The anniversary arose in honor of one of the greatest and most historic Argentine comedians, born in the city of Rosario.
He November 26th is celebrated as National Comedian’s Day in the Argentine Republic.. The country has a historical tradition with humor, having the greatest Spanish-speaking comedians, who knew how to combine and use language variations and popular wit to make generations laugh.
The chosen date honors the birth of Roberto “the black” Fontanarrosaon November 26, 1944, being one of the most important writers in the country, who in addition to being a reference in football literature, left great works, in terms of writings and comics of a humorous legacy that, later, others knew how to carry forward.
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Why National Comedian’s Day is commemorated on November 26
November 26 was established in 2015, in honor of the birth of one of the Argentine references of literature and humor, Roberto Fontanarrosa, born in the city of Rosario on November 26, 1944, who died in 2007. in his hometown due to a neurological disease.
Among his most notable works that were most popular in Argentina are Inodoro Pereyra, a rebellious and critical gaucho accompanied by his dog, Mendietain comic format, like Oily Boogie, which is more of a criticism of mercenaries and weapons, personalized in the figure of a murderer who despises everything.
But in addition to his comics, there are countless stories, whether football or anecdotal stories that remained in people’s memories and have a very subtle and particular humor in the way they are told, such as “December 19, 1971.”
Some jokes to celebrate this day
Some Fontanarrosa phrases They were immortalized in vignettes of his comics:
- “The optimist sees the glass half full. The pessimist sees it as half empty. The drunk sees double”, Roberto Fontanarrosa.
- “That ‘until death do us part’ is an incitement to murder,” Inodoro Pereyra by Roberto Fontanarrosa.
- “The only meaning I have is my condolences”, Boogie, the oily one by Roberto Fontanarrosa.
- “Eulogy is a saint. Not like my sister-in-law who suffers from Queen Bee Syndrome. She thinks she is a queen and she is a bug”, Inodoro Pereyra by Roberto Fontanarrosa.
But there was also other comedians who knew how to leave their mark in the national newspapers:
- “We have men of principles, it’s a shame that they never let them go beyond the beginning”, Mafalda for Quino.
- “I thank you for having been in the bad times, Rubén, but I prefer to spend the good times with someone else,” Tute.
- “He who is able to smile when everything is going wrong is because he has already thought about who to blame,” Les Luthiers.
- “There comes a time in life when you realize that it’s too late, that you can’t and it doesn’t make sense anymore… What do I know!… Don’t you regret not having done some things?” – “Yes, gymnastics”, Maitena.
- “Why this insistence that we get you a couple of pointers from the city of La Plata and not from another place? Because they are the only ones who naturally make the diagonal”, Caloi
Source: Ambito
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