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Genre Sketch Comedy Original language(s) Spanish Final episode date 5 April 2010 Created by Tito Martínez del Box | 8.9/10 IMDb Country of origin Venezuela First episode date 1959 Number of episodes 2,652 Number of seasons 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Alvaro Ignacio "Nacho" Palacios Starring Juan Ernesto LópezCayito AponteElisa ParejoJuan Carlos BarryFélix GranadosNapoleon RiveroAlexander NogueraNorah SuárezCarlos RodríguezCoco SánchezHilda FuenmayorIvette DominguezRoy DíazKaren LeibaGladiuska AcostaHéctor VargasJoseline RodriguezMarinés HernándezAlexxey Córdova Opening theme "La Cruzada del Buen Humor" Similar ¡A que te ríes!, Por estas calles, ¡Qué Locura!, Nadie me dirá como quererte, Aló Ciudadano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio Rochela was a Venezuelan late-night television sketch comedy and variety show, created by Argentine producer Tito Martinez Del Box.
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Characteristics
The show premiered on Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), a terrestrial television network in Caracas from 1959 to 2010, under the original title of La Cruzada del Buen Humor.
The show's sketches parodied contemporary Venezuelan culture and Politics. Each week, the show featured a host who is currently an RCTV telenovela actor or actress who is pranked and performs in sketches with the cast.
Throughout its five decades on air, Radio Rochela has been recognized as ‘’the most important comedy show on Venezuela’’ . Radio Rochela was mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records as the comedy television show in history longest, being air uninterrupted for 5 decades. Cast members included Juan Ernesto López, Cayito Aponte, Elisa Parejo, Juan Carlos Barry, Americo Navarro, Félix Granados, Napoleon Rivero, Olimpia Maldonado, Ricardo Pimentel, Alexander Noguera, Norah Suárez, Perucho Conde, Carlos Rodríguez, Coco Sánchez, Hilda Fuenmayor, Ivette Dominguez, Roy Díaz, Karen Leiba, Gladiuska Acosta, Ricardo Gruber, Héctor Vargas, Joseline Rodriguez, Marinés Hernández and Alexxey Córdova.
History
In the year 1959, a group of students at the Central University of Venezuela decided to begin a series of comedy acts at the architecture school. These students included Cayito Aponte, Charles Barry, Juan Ernesto Lopez (Pepeto), and Beto Parra , to name a few. The Argentine producer Tito Martinez Del Box, saw one of their presentations and liked it so much that he invited these students to participate in the El Show de las Doce, hosted by Victor Saume. La Gran Cruzada del Buen Humor thus became one of the most popular segments on this midday show.
Finally in 1960, La Gran Cruzada del Buen Humor was separated from El Show de las Doce and was renamed Radio Rochela. The show went on the air monday at 8 pm on RCTV. In the 1970s and 1980s "Radio Rochela" was one of the most popular programs in Venezuela.
On May 27, 2007, RCTV went off the air after the government of Hugo Chávez refused to renew its broadcast license (Chávez had announced that his government would not renew RCTV's license on December 28, 2006). On June 4, 2007, a week after RCTV's shut down, there was a Radio Rochela special that aired on Globovisión during Aló Ciudadano.
On July 16, 2007, RCTV resumed broadcast on cable and satellite, and so did "Radio Rochela" with Wladimir Gimenez as executive producer and Alvaro Ignacio "Nacho" Palacios as head writer.
Cast
Many popular Venezuelan comedians have worked on Radio Rochela. All members have the ability to characterize any famous people (politicians, artists, etc.) because the program constantly parodies programs, celebrities and politicians. Entire cast: