Sábados Felices

Sábados Felices (Happy Saturdays) is a Colombian comedy show that debuted in 1972. It has been produced by Caracol Televisión for its entire run on the air; from 1972 to 1998, when Caracol was a programadora, it aired on Cadena Uno. It has been hosted by Alfonso Lizarazo, Alí Humar, Jota Mario Valencia, Carlos Calero, Hernán Orjuela and Humberto Rodríguez.

Sábados Felices
Presented byHumberto Rodríguez
Country of originColombia
Original languageSpanish
Production
Running time3 hours
Production companyCaracol Televisión (1972–present)
Release
Original networkSegunda Cadena/Cadena 2/Canal A (1972–1976, 1987–1991, 1998)
Primera Cadena/Cadena Uno/Canal Uno (1977–1983, 1984–1987, 1992–1997)
Caracol (1998–present)
Picture formatNTSC (1972-2010s)
HDTV 1080i (2010s-present)
Original releaseFebruary 5, 1972 (1972-02-05)

History

It began in 1972 as Campeones de la risa, changing names in 1976 when Caracol for the first time gained the rights to its Saturday timeslot.

After the licitación of 1997, Caracol did not receive any timeslots on Saturdays. This meant that Caracol's signature Saturday programs were presented for the first seven months of 1998 under the auspices of other programadoras; Sábados Felices was presented by Coestrellas, CPS and Proyectamos Televisión. The 1998 move of Caracol from a programadora to a private television channel, after 1,323 episodes had been aired, marked a format change for the program.

In 2016, it received the Guinness World Record for the world's oldest comedy show.[1] [2]

Blackface

The show has been criticised for the blackface character Soldado Micolta.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Sábados Felices, Record Guinness al programa de humor más antiguo del mundo". www.bluradio.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. "Sábados Felices, Longest running TV sketch comedy show". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. "Twenty-First Century Blackface : Code Switch". NPR.
  4. "Translation – I'm not your Joke". 24 April 2018.
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