Chiquilladas
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Chiquilladas was a Mexican sketch and musical show that used only children as actors. First aired on Mexican television in 1982 and ended about 1989[verification needed]. During its run it was the first to showcase various Mexican artists including Carlos Espejel, Aleks Syntek, Lucero and -almost a toddler - Anahí.
[edit] Characters
During its run, it portrayed various characters and sketches that appeared in various broadcasts.
Carlinflas (portrayed by Carlos Espejel) Was a kid impersonation from famous comic character Cantinflas.
Chiquidrácula (Carlos Espejel) A comic version of Bela Lugosi's Dracula, who tried repeatedly to give other kids "meyo" (a corruption of "miedo", fright).
Pituka y Petaka Two indigenous sisters, that always made scams on foreign tourists.
Popeye and Olive Lucero portrayed as Olive Oyl, and Alexs Syntek featured as Bluto.
24 Horitas A spoof of the main Televisa network (at the time) 24 Horas. Petaka was cast as Jacobo Zabludovsky. Pituka appeared as "Tacha" saying comic poems, impersonating the actor Hector Kiev (Tacho Lopez Cuarzo), who gave sport forecasts on the real news show, using a black charro suit. Also Ginni was called "Bolita Ayala", alluding the newscaster Lolita Ayala. She send the news focus back to Jacobo through a "bolita de papel" (paper-ball)
60 Minutitos Was a spoof about the investigative television magazine 60 Minutes. Carlos Espejel was the principal reporter and Ginni appeared as Virginia Leteme. A running gag was that some of the news was related to Virginia's cat.
