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Lost 'El Chavo del 8' Cancun Segment Resurfaces With Official Confirmation

Grupo Chespirito verified a 19-minute VHS transfer posted by a Puerto Rican collector, highlighting the fan networks now rescuing lost media.

Overview

  • The partial clip, roughly 19–20 minutes with its opening missing, was digitized from a VHS recorded in Puerto Rico and posted on the VecinoPRVHS YouTube channel.
  • FórumChaves shared the find on X after the collector known as “scoobyonda” located and transferred the tape.
  • Reporting places the recording around 1980 with indications of a limited retransmission in 1983.
  • The footage includes beach-set classroom scenes with El Chavo, La Chilindrina, La Popis, Ñoño and Godínez, plus a Doctor Chapatín segment, while Quico and Don Ramón are absent.
  • The same collector recently surfaced the lost “Las goteras” episode, and fan groups are urging holders of old VHS/Betamax tapes to contribute to further preservation efforts.