XHDRbZ
XHDЯBZ (wordplay for "XH", Mexican radio and television satellite code, and "DRBZ", consonants of the creator's last name: Derbez). The show was a Mexican sitcom (sometimes surreal comedy) produced by Televisa and broadcast by the Canal de las Estrellas network. XHDRBZ emulates a television channel that broadcasts sketches, not unlike the Canadian sketch show SCTV. When a sketch finished, credits were shown, like in a real television program. XHDЯBZ was created by Eugenio Derbez in 2002, whose series marked his debut as producer.
| XHDRBZ | |
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 The XHDRBZ logo | |
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| Created by | Eugenio Derbez Florinda Meza |
| Directed by | Eugenio Derbez |
| Creative director(s) | Gus Rodríguez |
| Starring | Eugenio Derbez |
| Voices of | Florinda Meza |
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| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Eugenio Derbez |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Televisa |
| Release | |
| Original network | Canal de las Estrellas |
| Original release | July 15, 2002 – March 10, 2004 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | De Nuez en Cuando |
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The show ran for two seasons since 2002, until 2006. Derbez ended production, choosing to expand one of the show's most popular segments, La Familia P.Luche, into its own hour-long show.
Both shows are broadcast in the United States on the Galavisión network. Today the show is transmitted in Latin America and Europe.
Format
The show emulated a TV channel. When the show began, the screen showed a notification saying that Televisa handed over the transmission to XHDRBZ. The show began with an introduction assimilating that of a Newscast. Each sketch is then presented as if it were a different show; in the end each sketch showed its cast and credits. When the actual show finished, it would present a notification which said Televisa would return to its usual broadcast.
Musical Theme
In 2002, the musical theme was interpreted by Gerardo Suárez and the music was produced by Suite Sync; in 2004 it was produced by Sensaciones Sónicas and in 2004 Galilea Montijo took care of the choreography.
Guests
Some of the many guests who have appeared on the show:
- Silvia Derbez
- Galilea Montijo
- Adela Micha
- Andrea Legarreta
- Leticia Calderón
- Brozo
- Héctor Suárez
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
- Omar Chaparro
- Silvia Pinal
- Victoria Ruffo and Gabriela Ruffo
- Adal Ramones
- Vicente Fox (President of Mexico at the time of the show)
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco
- Marco Antonio Regil
- Joaquín López Doriga
- Kate del Castillo
- Antonio de Valdez
- Enrique el "Perro" Bermúdez
- Alejandra Guzmán
- Cristina Saralegui
- Xavier Lopez Chabelo
- Amador Narcia
- Enrique Rocha
- Furcio
- Amira
- Lupita D'Alessio
- Sergio Corona
- Enrique Bermundes
- Jacobo Zabludovsky
- Jose Luis Cuevas
- Ernesto Alonoso
- Chespirito
Sketches
Shows
These are some of the shows featured in XHDRBZ. Most of the titles of these are a word game in Spanish, thus it might not make sense with the translation. Title in Spanish provided in brackets.
- The mrazy conk (El Lonje Moco), a crazy monk who reads letters from an audience
- Filming (Peliculeando), an actor who shows his latest projects (videos that are the "true definition" of movies; for example, a car screeching is supposed to be "Shreeeeeeek" (Shrek), and a camper peeing on a campfire is supposed to be "Missipippi En Llamas" (Mississippi In Flames); "Missipippi" is an alternate spelling of "me hice pipi", which means, "I peed, or urinated".)
- Top 3 (Top 3 del Momento)
- Someone explain this to me! (¡Que alguien me explique!), Eugenio Derbez plays Hans Pujenhaimer, a German studying Spanish in Mexico, but can't seem to comprehend certain Spanish phrases
- Five incoherences (Las cincoherencias -wordplay)
- Medical cases of real life (Medicazos de la vida real) (wordplay, and reference to long-running anthology telenovela Mujer, casos de la vida real)
- Speaking White (Hablemos Blanco), A sketch in which Eugenio attempts to tell a story without vulgar language. He often says a sentence with a brief pause, showing a prop simulating the vulgar term, then says something completely different.
