Cachureos (Chilean Spanish for odds and ends) was a Chilean television program created in 1983 by Marcelo Hernández.

Show

Cachureos is like a game show where the host, "Tío Marcelo", gives prizes to the kids who win the competitions. Tío Marcelo interacted with people in animal costumes who entertained the children. Marcelo was known for his catchphrase which he would exclaim to the children, "¡El grito, el grito, el grito!" (Spanish for "The scream, the scream, the scream!").

Broadcast

The show was transmitted by TVN between 1983 and 1998, and became very successful. That same year, 1998, the show was purchased by Canal 13 but the program's run only lasted four years on the channel due to economic problems. After a three-year hiatus the show was broadcast by Red TV.

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