Cantinflas Show is a Mexican animated television series produced by Televisa, Dimex and Producciones Carlos Amador. The series was created by Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas' and animated by Spanish animator José Luis Moro, who animated the pilot episode in 1972.
Cantinflas, the main character, is present in popular stories like Samson and Delilah, and meets famous geniuses like Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. It can clearly be seen that the Mexican comedian improvised his script, which adds the comedy relief, especially in his conversations with each episode's character.
The show was syndicated in the United States in two forms. The first, which aired as Amigo and Friends, dubbed the episodes in English. The second version used the original title, and distributed the episodes in both English and Spanish.
The show was dubbed into six languages, and was very successful in international distribution. The series Amigo and Friends and Cantinflashow are currently distributed by the worldwide copyright holder Veracruz Media LLC.
Episodes The following list contains the episodes from the first season of Cantinflas Show. 1.-Acapulco 2.-Adopte un Árbol (Adopt a Tree) 3.-El Astronauta 4.-La Aviación 5.-El Boxeo 6.-Caruso 7.-Chopín 8.-La Ciudad de México 9.-Cleopatra 10.-Un Cuento de Hadas (A Fairy Tale) 11.-Dante 12.-Diógenes 13.-Édison 14.-Einstein 15.-El Agua (The Water) 16.-El Diluvio (Noah's Ark) 17.-El Petróleo (The Oil) 18.-El Rey Midas 19.-En el Japón (In Japan) 20.-Fausto 21.-Federico el Grande 22.-Francis Drake 23.-El Fútbol 24.-Galileo 25.-Goya 26.-Gulliver 27.-Gutenberg 28.-Hans Christian Andersen 29.-Helena de Troya 30.-La Comunicación 31.-La Carta (The Letter) - Featuring excerpts from El Salón México by Aaron Copland 32.-La Electricidad 33.-La Imagen 34.-La Roma de Nerón (Nero's Rome) 35.-La Vivienda (Housing) 36.-Las 7 Maravillas (Teotihuacán) 37.-Las Musas (The Muses) 38.-Leonardo da Vinci 39.-Linneo y Darwin 40.-Madrid 41.-Marco Polo 42.-El Museo Antropológico (The Anthropology Museum) 43.-Napoleón 44.-La Navidad (Christmas) 45.-Lo Oriental 46.-Pasteur 47.-Robinsón Crusoe 48.-Romeo y Julieta 49.-Sansón 50.-Superagente 777 51.-Los Toros (Bullfighting) 52.-Velázquez
Remake In 1982, Hanna-Barbera produced a new version of the cartoon series, Cantinflas y Sus Amigos, titled in English-speaking countries as Amigo and Friends. Cantinflas himself reprised his role in Spanish, while Don Messick voiced the character in English, with Cantinflas' character renamed as "Amigo".
DVD release In 2004, BCI, under a license from Rebel Crew Films Inc, released the shorts on DVD under the Cantinflas Show name; the DVD collection also included episodes of Amigo and Friends. Veracruz Media LLC retains all worldwide distribution rights for the Cantinflas Show and Amigo and Friends.
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