Cantinflas Show
Cantinflas Show is a Mexican animated television series produced by Televisa. The series was created by Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas' and animated by Spanish animator José Luis Moro, who animated the pilot episode in 1972.[1]
| Cantinflas Show | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Created by | Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas' |
| Starring | Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas' |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 53 (first season) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Mario Moreno Jacques Gelman Carlos Amador Santiago Moro José Luis Moro |
| Producer(s) | Televisa |
| Running time | 5 min |
| Distributor | Veracruz Media (2006 - Present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Televisa |
| Original release | 1972 – 1982 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Amigo and Friends |
Cantinflas, the main character, is present in popular stories like Samson and Delilah, and meets famous geniuses like Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. It can clearly be seen that the Mexican comedian improvised his script, which adds the comedy-relief, especially in his conversations with each episode's character.
The show was syndicated in the United States in two forms. The first, which aired as Amigo and Friends, dubbed the episodes in English. The second version used the original title, and distributed the episodes in both English and Spanish.[2]
The show was dubbed into six languages, and was very successful in international distribution.[2]
Episodes
The following list contains the episodes from the first season of Cantinflas Show.
- 1.-Acapulco
- 2.-Adopte un Árbol (Adopt a Tree)
- 3.-El Astronauta
- 4.-La Aviación
- 5.-El Boxeo
- 6.-Caruso
- 7.-Chopín
- 8.-La Ciudad de México
- 9.-Cleopatra
- 10.-Un Cuento de Hadas (A Fairy Tale)
- 11.-Dante
- 12.-Diógenes
- 13.-Édison
- 14.-Einstein
- 15.-El Agua (The Water)
- 16.-El Diluvio (Noah's Ark)
- 17.-El Petróleo (The Oil)
- 18.-El Rey Midas
- 19.-En el Japón (In Japan)
- 20.-Fausto
- 21.-Federico el Grande
- 22.-Francis Drake
- 23.-El Fútbol
- 24.-Galileo
- 25.-Goya
- 26.-Gulliver
- 27.-Gutenberg
- 28.-Hans Christian Andersen
- 29.-Helena de Troya
- 30.-La Comunicación
- 31.-La Carta (The Letter) - Featuring excerpts from El Salón México by Aaron Copland
- 32.-La Electricidad
- 33.-La Imagen
- 34.-La Roma de Nerón (Nero's Rome)
- 35.-La Vivienda (Housing)
- 36.-Las 7 Maravillas (Teotihuacán)
- 37.-Las Musas (The Muses)
- 38.-Leonardo da Vinci
- 39.-Linneo y Darwin
- 40.-Luther Burbank
- 41.-Madrid
- 42.-Marco Polo
- 43.-El Museo Antropológico (The Anthropology Museum)
- 44.-Napoleón
- 45.-La Navidad (Christmas)
- 46.-Lo Oriental
- 47.-Pasteur
- 48.-Robinsón Crusoe
- 49.-Romeo y Julieta
- 50.-Sansón
- 51.-Superagente 777
- 52.-Los Toros (Bullfighting)
- 53.-Velázquez
Remake
In 1982, Hanna-Barbera produced a new version of the cartoon series, Cantinflas y Sus Amigos, titled in English-speaking countries as Amigo and Friends. Cantinflas himself reprised his role in Spanish, while Don Messick voiced the character in English, with Cantinflas' character renamed as "Amigo".
DVD release
In 2004, BCI, under a license from Rebel Crew Films Inc, released the shorts on DVD under the Cantinflas Show name; the DVD collection also included episodes of Amigo and Friends. Veracruz Media LLC retains all worldwide distribution rights for the Cantinflas Show and Amigo and Friends.
References
- Orozco, Gisela (August 11, 2011). "Cantinflas: los siete mejores capítulos de 'Cantinflas Show' (VIDEOS)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 175. ISBN 978-1476665993.