Amigo and Friends
| Amigo and Friends | |
|---|---|
 Title screen | |
| Voices of | Mario Moreno Reyes (Mexican/American Spanish) John Stephenson (American English) Don Messick (American English) |
| Country of origin | Mexico United States |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 18-22 minutes (Commercials not included) |
| Production companies | Televisa (Mexico) Hanna-Barbera Productions (USA) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | 1969 – 1982 |
Amigo and Friends (also known in Spanish as Cantinflas y Sus Amigos) is an educational children's cartoon that was based on the Mexican cartoon series Cantinflas Show in 1979. The show, which concentrates on a wide range of subjects intended to educate children, follows Amigo, a little Mexican character, who goes on educational adventures through time and space and gets to visit Shakespeare, see the ancient pyramids, and even travels to other planets. The animated Amigo is based on the legendary character, Cantinflas played by the Mexican actor and comedian Mario Moreno Reyes. The show was created and produced by Televisa, then known as Telesistema Mexicano. The company was also responsible for the distribution of the show in Mexico.
In 1982, Hanna-Barbera Productions dubbed the series into English and retitled it Amigo and Friends and aired in syndication across the United States. The only two known actors were John Stephenson who narrates each episode and Don Messick, who voiced Amigo.
Amigo and Friends in other languages
- עמיקו וחבריו (Amiko Ve'Haverav) (Israeli)
- 笑星和他的朋友们 (Comedian and his friends) (Chinese)
DVD release
- There are DVDs available in DVD stores both in Spanish and English.
