The comedy show ‘Happy Saturdays’ has reached its 50th anniversary. The comedians, one of the longest-lived televisions in the history of world television, celebrated at a gala broadcast on the ‘Caracol’ channel.
There were dozens of names that made Colombians laugh, such as Hassam, César Corredor (‘Barbarita’), Fabiola Posada (‘La gorda Fabiola’), Patricia Silva, Alfonso Lizarazo, María Auxilio Vélez. But one of his most memorable characters never appeared: Álvaro Lemmon, who played ‘Crocodile Man’.
It seems that the joker was not invited to the event despite being part of the payroll for decades. The reasons are unknown, but many Internet users think it is not due to the controversy that arose when it was recorded this year by an “influencer” selling backpacks and records on the streets of Santa Marta.
Of course, at the age of 76, he spoke on the networks to express his sadness: “Today 46 of the 50 years that the oldest humor program has served, and there is not a single thank you from the channel from which I earn so much money. long years.
His departure from the television field took place in 2019. At the time, Lemmon assured EL TIEMPO in an interview that he was not being paid fair wages for his involvement and persistence.
“I think it’s mostly because there are people who want to take me out because there are bad people. (…) They liquidated me, but when they gave me the salary they gave me, I almost died. Nine million pesos for 45 years,” he criticized.
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At the beginning of this 2022, as the video asking for help to make a living went viral, several of his former colleagues and relatives opposed his version as they were sure it was overstated and not actually in an abandoned or abandoned state. misery.
According to his wife, María Alexandra Martínez, The clip was made and they even thought it would be better for Lemmon to go out at the traffic lights to get views on the nets.
“That’s where the story was invented. The reality is that we sell DVDs, live day to day, go to shopping malls,” the woman said in a conversation with the ’10AM Hoy por Hoy’ radio area from ‘Caracol Radio’.
“It’s bullshit, it’s not true that Álvaro Lemmon was kicked out of Canal Caracol. He’s a pensioner and if he’s spent his savings on personal mismanagement that’s his problem,” he said.
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Pedro González, who played ‘Don Jediondo’ at that time, also wanted to give his opinion on the subject: “We do not agree with the attitude of ‘influencers’ who make videos to make money by taking advantage of the elderly. Don Álvaro, don’t let yourself be used and we are here if you need help”.
Gustavo Villanueva, known as ‘La Bruja Dioselina’, seems to have referred to her former partner during an interview for ‘Se Dice De Mí’ recently. “How was the rating of the program maintained during the pandemic? Thanks to people’s gossip. They said, ‘Look at this girl, (…), look at the wall of this house, she is naked. Did they hit him with a hat? We’ll see you sell backpacks soon,” she said.
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Although Lemmon was fiercely criticized, he did not deny his financial difficulties. As he said later, he owes a lot of debt and only has 1,800,000 pesos left out of the four million pesos of his pension.
“With this, I pay for the flat, and besides, I have to pay for other things. Give a work to the last pelao ‘reading a picture’ in a video with ‘impressing’ Jimmy Humor.
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