One of the first times that comedian David Broncano appeared on television was to talk about junkies. To the canal stage Paramount Comedy He came up in 2009 shaved, with the face of a mischievous child, wearing an orange sweatshirt and light jeans. He was 23 years old. “Junkies are color blind, these people don’t care about color combinations. They can wear corduroy pants, sneakers and a sweatshirt from the ’74 World Cup. But they are good people.” In 2013, this boy from Orcera, Jaén, appeared in London to participate in The Comedy Storeand show street scene for little-known stand-up comedians. 31 participated. I only had five minutes. If they didn’t like it, the audience could immediately force a change of comedian. He took second place with a monologue about the Tower of London. Speaking in English, of course. Today, at 33 years old, this 1.85 meter big man – self-proclaimed itself, clown in comedian jargon – has a prominent beard and takes the stage of the Arlequín Theater in Madrid in a suit and tie from Monday to Thursday to present the first show at 00:00 late late —program at the end of the night—in Spain on Movistar channel #0: The resistance.
“We are the only one late night that does not have a photo of the city in the background,” says the one also known as El Messiah on his radio show Modern life (SER Chain). “We don’t do it because Madrid is right behind. It is not a joke. There is the Gran Vía. The illusion. The musicals. The Lion King. If I throw a battering ram right now, I can show my parts to Mufasa and say: “Here you have me, for whatever you want,” jokes the comedian. With this monologue he began his journey last Thursday after Late MotivAndreu Buenafuente’s program that is also broadcast on the pay channel (11:00 p.m.).
“I think Broncano,” observes the Catalan presenter, “has his own comedy habitat here. I feel affection and envy because I didn’t get to do a program in a theater. What I admire most about him is his ability to surround himself with good comedians.” For this new venture, the man from Jaén has brought almost the entire cast of collaborators from CrazyWorld—his previous weekly program on #0—: Ignatius Farray, Ricardo Castella, Quequé or Dani Rovira. And less common faces. Antonio Resines, the youtuber Ter, the comedian Jorge Ponce or Alberto Casado and Rober Bodegas, Full Pantomime. Everyone will go down the underground stairs to access the theater.
With this format The roof —a Buenafuente producer—, this type of interview and late humor program premieres in Spain. These projects are the order of the day on all American networks. The legendary David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon were in charge of these spaces before taking over their own late nightsmore classic comedy formats and sketches which are broadcast just an hour before.
With the schedule fixed at #0 and being broadcast at the beginning of the morning, the most mischievous jokes are guaranteed and allow us to break certain molds of the previous program. “This is a production without paternalism,” says Buenafuente. “The only thing I told David is to shoot and ignore me if necessary.” “Let’s go out into the street. We want surprises,” says Broncano. “It is a direct fake—it is recorded without cuts on the same day of broadcast—but very little fake. I am very determined that this be like a show theatrical”. So it was. In the first program Ignatius Farray went up the stairs to the stage and kicked the presenter’s table to pieces: “Ah! But what’s going to be broadcast on more days?”
The ‘LocoMundo’ of Quequé
With the departure of Broncano CrazyWorld The format has not been orphaned. “We have only had to look within ourselves,” says Fernando Jerez, director of #0. This weekly program is characterized by dissecting any issue in a humorous way, from Brexit to robots. The comedian from Salamanca Héctor de Miguel, What what, will take the reins of the show in its third season. At the same time; 22.00. The same time; 30 minutes. And the same day; Tuesday. But with new comedians: Valeria Ross, co-host of The Modern Language on Cadena SER, the new promise Pablo Ibarburu or The World Today. “I’m getting on this moving train and hoping I don’t derail it,” says the new host.
The Movistar + channel, which has just turned two years old, has brought together in a very short time the main comedians of this country: Javier Coronas, Andreu Buenafuente, Joaquín Reyes, Pepe Colubi, Patricia Conde, Javier Cansado, Ángel Martín, Quique Peinado , Manuel Burque, Silvia Abril, Raúl Cimas…. “It is a basic pillar of our programming,” says Jerez.
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