- Section Impossible (Sección Imposible), Sammy Perez and Miguel Luis interview people over holidays- or the city of Acapulco in one episode- with humorous results from their blunders. It uses "unintentional humor" as it is unscripted.
- (Calzón que me toquen bailo)
- The little devil (El diablito), Eugenio Derbez plays a devil who makes people fall, trip, or slip (usually funny videos similar to those found on America's Funniest Home Videos) by pushing a big button
- Eugenialities (Eugenialidades - word play)
- Furxhio (bloopers)
- The X Files (Los expedientes X)
- The Macabre hour (La hora Macabrona), word play and hidden usage of the Spanish swear word "cabron"
- Eloy Gameno ("El Oigame No") (The "Excuse Me, No" - word play), a flimsy guy who gets into wordplay arguments and ends up getting choked by the other person
- Merylin Menshow (Marylin Manson), satire and word play
- 100 unemployed people said.. (100 mexicans said, 100 desempleados dijeron), (TV game show, a parody of Family Feud) - satire)
- Alz and Heimer (Alz y Heimer) (word play with Alzheimer), An elderly couple with hearing issues who tell anecdotes that are misinterpreted by one another.
- XHDRBZ commercials (satire commercials)
- Lifestyles (Estilos de vida)
- Talks of love and trust (Pláticas de amor y confianza)
- Super Goalkeeper (Super Portero), A goalkeeper who tries to stop others from using sexual innuendo or words similar to brand names in tv to prevent copyright issues.
- Cooking with Mr. Pepe Roni (Cocinando con Don Pepe Roni) (word play with Pepperoni) A segment with an eccentric chef who uses puns and wordplay to cook strange variants of meals.
- The Plush Family (La familia P. Luche), a comedy tv show which would later become a spinoff of XHDRBZ.
- Adventures of Agent D. Zent (Las aventuras del Agente D. Zente - word play)
- Ask me (Pregunteme)
- (Armando Hoyos) (word play with putting holes together) An etymology professor translating words bit-by-bit in a very literal way. He also shares "philosophical" ideas based off pop culture.
- Aderberaz reports (Reportajes de Aberberaz)
- (Sin To Ni Zon)
- Cooking with Tony (Cocinando con Toño)
- The Stroll around everywhere (La Paz Sea Por Todas Partes) (wordplay also meaning Peace Be Everywhere when pronounced as such), A segment meant to teach others about peace, love, and anger management hosted by the guru Nicolas Tranquilino. He always spirals into a rage because of his blundering production team. He is Eugenio's most violent and foul-mouthed character.
Soap Operas
XHDRBZ broadcast certain soap operas, usually satires of real Mexican ones, including:-
- One of wolves (Una de lobos - Cuna de lobos (soap opera) satire)
- Bread-baker school (Escuela de panaderos)
- Suspicion (La sospecha)
- Trace of the past (El rastro del pasado)
- Between love and hate (Entre el amor y el odio)
- Mary from the neighbourhood (María la del Barrio- satire)
Short stories
Satire of classic short stories, novels, etc.
- Peter Pun (satire of Peter Pan, closest meaning: Peter Fart)
- Betty la feya y la bestia (satire, mix of "Beauty and the Beast" and "Ugly Betty")
- Romero y Chulieta (satire of Romeo and Juliet, closest meaning: Rosemary and Chop)
- Blanca Nueves (satire of Snow White meaning White Nines, wordplay on Nieves meaning snow)
Special broadcasts
- The best of the 2002 FIFA World Cup (Lo Mejor del mundial 2002) - Feature transmission during the 2002 Korea-Japan Worldcup.
- XHDRBZ First (Primer XHDRBZ)- Transmits various TV celebrities mentioning the XHDRBZ sketches they appeared in.
- XHDRBZ Last (Último XHDRBZ) - Transmission where the producer communicates through a sketch that the show will cease transmitting for a period of time.