El Show de Renny (The Renny Show) was a Venezuelan variety show hosted by Renny Ottolina that aired from 1958 to 1971 on Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV). Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the A variety show or variety entertainment is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts especially Musical performances and Comedy Skits and Renaldo José "Renny" Ottolina Pinto (born December 11, 1928 in Valencia Carabobo, died March 16, 1978) was a Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional ( RCTV Internacional) is a Venezuelan cable Television network headquartered in the Ottolina also wrote and produced the show, becoming one of the first independent television producers in Venezuela.
The show featured Las Chicas de Renny (The Girls of Renny). They included Marina Baura (then known as Julia Pérez), Maria Gracia Bianchi, Ingrid Bolaw (later Ingris Garbo), Gudelia Castillo, Liduvina Ramírez, the twins Jeanette and Zayda Garcia, and Elizabeth Flores Gil.
In order to have the best and most up to date show, Ottolina hired foreign choreographers such as Sandra Le Brocc and Jim Huntley, and famous Latin American narrators Paula Bellini and Susana Dujim.
Ottolina would typically host El Show de Renny for two consecutive years and then take a year off, spending that time in another country. Due to this, there were interruptions to the show between the years 1959 and 1961, 1962 and 1964, and 1965 and 1967.
While on one of his breaks in 1960, Renny Ottolina hosted an English language program on the New York City television station WABC-TV. The City of New York WABC-TV, channel 7 is the flagship station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. When he returned to Venezuela in 1961, he introduced the sketches format to his show. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
On February 3, 1965, Ottolina began hosting another show on RCTV called Renny Presenta. . . (Renny Presents. . . ). Renny Presenta. . . mostly featured music and was co-hosted by Ivan Valdez. In 1970, this show was moved to Cadena Venezolana de Television (CVTV). Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. History Cadena Venezolana de Televisión (CVTV was inaugurated as a privately-owned Television station on August 1 1964 at 730 p
In 1971, El Show de Renny aired for the last time and Ottolina left RCTV.
El Show de Renny became one of the most remembered television shows in Venezuela and gave Ottolina fame and prestige.