Millions of viewers around the world woke up over the weekend without seeing for the first time, after 49 years, a chapter of El Chavo del 8, El Chapulín Colorado, the Chifladitos and other characters devised by the late Mexican actor and director Roberto Gómez Bolaños.
“This is the number one program on humorous television,” says the introduction of El Chavo del 8, serialized that next year will be 50 years since its first broadcast and that this 2020 came off the air for the first time due to a disagreement over the rights of author between Roberto Gómez Fernán, son of the late comedian, and Televisa.
Emily Sofía Durán, an 8-year-old girl, could not see her favorite characters this weekend. “I have not seen El Chavo for two days,” says the little girl who does not know the reasons why this Saturday and Sunday she could not have fun with the occurrences of the humble child in the neighborhood.
“I don’t know what I’ll see. It will be seeing dolls ”, says the faithful follower of Chespirito. One of Emily’s favorite chapters was that of the entire neighborhood visit to Acapulco.
When asked about the characters, he reminds them all to the letter.
“I am very sad because I did not see them today,” he says.
The producer Alejandra Jara, who has worked on several series and programs on Telecaribe, admits that the situation is sad and that the lawsuit that is presented between the family of the late Roberto Gómez Bolaños and Televisa deprives Latin America and the world of witnessing what it considers a landmark of world television.
“Our parents grew up with these programs and so did we. El Chavo del 8 was the easiest way to teach how to live in community ”, he explains.
Chespirito productions have marked generations since its first day of broadcast.
This producer is expecting a baby and confesses that she would have liked her little one to watch Chespirito’s programs.
Gómez Bolaños achieved something that very few, says Jara, and that is that despite repeating the same episode on different occasions, people always perceive it as if it were a new one.
Johan Parra has been representing the characters from the Chavo neighborhood with his family for 10 years at the Barranquilla Carnival.
Since Saturday, he expressed his sadness and disagreement about the situation that Roberto Gómez Bolaños’ productions are going through.
“This is very painful. They are denying the world the opportunity to have fun in a healthy way. ”
Parra has made a study of each one of the characters and productions of the Mexican director and thinks that humanity is indebted to whom he considers one of the greatest icons of Latin television.
Chespirito’s productions reached nearly 23 countries. El Chavo, for example, according to Parra, came to be dubbed in up to 50 languages.
“Once, in an interview with the teacher (Gómez Bolaños), he stated that he never thought that El Chavo was going to be as successful as it was.”
According to Parra, El Chavo del 8 and the rest of the characters got into the heart of Latin America “without wanting to.”
This staunch follower of the Mexican productions claims to have occasional contact, through Instagram, with Carlos Villagrán (Kiko) and that precisely on Saturday night he told him through a direct that he could not do anything and that it was a problem that the relatives of Chespirito and Televisa had to solve.
Florinda Meza expressed her opinion on the situation through her Twitter account and expressed that what happened is an aggression against the people because one of the most beloved programs is taken from them in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“What do I think that the Chespirito program stops broadcasting? Although I have nothing to do with it because inexplicably I have not been called to the negotiations, I think that right now, when the world needs more fun, doing that is an aggression against the people. ”
What do I think that the Chespirito program stops broadcasting? Although I have nothing to do with it because inexplicably I have not been called to the negotiations, I think that right now, when the world needs more fun, to do that is an aggression towards the people. pic.twitter.com/DDwaXvJQVI
– Florinda Meza (@FlorindaMezaCH) August 2, 2020
Gómez Fernán also spoke through Twitter, who said that “although sad about the decision, my family and I hope that Chespirito will soon be on the screens of the world. We will continue to insist, and I am sure we will “, opening the possibility that later, if Televisa gives in on copyright, the world can continue to have fun with the” cunning “of Chapulín Colorado.
Although saddened by the decision, my family and I hope that Chespirito will soon be on the screens of the world. We will continue to insist, and I am sure we will succeed.
– Roberto Gomez Fernán (@ElAguila_Gomez) August 1, 2020
For now, the millions of fans of Chavo, El Chapulín and the other characters are left with the uncertainty of Who can defend them?
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