Mario Netas - Characters

Characters

Mario Netas
Mario Netas is a wooden dummy and host of the show. He often brags in a humorous way about sleeping with a large number of women, especially at the beginning of the show. He usually makes fun of guests and criticizes anything on the show he doesn't like (e.g. "Cartas a Marito" section). He hates being called Marito (Little Mario), but this doesn't keep some guests like Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Marta Sahagún, from calling him that.

El Buen Bob
"Good" Bob is the puppeteer who controls Mario. He is somewhat fat, wears a green mask and only rarely moves or speaks. He never replies back whenever he's asked his opinion by Mario, creating an awkward silence which leads Mario to roll his eyes and coldly say "se" ("yeah, right"). Bob is said to have a fan club, and is the target of many girls' affection.

Don Polo
Don Polo is an old worker in the set of the show. Although he usually works as the only cabin crew member, he has sometimes covered for Mario as the host when the latter has been out on vacation. He has shown good skills on the use of the sound censorship button when a guest begins to say profanities, skill that was put to test when Cuauhtémoc Blanco and, more recently, Ana Guevara were interviewed. In an attempt to imitate Mario and Bob's routine, he made up a puppet of his own named "Polito" (Little Polo). However, his abilities as a ventriloquist were nowhere to be seen.

Nicanor
Nicanor was first introduced in the Marta Sahagún episode, as a "ropavejero" (a rag and bones man), a low-class Mexican clothes "expert." His first appearance was so popular that he became a recurring character. Apparently, Nicanor spends most of his time in the studio as a handyman, for he is randomly introduced in every episode. He once hosted a section of his own named "Cartas a Marito" (Letters to Marito), in which fans would send letters mail to express their opinion on the show and its characters. He suffered a mysterious accident just before the beginning of a show which left him in a coma. He later reappeared again, but his section was canceled. He speaks with a common Mexico City accent. Like Don Polo (whose bombed jokes simply did not appeal to the producer of the show), he hosted the show while Mario and Bob were on vacation. He has managed to interview a couple of guests when Mario and Bob are not around, like Saddam Hussein. On that same episode we got to meet his aunt, the psychic Madame Wendolyn (her real name is Anastasia). Another relative that has also appeared on the show is Cyber-Carlos, Nicanor's cousin. He is supposed to be the electronic voice that reads out loud the news from Reforma.