Adrián Maximiliano Nario Pérez (born September 12, 1976), better known for his stage name El Bananero, is an Uruguayan-American humorist, producer and

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who is known for creating and uploading videos that contain irreverent humor and obscene language.

Biography

El Bananero was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. When he was eight years old, he moved to

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where he acquired citizenship from his parents. He lived there until he moved to

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in 2005. While his parents were at work, he was left alone at home, where he recorded

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from adult cable television channels to show to his friends.

Internet phenomenon

Beginning

In 2005, El Bananero decided to make videos to have fun with his friends. His content generally includes humour that is satirical, irreverent, foul, sexist,

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, and obscene. He mocks taboo subjects such as sex and performs parodies of famous movies with his montage. His acts captured significant online attention in

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. He created his website, elbananero.com, to upload his videos and share them. A year later, when

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was established, he started a channel there, which quickly became popular among adolescents.

Videos

Among his popular content are the "Trailerazos," which are videos in trailer format that parody famous Hollywood movies, including ''El Hombre que Araña'' ("The Man Who Scratches," spoofing

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), ''Harry el Sucio Potter'' ("Dirty Harry Potter," satirizing ''

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'') and ''El Impotente Hulk'' ("The Impotent Hulk," parodying

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), among many others. The ''Iván el Trolazo'' Trailerazo (parodying the animated series

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) led to a lawsuit by

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, which shut down El Bananero's YouTube channel. He opened another channel which reached a million subscribers in 2016. His videos often show

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, which has led to their frequent removal by YouTube. His videos have been re-uploaded with censors. In January 2015, El Bananero surprised his followers by posting a photograph with one of the most popular pornstars of the time,

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. He then uploaded a video for his channel called ''Mia Khalifa vs. La Muñeca Psicótica System'' (Mia Khalifa vs. the Psychotic Doll System).

Latin American shows

In addition to earning a living as an audiovisual producer and

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, he also performed

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tours in Latin America. Since 2014, he's performed in

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, and

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. In 2016, El Bananero showed a

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drawn on his chest in a live television interview for

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, saying that he wanted to share this on CNN before saying goodbye.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

* "Me Enamoré de Una Prostituta" (2005) * "Cerveza Melorto" (2006 * "El Beso en el Chizito" (2007) * "ACM1PTT" (2007) * "Sandra" (2006) * ”Ricardo" (2010) * "Isabel, Sapee" (2018) * "Sacudímela" (2019) * "El Peluca, Sapee" (2019) * "Felices Fiestas" (2017) (featuring Megapanza) * "El Trap de Mia" (2020) (featuring Post Mamón) * "Sopla la Vela" (2022) * "Chupate una Japi" (2022) (featuring The Moors) * "Es Viernes de Radio Garka" (2022) * "Es Hora de Un Salute" (2022) * "Dedicada a Jastin" (2024) (featuring The Moors)

As featured artist

* "Pensando en Cojer" (2014) (The Party Band featuring El Bananero * "El Ganzo" (2020) (Asspera featuring El Bananero) * "Duro 2 Horas Remix" (2021) (

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featuring El Bananero)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bananero 1976 births Living people People from Elizabeth, New Jersey American people of Uruguayan descent Naturalized citizens of Uruguay American parodists American satirists Uruguayan satirists Uruguayan YouTubers Uruguayan LGBTQ people Internet memes American comedy YouTubers American comedy musicians American satirical musicians Off-color humor YouTubers from New Jersey American male comedians Comedians from Union County, New Jersey Hispanic and Latino American male comedians American LGBTQ comedians