El veintiuno de febrero/February 21st
¡Feliz Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna ! (International Mother Language Day) ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Chespirito (Roberto Gómez Bolaños)! (1929-Nov. 28th, 2014) Photo from clarin.com. Click HERE (site has photos and video of his impressive funeral in Azteca Stadium). Chespirito, whose nickname in English means "Little Shakespeare" (Shakespeare-ito), is considered by many to be the most important Latin and Spanish-language humorist of all time. When he died in 2014, 50,000 fans filled Estadio Azteca, Mexico's most important soccer stadium, and danced at his funeral dressed as the characters he had created, El Chapulín and El Chavo (read more in this New York Times tribute, HERE ). Almost every Spanish-speaker can quote a line of his, such as ¡No contaban con mi astucia! (You weren't counting on my cleverness!) and ¡Síganme los buenos! (Follow me, good people!), which his character (in this case, Chapulín Colorado) would say right before or right afte...