This Saturday , September 26 , score the first time in 53 years that tv watcher around the world wo n’t be capable to tune in to Univision ’s variety show extravaganza , Sábado Gigante . After 2600 consecutive weeks on the air , the series finish took place last weekend ( everyone fromJuanesto theObamaspaid their regard to the darling show and its host , Don Francisco ) . Below are some fast facts to help you satiate thegigantehole in your Saturday evening .
1. IT HOLDS A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD.
Sábado Gigantehas been certified by Guinness World Records ( four times ) as thelongest - melt down TV mixture showin account . In its more than half - one C of broadcast medium ( that ’s more than 16,000 hours of programming),it has never publicize a rerun .
A untested Kreutzberger ( center right ) //Wikimedia Commons//CC BY 3.0
The son of German Judaic immigrants who go to Chile to escape national socialist persecution , Don Francisco ( full name : Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld , though he typically perish byMario Kreutzberger ) wasencouraged to pursue his seamster father ’s trade wind . In his other 20s , he manoeuver to New York to ascertain how to stitch — but instead expend most of his time falling in love with the comparatively Modern medium of television . Kreutzbergerwatched hour of it every day ; Johnny Carson became a personal hero . Upon his return to Santiago , he decided to make a go at a life history as a television host .
3. KREUTZBERGER ONLY MISSED ONE EPISODE. EVER.
That was in 1974 , when his mother , Anna , passed away .
4. IT HELPED LAUNCH THE CAREERS OF SOFIA VERGARA AND SHAKIRA …
… and Marc Anthony , Thalia , Enrique Iglesias , and many more Latino stars who appeared on the program back when they were still relatively nameless .
5. DON FRANCISCO ONCE STOOD UP TO A BRUTAL DICTATOR.
After Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile in 1973 , Chilean soldiersheld Kreutzberger hostage , need he expend his show to announce the success of Pinochet ’s coup and the brass of a military junta . Kreutzbergermanaged to win over Pinochet that his comedic series was n’t the appropriate weapons platform for this kind of announcement . ThroughoutSábado Gigante ’s run , Kreutzbergerremained committed to keeping politics far away from set . " I have to get through everybody , " he reason . " [ So ] this show is not political . "
