Federrico
GenreComedy
Sitcom
Created byCarlos Villagrán
Based onQuico from El Chavo del 8
Written byCarlos Villagrán
Directed byReinaldo Lancaster
Reinaldo Bolívar
Euclides Quijada
StarringCarlos Villagrán
Rosario Prieto
Ramón Valdés
Simón García
Nancy Soto
Alfonso Urdaneta
Maribel Ponte
Honorio Torrealba
Mariangeles Torrealba
Charles Barry
Roberto Hernández
Country of originVenezuela
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes29
Production
Running time60 Minutes (Weekly)
Original release
NetworkRCTV
Release1982 (1982) –
1983 (1983)

Federrico is a Venezuelan sitcom produced in 1982, starring Carlos Villagrán, Ramón Valdés, Simón García, Maribel Ponte and Nancy Soto. Being carried out by RCTV.[1] in many aspects, the series copied and parodied many of the characteristic characters of El Chavo del Ocho (except Godínez and Doña Cleotilde), adapting them to another type of environment and changing their names.[2][3]

A spin-off of the series was produced in 1983 under the name Las nuevas aventuras de Federrico ("The new adventures of Federrico"). The Villagrán character was almost identical to Quico, which was his character on El Chavo series, the only change being the name, due to an ongoing dispute with Chespirito over the character, a pattern repeated with other former Chespirito cast members such as Rubén Aguirre and María Antonieta de las Nieves. Also, Valdéz's character Don Moncho is identical to El Chavo's Don Ramón, although he left the program after only one season.[1][3]

In 2009 Federrico was broadcast on RCTV Internacional on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. m. Currently the series is available on the digital platform and YouTube channel.

History

Initial History

in 1978, when Carlos Villagrán resigned from El Chavo del Ocho due to irreconcilable differences that to this day are not known with certainty. Bolaños assured that Villagrán wanted to leave the team to seek new horizons while the interpreter of 'Quico' assured that professional 'envy', due to the fame of his character, had led him to resign.

And the retaliation for his resignation, he sent faxes to channels in several Latin American countries only for them to deny him the opportunity to work in them, which would have caused him to spend two years without being able to carry out his projects.[4]

El Niño de Papel (1981-1983)

In 1981, he received a proposal from Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), a Venezuelan station run by Peter Bottome at the time, offering him the chance to direct and appear in the projects he had in mind. This is how he created the children's recreation program El Niño de Papel in 1981. Among this cast was the Mexican actor Ramón Valdés, who had resigned from his role as Don Ramón in El Chavo.[4]

Federrico (1983-1985)

Logo used for Federrico

From 1983 to 1984, he made Federrico, where he again uses the name of the character who made him famous, but to avoid legal problems, he wrote it with the letter “K”. 'Kiko' (now with 'K' and with slight changes in appearance to avoid legal problems), who continued to tour with the character, found a new opportunity in Venezuela as a star. of a new Show, 'Federrico', produced and broadcast by Radio Caracas Televisión.[4]

'Federrico' had two seasons produced between 1983 and 1984 with a total of 29 episodes. At first “Federrico” was well received by the Venezuelan public, but it failed due to lack of dissemination.[5] A spin-off of the series was produced in 1983 under the name "The New Adventures of Federrico" (Las nuevas aventuras de Federrico). [6]

Plot

Frederrico is a boy in a sailor costume of 9 years old: spoiled and envious, rude to his friends, but on the necessary occasions, he shows his great sense of help and kindness and gets involved on funny adventures on the school or with his friends. Many times he drives mad his neighbor, Don Moncho, and his mother, Doña Carlota who runs a corner shop. Federrico is also in love with his teacher, a very beautiful lady.[7] His name comes from his father who died. Don Federico, who was a sailor, who died when his ship sank in the high seas.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 PRESENTACIÓN DEL PROGRAMA: FEDERRICO - RCTV 1997, retrieved 2023-11-13
  2. ↑ Rodarte, Jorge. "Frederrico, el show tipo 'El Chavo del 8' que Carlos Villagran vio FRACASAR en Venezuela". www.debate.com.mx.
  3. 1 2 "Federrico, la copia que Carlos Villagrán hizo de El Chavo del 8 en Venezuela y fracasó | VIDEO". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  4. 1 2 3 Mendoza, Diego (2022-04-11). "Kiko en la Venezuela de las oportunidades - fronteraviva.com". Frontera Viva Periodico Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  5. ↑ mdzol.com. ""Federrico", la copia de "El Chavo del 8" con la que fracasó Carlos Villagrán en Venezuela". MdzOnline (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  6. ↑ Uribe, Ronald (2018-04-01). "Este es el mensaje que envió "Kiko" a los venezolanos". TalCual (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  7. ↑ Lapatilla (2022-11-03). "Federrico: la copia que "Kiko" hizo de El Chavo del 8 en Venezuela y enfureció a empresarios mexicanos". LaPatilla.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  8. ↑ History-biography (2019-10-07). "Carlos Villagrán". History and Biography. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
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