Editing Chespirito (section)

== Controversies ==
In 2000 and 2006, Roberto Gómez Bolaños participated in television advertisements supporting the electoral campaigns of the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=28 November 2014 |title='Chespirito', un actor que hizo campaña por el PAN y rechazó el aborto |language=es |work=ADNPolitico |url=https://adnpolitico.com/adnpolitico/2014/11/28/chespirito-un-actor-que-hizo-campana-por-el-pan-y-rechazo-el-aborto |access-date=2023-04-29 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111175311/https://adnpolitico.com/adnpolitico/2014/11/28/chespirito-un-actor-que-hizo-campana-por-el-pan-y-rechazo-el-aborto |archive-date=11 January 2019}}</ref> In 2006, he also wrote a letter to then-candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, asking him not to divide Mexicans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-29 |title=Chespirito opositor del aborto, los matrimonios gays, pero a favor de Vicente Fox |url=https://horacero.com.mx/adios-a-chespirito/chespirito-opositor-del-aborto-los-matrimonios-gays-pero-favor-de-fox/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Hora Cero Web |language=es-MX}}</ref> 

In April 2007, he joined the claim of Catholic and conservative groups that were fighting to maintain abortion as a crime in the [[Mexico City|Federal District]], against the position of the [[Congress of Mexico City|Legislative Assembly]], whose representatives were inclined to decriminalize it during the first twelve weeks of gestation. Gómez Bolaños participated in television propaganda against the new law.<ref name=":0" /> He is known for comments on [[Pablo Picasso]]'s ''[[Guernica (Picasso)|Guernica]]'' painting, such as those made at the beginning of May 2007, in Colombia, where he declared that the work "is a caricature."<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 May 2007 |title=Afirma Chespirito que el Guernica de Picasso es una caricatura |work=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]] |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/422268.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020044649/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/422268.html |archive-date=2014-10-20}}</ref>

When asked who had been the best president of Mexico, Chespirito replied: "[[Gustavo Díaz Ordaz]] in some things and not because he was my uncle, whom nobody wanted. Before 1968, he was the best president, and if we look at the numbers of the inflation that Mexico experienced is justified. Then, [[Carlos Salinas de Gortari|Salinas]], although he had not won, but he was extremely intelligent. And the same thing happens with Fox, his figures are better after Díaz Ordaz pa'cá. Now, the most accurate answer I can give is: none."<ref>{{Cite web |title=La desconocida relación entre "Chespirito" y Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2021/07/16/la-desconocida-relacion-entre-chespirito-y-gustavo-diaz-ordaz/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=infobae |date=16 July 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>

Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón, son of Colombian drug lord [[Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela]], head of the extinct [[Cali Cartel]] in Colombia and author of the book ''El hijo del ajedrecista'', pointed out that Roberto Gómez Bolaños performed at a party for one of the sons of the heads of the aforementioned cartel. Given this information, Gómez Bolaños' immediate response was that he had never been linked to drug trafficking in any of its forms, but María Antonieta de las Nieves assured that ''El show de Chespirito'' was presented at the celebration of a first communion for the family of the drug dealer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Torreón |first=El Siglo de |date=2007-09-18 |title=Chespirito niega asistencia a fiestas de narcos |url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/2007/chespirito-niega-asistencia-a-fiestas-de-narcos.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx |language=es}}</ref>

=== Accusations of support for dictatorships ===
According to ''El Financiero'', Roberto Gómez Bolaños was severely criticized for traveling to South American nations that were under the yoke of dictators such as [[Jorge Rafael Videla]] in Argentina, and [[Augusto Pinochet]] in Chile. Eduardo Bautista wrote that "According to the comedian himself, the cast of ''El Chavo'' visited all the countries of the continent, [...] The case most criticized by the Mexican media was, perhaps; that of 1978, when Chespirito traveled to [[Santiago]], the Chilean capital, during [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)|Pinochet's regime]]," appearing at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Chilean National Stadium]], where he had a record audience of 80,000. On the other hand, at the [[Quinta Vergara Amphitheater|Quinta Vergara]] stage during the [[Viña del Mar]] Festival, "thousands of fans also attended, who even had to be accommodated in the surrounding mountainous areas, as the place had exceeded its quota."<ref name="Latin American's dictatorships" />

