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Luis De Alba
Luis Alba Garcia (born March 7, 1945 in Veracruz) is a Mexican comedian, famous for his character ''El Pirrurris'' (the presumptuous son of a millionaire). He also made other characters such as "El Raton Crispin" (Crispin The Mouse) in which he dressed as a big fat rat from Veracruz. His typical line was, ''Te odio con odio Jarocho'', which means "I hate you with Jarocho (meaning from Veracruz) hatred". El Indio Maclovio and Juan Penas were also two very famous characters he acted out on several shows. His most famous TV program was ''El Mundo De Luis de Alba'', (''The World Of Luis de Alba''), where ''El Pirrurris'' and other characters regularly appeared. After this program was canceled he spent many years away from television but retransmissions of the show were popular. In 2004 he came back portraying the ''Pirrurris'' once again in one of Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo's adult-oriented comedy shows, set in a primary school where the students are played by adult actors. In 2005 he got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis De Alva
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish language, Spanish form of the originally Germanic language, Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese language, Portuguese and Galician language, Galician, in Aragonese language, Aragonese and Catalan language, Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German language, Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in eastern Mexico and is bordered by seven states, which are Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco. Veracruz is divided into 212 municipalities, and its capital city is Xalapa-Enríquez. Veracruz has a significant share of the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico on the east of the state. The state is noted for its mixed ethnic and indigenous populations. Its cuisine reflects the many cultural influences that have come through the state because of the importance of the port of Veracruz. In addition to the capital city, the state's largest cities include Veracruz, Coatzacoalcos, Córdoba, Minatitlán, Poza Rica, Boca Del Río and Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Ortiz De Pinedo
Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo Pallás (born March 26, 1948) is a Mexican comedian, actor, film director, screenwriter, television producer and host. He is the son of actors, the Cuban Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo and Mexican Lupita Pallás, and has appeared on various TV shows such as: ''Dos mujeres en mi casa'' (1984), '' Dr. Cándido Pérez'' (1987), ''Cero en conducta'' (1998), ''Humor es... los comediantes'' (1999), ''La escuelita VIP'' (2004), ''La casa de la risa'' and '' Dos hogares'' (2011) as well as soap operas and films. His mother Lupita and sister Laila were the two Mexican passengers executed in EgyptAir Flight 648 that was hijacked by the terrorist organization led by Abu Nidal on November 23, 1985. His most recent television series is '' Fábrica de risas'', which airs regularly on both Televisa in Mexico and Univision in the United States, the same as all of his previous series. As a tribute to his time at Televisa and his various television series, the most successful of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moptop
The English rock band the Beatles are commonly regarded as the foremost and most influential band in popular music history. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they sparked the " Beatlemania" phenomenon in 1963, gained international superstardom in 1964, and remained active until their break-up in 1970. Over the latter half of the decade, they were often viewed as orchestrators of society's developments. Their recognition concerns their effect on the era's youth and counterculture, British identity, popular music's evolution into an art form, and their unprecedented following. Many cultural movements of the 1960s were assisted or inspired by the Beatles. In Britain, their rise to national prominence signalled the youth-driven changes in postwar society, with respect to social mobility, teenagers' commercial influence, and informality. They spearheaded the shift from American artists' global dominance of rock and roll to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways; the band also explored music styles ranging from folk and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements. Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles evolved from Lennon's previous group, the Quarrymen, and built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years from 1960, initia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresa (slang)
''Fresa'' (Spanish for "strawberry") or ''Eres Fresa,'' is a slang, socially used in Mexico and some parts of Latin America to describe a cultural stereotype of superficial youngsters who, by the traditional definition of the word, came from an educated, upper-class family. The word was originally used by teenagers and young adults alike. Nowadays, its use has spread to all age groups. Fresas are typically seen to be stand-offish and use a mixture of Spanish, and English or "Spanglish." Having an accent, similarly as if one had ''" la papa en la boca,'"'' having a potato in your mouth. The term ''fresa'' may be considered synonymous with the term '' preppy'', which originated in the United States in the 1960s to define teenagers with a conservative mentality who did not drink and proudly displayed their social status. In Mexico, during the 1970s, the meaning changed and became a term to describe the lifestyles of the youth who were wealthy and well-known. However, the current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naco (slang)
