The Gomaespuma Show

Name: The Gomaespuma Show
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1994
Duration: 6 min

Original title: El Show de Gomaespuma

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Synopsis

A sketch-comedy series starring a large puppet cast that brings the comic world created by Juan Luis Cano and Guillermo Fesser for Gomaespuma to television. Its characters appear in everyday situations, parodies and absurd conversations presented as short stories made for TV.

Context & Trivia

The programme aired on Telecinco in 1994, bringing characters from the Gomaespuma radio duo to the screen alongside others created for television. Guillermo Fesser devised it with veteran puppet designer Kermit Love; Javier Fesser directed, while Juan Luis Cano and Guillermo Fesser wrote the scripts. The production assembled more than sixty puppet characters and built its comedy from short pieces rather than one continuous storyline.

Did you know?

The series ran for thirteen instalments and remained on air only briefly.
Its more than sixty puppet characters starred in stories lasting roughly five or ten minutes.
Kermit Love, a longtime Jim Henson collaborator who created characters for Sesame Street, helped design the programme’s puppets.

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Created by

Guillermo Fesser, Juan Luis Cano

Direction

Javier Fesser

Writing

Guillermo Fesser, Juan Luis Cano

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