Cantinflas Show is a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 animated television series produced by Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

. The series was created by Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas'

Cantinflas

Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes , was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin...

 and animated by Spanish

Spanish people

The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....

 animator Jose Luis Moro, who animated the pilot episode in 1972.

Cantinflas, the main character, is present in popular stories like Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah may refer to:*Samson, a Biblical figure*Delilah, a Biblical figure*Samson and Delilah, a Biblical narrative* Samson and Delilah , a painting by Peter Paul Rubens* Samson and Delilah, the club mascots of the Sunderland A.F.C...

, and meets famous geniuses like Einstein and 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.

Episodes

The following list contains several episodes from Cantinflas Show.

• La Roma de Neron (The Rome of Nero)
• Napoleon
• Noe (Noah's Ark)
• Sanson (Samson)
• Marco Polo
• El petroleo (Petroleum)
• Museo anthropologico (Anthropology Museum)
• La electricidad (Electricity)
• La imagen (Image)
• Caruso
• Goya
• Velasquez
• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Galileo
• Pasteur
• Einstein
• Edison
• La carta (the mail)

Remake

In 1982, Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

 remade the cartoon series and renamed it Amigo and Friends

Amigo and Friends

Amigo and Friends is an educational children's cartoon that was based on the Mexican cartoon series Cantinflas Show in 1979...

, Don Messick

Don Messick

Donald Earl "Don" Messick was an American voice actor best known for his work for Hanna-Barbera. Perhaps his most well-known voice creations include Scooby-Doo, Papa Smurf, and Dr. Benton Quest....

 voiced Amigo in English, and Mario Moreno voiced Cantinflas in Spanish.

DVD release

In 2004, BCI released the shorts, along with Amigo and Friends

Amigo and Friends

Amigo and Friends is an educational children's cartoon that was based on the Mexican cartoon series Cantinflas Show in 1979...

episodes. The DVD collection was released with the name of Cantinflas Show.