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Portrayed by Roberto Gómez Bolaños; Years: 1972–1992; El Chavo del Ocho is an 8-year-old orphan and the main character of the series. "Chavo" 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.
The show's lead character, Vicente Chambon, originally appeared as part of Chespirito in its early days. [32] Don Calavera (1994–1995), the nickname of Carlos Vera, a mortician who likes to flirt with widows, is the last character created by Chespirito, appears only in the 1980–1995 version of the Chespirito show. [32]
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, Los Chiripiojos and the parodies of Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy [3] starred in sketches 2–15 ...
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 Chapulín Colorado. In 1992, at 63, Chespirito retired the El Chavo character from his show (he did the same thing to El Chapulín Colorado one year later).
Pages in category "Chespirito characters" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Los Caquitos;
He was played by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito), despite the obvious age difference between the actor and the character, and in the animated series his voice is played by Jesús Guzmán. In the English dub version of the animated series, he is voiced by Mona Marshall. Chavo means "boy" in colloquial Mexican language, his real name is ...
In 1980, a new show premiered called Chespirito, which was an-hour-long and employed all of Chespirito's characters in sketches of varying lengths. On Chespirito, El Chómpiras and Los Caquitos were revived. However, Ramón Valdés had left Chespirito's troupe in 1979, so Peterete was forgotten and replaced with Botija (Édgar Vivar).
El Chapulín Colorado (English: The Red Grasshopper) is a Mexican television comedy series that aired from 1973 to 1979 and parodied superhero shows. It was created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito), who also played the main character.