Career
"Chabelo" has participated in more than thirty motion pictures and recorded more than thirty musical albums. He also has produced many shows like Louisiana Cuchufleta and Louisiana Güereja Quiere Máson However, his most famous television show was En Familia con Chabelo, which was broadcast every Sunday morning on Televisa"s Canal de las Estrellas.
This show consisted of contests with people from the audience, gifts and games and was mainly for children.
The program ended on Sunday, December 20, 2015 after 47 years. Xavier López"s career really began when he met a famous couple of actors, whose names were "Panseco y Gamboa".
Panseco worked on radio, and Gamboa (Ramiro), worked on television This pair was already known in Mexico and they taught Chabelo the basics of the television business. Xavier López was hired as his “Chabelo” character to be the spokesman of Pepsi Cola, for which he traveled all over North and South America.
After the contract, he found himself unemployable due to his strong association with the Pepsi brand.
He was hired for a show in New York for a fraction of what he was used to charging, and ended up touring the United States for six months with Tongolele. After the tour, he negotiated a return to television for a half hour daily show. En Familia con Chabelo
En Familia con Chabelo (In Family with Chabelo) is well known in Latin America, it is a show with games, contests and gifts where Lopez plays the role of television host, and presents himself as a child named Chabelo.
On December 30, 2012, the show was awarded a Guinness Record for its 44 years of uninterrupted broadcast.
Xavier López was awarded another Guinness Record for portraying the Chabelo character for over 57 years. On November 27, 2015, "Chabelo" announced via YouTube, the Long-running Mexican television show "En Familia con Chabelo" would air it"s final show on December 20, 2015.
At the end of the show there is a famous contest called the Catafixia. This contest allows players exchange their gifts for another which are transmuted by Chabelo himself.
This gift could be better than the one they previously had (living rooms, video games, TVs, DVDs, home theaters, microwave ovens) or it could be worse (jokes, candies).
Chabelo has been featured in more than thirty films and recorded more than thirty albums. He also has produced many programs like Louisiana Escuelita Very Important Person, and Los Simuladores.