Clarissa had a domineering mother, Altagracia ( played by Ana Luisa Agrelot, Jose Miguel Agrelot's sister, and a comedic actress in her own right ), who considered that her daughter was getting too old to get married.

Unbeknownst to Agrelot, Cantinflas ' wife had died of cancer and had never overcome his grief ; he later claimed that Agrelot's invitation was cathartic to him, and he enthusiastically visited Puerto Rico ( his first appearance was highly emotional to both, and had the rare public spectacle of Cantinflas, one of the most renowned comedians in the world, dropping tears on a stage ) and participated in two league telethons.

Various parallel stories played out during the episode: the appearance of Clarissa's absent father Clodomiro ( played by José Miguel Agrelot ), who Altagracia deeply resented ; the appearance of Teresa as a poltergeist dressed in a wedding gown, playing pranks at the wedding, and Pepín's indiscreet gossiping being openly resented by his wife, Rebecca.

At times he would comment on a serious news item giving a mock political speech ; in quite a few of these his own political views would flare up ( Agrelot was a proud member of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, and would occasionally host some of its public functions ).

It features memorabilia from Agrelot's extensive media career ; each of the " city's " various buildings are dedicated to a specific Agrelot characterization.

Agrelot received various honoris causa awards: a Doctorate in Arts by the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico ( 1992 ), a Doctorate in Behavioral Sciences by the Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean ( then called the Caribbean Center for Post-Graduate Studies ; 1998, along with Tommy Muñiz ), a Doctorate in Arts by Dallas Christian College, and another by Universidad Mundial.

Agrelot claimed that Don Cholito was more opinionated, more daring, and more vocal in his social commentary than he was ; to quote Agrelot, " somehow wearing that pava hat gave me the courage to do things that I would normally not dare to do.

Giuseppe Michael Agrelot ( April 21, 1927 – January 28, 2004 ), better known as José Miguel Agrelot, was a comedian, radio and television host and media icon in Puerto Rico.

Agrelot was better known as Don Cholito, one of the more than 200 different characterizations he developed-and his best known one-during his lifetime.

Agrelot was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico of Italian descent .. His sister Ana Luisa, a teacher, later became a part-time comedic actress as well.

During this period Agrelot developed his first comedic character, Torito Fuertes, the mischievous eight year-old of a family comedy show sponsored by Borden, Inc. and its evaporated milk ( the name Torito Fuertes was a pun on " strong calf ", a desirable consequence of drinking good milk ).

At the time he starred in a few dramatizations of Tarzan, and his Tarzan yell was remarkable enough that sound effect technicians from Metro Goldwyn Mayer visited Puerto Rico and recorded Agrelot doing the yell.

At a later time in his life Agrelot would be called " The Puerto Rican Bob Hope " by journalists ( or they could say Bob Hope was the British José Miguel Agrelot ), perhaps because of his stand-up comedic style and media longevity, but his aptitude for physical comedy, straight face for risqué material and physical girth at the time predated-and would be quite comparable with-that of John Belushi's, rather toned-down for the conservative Puerto Rican audiences of the time.

Agrelot was the constant voice behind the program for over 54 years.

Agrelot was the spokesperson for the " Liga Puertorriqueña Contra el Cáncer ", the Puerto Rican Cancer League ( his mother was a cancer patient ).

As fate would have it, when Agrelot died in 2004 he was buried in Carolina, Puerto Rico, just a few meters near Vigoreaux's tomb.

*" Serafín Sin Fin y Sin Meta ", an effeminate man with a heart-shaped birthmark in his cheek ( while claiming that Serafín was not a homosexual and never made a pass to anyone during the character's run, Agrelot faced protests from the local chapter of GLAAD and discontinued the character )

*" Soldado Manteca ", an inept Beetle Bailey-like character who was part of the United States Army ( Agrelot described him once as Torito Fuertes, all grown up )

* Don Segismundo, the mayor of Trujillo Bajo, a fictional municipality in Puerto Rico ( Agrelot said once that Segismundo was actually Don Rodríguez y Rodríguez turned public servant )

The Coliseum of Puerto Rico was renamed the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot ( José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum ) in his honor, shortly after he died.

As mentioned above, Agrelot was an adamant fan of the Criollos de Caguas baseball team of the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League ( LBPPR ).

By the 1960 season the Caguas team was in poor economic shape, and asked Agrelot to attend some games, stand up and dance ( a la Cantinflas ) whenever the song was played ( since Agrelot had spontaneously done it once ), as a crowd booster.

*" Juan Macana ", a not-very-bright police officer, PRPD badge number 13, 378 who popularized in Puerto Rico a phrase Agrelot constantly heard in Mexico during one of his tours: " Sí, ¿ cómo no?

Rivera, together with Tommy Muñiz, Jose Miguel Agrelot and Paquito Cordero was one of the first comedians in Puerto Rican television.

He was one of the first persons to give José Miguel Agrelot work.

Soon before finishing college Agrelot started what would eventually became the longest running program in Puerto Rican radio history, the morning show " Su ( later Tu ) Alegre Despertar " ( Your Joyful Awakening ).

He co-hosted a morning radio program with Puerto Rican entrepreneur and musician Silverio Pérez, and served as part of the comedic team behind Desafiando a los Genios, a popular TV mock quiz show starring, among others, actor, writer and film director Jacobo Morales and Puerto Rico's premier comedic actor, José Miguel Agrelot.

The 2008 portion of the tour started on April 11, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and culminated on July 24, 2008 in Noblesville, Indiana at the Verizon Wireless Music Center.

* José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico

On February 19, 2007, Martin began his worldwide Black and White Tour which started with a performance at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in Puerto Rico and concluded with a presentation at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on October 14, 2007.

26-May: Puerto Rico, San Juan-Coliseo de Puerto Rico, José Miguel Agrelot

Carmita Jimenez started her singing career at the young age of six, on the radio show named El Abuelito Welch ( Grandpa Welch ) with another legendary Puerto Rican show business legend, Jose Miguel Agrelot.

This made Agrelot the second Puerto Rican-born person, after Wilfred Benítez, to earn a world record certified by the Guinness Book of World Records ( The late local children television host Joaquin Montserrat would be the third were he not a native of Barcelona ).

Agrelot claimed to have only uttered a single expletive onstage during his entire career ( when a stagehand accidentally dropped a prop on his head during a stage show in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico ), and his comedy style tried not to incorporate vulgarity, but Don Cholito constantly used code words and euphemisms as to not use double entendres in his Encabulla broadcasts.

The José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, officially named Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, is the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment.

Between 1954 and 1955, he joined fellow comedian José Miguel Agrelot in a theater show that took them to many Latin American communities in the United States.

The theater show eventually led to a radio program named Torito and Company, after Torito, the character that Agrelot played.

Agrelot also performed in shows in Spain, Mexico and Argentina.

Agrelot claimed to have invented more than 200 characters during his lifetime.

Agrelot appeared as Padre Ambrosio, a priest, in Jacobo Morales's Dios Los Cria II.

Agrelot has an area of the Parque De Las Ciencias public theme park in Bayamón named after his Torito character.

When Agrelot suddenly died in 2004, his remains were taken to the park for a public wake.

Agrelot and Cruz sustained a friendship until Agrelot died.