Cachureos
| Cachureos | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Marcelo Hernández |
| Starring | Marcelo Hernández |
| Country of origin | Chile |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60:00 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel |
TVN (1983-1998) Canal 13 (1998-2002) Red TV (2005-2008) |
| Original airing | 1983 |
Cachureos (chilean Spanish for odds and ends) was a Chilean Television program created in 1983 by Marcelo Hernández.
The Show
Cachureos is like a Game Show where the host, "Tío Marcelo" gives prizes to the kids who win the competitions. Tío Marcelo interacted with mans in animals and things costumes who entertained the children. For making the program exiting, Marcelo exclaimed to the children ¡El grito, el grito, el grito! (Spanish for The scream, the scream, the scream!).
Broadcast
The show was transmitted by TVN between 1983 to 1998 making a great success. That same year,1998,the show was purchased by Canal 13 but the program was only four years in the channel due to economic problems [1]
After a three year hiatus the show was broadcast by Red TV.
The Characters
- Tío Marcelo (Marcelo Hernández): The program's host.
- Gato Juanito: A black cat with white face.
- Epidemia: A bacterium who loves dirt.
- Wenceslao: A rabbit with glasses.
- Chester: An old lion who is very smart.
- Señor Lápiz: A pencil who communicates with gestures.
- Chanchoman: A pig. The show's antagonist.The kids must defeat him in a force test.
- La Mosca: A fly. Chanchoman wants to kill her.
- El Zancudo Draculón: A green mosquito, sucks blood and refers to Count Dracula
- Don Walo: An overweight man.
- El Tiburón: A shark. He eats the children who lose the contests. Inspired in Steven Spielberg's Jaws.
- El Manguera: A green hose who sings cueca.
- Murci: A superhero, parodies Batman.
- Robot Tuerca: Inspired in RoboCop.
References
- ↑ Cooperativa.cl (Spanish)