The guy from 8 It is undoubtedly one of the most popular programs among Latino audiences, but despite the enormous affection that all its fans feel for it, even after more than 50 years of broadcasting, it is known that it was one of the fictions in which more internal conflicts appeared existed in what concerns the cast and this gave rise to many of the most recognizable characters such as Don Ramón played by the actor Ramon Valdes Leave the famous program.
Many remember the famous chapter of El Chavo del 8 in which Ramon Valdes After a period of absence, he returns to the small screen to recover from his character Mr. Ramon but few know the reason for the actor’s retirement around 1980. Apparently 2 years after that much remembered chapter Ramon Valdes withdrew from participation for the first time The guy from 8 due to some disagreements with the production.
A time before Ramon Valdes decided to unsubscribe from one of the most legendary series of the last 50 years, his great friend Carlos Villagrán who played Quico The guy from 8 He retired from fiction because of financial disagreements with RGBolaños, the series’ ideologue. Mr. Ramon He disappeared from the series around 1980/81 because he didn’t like some situations related to the direction of the show.
According to the children of Ramon Valdes this revocation of Mr. Ramon of the series The guy from 8 before his return in 1981/82 has to do with some shots not only by Roberto Gómez Bolaños but also by his partner Florinda Meza who was playing The guy from 8 Doña Florinda, who apparently didn’t just have problems with Mr. Ramon in the series but also in real life as the actress would have been the reason why the actor decided to leave filming.
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According to one of the sons of Ramon Valdes about the character’s retirement Mr. Ramon In The guy from 8 in a YouTube broadcast: “My father’s departure had to do with the relationship between Roberto and Florinda. She started wanting to run the show, maybe not so directly, but she started making some decisions. That’s what my dad told us when he first left.”
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