Raymond Arrieta
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Raymond Arrieta is a Puerto Rican
comedian
.
. He went to school in the "Academia Nuestra Señora de la Providencia" (Our Lady of the Providence). When he was in the third grade, Arrieta volunteered to play the part of "Ramoneta Cienfuegos" in a school play. After that he continued to participate in many of the other plays of the school. He wrote and directed "Mundo Loco" (Crazy World), which told a story about a war between the lovers of "Salsa music
" against the lovers of "Rock music
".
After Arrieta graduated from high school
, he enrolled in the "Universidad del Sagrado Corazón" (University of the Sacred Heart
) of San Juan, where he earned a Bachelors Degree in "Radio
and Television
Production". There, he joined Phi Sigma Alpha
Fraternity.
On one occasion, Arrieta and some friends visited the café theater "El Punto del Coquí" located in "Old San Juan". He sat down and played the piano
while doing imitations. The owner of the club was impressed and asked Arrieta to prepare an act for his club. Arrieta prepared an act called "Black and White" which was a success and he was soon traveling around the island with his "show". In 1983, Our Lady of the Providence Academy established the "Raymond Arrieta Award" which is annually awarded to the student with the best artistic qualities.
's "Estudio Alegre" (Happy Studio);"El Show del Medio Día" (The Noon Show) for WAPA
among others. He landed a role in the Spanish
version of the play "The Diary of Anne Frank
".
In 1991, Arrieta went to Mexico
where he participated in the play "Mama ama el Rock" (Mother loves Rock) with Mexican stars Angelica María and Angelica Vale. In 1997, he co-hosted the TV show Lente Loco (Crazy Lens), a Candid Camera
-style show with the Cuban
model Odalys Garcia
.
Later in the nineties, he had his own show "Que Vacilón" which aired in prime time through WAPA
. In this comedy show of sketches and stand-ups, he brought to life, along with other local talents, a bunch of peculiar characters who gained immense popularity in the Puerto Rican pop culture, like the clown Trompetilla, a grumpy clown with a kind of fraudulent circus; and Andresito a kind of Dennis the Menace
little boy. Many consider this period to be the peak of his career.
Arrieta had his own weekly TV show in Puerto Rico called "El Show de Raymond". Which was transmitted through Televicentro
and WAPA TV. In 2007 he switched to Telemundo
and WKAQ-TV
, where he starred in his own daytime daily show, "Día a Día con Raymond y Dagmar
". Puerto Rican comedian, Jose Miguel Agrelot
once said, that Raymond Arrieta was the greatest comedian of the "new" generation.
to San Juan
arriving in Telemundo Puerto Rico
. the walk which ended on May 19, 2009. This hike was named the 2nd Hike Ramón Rivero
“Diplo” as he was the first to walk in 1953 for cancer patients of the island. On October 23, 2009 Fi Sigma Alfa honored Raymond Arrieta by bestowing upon him the "Medalla de Caballero Sigma" a medal only four other members have been honored with.
to San Juan
arriving in Telemundo Puerto Rico
with the name "Da Vida Caminando con Raymond". On June 4, 2010, on the very morning of the start of the walk, Caguas mayor, William Miranda Marín
passed away from pancreatic cancer
. The 2010 edition of the walk was dedicated to "Willie" first thing in the morning after in 2009 the walked passed by through Caguas and he told Arrieta he would walk again the next year.
In 2011, Raymond walked for third time from Vieques
to San Juan
in six days and raising money for the Puerto Rico Oncologist Hospital patients, which had no money to pay employees or. He walked 12 miles through the island of Vieques, then boarded a ferry back to Fajardo
and continued to walk in a treadmill completing 2 miles in about an hour and a half. After reaching Fajardo, the day ceased and everyone rested for the next day. When reaching San Juan just near Telemundo, 3 days before arriving, the route continued on to Caguas
to the Caguas Botanical Garden where a memorial service would be held in honor of the memory of the late Caguas mayor William Miranda Marín
, who passed away in June 4, 2010, the first day of Arrieta's walk from Mayagüez. The walk continued to Río Piedras, then back to San Juan. The goal for this fund-raiser was $1 Million and, according to statistics, a record has been set with an unknown quantity of money at the moment. The route he completed was Vieques-Fajardo, Fajardo-Río Grande, Río Grande-San Juan, San Juan-Caguas, Caguas-Río Piedras and Río Piedras-San Juan.
Puerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...
comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
.
Early years
Arrieta was born and raised in Puerto Rico's Capital, San JuanSan Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
. He went to school in the "Academia Nuestra Señora de la Providencia" (Our Lady of the Providence). When he was in the third grade, Arrieta volunteered to play the part of "Ramoneta Cienfuegos" in a school play. After that he continued to participate in many of the other plays of the school. He wrote and directed "Mundo Loco" (Crazy World), which told a story about a war between the lovers of "Salsa music
Salsa music
Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
" against the lovers of "Rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
".
