10 Facts About Chacrinha

Chacrinha's career was at its peak from 1950 to 1980.

Chacrinha was author of a famous Brazilian phrase that states: "Na televisao, nada se cria, tudo se copia".

Chacrinha began as a radio presenter, and then enjoyed great success and inspired controversy with his anarchic sense of humor while hosting many TV shows on Globo and other networks in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Chacrinha would interrupt the musical numbers of major stars, blow a horn like Harpo Marx while poking fun at guests and throw codfish to the audience.

Chacrinha was admitted to medical school in 1936 and in 1937 he had his first contact with radio at radio Clube Pernambuco, when he gave a speech about alcoholism.

Chacrinha was from then on known as Abelardo "Chacrinha" Barbosa.

In one of his shows, Cassino do Chacrinha, he pretended, with sounds and noises, to be throwing big parties and would make people expect big releases.

Chacrinha said that the public liked how that sounded somehow, and when the sponsorship was over, he decided he needed something to substitute.

Chacrinha died on June 30,1988, at 11:30 pm, from a heart attack and throat cancer.

On October 30,2009, a documentary film about Chacrinha was released in Brazil.