- Amigo and Friends
infobox television
show_name = Amigo and Friends
caption = Animation still
rating =
format =Animation
runtime =30 Minutes
creator =
starring =
country = MEX
network =
first_aired = 1980
last_aired = 1982
num_episodes = 52
imdb_id = |"Amigo and Friends", also known in Spanish as "Cantinflas Show", "Cantinflas y Sus Amigos", or simply "Cantinflas", was an educational children's cartoon which was originally made in Mexico in the 1970s.
The show, which concentrated on a wide range of subjects intended to educate children, followed Amigo, a little Mexican character, who goes on educational adventures through
time andspace and got to visitShakespeare , see the ancientpyramids , and even traveled to other planets.The animated Amigo was based on the legendary character Cantinflas played by the Mexican actor and comedian
Mario Moreno Reyes .In the 1980s,
Hanna-Barbera dubbed the series into English and retitled it to "Amigo and Friends"."Amigo and Friends" in other languages
* עמיקו וחבריו (Amiko Ve'Haverav) (Israeli)
* 笑星和他的朋友们 (Star comedian and his friends) (Chinese)External links
* [http://www.harrymccracken.com/flas.htm Harry McCracken: The Cantinflas Chronicles]
* [http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/1464-amigo-and-friends/ Retrojunk: "Amigo and Friends"]
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