El Mundo del Profesor Rossa
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El Mundo del Profesor Rossa (Spanish
for The World of Professor Rossa) was a Chile
an children's television show
centering on a professor
named "Professor Rossa", who taught about Chilean national animals and nature. The show was broadcast on UCV TV
from 1981 to 1984 and on Canal 13
from 1984 to 2001.
The four characters interacted inside the house always doing a mess,irritating the professor to bring humor to the program.In some seasons,the professor moved the show from his living room to an underground room connected by a secret passage,leaving the first set.
The professor had video
s about animals and nature in Betacam
format and to watch it,the character must put the tape in front of his eyes.
for "The Forbidden Video of Professor Rossa") where the four characters were seen saying vulgarities,referencing alcoholic beverages, mocking each other, and one of the shots where the professor is seen urinating
on top of Lonquimay volcano
while he argues with Guru Guru (one of the characters). Even though the press said that the show was canceled after the leak of this video; the actual reason the show was canceled was the high cost of production.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
for The World of Professor Rossa) was a Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an children's television show
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
centering on a professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
named "Professor Rossa", who taught about Chilean national animals and nature. The show was broadcast on UCV TV
UCV TV
Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...
from 1981 to 1984 and on Canal 13
Canal 13 (Chile)
Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...
from 1984 to 2001.
The Show
The show was set in Professor Rossa's house.The first seasons,the program was only starred the professor and piano composer Valentín Trujillo.Guru Guru appeared later,as a man in bird diguise who delivered the children's letters to the professor,the bird started to have a "father-son" relationship with the professor,so Guru Guru left the postman role.Don Carter came to fill the role and the show was expanded to four characters.The four characters interacted inside the house always doing a mess,irritating the professor to bring humor to the program.In some seasons,the professor moved the show from his living room to an underground room connected by a secret passage,leaving the first set.
The professor had video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
s about animals and nature in Betacam
Betacam
Betacam is family of half-inch professional videocassette products developed by Sony in 1982. In colloquial use, "Betacam" singly is often used to refer to a Betacam camcorder, a Betacam tape, a Betacam video recorder or the format itself....
format and to watch it,the character must put the tape in front of his eyes.
Main characters
- Professor Rossa (Iván Arenas): A Professor with pink hairHairHair is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Found exclusively in mammals, hair is one of the defining characteristics of the mammalian class....
and moustacheMoustacheA moustache is facial hair grown on the outer surface of the upper lip. It may or may not be accompanied by a type of beard, a facial hair style grown and cropped to cover most of the lower half of the face.-Etymology:...
, who taught about Chilean animals. - Guru Guru (Francisco Ossa, later played by Claudio Moreno): A man in bird disguise with pink capCapA cap is a form of headgear. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head and have no brim or only a visor. They are typically designed for warmth and, when including a visor, blocking sunlight from the eyes...
and glassesGlassesGlasses, also known as eyeglasses , spectacles or simply specs , are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the eyes. They are normally used for vision correction or eye protection. Safety glasses are a kind of eye protection against flying debris or against visible and near visible light or...
, hatched from an egg left on set.He speaks in a very particular way,using frenquently the letter G. - Don Carter (Juan Alcayaga): A postman. Friend of Guru Guru.
- Valentín Trujillo: (Himself).Also known as Tío Valentín(Uncle Valentín).His appearances on the program were less frequent in the last years of the show.
Awards
The show received, in both 1986 and 1988, the "Best Children Program" Award by the Chilean CNTV.El Video Prohibido,The Forbidden Video
A video appeared on the Internet called "El Video Prohibido del Profesor Rosa" (SpanishSpanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
for "The Forbidden Video of Professor Rossa") where the four characters were seen saying vulgarities,referencing alcoholic beverages, mocking each other, and one of the shots where the professor is seen urinating
Urination
Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, peeing, weeing, pissing, and more rarely, emiction, is the ejection of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. In healthy humans the process of urination is under voluntary control...
on top of Lonquimay volcano
Lonquimay (volcano)
Lonquimay Volcano is a stratovolcano of late-Pleistocene to dominantly Holocene age, with the shape of a truncated cone. The cone is largely andesitic, though basaltic and dacitic rocks are present. It is located in the Araucanía Region of Chile, immediately SE of Tolhuaca volcano. Sierra Nevada...
while he argues with Guru Guru (one of the characters). Even though the press said that the show was canceled after the leak of this video; the actual reason the show was canceled was the high cost of production.