No te Duermas
Encyclopedia
No te Duermas is a Spanish-language
television program
, a late-night talk
and variety show
from Puerto Rico
. It started airing in 1990 as a late night show with comedian Antonio Sanchez
El Gangster in WSTE-TV SuperSiete. Later on, the show moved to Telemundo Puerto Rico
, enjoying great success.
with the idea of a talk show called No te Duermas. Suau wanted to have Axel Anderson
as host while Sánchez would intervene with comedy sketches, characters and interrupting the interviews. Sánchez, instead, presented Suau an idea he had for a show. Suau then decided to drop his original idea and gave Sánchez the opportunity to lead it.
On February 1990, the show debuted in Channel 7 (Super Siete) instantly peaking at #1 in local popularity charts. After a year, Telemundo
made Suau an offer and the show moved on October 1991. The show continued to be #1 for two years, and stayed on the Top 10 for the following years.
In 2005, while negotiating their contract, Telemundo offered Sánchez the chance to do the program from Monday to Friday, and compete directly with Univision
's Anda Pa'l Cara
. Sánchez accepted, changing also the overall format of the show. In February 2008, the show changed to a Monday through Thursday format, with Esto Esta Kñon, a political discussion and satire show, aired on Friday. This show is produced by Antonio Sánchez himself.
Near the end of 2008, Sánchez announced he would retire the show after almost 19 years. During December 2008, the show featured interviews with people that contributed to the show's success during its history, and shows of old comedy sketches. The last show was aired on December 30, 2008.
The show has also put models
in the spotlight by being on a prime time
show. Some of the most famous have been Taína
, Glerysbeth, Maripily, La Burbu, Mara Cruz, and others.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
, a late-night talk
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
and variety show
Variety show
A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...
from Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. It started airing in 1990 as a late night show with comedian Antonio Sanchez
Antonio Sánchez (Puerto Rican host)
Antonio Sánchez is a Puerto Rican radio and television personality, show host and producer. Very famous across Puerto Rico for his crass humor, he is also known for his nickname: El Gangster...
El Gangster in WSTE-TV SuperSiete. Later on, the show moved to Telemundo Puerto Rico
Telemundo Puerto Rico
The name Telemundo Puerto Rico may represent:* WKAQ-TV, a Telemundo station in San Juan, Puerto Rico* Telemundo Puerto Rico , a former Spanish-language cable network...
, enjoying great success.
History
The idea of the show came from two sources. Originally, producer Gabriel Suau approached Antonio SánchezAntonio Sánchez (Puerto Rican host)
Antonio Sánchez is a Puerto Rican radio and television personality, show host and producer. Very famous across Puerto Rico for his crass humor, he is also known for his nickname: El Gangster...
with the idea of a talk show called No te Duermas. Suau wanted to have Axel Anderson
Axel Anderson
Axel Anderson is a German-born Puerto Rican actor.-Early life:Anderson was born Axel Levy to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. In 1936 Anderson's family escaped the Holocaust by emigrating to Paraguay. Due to political instability in Paraguay, Anderson's family soon moved to Argentina...
as host while Sánchez would intervene with comedy sketches, characters and interrupting the interviews. Sánchez, instead, presented Suau an idea he had for a show. Suau then decided to drop his original idea and gave Sánchez the opportunity to lead it.
On February 1990, the show debuted in Channel 7 (Super Siete) instantly peaking at #1 in local popularity charts. After a year, Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
made Suau an offer and the show moved on October 1991. The show continued to be #1 for two years, and stayed on the Top 10 for the following years.
In 2005, while negotiating their contract, Telemundo offered Sánchez the chance to do the program from Monday to Friday, and compete directly with Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
's Anda Pa'l Cara
Anda Pa'l Cara
Anda Pa'l Cará was a Spanish-language television program, a late-night talk and variety show from Puerto Rico. It started in 2000 on WLII-TV Tele Once as a late night show with comedian Silverio Pérez as host, but has evolved into a more youth-oriented format with a focus on celebrity news and...
. Sánchez accepted, changing also the overall format of the show. In February 2008, the show changed to a Monday through Thursday format, with Esto Esta Kñon, a political discussion and satire show, aired on Friday. This show is produced by Antonio Sánchez himself.
Near the end of 2008, Sánchez announced he would retire the show after almost 19 years. During December 2008, the show featured interviews with people that contributed to the show's success during its history, and shows of old comedy sketches. The last show was aired on December 30, 2008.
