Bad Bunny hosted Saturday Night Live and paid homage to the Televisa sitcom classic El Chavo del Ocho.
The last sketch of the night was a parody of the Chespirito-created comedy series featuring Bad Bunny as Quico and Marcello Hernández as El Chavo.
Chloe Fineman played Quico’s mother, Doña Florinda, Sarah Sherman took on the role of La Chilindrina, while Andrew Dismukes played her father, Don Ramón.
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The sketch also featured cameos from Kenan Thompson as El Señor Barriga, which SNL named in English, Mr. Stomach, and a surprise visit from Doña Florinda’s gallant suitor, Profesor Jirafales, played by Jon Hamm.
El Chavo del Ocho was a comedy series from the 1970s about a boy who lived in a barrel inside an apartment complex and all the trouble he got himself into with his neighbors due to misunderstandings and taking things too literally.
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El Chavo del Ocho is a staple in Latino culture, still airing repeats from its extensive library of more than 300 episodes. The sitcom is available to stream in the U.S. on Televisa-Univision’s Vix platform.
The homage that aired on SNL on Saturday night captured the essence of the characters perfectly, with each actor mimicking the personalities of their respective characters masterfully.
Watch the Chavo del Ocho sketch from SNL in the video below.
Watch the original Chavo del Ocho intro here.
Scroll through the photo gallery below to see a comparison between El Chavo del Ocho and the SNL sketch.
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‘El Chavo del Ocho’ Sketch On ‘SNL’
Image Credit: NBC / Televisa The title card for ‘The Kid from Number 8’ and ‘El Chavo’
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‘El Chavo del Ocho’ Sketch On ‘SNL’
Image Credit: NBC / Televisa Marcello as El Chavo (L) and Chespirito (R)
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‘El Chavo del Ocho’ Sketch On ‘SNL’
Image Credit: NBC / Televisa Bad Bunny as Quico (L) and Carlos Villagrán (R)
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‘El Chavo del Ocho’ Sketch On ‘SNL’
Image Credit: NBC / Televisa Andrew Dismukes as Don Ramón (L) and Ramón Valdéz (R)
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‘El Chavo del Ocho’ Sketch On ‘SNL’
Image Credit: NBC / Televisa Chloe Fineman as Doña Florinda (L) and Florinda Meza (R)
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‘El Chavo del Ocho’ Sketch On ‘SNL’
Image Credit: NBC / Televisa Sarah Sherman as La Chilindrina (L) and María Antonieta de las Nieves (R)