Bueno, vale, de acuerdo
A Spanish chat show broadcast from 1997 until 2005 on Telecinco and was pretty much the biggest thing on TV during its time. Presented by Xávier Sarda and, until 2002, "Galindo", a Martian played by dwarf character actor Martí Galindo; this show combined fun, shoe slapping and interviews to become almost invincible in the late-night slot from Mondays to Thursdays.This show contains examples of:
- Audience Participation: Sarda, Galindo and the collaborators would often go and interview audience members. They'd often ask the audience questions, such as voting on Prime Minister José María Aznar's statement that "Spain's well"note . Even before Ask the Audience was a thing.
- Bullying the Disabled: Sarda even had to pay damages after what was considered to be quite a condescending interview with a disabled man.
- Camp Gay: Boris Izaguirre. The high-pitched voice, the outlandishness... perfect Crónicas.
- Catchphrase: "Bueno, vale, de acuerdo" (cue audience applause).
- Also Mariano Mariano's catchphrase "¿A ti qué te pasa, gilipollas?"note He never was one to mince his words.
- Coordinated Clothes: In at least one episode
in 1997, Galindo and Xavier wore the same jacket. - Dance Party Ending: In 1997 the show made a mixtape of various 90s dance songs and played it at least once or twice on the show.
- Department of Redundancy Department: Mariano Mariano.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: The first few episodes had a habit of turning the lights off and interviewing guests away from the desk.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Cross-dressing collaborator Manuel Reyes quickly became nicknamed 'Pozí' when he spoofed various soaps.
- Good Is Not Soft: Galindo's a fairly mild-mannered guy, but even he has been caught to physically abuse guests he doesn't like.
- Hollywood Darkness: See Early-Installment Weirdness, but when the lights went off a couple of blue uplighters came on.
- Issue Drift: The show became a popular show for those opposed to the Iraq War in 2003, an unpopular conflict in Spain: the show saw its ratings boosted after its collaborators largely expressed their hatred of the decision.
- Manual Misprint: An unusual TV show variant. On one episode, producers noticed that usually reputable newspaper El País said in its TV listings that the show was presented by Javier Capitán and the rest of the team on El informalnote , not Javier Sardá. Sardá's meltdown that night is a sight to behold.
- Parody Sue: Carlos Latre's character Bea, "la Becaría". He plays a woman who comes to Crónicas for work experience.
- Exploited by every other cast member as a reliable way to wind up Sardà!
- Phony Psychic: Exploited. In one incident, the show brought on Elena Alexandri and Terry - two up-and-coming fortune tellers who ended up accusing each other of being liarsnote They pretty much lost their careers due to Crónicas.
- Reality Television: In its later years, the show pretty much became a discussion point for all of Telecinco's new reality shows, including Gran Hermano.
- Reunion Show: Quite a random series of these in 2023. Telecinco brought back Sardà for a look back at his favourite moments with his collaborators. Telecinco said it wasn't to be considered a one-off reboot.note
- Running Gag: In the first series, Sardà used to look at both sides of the studio as though he were unsure before entering.
- Shoe Slap: Galindo used this improvised weapon at least once on the show.
- Space Elves: Galindo.
- Tabloid Melodrama: Used on this show like hell.
- Wagon Train to the Stars: The show's set was based on a spaceship (or the 90s equivalent).
- You Can Leave Your Hat On: Susana Reche performed a stripease routine at the end of every episode.
- Boris Izaguirre would apparently do this too!