Hosts and models
Sanchez has been the host of the show for its duration. However, he has been accompanied during most of the show history a female co-host. Some of them have been:- Lourdes Collazo (1990)
- Sandra Vanessa (1990)
- Jailene CintrónJailene CintrónJailene Cintrón, on recordings credited as Jailene is a puertorican merengue singer and recording artist, as well as a TV personality and entertainer....
(1991–1996) - Yizette Cifredo (2003–2004)
- Laura HernandezLaura HernándezLaura Hernández Pérez is a Puerto Rican actress and journalist best known for being jailed in the Dominican Republic after being accused of drug trafficking with her husband and five other individuals who were traveling with her at the time of her arrest...
(2005–2007) - Daniela DrozDaniela DrozDaniela Droz is an actress, singer, and television host.-Early years:Daniela started her acting career during childhood. Her stage debut took place in 1987, at age 10, in the San Juan production of the musical play Annie at Santurce Performing Arts Center...
(2008)
The show has also put models
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
in the spotlight by being on a prime time
Prime time
Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...
show. Some of the most famous have been Taína
Taina (model)
Noris Díaz Pérez is a Puerto Rican model and host. She appeared on the now defunct late-night show No te Duermas from 1996 to 2007...
, Glerysbeth, Maripily, La Burbu, Mara Cruz, and others.
Show format
The show features interviews to artists, music performances, curious facts, and comedy sketches featuring mostly characters by Sanchez himself. The show was criticized in its beginnings for its raunchy style and general portrait of women. This, however, has helped the show to maintain a strong male following.Comedy Characters
Here is a list of some of the comedy characters portrayed by Antonio Sanchez in his show:- El Poeta que todo lo compone (translated as "The Poet that composes everything") - A poet that always find his verses almost ending in obscene words but replaces them with another one.
- Lindín - an obese man (Sanchez in a suit) that finds himself immensely attractive.
- Kiko Jones - a spoof of Indiana JonesIndiana JonesColonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...
. His "adventures" are always intercut with scenes of real movies in a campy way to make it funnier. - Super Moncho - a Puerto RicanPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
version of Super DaveSuper DaveSuper Dave may refer to:*Super Dave Osborne, a fictional stuntman played by Bob Einstein*Super Dave , a variety show starring Osborne*Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire, an animated television series starring Osborne...
. A stunt man performing increasingly absurd stunts, before which he will always yell "Pelo power!!" (he would then rip open his shirt and exposing chest hair made of magic marker and some times very little real hair) and ends up always failing. At the end he will always yells "Estoy vivooo!!" ("I'm aliiiiveee!"). - Pedro Lambellagas (translated as 'Scab Licker') - a news reporter with a lame voice and a unibrowUnibrowA unibrow is a "confluence of eyebrows"; that is, the presence of abundant hair between the eyebrows, so that they seem to converge to form one long eyebrow. The condition of having a unibrow is synophrys.-Beauty culture:...
. Most of his news reports are criticisms of the local government or funny takes on local news. - Pepe Pirindingo - a taxi driver that's always faced with crazy situations.
- Pepín Galarza - a naive and innocent geek. Somehow women are attracted to him putting him in extremely sensual situations. At that point he would always ask to the screen "Gangster, ¿que hago?" ("Gangster, what should I do?"). After receiving a good advice from Sanchez, he would go and do some stupid thing.
- Dr. Selástraga - a promiscuous doctor that's always asking his female patients to get undressed.
- Minga - A gossipGossipGossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others, It is one of the oldest and most common means of sharing facts and views, but also has a reputation for the introduction of errors and variations into the information transmitted...
ing woman that comments on celebrities and other everyday subjects. She would go on to have her own show (see Minga y PetracaMinga y PetracaMinga y Petraca was a television show produced in Puerto Rico by Antonio "El Gangster" Sanchez since 1992 up until early 2005 on Telemundo Puerto Rico, channel 2....
). - Don Remigio - a hornySexual arousalSexual arousal, or sexual excitement, is the arousal of sexual desire, during or in anticipation of sexual activity. Things that precipitate human sexual arousal are called erotic stimuli, or colloquially known as turn-ons. There are many potential stimuli, both physical or mental, which can cause...
old man that always pursues beautiful women and ends up getting hit. His sketches are usually featured in a silent movieSilent MovieSilent Movie is a 1976 satirical comedy film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976...
style with fast-tracked editing and old music in the background. - Tetron - A giant breast figure with flippers that came out of the shore of Puerto Rico's beaches and bathed young girls in milk.
External links
- Article in El Nuevo DíaEl Nuevo DíaEl Nuevo Día is a Puerto Rican newspaper based in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and distributed daily throughout Puerto Rico and some parts of the United States.- History :...