Cantinflas y sus Amigos: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Cantinflas y sus Amigos (Amigo and Friends) is an educational cartoon for children based on the Mexican cartoon series, Cantinflas Show of 1969. The cartoon focuses on a wide range of topics designed to educate Children, Amigo is a little Mexican character who follows the adventures of educating through time and space and comes to visit Shakespeare, see the ancient pyramids, and even travel to other planets. The Amigo character in the animated series is based on the legendary character Cantinflas, played by Mexican actor and comedian Mario Moreno Reyes. The series was created and produced by Televisa, then known as Telesistema Mexicano. The company was also responsible for the distribution of the series in Mexico. In 1982, Hanna-Barbera Productions called and renamed the series in English as Amigo and Friends.

Series details

• Title: Cantinflas y sus Amigos
• Format: Animation
• Language: Spanish
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1982-11-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 1982-11-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Telesistema Mexicano
• Network country: Mexico
• Typical episode runtime: 6 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 29312
• TVDB ID: 288399

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1982-11-19; final listed air date 1982-11-19.

Source and licence

Adapted from Cantinflas y sus Amigos on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.