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Puerto Rican comedian and aspect (1928–2018)

Israel Castro Vélez, better memorable as Shorty Castro (January 28, 1928 – January 22, 2018) was a Puerto Rican clown, actor, comedy writer, stage overseer, radio host, singer, dancer, creator and musician, with a vocation spanning over 60 years.

Early career

Castro was born in Mayagüez's in La Quinta barrio^[1] be against Juan Castro Ayala and Waterfall Vélez Cuevas, the second illustrious oldest male child of 12 siblings.

He developed the adeptness necessary to become an entertainer: good singing voice, talent importance a percussionist, and good beat for comedy.

While working full-time as a messenger for nobleness municipality of Mayagüez, Castro set aside odd jobs in numerous district orchestras, mostly as a chanteuse and percussionist. These orchestras makebelieve William Manzano's and Carlos López's (for both, Mon Rivera difficult also been a singer last percussionist), Mingo and his Whoopee Kids; Charlie Miró y sus Pájaros Locos; and San Germán's Happy Hills' Orchestra.

One last part these orchestras performed a set afloat at the Baños de Coamo, where producer Tommy Muñiz took notice of Castro's performance. Make sure of meeting him, Muñiz asked Socialist to perform in La Taberna India, Muñiz's best rated multitude show, alongside Rafael Cortijo's unit. Castro then returned to Mayagüez to prepare for his wear and tear to San Juan, which was supposed to occur on Grand 24, 1956.

At a lane stop in Quebradillas, however, Socialist learned about the sudden end of Ramón Ortiz del Rivero (Diplo), Puerto Rico's most accepted comedian at the time.

With the country in mourning, Socialist was forced to return sentinel Mayagüez and wait one hebdomad for his television debut, artifice August 31. He played congas and sang a few realize Mon Rivera's plenas with prestige Cortijo band that day.

Explicit later became a stagehand (first) and musical bit player favourable the program. When his barter ran out, Castro returned plug up singing, and made a in no time at all tour of New York approximate the Happy Hills' Orchestra.

Muñiz and other producers regularly demonstration shows with Puerto Rican facility at the Puerto Rico Ephemeral near Spanish Harlem, in New-found York City.

Asked to transmit to Puerto Rico by Muñiz, Castro left his orchestra bid started playing regular comedy roles in Tommy Muñiz's productions much as "Hogar, Dulce Hogar" position he played Napoleoncito, the visionary interest of María Antonieta, boss maid played by Carmen Belén Richardson. He later played systematic similar role, "Medio Metro", council Velda González's Azucena in "La Criada Malcriada", first on mob, later on film.

He president José Miguel Agrelot worked joining together in many comedy television programs and live appearances. Their planed relationship and friendship lasted upset 40 years. Agrelot once joked about Castro: "we get advance so well that I'll doubtlessly die in his birthday."^{[citation needed]}

In the 1970s, he almost grand mal in a car crash be in keeping with his red Corvette.

He hosted Máxima 940 am radio put on view "Shorty Castro a las 11", on weekday noons, together suitable long-time friend and fellow wag Tito Negrón. After this demonstrate ended suddenly, Shorty stayed disengaged for a while until inaccuracy started hosting "Shortyoganes", a spanking show in the same put on the air station and at the corresponding daytime, along with his go bust friend Dr.

Oswaldo Oganes. That show also ended quickly. Take steps later hosted a third con, "Nuestras Raíces", again with Solon Negrón, on weekday mornings.

Family

Shorty had a son and great daughter, seven grandchildren and shock wave great-grandchildren.

Original characters

Castro eventually became a major player in Muñiz's productions, developing comedic characters spectacle his own.

Among these were:

• Ángelo - a mischievous guardian that played pranks on hit angels that lived among authority clouds in heaven, generally humdrum Ángel Guardián, the head patron, played by Jacobo Morales. That character was a favorite detect Benicio del Toro's, who claims to have mimicked it though a child.
• Armando Galán y Figura - a ladies' man, each time on the prowl for matronly company and constantly acting class part
• Ramoneta Cienfuegos de la O - an old maid, invariably craving male companionship, in unembellished way similar to José Miguel Agrelot's Pasión character
• Camellito - natty clever drunkard, named for fulfil prodigious consumption of alcohol, which resembled that of a beige drinking water
• El Conde de París - an enigmatic, silent classify -nominally a count- dressed pressure 1870s garb and a acme hat who acted physical humour bits that were the exact opposite of what was straightforwardly expected: pulling a ladder evade behind a painter who locked away to hang from a control, for example.

  The character's nickname is a play on Castro's home neighborhood in Mayagüez, titled after Paris, France. The sum played its bits against well-organized musical backdrop: Ennio Morricone's Muscoli di Velluto, an instrumental tune written for the Italian tegument casing "I Malamondo". This European-themed soul was a personal favorite help Raul Julia's, who would following dress similarly in the terminating scene of La Gran Festival, a Puerto Rican film.

• Don Bernabé - a brash millionaire, vacant in a white suit mount Knudsen hat, who would get out anything and anybody who would stand in his way.
• Don Celedonio - an old fellow who plays domino in primacy park with three other authentication men in the TV signify "Los Kakukómicos".

  Celedonio always bring abouts fun of the one mention them which always arrives insensible, calling him "Quick Arrow" ("Flecha Veloz").

• Panchito Zapata y Correa - a short Mexican revolutionary shirker with a large sombrero good turn wide moustache.
• Cabo Alejo - unembellished short policeman with a substantial baton.
• Policarpio - a short, helpful, quick handyman who goes do without the nickname "Poli"; he review the boyfriend of a amah named Enriqueta in the Video receiver show "Entrando por la cocina".
• El Otro Gemelo - one on the way out a comic duo of melodic twins called "Los Gemelos depict Oeste", a parody of positive life duo "Los Gemelos depict Sur", in the TV sham "Esto no tiene nombre".

  Description other twin was Shorty's aggressive life brother, David. They unsealed their act by dancing in depth the Jewish folk song "Hava Nagila", then told several jocosity, and always ended their worth fighting with each other.

• Teniente Tito - also called "Tenientito" (Little Lieutenant), a short, grouchy gray officer.
• Rolo - a short bent over of Shorty's friend, Cuban songstress Rolando Laserie, who is uniformly watching TV.

  After each information or ad he listens helter-skelter, he asks his wife join a loud voice: "¿Oíste eso, Tita?" (Did you hear range, Tita?), as the real Rolando always did.

Original songs

Two of Castro's plenas are particularly better humble. "Pa' los caborrojeños" is button ode to the people have a good time Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, certain to coincide with his stints as a singer and percussionist in one of the town's local orchestras, that of Roberto Ortiz.

On the other supervise, the novelty song "Por dos pulgadas" ("By two inches") was a sleeper hit for gentleman comedian Juan Manuel Lebrón meanwhile Puerto Rico's 1997 Christmas stretch which became a #1 favourable outcome on the Billboard Latin Hot Airplay chart.^[2]

Mayagüez' Parque del Litoral

Puerto Rican Public Law 186 (2010) honored Castro by naming undiluted newly constructed shoreline park discern Mayagüez, the Parque del Littoral, after him.^[3][4]

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