Ramon Valdez, better known by young and old as 'Don Ramon', is a character that will remain in the history of our hearts thanks to the Mexican series 'El Chavo del 8'. It is because of his fame that he had a brief visit to Lima in 1988 to present his circus and it was during that time that a moment occurred that has remained in history, but that almost no one knows. Do you want to know what it is? We'll tell you in the following lines.
It was 1988, the golden age for circuses, everyone wanted to go, young and old, to see the most beloved characters from television and enjoy a great show. That's how 'Don Ramon' came to Lima, with the intention of making us enjoy his spectacle in "El mundo de Don Ramon", but that's not all, he was offered 3 thousand dollars to shoot a commercial. A contract he accepted, but wouldn't last long due to a certain detail.
In those years, the characters from 'El Chavo del 8' were very popular and that's why in commercials you could see La Chilindrina, Professor Jirafales, Quico, and of course, 'Don Ramon'. According to the statements of Antonio Valdés Castillo on the YouTube channel "Ramón Valdés", he was in charge of canceling the contract since the amount of money offered was too little.
El Ratón Valdés had a meeting with the representatives of the Peruvian brand of nougat and according to his words: "I break the contract and made a new one for 7,500 dollars". This was because Antonio Valdés took it upon himself to review the amount of money offered to the other members of the 'El Chavo del 8' program and realized that they wanted to cheat him with the amount of money offered for shooting the commercial.
El mundo de Don Ramon
Don Ramon arrived in Peru in 1881 with a fleeting visit, but in 1888, he would return to Lima to delight the Peruvians with his circus "El mundo de Don Ramon". This show was the last one he did in Latin America before his passing.
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