(, ''little school'') is a popular comedy genre in Brazilian media. It usually consists of a fictional classroom where an

ensemble cast In a dramatic production, an ensemble cast is one that comprises many principal actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time.Random House: ensemble acting Linked 2013-07-17 Structure In contrast to the po ...

of adult actors play different overly stereotypical comic characters and attempt to answer questions asked by their teacher, a

straight man The straight man (or straight woman in the case of female characters), also known as a "comedic foil", is a stock character in a comedy performance, especially a double act, sketch comedy, or farce. When a comedy partner behaves eccentrically ...

stock character. The earliest program that followed this setup was the 1935 radio show '' Escolinha da Dona Olinda'' on

Rádio Record Rádio Record is a Brazilian radio station based in São Paulo, Brazil. It is part of the Grupo Record and operates in the frequency 1000 kHz AM. It has programming dedicated to sports, news, and popular programs. History Rádio Record wa ...

. It also proved to be very successful as a television format, with shows such as ''

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo ''Escolinha do Professor Raimundo'' (literally ''Professor Raymond's Little School'') is a Brazilian ''escolinha'' comedy TV sketch and later TV show led by Chico Anysio and aired on various comedy shows for over 38 years. There, Anysio played ...

'' and ''

A Escolinha do Golias A Escolinha do Golias ( Portuguese: ''Golias' Little School'') was a Brazilian ''escolinha'' comedy television program broadcast by SBT between 1990 and 1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in th ...

''. Similar concepts are also found in some episodes of the Mexican sitcom ''

El Chavo del Ocho ''El Chavo'' ("The Kid/The Boy", Spanish also meaning " cent"), also known as ''El Chavo del Ocho'' ("The Kid/Boy from Number Eight") during its earliest episodes, is a Mexican television sitcom series created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Che ...

'', and in the Turkish film series ''

Hababam Sınıfı ''Hababam Sınıfı'' (The Chaos Class) is a 1975 Turkish comedy film, directed by Ertem Eğilmez based on a novel by Rıfat Ilgaz, featuring an ensemble cast including Kemal Sunal, Tarık Akan and Münir Özkul that tells the adventures of a p ...

''.

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