''Naco'' (fem. ''naca'') is a pejorative word often used in Mexican Spanish that may be translated into English as "low-class", "uncultured", "vulgar" or "uncivilized ". A ''naco'' () is usually associated with lower socio-economic classes. Definition and usage The Cuban lexicographer Felix Ramos y Duarte, in his ''Diccionario de Mejicanismos'' (1895), records the word for the first time. He explains it as usual in Tlaxcala (Mexico) and defines it with the following terms: "Indian dressed in blue cotton, white underpants and guaraches". The term ''naco'' is generally used to describe people, behaviors or aesthetic choices seen as unrefined or unsophisticated, often in a comic way. As a person, the "naco" may display a general lack of refinement by adopting a "gangster mentality", unrefined verbal expressions or slang, peculiar accents, lack of social manners, or comically bad taste. The word likely originated as a contraction of "''totonaco''" referring to the members of the Toto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcissism
Narcissism is a self-centered personality style characterized as having an excessive interest in one's physical appearance or image and an excessive preoccupation with one's own needs, often at the expense of others. Narcissism exists on a continuum that ranges from normal to abnormal personality expression. While there exists normal, healthy levels of narcissism in humans, there are also more extreme levels of narcissism, being seen particularly in people who are self-absorbed, or people who have a pathological mental illness like narcissistic personality disorder. It is one of the traits featured in the dark triad, along with Machiavellianism (psychology), Machiavellianism and subclinical psychopathy. History of thought The term "narcissism" comes from the Roman poet Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', written in the year 8 AD. Book III of the poem tells the mythical story of a handsome young man, Narcissus (mythology), Narcissus, who spurns the advances of many potential lovers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mexico City from 2000 to 2005. Born in Tepetitán, in the municipality of Macuspana, in the south-eastern state of Tabasco, López Obrador earned a degree in political science from the National Autonomous University of Mexico following a hiatus from his studies to participate in politics. He began his political career in 1976 as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). His first public position was as director of the Indigenous Institute of Tabasco, where he promoted the addition of books in indigenous languages and the project of the Chontal ridge. In 1989, he joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), becoming the party's 1994 candidate for Governor of Tabasco, and national leader between 1996 and 1999. In 2000, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaliman (Comic)
Kaliman can refer to: *Kalimán, a Mexican comic book character *Kaliman I of Bulgaria *Kaliman II of Bulgaria Kaliman Asen II ( bg, Калиман Асен II), or commonly, but less accurately Koloman Asen II, ruled as tsar of Bulgaria for a short time in 1256. The year of his birth is unknown. Kaliman Asen II was the son of ''sebastokrator'' Alexander, ... * Kaliman, Iran, a village in Gilan Province {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival Nights
''Carnival Nights'' (Spanish: ''Noches de cabaret'') is a 1978 Mexican comedy drama film directed by Rafael Portillo and starring Jorge Rivero, Sasha Montenegro and Carmen Salinas.Ramírez Berg p.127 Cast * Jorge Rivero * Sasha Montenegro * Carmen Salinas * Eduardo de la Peña * Irma Serrano * Lyn May * Norma Baeza * Víctor Manuel Castro * Arturo Cobo * Luis de Alba * Belinda Falcon * Rafael Inclán * Roxy Lamarque * Martha Lorena * Olga Manzolli * Pancho Muller * Lupita Muñoz * Polo Ortín * Sonia Piña * Maricarmen Resendez * America Rios * Rosella * Gabriela Ríos * Paco Sañudo * Carlos Suarez * Olga Swan * Claudia Tate * Rita Valencia * Pedro Weber 'Chatanuga' * Liza Willert * Princesa Yamal * Alfonso Zayas Juan Alfonso Zayas Inclán (30 June 1941 – 8 July 2021), better known as Alfonso Zayas, was a Mexican actor and comedian. He was best known for his participation in many Cinema of Mexico, Mexican sex comedy, sex comedies. In Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loving Ones
''The Loving Ones'' (Spanish:''Las cariñosas'') is a 1979 Mexican comedy film directed by Rafael Portillo.Ramírez Berg p.127 Cast * Juan Alonso * Pepe Arévalo * Carlos Bravo y Fernandez * Yari Caballero as Fichera * Víctor Manuel Castro * Arturo Cobo * Luis de Alba * Yadira Del Valle as Fichera * Leandro M. Espinosa * Susana Galli as Fichera * Joaquín García Vargas * Mayte Gerald * Christian Grants as Fichera * Barbara Ham as Fichera * Rafael Inclán * Jessica Kuri as Fichera * Rossy Lamarque as Fichera * Jazmin Lee as Fichera * Sonia Lima as Fichera * Marina * Lyn May * Mayka * Sasha Montenegro * Yara Moreno as Fichera * Mike Moroff * Vicky Nevarez as Fichera * Yolanda Perkins as Fichera * Sonia Piña * Jorge Rivero * Gabriela Ríos * Carmen Salinas * Alfredo Solares * Enrique Sánchez * Manuel 'Loco' Valdés * Isela Vega * Gabriela Villeli as Fichera * Alfonso Zayas Juan Alfonso Zayas Inclán (30 June 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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