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Meet the Man Behind Don Francisco, His Real Name is Mario Kreutzberger

Oct.24, 2012 -- "Sabado Gigante" celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. The hit variety show might be ubiquitous, but little is known about the man at the center of this pop culture phenomenon: Don Francisco himself.

For starters, his real name is not Francisco but Mario Kreutzberger, and he started the show in Chile, not in the U.S.

I had the rare chance of visiting Kreutzberger at his Miami home recently. He is warm and intelligent, and makes it clear there is a line that divides Mario Kreutzberger the man to Don Francisco the icon -- one is private, human, the other one is energertic, perfectly coiffed, always smiling. However, one thing remains constant: he is a master interviewer and a good listener, even when he is the interviewee.

Kreutzberger was born in Chile in 1940 to German Jewish parents who fled Europe after World War II. His father, Erick, was a Holocaust survivor. In his 20's, Kreutzberger traveled to New York to become a tailor at the wish of his father, who w

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Kreutzberger, Mario (1940–)

Mario Kreutzberger was born on December 28, 1940, in Talca, Chile, to German-Jewish parents who had fled Nazi Germany. Initially studying to become a tailor, Kreutzberger spent some time in New York, where he became familiar with television programming in the United States. When he returned to Chile, Kreutzberger started a television show in 1962, Sábado Gigante, which initially aired for eight hours every Saturday. With this show he took on his artistic name, Don Francisco. In 1985 Sábado Gigante began production in Miami, and in 1987 it became the first regularly and nationally broadcast Spanish-language program in the United States. The variety show runs for three hours during prime time on Saturday nights across forty-two countries, including parts of Latin America and Europe. The show is consistently a top-rated show among Latino audiences in the United States and is a mix of performances, interviews, comedy sketches, and games featuring audience participation and product placement. In 2002 the program celebrated its fortieth anniversary, bec

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