Amigo and Friends

infobox television
show_name = Amigo and Friends


caption = Animation still
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format = Animation
runtime =30 Minutes
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country = MEX
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first_aired = 1980
last_aired = 1982
num_episodes = 52
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"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"Cantinflas Show", "Cantinflas y Sus Amigos", or simply "Cantinflas", was an educational children's cartoon which was originally made in Mexico in the 1970s.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 and space and got to visit Shakespeare, see the ancient pyramids, 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"]