Zorra Total is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian television comedy

Television comedy

Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. Among the earliest BBC television programmes in the 1930s was Starlight, which offered a series of guests from the music hall era — singers and comedians amongst them...

 broadcast by Globo Network. It was launched on March 25, 1999 and has aired on Saturdays, at 10p.m., ever since May 1999.

The show is a sketch comedy

Sketch comedy

A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...

 and it is very similar to NBC's Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

. It is the audience

Audience

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 leader on its slot.

Zorra Brasil Subway

This part was created based in the new Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Vana Rousseff is the 36th and current President of Brazil. She is the first woman to hold the office. Prior to that, in 2005, she was also the first woman to become Chief of Staff of Brazil, appointed by then President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva....

. Here, a parody, called "Dilmaquinista" (Fabiana Karla) (a pun in Dilma and Maquinista [Portuguese for Machinist]) drives a subway. In the subway, there's a lot of people inside it, representing the Brazilian people. Some of this people are the couple Valéria (Rodrigo Sant'Anna) and Janete (Thalita Carauta) (who is often called by Valéria as a Baboon, Weird or American [since she aways talks some English phrases during the comedy]). At the very end of the episode, she says: "Eu sou maquinista de primeira viagem, mas já estou pegando o jeito!" (I'm a beginner machinist, but I'm getting the hang on this!).

Fernandinho and Ofélia

In this part, a man called Fernando (Lucio Mauro) always receive visits (which are famous people). They start to talk when his wife, Ofélia, ever shames him, telling offensive things for them, but not by purpose. At the end, the celebrity gets angry and go out, making Fernandinho lose one more friend. At the very end, Ofélia says: "Eu só abro a boca quando eu tenho certeza!" (I talk only when I'm sure!).

Four Kids

In this part, There are a eight-people family (four of them are a wife, a husband and two sons, and the other part is a wife, a husband and two daughters). While the adults play cards, the kids think in something to play and start to talk. During the playing, they call their parents, to confirm something their parents said, but, on the back on the other family. The kids reveal this says and shame their parents.

Lady Kate

Lady Kate is a rich woman with a hard past. The main comedy starts when her ex-boyfriend and her enemy invade her house and mess up with her. At the very end of each episode, she says: "Eu tenho a grana, só falta meu glamour! O que que é? Eu tô pagando!" (I have all the money, missing just my glamour. What's it! I'm paying it!). She's always talking some words in wrong way.

Salomé and Dilma

Salomé (Chico Anysio

Chico Anysio

Chico Anysio, born Francisco Anysio de Oliveira Paula Filho is a Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer. He is the brother of the late actress Lupe Gigliotti. Anysio is considered one of the greatest and most talented names of Brazilian comedy of all time.- Television :* 1973/80 - Chico...

) is always talking with Dilma in a telephone, just to claim about the government. At the very end of the episode, she says: "Desligou! Eu não quis ofender! Eu juro, juro..." (Hung it up! I haven't wanted to offense! I swear it, I swear it...).