Plan Z was a

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Chilean TV show broadcast between 1997 and 1998 in the now-defunct Chilean TV channel '' Canal 2 Rock & Pop'', made up of short sketches, usually containing absurdist surreal ist and sometimes

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humor, created by Angel Carcavilla, Carolina Delpiano,

Rafael Gumucio Rafael Gumucio Araya (born January 15, 1970, in Santiago de Chile, Santiago) is a Chilean people, Chilean writer and comedian. Biography He is son of the historian Rafael Luis Gumucio Rivas, grandson of the left-wing politician Rafael Agustín ...

, Pedro Peirano and Alvaro Díaz. It would often show parodies of real life situations, ridiculized stereotypes, and elements that made fun of a post-dictatorship Chile through

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. Its name is based on "

Plan Z Plan Z was the re-equipment and expansion of the ''Kriegsmarine'' (German navy) ordered by Adolf Hitler in early 1939. The fleet was meant to challenge the naval power of the United Kingdom, and was to be completed by 1948. Development of the plan ...

", which was a supposed plan by the Salvador Allende administration to commit a

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in an attempt to establish a Marxist state with the help of the

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and of the

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. The existence of this plan was supposedly confirmed by the military, but the

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later confirmed that it was just a product of

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. The show would be given various sanctions from the CNTV due to some of the more controversial actions of the show, such as making fun of the Bible in one of the sketches called "''Noche de Libros: La Biblia''" and ridiculizing

Salvador Allende Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until Death of Salvador Allende, his death in 1973 Chilean coup d'état, 1973. As a ...

in "''Vuestros Hombres, Valientes Soldados''". In January 1998, after having gained eight charges overall, the broadcast of the show was cancelled, without ever finishing its second season.{{Cite web, last=Alejandro Morales Vargas, date=2004, title=El factor Peirano, url=http://www.periodismo.uchile.cl/noticias/2002/peirano.html, archive-url=, archive-date=, access-date=27 August 2020, website=Escuela de Periodismo, language=Spanish

Members

The crew of ''Plan Z'' was made up of various journalists, writers, actors, and actresses: * Ángel Carcavilla; then-journalist and publicist. * Carolina Delpiano; TV hostess and actress. *

; literary critic and writer. *

Álvaro Díaz Álvaro Díaz may refer to: * Álvaro Díaz González Álvaro Díaz González (born 1972) is a Chilean journalist, producer and director. Díaz is the co-creator of the TV series 31 Minutos (2003–2005). He also worked on TV series such as th ...

; journalist and TV producer. * Pedro Peirano; journalist and TV producer. * Vanessa Miller; actress, writer, dancer, and TV hostess. *

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; graphic designer and writer.

References

Chilean comedy television series Spanish-language television shows 1997 Chilean television series debuts 1998 Chilean television series endings 1990s Chilean television series