''Cantinflas Show'' is a Mexican

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produced by

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

, Dimex and Producciones Carlos Amador. The series was created by Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas' and animated by

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animator José Luis Moro, who animated the pilot episode in 1972. ''Cantinflas'', the main character, is present in popular stories like

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, and meets famous geniuses like

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and

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. It can clearly be seen that the Mexican comedian improvised his script, which adds the comedy-relief, especially in his conversations with each episode's character. The show was syndicated in the United States in two forms. The first, which aired as ''

Amigo and Friends ''Amigo and Friends'' (also known in Spanish as ''Cantinflas y Sus Amigos'') is an educational children's cartoon that was based on the Mexican cartoon series '' Cantinflas Show'' in 1979. The show, which concentrates on a wide range of subjects ...

'', dubbed the episodes in English. The second version used the original title, and distributed the episodes in both English and Spanish. The show was dubbed into six languages, and was very successful in international distribution.

Episodes

The following list contains the episodes from the first season of ''Cantinflas Show''. *''1.-Acapulco'' *''2.-Adopte un Árbol'' (Adopt a Tree) *''3.-El Astronauta'' *''4.-La Aviación'' *''5.-El Boxeo'' *''6.-Caruso'' *''7.-Chopín'' *''8.-La Ciudad de México'' *''9.-Cleopatra'' *''10.-Un Cuento de Hadas'' (A Fairy Tale) *''11.-Dante'' *''12.-Diógenes'' *''13.-Édison'' *''14.-Einstein'' *''15.-El Agua'' (The Water) *''16.-El Diluvio'' (Noah's Ark) *''17.-El Petróleo'' (The Oil) *''18.-El Rey Midas'' *''19.-En el Japón'' (In Japan) *''20.-Fausto'' *''21.-Federico el Grande'' *''22.-Francis Drake'' *''23.-El Fútbol'' *''24.-Galileo'' *''25.-Goya'' *''26.-Gulliver'' *''27.-Gutenberg'' *''28.-Hans Christian Andersen'' *''29.-Helena de Troya'' *''30.-La Comunicación'' *''31.-La Carta'' (The Letter) - Featuring excerpts from

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*''32.-La Electricidad'' *''33.-La Imagen'' *''34.-La Roma de Nerón'' (Nero's Rome) *''35.-La Vivienda'' (Housing) *''36.-Las 7 Maravillas (Teotihuacán)'' *''37.-Las Musas'' (The Muses) *''38.-Leonardo da Vinci'' *''39.-Linneo y Darwin'' *''40.-Madrid'' *''41.-Marco Polo'' *''42.-El Museo Antropológico'' (The Anthropology Museum) *''43.-Napoleón'' *''44.-La Navidad'' (Christmas) *''45.-Lo Oriental'' *''46.-Pasteur'' *''47.-Robinsón Crusoe'' *''48.-Romeo y Julieta'' *''49.-Sansón'' *''50.-Superagente 777'' *''51.-Los Toros'' (

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) *''52.-Velázquez''

Remake

In 1982,

Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to c ...

produced a new version of the cartoon series, ''Cantinflas y Sus Amigos'', titled in English-speaking countries as ''

''. Cantinflas himself reprised his role in Spanish, while

Don Messick Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor. He was best known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. His best-remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in ...

voiced the character in English, with Cantinflas' character renamed as "Amigo".

DVD release

In 2004, BCI, under a license from Rebel Crew Films Inc, released the shorts on DVD under the ''Cantinflas Show'' name; the DVD collection also included episodes of ''Amigo and Friends''. Veracruz Media LLC retains all worldwide distribution rights for the ''Cantinflas Show'' and ''Amigo and Friends''.

References

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