Saturday Night Live's Marcello Hernández tapped into the nostalgia of Latinos in the US by creating a parody of the Univision variety show Sábado Gigante.
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English speakers in the U.S. can look forward to SNL every weekend, but Spanish speakers had Sábado Gigante. The variety series hosted by Don Francisco entertained Hispanic audiences for nearly 30 years before going off the air in 2015 after a 29-year run.
"I thank SNL for bringing back memories of our Sábado Gigante, which was not only a great television program, but also very important as a meeting point for the family and our Hispanic community," Don Francisco responded on Instagram. "Thanks to the audience, we have closed our story almost 10 years ago, but we still feel the affection and respect for what we were able to build together."
In a second message, Don Francisco added in Spanish: “Special thanks to Marcello Hernández for his acting. Remarkable.”
