El Chavo del Ocho facts for kids

Quick facts for kids El Chavo del Ocho

Also known as	El Chavo
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Written by	Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Directed by	Enrique Segoviano Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Starring	Roberto Gómez Bolaños Carlos Villagrán Ramón Valdés Florinda Meza Rubén Aguirre Édgar Vivar Angelines Fernández Horacio Gómez Bolaños Raúl 'Chato' Padilla María Antonieta de las Nieves
Opening theme	"The Elephant Never Forgets" by Jean-Jacques Perrey
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	290 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Thomson TTV-1530 ; General Electric PE350
Running time	21–26 minutes
Release
Original network	Televisa
Picture format	Quadruplex Videotape
Original release	20 June 1971 – 6 January 1980
Chronology
Related shows	El Chavo: The Animated Series 30 Anos de Chaves

El Chavo del Ocho is a very popular Mexican sitcom. It was created and written by Roberto Gómez Bolaños. It stars Roberto Gómez Bolaños, María Antonieta de las Nieves, Carlos Villagrán, Florinda Meza, Ramón Valdés, Rubén Aguirre, Édgar Vivar, Raúl Padilla, Horacio Gómez Bolaños, and Angelines Fernández. It ran from 1971 through 1980 for 8 seasons.

Images for kids

The cast of the series photograph themselves for a picture in 1977, without Carlos Villagrán (Quico). Chespirito is leaning on Chavo's trademark barrel at the center of the picture.