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La Carabina De Ambrosio
''La Carabina de Ambrosio'' is a Mexican television show created and developed by Humberto Navarro, filmed at the Televisa Studios, Chapultepec in Mexico City, from 1978 until 1987. The slogan of the show was "A Magical, Comical, and Musical Variety Show." The show had guest emcees that included César Costa, Gualberto Castro, Fito Girón, and Manolo Muñoz. While the emcees sang a cast member would interrupt rudely and a comedy skit began. The show consisted of numerous skits, jokes and tricks played on the emcees. It is rumored that the reason there were so many emcees during the run of the show was due to the numerous tricks played on them. Since 2007, the show is in re-runs on TV Clásico. The theme song was ''Quartz'' by Quartz. Humberto Navarro Humberto Navarro, creator and producer, of ''La Carabina de Ambrosio'', was a young up-and-coming talent of Televisa. He developed ''La Carabina de Ambrosio'' with the theme of "you don't know what comes next." There were comedy skits ...
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César Costa
César Roel Schreurs, best known as César Costa, is a Mexican actor and rock-and-roll singer. Costa was born in Colonia Condesa of the Mexican capital. He studied elementary and Junior Highschool at the German College and Law at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Music career He started his musical career at the age of 17 as César Roel singing and playing guitar with the rock-and-roll band '' Los Black Jeans'' ("The Black Jeans"), singing Spanish versions of American hit singles as well as original songs like ''La batalla de Jericó''. They recorded their first album in 1959 with ''Peerless Records''. His backup singer was world-renowned tenor Plácido Domingo. When the band signed with ''Musart Records'' the band changed its name to '' Los Camisas Negras'' ("The Black Shirts") and César Roel to ''Cesar Costa'' (honoring music arranger Don Costa). Soon after, the band disintegrated and César started a successful solo career, recording three albums wi ...
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Aida Pierce
Aida María Zerecero Pierce (born August 15, 1956, Acapulco, Guerrero) is a Mexican actress and comedian, best known internationally for her work on various telenovelas and comedy series that have aired on Televisa over the years. Most of her television series have aired on television networks in other countries, most notably Univision. Biography At 17, Pierce, whose parents were Jose Luis Zerecero and Aida Pierce, left Acapulco for Mexico City, and attended El Instituto Andrés Soler, where she studied acting and to become a secretary. She also attended la Academia de Emma Pulido, where she studied jazz, English, and French. She began her career on stage, appearing in the Mexican productions of ''Godspell'', ''Peter Pan'', ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', and ''Mame'', among other plays. Her experience on stage led to a contract with Televisa. She was first cast as Doña Tecla on Alegrías de Mediodía in 1981. Later that year she joined the cast of '' La matraca'', which lasted on ...
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Dancer
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by its historical period or place of origin. An important distinction is to be drawn between the contexts of theatrical and participatory dance, although these two categories are not always completely separate; both may have special functions, whether social, ceremonial, competitive, erotic, martial, or sacred/liturgical. Other forms of human movement are sometimes said to have a dance-like quality, including martial arts, gymnastics, cheerleading, figure skating, synchronized swimming, marching bands, and many other forms of athletics. There are many professional athletes like, professional football players and soccer players, who take dance classes to help with their skills. To be more specific professional athl ...
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Ventriloquist
Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is a performance act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) creates the illusion that their voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered prop known as a "dummy". The act of ventriloquism is ventriloquizing, and the ability to do so is commonly called in English the ability to "throw" one's voice. History Origins Originally, ventriloquism was a religious practice. The name comes from the Latin for 'to speak from the stomach: (belly) and (speak). The Greeks called this gastromancy ( grc-gre, εγγαστριμυθία). The noises produced by the stomach were thought to be the voices of the unliving, who took up residence in the stomach of the ventriloquist. The ventriloquist would then interpret the sounds, as they were thought to be able to speak to the dead, as well as foretell the future. One of the earliest recorded group of prophets to use this technique was the Pythia, the priestess at the temple of Apollo in Delphi, ...
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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 ...
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Benito Castro
Arturo "Benito" Castro Hernández (born June 5, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico), is a Mexican musician, singer, songwriter, actor, imitator, most famous as a comedian, and as a member of Los Hermanos Castro (The Castro Brothers). Benito was born into a family of musicians and entertainers. His late father, Arturo Castro aka "El Bigoton" Castro, was a famous Mexican comedian / actor who appeared in numerous movies during the Gold Age of Mexican Cinema and as a headliner in Night Clubs and Theater. His mother, Rosa Hernandez de Castro, was a homemaker. He has two sisters, Ana Maria Castro Hernandez, Born July 7, 1942, is an Entertainment Entrepreneur who manages the careers of Gualberto Castro, Los Hermanos Castro and her brother Benito Castro, and Vicky Castro Hernandez is an Interior Designer who has created the interiors for many well known individuals. Benito is 1st cousin to singer/ actor / songwriter Gualberto Castro who is one of the original members of Los Hermanos Castro alo ...
