Thursday, January 04, 2007

Firulete

Photo and description courtesy of Marcelo Melison


The most popular clown in Argentina EVER, mainly because of his twenty something years on TV, Gerardo Roberto Samaniego "Firulete" (1923 - 2004).

He had different partners during his circus career, including his brother in law, white face "Santiaguito" (Ernesto Racedo, 1912- late '90s), and his son, auguste "CaƱito" (Gerardo Samaniego, 1949).

He was the very first Clown I saw in my life, on TV, when I was three or four, and since that moment I knew I was a clown... I had the privilege of sharing a stage with him and his family once and he laughed a lot when I told him that it was his "fault" that I became a clown.

He taught me a lot, a great guy.

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