Arévalo (comedian) explained

Francisco Rodríguez Iglesias (2 September 1947 – 3 January 2024), better known as Arévalo, was a Spanish comedian and actor.

Life and career

Arévalo was raised in Catarroja, Valencia, and his first performances date back to 1970 in which he portrayed a comedic bullfighter.^[1] His filmography includes Moscow Gold and Isi & Disi: High Voltage (2006).^{[2] [3]}

Arévalo was specially famous during the 1970s and early 1980s for his jokes about "gangosos y mariquitas" (people with nasal voice and homosexuals) that were sold in cassettes in petrol stations around Spain.^[4] His brand of humor eventually took a nosedive, and "to look like an Arévalo joke" became a generic expression meaning "a type of grotesque and stale humor that is difficult to tolerate".^[5]

Arévalo was found dead at his home in Valencia, on 3 January 2024, at the age of 76.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: APLAUSOS . Redacción . 3 January 2024 . Muere en Valencia Paco Arévalo, torero cómico, humorista y gran aficionado a los toros . 4 January 2024 . Aplausos.es . es.
2. Web site: Costas . Nayín . 5 July 2017 . Arévalo la lía de nuevo: "No entiendo por qué un mariquita se ofende por un chiste" . 4 January 2024 . elconfidencial.com . es.
3. Web site: 29 August 2019 . ABC MADRID 10-07-1997 página 116 - Archivo ABC . 4 January 2024 . abc.
4. https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/programas-tv/2017-07-05/arevalo-chistes-mariquita-gangoso-humor-rancio-dani-flo_1409886/ Arévalo la lía de nuevo: "No entiendo por qué un mariquita se ofende por un chiste"
5. Web site: Los últimos años de Arévalo: entre sus críticas al Gobierno y las que recibió por su controvertido humor. Bluper. El Español. Patricia. Marcos. 4 January 2023.
6. Web site: Camacho . Noelia . 3 January 2024 . Muere el humorista Paco Arévalo a los 76 años en su casa de Valencia . 4 January 2024 . Las Provincias . es.
7. Web site: 3 January 2024 . Muere el humorista Paco Arévalo a los 76 años . 4 January 2024 . www.larazon.es . es.