Casseta & Planeta, Urgente! (series)
- User score: 6.4
- Production country: Brazil
- Production companies: Estúdios Globo
- Genre: Comedy
- Release date: 4/28/1992
- Release date of last episode: 12/21/2010
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 19 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 547
- Run time: 38, 40, 43, 44, 60 min.
Series description
Casseta & Planeta is a Brazilian group of comedians who run a TV show named Casseta & Planeta Urgente, broadcast by Rede Globo. The humour featured on the show is mostly satirical, relating to religious or ethical groups, and minorities. The group founded a company called Toviassu Produções Artísticas, whose name is an acronym composed of syllables from the phrase "Todo viado é surdo" – "Every gay is deaf"; which is the ending of a widely known Brazilian practical joke. Each one of the seven members has a specific function within the company. They present their TV show at Rede Globo and publish a website and many books, among other products, for example the "Machobol". Originally a magazine named Casseta Popular and a humour newspaper called O Planeta Diário, the two teams joined forces and were hired by Rede Globo to become writers for the network's comedy shows, starting with TV Pirata in 1988. A few years later, they starred in their own show.
