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and immigrated to Puerto Rico in 1892, two years before his father's birth. His sister, Ana Luisa, a teacher, later became a part-time comedic actress as well. He started working on
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Agrelot would also parody famous characters from film and cinema in his comedy program, "Ja Ja, Ji Ji, Jo Jo Con Agrelot". His most famous parody was that of
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on "strong calf", a desirable consequence of drinking good milk). The character later took a life of his own on a radio show first named
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officer, PRPD badge number 13,378 who popularized in Puerto Rico a phrase Agrelot constantly heard in Mexico during one of his tours:
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character (more Davis's than Markham's) who had a huge mallet and would use it against a defendant's head if necessary during trials
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and was in reality saner than the people around him (he modeled his voice after a floor coordinator at WAPA-TV),
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and never made a pass to anyone during the character's run, Agrelot faced protests from the local chapter of
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Apart from appearances in numerous commercials, Agrelot's credits in Puerto Rican television included:
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García, Beba, ¡Juan, Juan, Juan! Crónica de la televisión puertorriqueña en tiempos de don Tommy, p. 192
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Exponen restos de Agrelot en funeraria Buxeda. San Juan, Puerto Rico:
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when he was 14. At that time, he was employed by radio entrepreneur
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Excerpt from documentary about Agrelot's career and death
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but wouldn't dare to peep. A famous episode had a young
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in his cheek (while claiming that Serafín was not a
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