El Chavo del Ocho
Also known as	El Chavo
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Written by	Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Directed by	Enrique Segoviano Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Starring	Roberto Gómez Bolaños Carlos Villagrán Ramón Valdés Florinda Meza Rubén Aguirre Édgar Vivar Angelines Fernández Horacio Gómez Bolaños Raúl 'Chato' Padilla María Antonieta de las Nieves
Opening theme	"The Elephant Never Forgets" by Jean-Jacques Perrey
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	290[1] (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Thomson TTV-1530 ; General Electric PE350
Running time	21–26 minutes
Original release
Network	Televisa
Release	20 June 1971 (1971-06-20) – 6 January 1980 (1980-01-06)
Related
El Chavo: The Animated Series 30 Anos de Chaves[2]

El Chavo del Ocho is a very popular Mexican sitcom. It was created and written by Roberto Gómez Bolaños. It stars Roberto Gómez Bolaños, María Antonieta de las Nieves, Carlos Villagrán, Florinda Meza, Ramón Valdés, Rubén Aguirre, Édgar Vivar, Raúl Padilla, Horacio Gómez Bolaños, and Angelines Fernández. It ran from 1971 through 1980 for 8 seasons.