- Qué Locura
Que Locura is a
television comedy show fromVenezuela .how information
In English, "¡Qué Locura!" translates as "What Madness!" or "What Insanity!"
The show, which was first broadcast in
2002 , is produced byVenevision and directed byHugo Carregal , and has, as of the beginning of2007 , around 150 episodes. Que Locura has become a hit in theUnited States (where it is shown byUnivision ) as well as in otherSouth America n countries.The premise of the show involves concealed cameras filming pranks on celebrities, both local and international. It is similar to
Punk'd onMTV in the United States.Among the show's pranks, there is one where the celebrity is driven to Venevision's parking lot (thinking that he or she is going to be interviewed on a television show), then told by a "security guard" that he or she cannot proceed because the celebrity's name does not appear on the list of Venevision's guests for that day.This popular guard is called El Inspector Rodriguez. Other pranks include an apparently incapacitated man jumping all over celebrities, distorting music during a
Wisin & Yandel performance, and fake policemen stopping celebrity cars to hand out "tickets".Actors
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Ernesto Cortez
*Guillermo Diaz
*Luis Martinez
*Sandy Izaguirre
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