Jorge Porcel, before Jesus, as one of his signature characters, "Tota."
An unsung TV great, Jorge Porcel of the jiggly, giggly 90s Telemundo late-night gutbuster A La Cama con Porcel, esta muerto. Uncharacteristically, the Miami Herald says it best:
Jorge Porcel, the portly Argentine comedian and TV host who leered with gusto at the scantily clad women who surrounded him in his show, died Tuesday night at Mercy Hospital from complications from gall-bladder surgery. He was 69....
For years, Porcel's baby face and trademark leer were a staple of Spanish-language television comedy throughout the world in To Bed With Porcel, a variety show that mixed raunchy humor, music, double-entendres and buxom young women. In the United States, he was seen on the Telemundo network.
The emphasis was all mine.
A La Cama isn't on VHS, on DVD, or even in repeats, probably because at the height of his success--and his ribaldry!--he got religion and repented his raunchy ways. What a gyp, especially for the drag kings of today!
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I would be the first in line!
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