After Arrieta graduated from high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, he enrolled in the "Universidad del Sagrado Corazón" (University of the Sacred Heart
University of the Sacred Heart
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón —or Sacred Heart University in English, or simply Sagrado. Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico is a higher education institution based in Santurce, Puerto Rico and one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious institutions in Puerto Rico.Its...
) of San Juan, where he earned a Bachelors Degree in "Radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
Production". There, he joined Phi Sigma Alpha
Phi Sigma Alpha
Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity commonly known as La Sigma, is a Puerto Rican fraternity established originally as the Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity on October 22, 1928 at the University of Puerto Rico by 12 students and a professor...
Fraternity.
On one occasion, Arrieta and some friends visited the café theater "El Punto del Coquí" located in "Old San Juan". He sat down and played the piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
while doing imitations. The owner of the club was impressed and asked Arrieta to prepare an act for his club. Arrieta prepared an act called "Black and White" which was a success and he was soon traveling around the island with his "show". In 1983, Our Lady of the Providence Academy established the "Raymond Arrieta Award" which is annually awarded to the student with the best artistic qualities.
Career as a comedian
In 1988, Arrieta already had his own radio show and was also participating in TelemundoTelemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
's "Estudio Alegre" (Happy Studio);"El Show del Medio Día" (The Noon Show) for WAPA
WAPA-TV
WAPA-TV is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 27, virtual channel 4. The station is owned by InterMedia Partners and is branded as WAPA Television....
among others. He landed a role in the Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
version of the play "The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
".
In 1991, Arrieta went to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
where he participated in the play "Mama ama el Rock" (Mother loves Rock) with Mexican stars Angelica María and Angelica Vale. In 1997, he co-hosted the TV show Lente Loco (Crazy Lens), a Candid Camera
Candid Camera
Candid Camera is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947...
-style show with the Cuban
Cubans
Cubans or Cuban people are the inhabitants or citizens of Cuba. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
model Odalys Garcia
Odalys García
Odalys García is a Cuban actress, model, singer and show host.García, born in Havana, Cuba, started by participating in dance demonstrations by the age of eight. At nine, she was admitted to the Alicia Alonso School of Ballet....
.
Later in the nineties, he had his own show "Que Vacilón" which aired in prime time through WAPA
WAPA-TV
WAPA-TV is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 27, virtual channel 4. The station is owned by InterMedia Partners and is branded as WAPA Television....
. In this comedy show of sketches and stand-ups, he brought to life, along with other local talents, a bunch of peculiar characters who gained immense popularity in the Puerto Rican pop culture, like the clown Trompetilla, a grumpy clown with a kind of fraudulent circus; and Andresito a kind of Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace (U.S.)
Dennis the Menace is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip originally created, written and illustrated by Hank Ketcham. It debuted on March 12, 1951 in 16 newspapers and was originally distributed by Post-Hall Syndicate...
little boy. Many consider this period to be the peak of his career.
Arrieta had his own weekly TV show in Puerto Rico called "El Show de Raymond". Which was transmitted through Televicentro
Televicentro
Televicentro may refer to the following:*Televicentro 4 Former name of WAPA-TV, a television station in Puerto Rico*Televicentro , a television station in Honduras*Televicentro , a television station in Nicaragua...
and WAPA TV. In 2007 he switched to Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
and WKAQ-TV
WKAQ-TV
WKAQ-TV is a full-power television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital 2.1. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal and is branded simply as Telemundo....
, where he starred in his own daytime daily show, "Día a Día con Raymond y Dagmar
Día a Día con Raymond y Dagmar
Día a Día con Raymond y Dagmar is a new variety program at 11:00 am on WKAQ-TV Telemundo Puerto Rico with Raymond Arrieta and Dagmar.-Comedy characters:Some of the comedic characters perform by Raymond at the show are:...
". Puerto Rican comedian, Jose Miguel Agrelot
José Miguel Agrelot
Giuseppe Michael Agrelot , better known as José Miguel Agrelot, was a comedian, radio and television host and media icon in Puerto Rico...
once said, that Raymond Arrieta was the greatest comedian of the "new" generation.
