Golo (humorista)

Rubén González Calvano, who works under the name Golo, was born in Santa Fe on 1 July 1936. He is an Argentine comedian, scriptwriter and actor, and his career of more than six decades has run mainly through radio and television.

He moved to Buenos Aires at 18 and started out writing for the programme Farandulandia. He then wrote for La Revista Dislocada and for the television series Viendo a Biondi, which starred Pepe Biondi, and contributed to programmes including Las aventuras del Capitán Piluso, El increíble Tony, La revista de Dringue, Matraca Boom, Domingo de Fiesta, La foto, De lo nuestro con humor, Las gatitas y ratones de Porcel and Buenos Días, Sonrisas y Servicios.

In 1984 he created and hosted the radio programme Golo...sinas, which stayed on air for more than 30 years across stations including Radio Colonia, Radio Concepto, AM 770, Radio Güemes AM 1050, Radio Zónica and Radio Argentina AM 570. It mixed monologues, characters drawn from everyday life and social satire. For fifteen years he shared the microphone with the actor Cacho Bustamante, who also appeared in the television version broadcast by Telefé.

He sat on the jury of Finalísima del Humor, shown on Canal 9 in the 1980s and hosted by Leonardo Simons.