Los Chiripitifláuticos, in mourning: Santiago José Martínez, little Barullo, dies

The endearing

are in mourning.

, little

, has died of a stroke, according to the

.

Along with

,

,

,

-already deceased- or

,

was one of the characters most loved by the children of the 60s and 70s generation.

The Chiripitifláuticos

are the history of Spanish television.

It was the first children's television program in Spain and even today, almost 50 years after it was broadcast -from 1966 to 1976-, its songs and phrases are remembered by many.

"We are bad,

, we are really bad. We are like a thorn that only knows how to prick. And more bad than the quinine!" Said one of those songs impossible to forget.

Or her bedside song:

.

Not only were their songs or it was the first children's program,

were the predecessors of all children's television that came later.

From the clowns on TV, through Torrebruno, to the Avería Witch or Sesame Street.

"Every afternoon I sat on the couch at home with my sisters and watched

,

,

... My favorite character was

, but I also really liked

. I remember how

sang to

' Where is the locomotive driver of everything except the elbow?, but I also remember the song of the

or the

, "says Carmen, one of the girls from that time who continues to keep

in her memory .

Santiago José Martínez

,

, was not one of the first characters.

He arrived at

in the second stage of the program, when color television arrived in Spanish homes, and he was always accompanying the character of

.

His look, with that curly hair, and his resemblance to the style of the

, made him stand out from the beginning.

However,

did not follow his path through interpretation.

Only when

picked him up for Torrente, the

boy returned to this world.

His job, in fact, was that of a hairdresser in a Madrid hospital, where he died.

At first ,

were included in the children's program

, but, due to their success, they soon began to have their own program.

It was the biggest children's television success in Spain until the arrival, in the early 1970s, of

.

All

had comic book character names.

There was

, the reason why many children of that time, now adults, said or continue to say that as a little friend.

His greeting was the famous 'good afternoon, afternoon'.

And whenever he was happy his cheeks moved.

Valentina

, who was brought to life by the actress

.

She was the smartest of all

and she always went with her gigantic white glasses.

Captain

, absolute predecessor of

.

He was the most adventurous, a traveler, who did not hesitate to go hunting tigers at the Casa de Campo.

He was played by actor

.

The

, the worst of

and the ones who caused all the children to sing their song over and over again.

, the

most serious character.

And, of course,

, the clown, because in Don Mandolio's circus he could not be absent.

History of television that, thanks to its songs, which achieved great success among Spanish children of the time, will never be forgotten.

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