Comedy Characters
| Character | Notes |
|---|---|
| Trompetilla | Clown |
| Florencio Melón Pujals | Charlie Too Much parody |
| Crispina | Cristina Saralegui Cristina Saralegui Cristina Saralegui is a Cuban American journalist, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, Cristina. She also has her own fashion line of accessories and comforters for bed and bath.... parody |
| El Primo | Stand-Up Comedian |
| María Plinia Palerm Carbetó | aka. Plinia |
| Pedro Queselló | Pedro Rosselló Pedro Rosselló Pedro Juan Rosselló González, M.D., , is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001... parody |
| Wally | Walter Mercado Walter Mercado Walter Mercado , is a Puerto Rican astrologer. Mercado announced that he and Univision have parted ways after fifteen years.-Early years:... parody |
| Chef Piñón | Chef Enrique Piñero parody |
| El Maricuazo | Jesús Omar Rivera "El Boricuazo" parody |
| Cayayo Culumbo | State Policeman of Puerto Rico Character |
| Pirulo El Colorao | African "Bomba" Singer |
| John Tutty | John Toohey Morales John Morales (meteorologist) John Toohey-Morales is a meteorologist born in Schenectady, New York and raised in Puerto Rico. He attended the meteorology program at Cornell University and was then hired by the National Weather Service in 1984. In 1991, he was hired by the Spanish language television network Univision and... parody |
| El Indio Idelfonso | parody |
| Caco Tetilla | |
| El Cabo |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-2000? | Lente Loco | Host | TV Show |
| 1997 | Quiero ser Estrella | Host | TV Show |
| 1997–2007 | El Show de Raymond | Host | TV Show |
| 2004 | El Sueño del Regreso | Flight attendant | Movie |
| 2007–present | Día a Día con Raymond y Dagmar Día a Día con Raymond y Dagmar Día a Día con Raymond y Dagmar is a new variety program at 11:00 am on WKAQ-TV Telemundo Puerto Rico with Raymond Arrieta and Dagmar.-Comedy characters:Some of the comedic characters perform by Raymond at the show are:... |
Host | TV Show |
Later years
Arrieta made history on Friday, May 15, 2009 by beginning a walk to raise funds for cancer patients in Puerto Rican institutions, the city of PoncePonce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
to San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
arriving in Telemundo Puerto Rico
WKAQ-TV
WKAQ-TV is a full-power television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital 2.1. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal and is branded simply as Telemundo....
. the walk which ended on May 19, 2009. This hike was named the 2nd Hike Ramón Rivero
Ramón Rivero (Diplo)
Ramón Rivero — known as Diplo — was a comedian, actor, composer and a pioneer in Puerto Rico's television and cinema industries...
“Diplo” as he was the first to walk in 1953 for cancer patients of the island. On October 23, 2009 Fi Sigma Alfa honored Raymond Arrieta by bestowing upon him the "Medalla de Caballero Sigma" a medal only four other members have been honored with.
Da Vida Caminando con Raymond
Raymond walked again for cancer patients in 2010 from AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico
Aguadilla , founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela. Aguadilla is spread over 15 wards and Aguadilla Pueblo...
to San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
arriving in Telemundo Puerto Rico
WKAQ-TV
WKAQ-TV is a full-power television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital 2.1. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal and is branded simply as Telemundo....
with the name "Da Vida Caminando con Raymond". On June 4, 2010, on the very morning of the start of the walk, Caguas mayor, William Miranda Marín
William Miranda Marín
William "Willie" Miranda Marín was the mayor of Caguas, Puerto Rico from 1997 until his death in 2010.-Personal life:...
passed away from pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer refers to a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors is adenocarcinoma, which arises within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arises from the islet cells and is classified as a...
. The 2010 edition of the walk was dedicated to "Willie" first thing in the morning after in 2009 the walked passed by through Caguas and he told Arrieta he would walk again the next year.
In 2011, Raymond walked for third time from Vieques
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Vieques , in full Isla de Vieques, is an island–municipality of Puerto Rico in the northeastern Caribbean, part of an island grouping sometimes known as the Spanish Virgin Islands...
to San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
in six days and raising money for the Puerto Rico Oncologist Hospital patients, which had no money to pay employees or. He walked 12 miles through the island of Vieques, then boarded a ferry back to Fajardo
Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Fajardo is a small city in Puerto Rico located in the east region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Ceiba and east of Luquillo.Fajardo is spread over 7 wards and Downtown Fajardo , which serves as the administrative center of the city...
and continued to walk in a treadmill completing 2 miles in about an hour and a half. After reaching Fajardo, the day ceased and everyone rested for the next day. When reaching San Juan just near Telemundo, 3 days before arriving, the route continued on to Caguas
Caguas, Puerto Rico
Caguas , founded in 1775, is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey....
to the Caguas Botanical Garden where a memorial service would be held in honor of the memory of the late Caguas mayor William Miranda Marín
William Miranda Marín
William "Willie" Miranda Marín was the mayor of Caguas, Puerto Rico from 1997 until his death in 2010.-Personal life:...
, who passed away in June 4, 2010, the first day of Arrieta's walk from Mayagüez. The walk continued to Río Piedras, then back to San Juan. The goal for this fund-raiser was $1 Million and, according to statistics, a record has been set with an unknown quantity of money at the moment. The route he completed was Vieques-Fajardo, Fajardo-Río Grande, Río Grande-San Juan, San Juan-Caguas, Caguas-Río Piedras and Río Piedras-San Juan.
See also
- List of famous Puerto Ricans
- List of television presenters/Puerto Rico