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Niko Liko"s actual name is Antonio Gaytan Muruato, and was born October 22, 1939 in the town of Panunco Zacatecas.
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One of his main features was that unlike every other clown, he did not paint his face. Instead he would wear a mask (like a Mexican Lucha Libre/Luchador wrestler) with a red nose, A golden brown wig, a red round hat and a red suit coat with golden flap. In 1954 at the age of 14, Antonio Gaytan started working at XEJ-television performing multiple tasks like working the door to the studio, operating cameras, accommodating the audiences, answering phone calls, et cetera
After struggling with his own limitations as he had not received any proper training as an entertainer, Niko Liko was born to delight hundreds of kids who would tune in from Monday through Friday, or visit the studio with the hope of getting a prize such as a cake a toy or tickets for the circus that was performing in town.
At first, the show consisted of only thirty minutes with a brief introduction by Niko Liko for one minute followed by cartoons including The Real Ghostbusters and Once Upon a Time. Manitoba until the end of the show where Niko Liko appeared again to wrap up.
Later the show was expanded to 2 hour program which now included a talent showcase spotlight featuring youngsters from the El Paso-Las Cruces-Ciudad Juarez area. Later the show turned more social-service–oriented.
People would go to turn in documents found, or to try to locate missing relatives.
