El Chavo del Ocho | |
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Also known as | El Chavo |
Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Roberto Gómez Bolaños |
Written by | Roberto Gómez Bolaños |
Directed by | Enrique Segoviano Roberto Gómez Bolaños |
Starring | Roberto Gómez Bolaños Carlos Villagrán Ramón Valdés Florinda Meza Rubén Aguirre Édgar Vivar Angelines Fernández Horacio Gómez Bolaños Raúl 'Chato' Padilla María Antonieta de las Nieves |
Opening theme | "The Elephant Never Forgets" by Jean-Jacques Perrey |
Country of origin | Mexico |
Original language | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 290[1] (list of episodes) |
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Camera setup | Thomson TTV-1530 ; General Electric PE350 |
Running time | 21–26 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Televisa |
Release | 20 June 1971 6 January 1980 | –
Related | |
El Chavo: The Animated Series 30 Anos de Chaves[2] | |
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El Chavo del Ocho is a very popular Mexican sitcom. It was created and written by Roberto Gómez Bolaños. It stars Roberto Gómez Bolaños, María Antonieta de las Nieves, Carlos Villagrán, Florinda Meza, Ramón Valdés, Rubén Aguirre, Édgar Vivar, Raúl Padilla, Horacio Gómez Bolaños, and Angelines Fernández. It ran from 1971 through 1980 for 8 seasons.