Radio Rochela

Radio Rochela
Genre Sketch Comedy
Created by Tito Martínez del Box
Written by Alvaro Ignacio "Nacho" Palacios
Starring Juan Ernesto López
Cayito Aponte
Elisa Parejo
Juan Carlos Barry
Félix Granados
Napoleon Rivero
Alexander Noguera
Norah Suárez
Carlos Rodríguez
Coco Sánchez
Hilda Fuenmayor
Ivette Dominguez
Roy Díaz
Karen Leiba
Gladiuska Acosta
Héctor Vargas
Joseline Rodriguez
Marinés Hernández
Alexxey Córdova
Opening theme "La Cruzada del Buen Humor"
Country of origin Venezuela
Original language(s) Spanish
No. of seasons 51
No. of episodes 2652[1]
Production
Executive producer(s) Wladimir Gimenez
Location(s) Venezuela
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Radio Caracas Televisión RCTV, C.A.
Empresas 1BC
Distributor

RCTV International

(worldwide)
Release
Original network RCTV
Original release 1959 – April 5, 2010[2]
External links
Website

Radio Rochela was a Venezuelan late-night television sketch comedy and variety show, created by Argentine producer Tito Martinez Del Box.

Characteristics

The show premiered on Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), a terrestrial television network in Caracas from 1959 to 2010, under the original title of La Cruzada del Buen Humor.[3]

The show's sketches parodied contemporary Venezuelan culture and Politics.[4] Each week, the show featured a host who is currently an RCTV telenovela actor or actress who is pranked and performs in sketches with the cast.

Throughout its five decades on air, Radio Rochela has been recognized as ‘’the most important comedy show on Venezuela’’ .[5] Radio Rochela was mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records as the comedy television show in history longest, being air uninterrupted for 5 decades.[6] Cast members included Juan Ernesto López, Cayito Aponte, Elisa Parejo, Juan Carlos Barry, Americo Navarro, Félix Granados, Napoleon Rivero, Olimpia Maldonado, Ricardo Pimentel, Alexander Noguera, Norah Suárez, Perucho Conde, Carlos Rodríguez, Coco Sánchez, Hilda Fuenmayor, Ivette Dominguez, Roy Díaz, Karen Leiba, Gladiuska Acosta, Ricardo Gruber, Héctor Vargas, Joseline Rodriguez, Marinés Hernández and Alexxey Córdova.

History

In the year 1959, a group of students at the Central University of Venezuela decided to begin a series of comedy acts at the architecture school. These students included Cayito Aponte, Charles Barry, Juan Ernesto Lopez (Pepeto), and Beto Parra[7] , to name a few. The Argentine producer Tito Martinez Del Box, saw one of their presentations and liked it so much that he invited these students to participate in the El Show de las Doce, hosted by Victor Saume. La Gran Cruzada del Buen Humor thus became one of the most popular segments on this midday show.

Finally in 1960, La Gran Cruzada del Buen Humor was separated from El Show de las Doce and was renamed Radio Rochela. The show went on the air monday at 8 pm on RCTV. In the 1970s and 1980s "Radio Rochela" was one of the most popular programs in Venezuela.[8]

On May 27, 2007, RCTV went off the air after the government of Hugo Chávez refused to renew its broadcast license (Chávez had announced that his government would not renew RCTV's license on December 28, 2006).[9] On June 4, 2007, a week after RCTV's shut down, there was a Radio Rochela special that aired on Globovisión during Aló Ciudadano.

On July 16, 2007, RCTV resumed broadcast on cable and satellite, and so did "Radio Rochela" with Wladimir Gimenez as executive producer and Alvaro Ignacio "Nacho" Palacios as head writer.

Cast

Many popular Venezuelan comedians have worked on Radio Rochela. All members have the ability to characterize any famous people (politicians, artists, etc.) because the program constantly parodies programs, celebrities and politicians. Entire cast:

Notes

  1. ↑ "the program aired weekly (Mondays) for 51 years. The 52 weeks were multiplied by 51 (years), less the days that RCTV was off the air (by closures in the early eighties, the fire headquarters in 1961 and 1978 and non-renewal of its concession in 2007 for 49 days). The accounts were added the days when RCTV aired on cable TV.".
  2. ↑ "El-Nacional.com > RCTVi despidió al elenco de Radio Rochela".
  3. ↑ "RCTV.net > Radio Rochela (Historia)". RCTV.net. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  4. ↑ "RCTV.net > Radio Rochela (Historia y en que se basa)". RCTV.net. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  5. ↑ "RCTV.net > Radio Rochela (Historia)". RCTV.net. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  6. ↑ "RCTV.net > Radio Rochela (On The Record Guinnes Book)".
  7. ↑ Forjadores de risas en Venezuela
  8. ↑ Video de Radio Rochela (1980)
  9. ↑ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061229/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_media_1
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