Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada
Appearance
Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada | |
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Also known as | Chespirito |
Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Roberto Gómez Bolaños |
Written by | Roberto Gómez Bolaños |
Directed by | Enrique Segoviano Roberto Gómez Bolaños |
Starring | Roberto Gómez Bolaños María Antonieta de las Nieves Ramón Valdés Rubén Aguirre Carlos Villagran Florinda Meza Édgar Vivar Angelines Fernández |
Opening theme | "A Blessed Event" by Riz Ortolani |
Country of origin | Mexico |
Original language | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 290[1] (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Camera setup | Thomson TTV-1530 ; General Electric PE350 |
Running time | 21–26 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 20 June 1971 6 January 1980 | –
Related | |
Chespirito (TV Series) |
Los Supergenios De La Mesa Cuadrada (often shortened to Chespirito) is a Mexican television sitcom, popular in Latin America, Spain, and the United States, among other countries.[2]
Chespirito first appeared in 1968 was produced by Televisión Independiente de México (TIM).[2][3]
El Chavo episodes in syndication average 91 million daily viewers in all of the markets where it is distributed in the Americas.[4] Since it ceased production in 1992, it has earned an estimated US$1.7 billion in syndication fees alone for Televisa.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ La Nación. "Roberto Gómez Bolaños apagó una velita por los 40 años del "Chavo del 8"" (in Spanish). Retrieved September 4, 2014.
- ^ a b "Los – Historia". Chespirito (in Spanish). Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ^ "Adiós al Chavo del 8: murió Roberto Gómez Bolaños". Forbes Mexico. November 28, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
- ^ a b "Meet El Chavo, The World's Most Famous (And Richest) Orphan". Forbes. Retrieved November 29, 2014.