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Illusionist
Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means. It is to be distinguished from paranormal magic which are effects claimed to be created through supernatural means. It is one of the oldest performing arts in the world. Modern entertainment magic, as pioneered by 19th-century magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, has become a popular theatrical art form. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, magicians such as Maskelyne and Devant, Howard Thurston, Harry Kellar, and Harry Houdini achieved widespread commercial success during what has become known as "the Golden Age of Magic." During this period, performance magic became a staple of Broadway theatre, vaudeville, and music halls. Magic retained its popularity in the television age, with magicians such as Paul Daniels, David Copperfield, ...
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Chabelo
Xavier López Rodríguez (born February 17, 1935), better known as "Chabelo", is a Mexican American actor, comedian, television presenter and children's music singer who has been working on television for over sixty years. "Chabelo" has participated in more than thirty motion pictures and recorded more than thirty musical albums. He also has produced many shows like ''La Cuchufleta'' and ''La Güereja Quiere Más''. However, his most famous TV show was ''En Familia con Chabelo'', which was broadcast every Sunday morning on Televisa's Canal de las Estrellas. This show consisted of contests with people from the audience, gifts and games and was mainly for children. The program ended on Sunday, December 20, 2015 after 47 years. Artistic career Xavier López's career really began when he met a famous couple of actors, whose names were "Panseco y Gamboa". Panseco worked on radio, and Gamboa (Ramiro), worked on TV. This pair was already known in Mexico and they taught Chabelo the basic ...
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Paco Stanley
Francisco Jorge Stanley Albaitero (3 July 1942 – 7 June 1999), known by his stage name Paco Stanley, was a Mexican television entertainer who worked for Televisa and TV Azteca. Career In 1966, his first father-in-law paid for his radio and elocution classes. In 1969 he started in radio. From 1974, he participated in television programs like XEW News. For this network, he hosted the show "Smiles and Surprises". He also worked in "Estrellas W". After years of being a sidekick to comedians such as Madaleno, in 1995 he was offered his own show on Televisa, ''¡Ándale!'', with Arlette Garibay and Benito Castro. Later shows were ''Llévatelo'' and ''Pácatelas'' with Mario Bezáres. In 1998, he hosted the show "Un poco de Paco en radio" in its comic version. He left Televisa and signed a contract in 1998 with rival network TV Azteca. On December 15, he started his show Una tras otra co-starring Jorge Gil and Mario Bezares. In 1999, he launched a nighttime show titled "Si ...
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Bill Bixby
Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III (January 22, 1934 – November 21, 1993) professionally known as Bill Bixby, was an American actor, director, producer, and frequent game-show panellist. Bixby's career spanned more than three decades, including appearances on stage, in films, and on television series. He is known for his roles in the CBS sitcom ''My Favorite Martian'' as Tim O'Hara, in the ABC sitcom ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'' as Tom Corbett, in the NBC crime drama series '' The Magician'' as stage Illusionist Anthony Blake, and the CBS science-fiction drama series ''The Incredible Hulk'' as Dr. David Banner. Early life An only child, Bixby was born Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III, a fourth-generation Californian of English descent, on January 22, 1934, in San Francisco, California. His father, Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby II, was a store clerk. His mother, Jane (née McFarland) Bixby, was a senior manager at I. Magnin & Co. In 1942, when Bixby was eight years old, ...
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The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV Series)
''The Incredible Hulk'' is an American television series based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk. The series aired on the CBS television network and starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner, Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, and Jack Colvin as Jack McGee. In the TV series, Dr. David Banner, a widowed physician and scientist who is presumed dead, travels across America under assumed names and finds himself in positions where he helps others in need despite his terrible secret: Following an accident that altered his cells, in times of extreme anger or stress, he transforms into a huge, savage, incredibly strong green-skinned humanoid, who has been named "the Hulk". In his travels, Banner earns money by working temporary jobs while searching for a way to either control or cure his condition. All the while, he is obsessively pursued by a tabloid newspaper reporter, Jack McGee, who is convinced that the Hulk is a deadly menace whose exposure would enhance his career. The series' two-h ...
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