El Chapulín Colorao is a television series, created and played by Chespirito, a successful Mexican comedian, which parodied superhero shows. It first aired in Mexico by Televisa in 1970, but then was aired across Latin America and Spain until 1979, alongside sister production El Chavo del Ocho. Both shows are incredibly enduring as they still are constantly re-run, and have won back some of their popularity in several countries such as Colombia, where it has aired in competition with The Simpsons (which has a character based on him). The name translates literally in English as "The Red Grasshopper" (the word chapulin is a Spanish word of Nahuatl or Aztec origin).