| Raymond Arrieta | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 26, 1965 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Occupation | Comedian |
Raymond Arrieta (born March 26, 1965 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican comedian. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. San Juan (saŋ hwaŋ (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, " Saint John the Baptist " is the Capital and largest municipality in Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. San Juan (saŋ hwaŋ (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, " Saint John the Baptist " is the Capital and largest municipality in
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Early years
Arrieta was born and raised in Puerto Rico's Capital, San Juan. 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". Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Latin American Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums.
After Arrieta graduated from high school, he enrolled in the "Universidad del Sagrado Corazon" (University of the Sacred Heart) of San Juan, where he earned a Bachelors Degree in "Radio and Television Production". High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic There, he joined Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity. Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity (ΦΣΑ (aka Fi Sigma Alfa) commonly known as La Sigma, is a fraternity established originally as the Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity
On one occasion, Arrieta and some friends visited the café theater "El Punto del Coqui" located in "Old San Juan". See also San Juan Puerto Rico Old San Juan (Spanish Viejo San Juan is the oldest settlement within the territory of the United He sat down and played the piano while doing imitations. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers 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".
Career as a comedian
In 1988, Arrieta already had his own radio show and was also participating in Telemundo's "Estudio Alegre" (Happy Studio);"El Show del Medio Día" (The Noon Show) for WAPA among others. Telemundo is an American television network based in Hialeah Florida a suburb of Miami Florida. WAPA-TV is a full-power independent television station located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 4 digital channel 27 He landed a role in the Spanish version of the play "The Diary of Anne Frank". Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank ( (12 June 1929 – early March 1945 was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany
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. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. That year, he also co-hosted the TV show "Lente Loco" ("Crazy Lens"), a Candid Camera-style show with the Cuban model Odalys Garcia. Candid Camera was a Television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on Radio as Candid Microphone Cubans (Cubanos are people inhabiting or originating from Cuba. Odalys García (born October 23, 1975) is a Cuban actress model singer and show host
Later in the nineties, he got his own show "Que Vacilón" aired in prime time through WAPA. WAPA-TV is a full-power independent television station located in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 4 digital channel 27 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 stars in his own daytime daily show, "Día a Día con Raymond y Dagmar". Telemundo is an American television network based in Hialeah Florida a suburb of Miami Florida. WKAQ-TV is a full-power television station located in San Juan Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 2 digital 28 Día a Día con Raymond y Dagmar is a new variety program at 1100 am on WKAQ-TV Telemundo Puerto Rico with Raymond Arrieta and Dagmar. Puerto Rican comedian, Jose Miguel Agrelot once said, that Raymond Arrieta was the greatest comedian of the "new" generation. Giuseppe Michael Agrelot ( April 21, 1927 &ndash January 28, 2004) better known as José Miguel Agrelot, was a Puerto Rican
The "Raymond Arrieta Award"
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.
See also
External links
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