''Decalegrón'' was a
Uruguay
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an
television comedy
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programme which aired on
Saeta TV Channel 10
Channel 10 (legally known as SAETA TV Canal 10) is a Uruguayan free-to-air television channel based in Montevideo, founded in 1956 by Raul Fontaina as the first TV broadcaster in the country and the fourth in Latin America. SAETA ("Arrow") is a ...
from 1977 till 2002.
Notable for its refined
sense of humour
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, the programme won several awards.
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Cast
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Ricardo Espalter
Ricardo Espalter Arrieta ( Montevideo, 14 April 1924 - Maldonado, 20 March 2007) was a Uruguayan actor and comedian.
Biography
In the 1960s he started a long career on television. Together with a notable group of Uruguayan humorists (Eduardo D' ...
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Enrique Almada
Enrique Milton Almada Cavo (15 July 1934, in Montevideo – 29 April 1990), also known as Quique Almada, was a Uruguayan actor and comedian.
In the 1960s he started a long career on television. Together with a notable group of Uruguayan humoris ...
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Eduardo D'Angelo
Eduardo Luis D'Angelo Belsito ( Montevideo, 4 January 1939 - 18 October 2014) was a Uruguayan actor, comedian and impressionist.
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Raimundo Soto
Edmundo Rey Kelly (known as Raimundo Soto; 1914 in Montevideo, Uruguay – July 7, 1983 in Montevideo, Uruguay) was an Uruguayan film, stage and television actor during the country's Golden Age of film.
He also starred several television com ...
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Julio Frade
Julio César Frade Pintos, better known as Julio Frade (born 31 January 1943 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan pianist, actor, comedian and radio host.
As a student, Frade spent a year as an exchange student in the United States with AFS Intercultu ...
References
External links
Recordando a DecalegrónNostalgia por DecalegrónTributo a DecalegrónPropaganda de Decalegrón en 1985Apertura de Decalegrón en 1989
Uruguayan comedy television series
Canal 10 (Uruguay) original programming
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