![]() ![]() ![]() Since the beginning, Gómez Bolaños decided that El Chavo would be directed toward an adult audience, even though the show itself was about adults interpreting kids. The show centered great importance into the development of the characters, which were each assigned a distinctive personality. The idea for the show emerged from a sketch created by Gómez Bolaños where an 8-year-old boy competed with a balloon vendor in a park, said sketch aired for the first time on April 27, 1972. ![]() The show follows the adventures and tribulations of the title character-a poor orphan nicknamed "El Chavo" (which means "The Kid"), played by the show's creator, Roberto Gómez Bolaños "Chespirito"-and his friends, which often cause conflict, of a comedic nature, between the other inhabitants of a fictional low-income housing complex, or, as called in Mexico, vecindad. The series theme song is a rendition of Ludwig van Beethoven's Turkish March, rearranged by Jean-Jacques Perrey & retitled “The Elephant Never Forgets”. The series gained enormous popularity in Hispanic America, Brazil, Spain and other countries. It premiered on Apand ended on Jafter 7 seasons and 311 episodes. El Chavo (English: The Kid) - also known as El Chavo del Ocho (English: The Kid from number Eight) during its earliest episodes -, is a Mexican television sitcom created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, produced by Televisa. ![]()
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