The Man Who Threw Codfish at His Audience: Chacrina, Velho Guerreiro

He dressed as a bride, a bee and a giant telephone. He honked a horn at singers he didn't like. And he threw codfish at his audience, every week, for decades. The story of Chacrinha: a drummer on a ship, a radio station on a little farm, dancers, pineapples, famous catchphrases, the censors, and the man who said that on TV "nothing is created, everything is copied". CHAPTERS 0:00 Who wants codfish? 0:27 The boy from Pernambuco 1:00 The little farm 1:36 Television 2:22 The costumes 2:41 The horn 2:57 The codfish 3:21 The catchphrases 3:38 The censors 4:01 Back on top 4:30 The last show 4:43 Why the weird guy won SOURCES Memória Globo, "Chacrinha" (profile) and "Cassino do Chacrinha" Denilson Monteiro, "Chacrinha: a biografia" (2014) O Globo, "Chacrinha, o velho guerreiro" Observatório da Imprensa, "As batalhas da vida de Chacrinha"