José Vasconcelos - Eu Sou O Espetaculo (I Am The Show.)
”[José] started in radio, and became famous by doing imitations of the voices of other speakers and artists such as imitation Ari Barroso presented a program for freshmen.
He became very famous for his jokes stuttering, and the sketch “The Talker Football Gago” one of his greatest successes. His unparalleled ability to mimic provided unparalleled performance imitating stuttering, making these imitations in their particular brand.
Produced and starred in the first sitcom of television in Brazil, “The Plays of Joe”, aired by TV Tupi in São Paulo in 1952 .
In 1960 he recorded an album for Odeon, “I am the Show”, probably the first comedian to sell over 100,000 copies of an LP of the genre, and that disk had a duration of 55 minutes, the longest LP humor that went into the country. His success paved the way for record companies to invest in the segment, but Vasconcelos himself could not repeat the success of his first recording.”
(Link to the wikipedia page. Portuguese.)
