Abelardo Barbosa

José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros (Surubim, September 30, 1917 — Rio de Janeiro, June 30, 1988), nicknamed "Chacrinha", was a Brazilian comedian, and radio and TV personality.cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB3387B9CDBC9EA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=BRAZILIAN TV COMEDIAN ABELARDO BARBOSA, 70 |format=July 3 1988 |work=Miami Herald |pages=4B |accessdate=] He began as a radio presenter, and then enjoyed great success and inspired controversy with his anarchic sense of humor while hosting many TV shows on Globo and other networks in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s .cite book |author=Vincent, Jon S. |title=Culture and Customs of Brazil |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Conn |year=2003 |pages= |isbn=0-313-30495-5 |url=http://books.google.com/books?lr=lang_en&num=50&output=html&as_brr=3&id=HHobg0djRbEC&dq=%22Abelardo+Barbosa%22&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&sig=ACfU3U3xlypm_irdV377yWcq74xL38bDOg&q=Abelardo+Barbosa |doi= |accessdate=] He would interrupt the musical numbers of major stars, blow a horn like Harpo Marx while poking fun at guests and throw codfish to the audience.cite book |author=Einzig, Barbara; Veloso, Caetano |title=Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil |publisher=Da Capo Press |location=New York |year=2003 |pages= 101|isbn=0-306-81281-9 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CLKj9CvsV3UC&pg=PA101&vq=Abelardo+Barbosa&dq=%22Abelardo+Barbosa%22&lr=lang_en&num=50&as_brr=3&output=html&source=gbs_search_s&cad=1&sig=ACfU3U2t9b8aINjg3yvKycRiNpIu-1iKPg |doi= |accessdate=] He coined the Brazilian phrase: "Na televisão, nada se cria, tudo se copia" (In television, nothing is created, everything is copied). He introduced many new artists on his TV programs, like Roberto Carlos, Paulo Sérgio and Raul Seixas, and many others.

Since the 70s he was called the "Velho Guerreiro" (the Old Warrior), conform a homenage made from the Brazilian minister of culture Gilberto Gil.

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