Gómez Bolaños received negative criticism from the Mexican press for having appeared at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|National Stadium]], a place that had been used as a [[Internment|concentration camp]]. Bolaños did not respond to these accusations until 2005 in the book ''Sin querer queriendo'', he clarified that "none of the actors was aware that the stadium had been a [[Internment|concentration camp]]" and that, had they known it, "we would have worked there anyway". He goes on to say that, according to that logic, "no actor should present themselves in the [[Zócalo]] where the memory of all those who were murdered during the [[Ten Tragic Days]] was muddied". The comedian also expressed his happiness for having performed at the [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|National Stadium]]: "How can we forget the long standing ovation that they gave us while we did an Olympic lap twice, even though we ended up puffing with exhaustion? It was worth it, wasn't it?".<ref name="Latin American's dictatorships">{{cite journal |title=Chespirito y su relación con las dictaduras de AL |website=www.elfinanciero.com.mx |date=2 December 2014 |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/after-office/chespirito-y-las-dictaduras-de-al |access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref>

=== Legal Issues with Maria Antonieta De Las Nieves ===

In July 2013, Maria Antonieta announced that she finally won a lawsuit against Chespirito, backed by [[Televisa]] which began in 2001 for the misuse of her character ''La Chilindrina''. "You have the scoop of knowing that I have already won the lawsuit against [[Televisa]] and Chespirito. Chilindrina is already mine and no one can take her away from me," De Las Nieves said at a press conference in [[Lima]], the capital of [[Peru]]. According to the [[American immigration to Mexico|American-Mexican]] media [[Univision]], on 26 July 2013, Gomez Bolaños told them that "the day [[El Chavo del Ocho|El Chavo]] ended, everyone did whatever they wanted with their character, that's how I wanted to do it. I said I was going to continue, he said yes, but later he regretted it and said no." Unlike Carlos Villagran who left the show in 1978, Maria Antonieta stayed on the show until the late-1990s.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Cómo fue la cruel batalla judicial de 12 años que enfrentó a la Chilindrina con Chespirito |journal=Infobae |date=26 July 2020 |page=infobae.com |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2020/07/26/como-fue-la-cruel-batalla-judicial-de-12-anos-que-enfrento-a-la-chilindrina-con-chespirito/ |access-date=16 May 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>

=== Series stopped all airings ===
On 31 July 2020, all TV channels and streaming services that broadcast any of Chespirito's series announced that they were no longer broadcasting it from the next day on. Currently, the reason they gave was because the contract expired that day, and [[Televisa]] (owner of the series) didn't update it due to revenue disputes with Grupo Chespirito (owner of all episode scripts and almost all characters).{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Currently, the only exception to this rule is ''[[El Chavo Animado|El Chavo: The Animated Series]]'' broadcasting in Brazil, being still broadcast on [[Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão|SBT]] via the {{Abbr|Sábado Animado|Animated Saturday}} block and still available locally on [[Amazon Prime Video]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CBG89NRW/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1|title=El Chavo Animado - Prime Video|website=Amazon }}</ref>

=== Series resumes some airings ===
On 7 September 2024, it was announced by [[Florinda Meza]] on Twitter/X that ''El Chavo'' and ''El Chapulín Colorado'' would be returning to television after a four year absence. Both shows would be returning to [[UniMas]] and [[Univision]], and streaming on [[Vix (streaming service)|Vix]] beginning 21 September 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Univision Unveils Must-See Programming for September |url=https://corporate.televisaunivision.com/press/2024/09/09/univision-unveils-must-see-programming-for-september/ |website=corporate.televisaunivision.com |access-date=10 September 2024 |date=9 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Los programas de Chespirito regresan a la TV con ViX y Unimás |url=https://todotvnews.com/los-programas-de-chespirito-regresan-a-la-tv-con-vix-y-unimas/ |website=todotvnews.com |access-date=10 September 2024 |language=es |date=10 September 2024}}</ref> The show would return to Las Estrellas in Mexico a month later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.televisaunivision.com/press/2024/09/10/televisaunivision-celebra-el-regreso-de-el-chavo/|title= TelevisaUnivision celebra el regreso de El Chavo|work=TelevisaUnivision|date=10 September 2024}}</ref>