Kobbo Santarrosa
Antulio "Kobbo" Santarrosa (born 1949 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) is a puppeteer, television producer, journalist, comedian, actor, and author from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Santarrosa produce and puppeteer in La Comay, the highest rated TV show in the history of Television in Puerto Rico. Santarrosa is mostly known for three of his puppets: La Cháchara (The Tittle-Tattler), La Condesa (The Countess), and La Comay (The Gossiper[1]). Santarrosa is also the author of Detrás de La Comay: biografía semi-autorizada (lit. '"Behind The Gossiper: Semi-authorized Biography"').[2]
Kobbo Santarrosa | |
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Born | Antulio Santarrosa 1949 |
Other names | Kobbo |
Occupation(s) | television producer puppeteer |
Years active | 1980–present |
Known for | writer, performer, producer |
Television | X-clusivo (1995–1999) SuperXclusivo (2000–2013) A Solas Con Kobbo Santarrosa (2012) La Comay – MEGA TV (2019–2020) La Comay – TeleOnce (2021–present) |
The show SuperXclusivo was cancelled after being boycotted in 2012.[3] The puppeteer returns to Puerto Rican television for January 2019 with his character La Comay by Mega TV.[4]
References
- "Comadre". Comadre (Sustantiativo femenino: "mujer que chusmea...Las comadres se juntaban en la puerta para intercambiar chismes.") Accessed October 30, 2019.
- Detrás de La Comay: biografía semi-autorizada. ISBN 5482700062)
- "Exigen cancelación de SuperXclusivo". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). December 7, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- "Regresa "La Comay" a través de Mega TV". Primera Hora (in Spanish). December 29, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2019.