César Ricardo Meruane Meruane (

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, December 7, 1956) is a Chilean humorist and wood worker of

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origin. His 2016 " noctule" joke went viral in 2024.

Biography

He was born in 1956, being one of the nine children of the immigrant

Chucre Meruane, merchant dedicated to the sale of fabrics. He is nephew of the actress Nelly Meruane and uncle of the writer Lina Meruane. He studied as a technician in tool and die making at the

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, from which he graduated in 1981. That same year, while doing his professional practice in a plastics company, he competed in the program '' ¿Cuánto vale el show?'', being this his first television appearance. A year later, he decided to devote himself entirely to humor, working in different nightclubs in Santiago, until he was discovered by producer Emilio Rojas, who in 1983 took him to the programs '' Sábados gigantes'' and '' Noche de gigantes'', both hosted by Don Francisco, where he gained national notoriety. Parallel to this, he ventured into the café concert format, presenting his shows ''Fotocopia feliz del Edén'' (1984) and ''La Viroca'' (1988). In the late 1980s he returned for a stint on the international version of ''

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'', now broadcast from Miami, United States, where he reached the ''peak'' of his comedy career and managed to be seen by millions of viewers around the world. During the 1990s he participated in several television programs, including several editions of the Teletón and the International Festival of Humor 1995, where he shared the stage with Juan Verdaguer and Raúl Vale, among other international comedians. In 1998 he premiered his café concert ''Prejuicio final''. In February 2011 he performed for the first time at the

Viña del Mar International Song Festival The Viña del Mar International Song Festival () is an annual international music festival held every third week of February in Viña del Mar, Chile. Started in 1960 it is the oldest and largest music festival in Latin America, and one of the long ...

, appearing behind singer Sting, which provoked boos from the audience, known as '' El monstruo''. After his failure he was away from the stage for several months, and in 2012 he starred in a reality show called '' Gracias no se molesten'' in Vía X, whose title comes from a phrase that Meruane mentioned repeatedly during his presentation in Viña del Mar. That same year he performed at the Festival Viva Dichato 2012, where his failure was repeated. Nyctalus noctula

In 2015 he returned to the stage presenting his show ''Lucrania... el deber nos llama''. Part of that routine is the one he presented in his second appearance at the Viña del Mar Festival in February 2016, where he was again booed by "El Monstruo", however, the routine would be revalued years later with several jokes of it reaching great popularity; in particular, the " noctule" joke (related to the possession of

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s), which became a cult joke in Chile as well with the "

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" joke relating the

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for Chile, " .cl" with the symbol of the chemical element present in the periodic table of the elements. He currently has a wood carving business. In 2021, he appeared in the world's first film made with "Deepfake" titled "Una película de zombies".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meruane, Ricardo 1956 births Chilean humorists Chilean male comedians Living people People from Santiago, Chile Chilean people of Palestinian descent

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