There are just three episodes left before the lights dim on the larger-than-life Spanish-language TV staple “Sabado Gigante.”
After 53 years on the air, the madcap variety show is ending its run on Sept. 19. And we tagged along with its zany ringleader Mario Kreutzberger — who is better known under his stage name Don Francisco — during the final days of the Miami-based show.
Inside the home of Mario "Don Francisco" Kreutzberger. #SabadoGigante pic.twitter.com/WYlcHLrrU6
— Yvonne Villarreal (@villarrealy) September 2, 2015
Here are some things we learned along the way:
—We met up with Kreutzberger at his home in Indian Creek Village, a gated community on an island in Biscayne Bay for some of Miami’s most wealthy.