (both acted out and animated) and a story featuring some celebrity which helps keep continuity throughout the program. Episodes used to be released on a monthly basis until 2006, when the show was discontinued. However, reruns are aired frequently through Paramount Comedy as well as Localia, and in December 2007, Paramount Comedy Spain and Universal Pictures launched a pack of two DVDs with the best moments of "La Hora Chanante" and some extras, an unreleased (episode 51), deleted scenes, stickers and a comic drawn by Joaquín Reyes.

It was created and directed by comedian from Albacete Joaquín Reyes, who also played the celebrities portrayed in each episode, thus serving as a show host. Many of the show's cutscenes were drawn by Lalo Kubala and Carlos Areces, both known for their work in the Spanish satire magazine El Jueves.

The staff responsible for La Hora Chanante started in September 2007 a new show with a similar format in the public channel La 2, called Muchachada Nui.

Each one of the programs consists of more or less stable sections (since only the really stable ones are Testimonios, Retrospecter and Hever vs. Clever), plus some varied sketches. The main ones would be (some with the original name in Spanish and the translation next to it):