Famous for his program “L’hora de la Cullerada”, the actor, journalist, comedian and announcer opted for the national artist throughout his career in the media. His remains will be buried in Modern Funerals and will rest in the La Resurrección de San Salvador Memorial Park.
With his eyes of tigüilote, clever and unlocked, with the smell of good grass, as well as feels and sounds, he has said goodbye to the most witty of all Salvadorans, Gerónimo Alumbración Silverio Calixto de la Concepción, better known as the Primo Chomo .
Roberto Reis, the ingenuity and talent behind the popular national radio character, died on April 1, 2021, at 11:00 pm, a victim of kidney failure and pneumonia that they complicated him. This was reported by his son, Roberto Reis Jr., “Chomito”, who inherited this versatility that so characterized his famous parent.
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The comedian and announcer also shared the news in the early hours of April 2 on his Twitter wall, generating a wave of messages of support and affection from those who knew and admired his father.
“Chomito, as I told you a while ago, God knows what he’s doing. He already met your mother in heaven. She’s better. These are God’s plans. You have to accept them and try to understand them. in peace rest Primo Chomo and thank you for so many joys “, posted the announcer Pencho Duc.
Roberto Reis, better known as the Primo Chomo, presented his program “L’hora de la cullerada” from Ràdio Festa, early in the morning and in the afternoon, for several years. Photo: EDH / Archive
Aída Farrar and Ricardo Rivas also joined in words of condolence. Also, Noticiero 4Visión star Kathya Carranza, Vox FM presenter Jorge Campos, the Adrenalina group and ESPN Salvadoran presenter Fernando Colom shared reactions to the news of the death.
It should be noted that throughout his career in the art scene and the media, Primo Chomo opted for the national artist. “I always wanted him to go all the way to the ‘smallest’ edge, or the one he was starting,” recalled Alfredo Barahona, the announcer of Ràdio La Chévere’s “Very Salvadoran” program, who also maintained a beautiful friendship. with Kings.
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As a promoter of Salvadoran artists, Barahona found in the First Chomo a great ally. “All his life he asked me for the music of all the national artists, even if they were the so-called little ones …”, Barahona emphasized.
For Reis, the Salvadoran is polished! and for that reason it tried to reunite in the personality of his more famous personage of the characteristics of the campirano cuscatleco. He designed Chomo with great affection, as he stated in an interview with the newspaper Més !, in September 2011, in which he stated that his character was going to “survive”.
In 2001, the comedian and promoter of national artists released a compilation album with his best jokes, jokes and legends. Here, next to the talented Jhosse Lora. Photo: EDH / Archive
“… the Primo is a character that I designed with affection. Besides, it’s something that will survive me. A character never ages, what he plays is what walks everything backwards,” he said this opportunity.
Although Chomo was worth to him to conquer the affection of the radio listening, Kings created several personages throughout his life, like Polidoro Caspiruleta, that arose in its eagerness to tell jokes, and Laureano camandula, a sport cómic.
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His journey through Salvadoran comedy dates back to the 1960s, after graduating from the School of Fine Arts Theater, where he joined the cast of artists at this institution; this allowed him to participate in the First Central American Theater Festival. His passion for acting began in his youth, when he used to raise his age to be able to read short scripts in popular radio novels.
Great talents of the radio, like Teresa Moreira, Mauricio Bojórquez, Leonardo Heredia, Francisco Medina Funes and Albertico Hernandez, among others, influenced in him. He would later share the stage with the famous comedian from Cujucuyo. Aniceto Porsisoca.
Roberto Reis with Aniceto Porsisoca, in a souvenir photo, when they shared the stage at a fair. Photo: EDH / Archive
He also had the opportunity to act in the Mexican film “Only at night you come” (1965), starring Julio Alemany and Elsa Aguirre, which ended up filming in El Salvador and was part of the Artistic Caravan that crossed the national territory.
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It exerted the locution in different transmitters, where it took to the charisma and the ingenuity of his personages. Thus, it was part of radio YSKL, Radio Cuscatlán, Radio Ten and Radio Party. He also worked on Channels 8 and 10, where he presented the news program Tele 10 and its program Super 8.
Reis created Chomo in the 1980s, motivated by his radio colleagues, the group Yellow Fever, Tito Flores and a colleague they called “El Barbarazo”. In August 2013, he received recognition in Los Angeles, California, during the August festivities, as part of his 35-year artistic career.
His remains will be buried this April 3 in the La Resurrecció Memorial Park.
His character from Prime Chomo emerged when he worked at the KL News Center, but only played it for radio birthdays. Photo: EDH / Archive