El Chavo del Ocho

El Chavo ("The Kid/The Boy", Spanish chavo), also known as El Chavo del Ocho ("The Kid/Boy from Number Eight") is a Mexican television sitcom created by Chespirito and produced by Televisa. It premiered on February 26, 1973, and concluded on January 7, 1980, after 8 seasons and 312 episodes, and aired across Latin America and Spain.

A poor orphan boy known as "El Chavo" played by the show's creator, Chespirito, chronicles his adventures and tribulations, and those of his friends, frequently leading to comedic confrontations among the other residents of a fictional low-income housing complex, or "vecindad" ("tenement"), as it is known in Mexico. The sitcom explores the problems that many impoverished children face daily, such as hunger, sadness, loneliness, and a lack of adult supervision and attention, in a comical manner. Each episode uses comedic strategies, such as slapstick, irony, recurring jokes, and funny situations in which the characters are usually getting into. It includes the use of pre-recorded laughter tracks to emphasize comic scenes. Some episodes conclude with a lesson, such as to not judge a book by its cover or to maintain good hygiene.

The series theme song is a rendition of Ludwig van Beethoven's Turkish March, rearranged by Jean-Jacques Perrey and retitled "The Elephant Never Forgets".