Amigo and Friends
Format	Animated television series
Voices of	Mario Moreno Reyes (Mexican/American Spanish) John Stephenson (American English) Don Messick (American English)
Country of origin	Mexico  United States
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	18-22 minutes (Commercials not included)
Production company(s)	Televisa (Mexico) Hanna-Barbera Productions (USA)
Broadcast
Original channel	United States Syndication
Original run	1969 – 1988

Amigo and Friends (also known in Spanish as Cantinflas Show, Cantinflas y Sus Amigos, or simply Cantinflas) is an educational children's cartoon that was originally made in Mexico in 1969.

The show, which concentrates on a wide range of subjects intended to educate children, follows Amigo, a little Mexican character, who goes on educational adventures through time and space and gets to visit Shakespeare, see the ancient pyramids, and even travels to other planets. The animated Amigo is based on the legendary character Cantinflas played by the Mexican actor and comedian Mario Moreno Reyes.

The show was created and produced by Televisa, then known as Telesistema Mexicano. The company was also responsible for the distribution of the show in Mexico. In 1988, Hanna-Barbera dubbed the series into English and retitled it Amigo and Friends and aired in syndication across the United States. The only two known actors were John Stephenson who narrates each episode and Don Messick, who voiced Amigo.

[edit] Amigo and Friends in other languages

• עמיקו וחבריו (Amiko Ve'Haverav) (Israeli)
• 笑星和他的朋友们 (Comedian and his friends) (Chinese)

[edit] DVD release

• There are DVDs available in DVD stores both in Spanish and English.

[edit] External links

• Harry McCracken: The Cantinflas Chronicles
• Retrojunk: Amigo and Friends
• Amigo and Friends at the Internet Movie Database