Tuesday June 20 was a very special day for all the fans of “The guy from 8”. And it is that the most important and popular children’s program on Mexican television (and one of the most famous in Latin America in all of history) turned 52 years old. Because on June 20, but in 1071, the first of the more than 1,300 episodes that remained in the memory and heart of an entire continent was broadcast on Mexican television.
For some years now, episodes of “The guy from 8” have been banned from television, after a judicial confrontation between the Televisa network and the heirs of chespirito (Roberto Gomez Bolanos), creator of the program. However, in the almost 20 years that the program was on the air, it generated a real fortune, which he himself enjoyed during his lifetime. chespirito. And that today it has been distributed among his heirs. Even all the artists who participated in the show managed to amass significant fortunes.
How much is the fortune left by “El Chavo del 8”, 52 years after its premiere
The guy from 8Quico, La Chilindrina, Don Ramón, Señor Barriga, Ñoño, Professor Jirafales and Doña Clotilde are just some of the unforgettable characters that came to light with the unforgettable series of chespirito. Between 1971 and 1992, the program paralyzed entire families in its live broadcast, while the following years the legacy was transmitted from generation to generation.
During those 21 years, there was no shortage of fights and conflicts between the protagonists of “The guy from 8”. Some of them, like the one that exploded between chespirito (Chavo) and Carlos Villagrán (Quico), led to the latter leaving the program. But, simultaneously with the fights, the zeros in the accounts of their makers were also increasing. It is estimated that chespirito it went on to raise close to 50 million dollars throughout its entire career (with what was added during its live broadcast and subsequent royalties).
After the death of Gomez Bolanos (2014), that fortune – materialized in properties, jewelry and other assets – was divided between the 6 children of the comic capo and his last wife, Florinda Meza (who played Doña Florinda in “The guy from 8”). However, on more than one occasion, Meza was in charge of clarifying that neither she nor her husband saved a fortune as high as the one she had always commented on. In fact, the actress accused the television networks of having kept a large part of that fortune.
Regarding the other protagonists of “The guy from 8”the Celebrity Net Worth site estimates that each of them managed to make profits of between 10 and 50 million dollars.