Overview
{{Infobox television
| alt_name = Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada (1970)Chespirito y la Mesa Cuadrada (1970–1971)
| image = Chespirito.png
| runtime = 30 minutes (1970–1971; 1993-1994; 1994-1995); 45 minutes (1971); 60 minutes (1971-1973; 1980–1993; 1994)
| camera = Multi-camera
| creator = Roberto Gómez Bolaños
| starring = Roberto Gómez Bolaños (1980-1995)María Antonieta de las Nieves (1980-1994)Florinda Meza (1980–1990; 1991–1995) Ramón Valdés (1981–1982)Rubén Aguirre (1980–1995)Angelines Fernández (1980–1991)Édgar Vivar (1980–1990; 1992–1995) Horacio Gómez Bolaños (1980–1995)Raúl "Chato" Padilla (1980; 1982–1994)Benny Ibarra (1980-1982)Roberto Gómez Fernández (1984-1985; 1987-1988)Carlos Pouliot (1987-1992)Anabel Gutiérrez (1987–1989; 1991-1995) Moisés Suárez (1980-1985; 1990; 1992–1995)Paulina Gómez (1992-1995)Arnoldo Picazzo (1994-1995)
| opentheme = "The Elephant Never Forgets", by Jean-Jacques Perrey (1980-1981)
"El Chapulín Colorado", by Víctor Arcos (1981-1993)
"El Chapulín Colorado", by Rodolfo 'Popo' Sánchez (1993-1995)
| director = Sergio Peña and Alberto del Bosque (1970-1973) / Roberto Gómez Bolaños and Roberto Gómez Fernández (1980-1995)
| company = Televisa
| country = Mexico
| language = Spanish
| network = El Canal de las Estrellas
| first_aired =
| last_aired =
| num_seasons = 16
| num_episodes = 692 approximately (1980-1995)
}}Chespirito is a Mexican sketch comedy show created by and starring comedian and actor Roberto Gomez Bolaños, whose nickname gave the show its title.
Two series were produced with the same title. The first premiered as Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada on Televisión Independiente de México on October 15, 1970, after a two-year span of this sketch being part of the Sábados de la Fortuna/Sábados con Neftalí/Carrousel con Neftalí show (hosted by Neftalí Lopez Paez), aired in the same channel, since October 1968, during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City; the independent series adopted the Chespirito y La Mesa Cuadrada and later the Chespirito title in 1971, and aired until February 1973. The second series, which aired on the TIM's successor, Televisa, premiered on 4 February 1980 and aired until 25 September 1995.
Alongside Bolaños, other famous Mexican actors starred in the sketches. In the two periods, characters like El Chavo del Ocho, El Chapulín Colorado, Los Caquitos, Dr.
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