Clube da Criança
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Angélica (1987–1993)
Mylla Christie (1993–1994)
Patrícia Nogueira (1994–1995)
Debby Lagranha (1997–1998)
| Clube da Criança | |
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| Created by | Maurício Sherman |
| Starring | Xuxa Meneghel (1983–1986) Angélica (1987–1993) Mylla Christie (1993–1994) Patrícia Nogueira (1994–1995) Debby Lagranha (1997–1998) |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 3 hours |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rede Manchete |
| Release | June 6, 1983 – August 14, 1998 |
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Clube da Criança (transl. Children's Club) was a Brazilian children's television series that aired on Rede Manchete from June 6, 1983 to August 14, 1998.
The show aired from Monday to Sunday at 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. by mixing jokes with the audience, and featuring viewers' drawings and toy raffles.
In 1983, director Maurício Shermann, then hired from TV Band, decided to come up with an idea for a new children's TV series. Remembering the children's programmes he previously created, Shermann noted that all of them were hosted by a young female presenter. He decided to invite Xuxa Meneghel to present the show, and had a member of his team travel to Rio de Janeiro to ask her to accept the invite.
This attempt proved unsuccessful when Xuxa refused, and even Xuxa's mother, Alda, went to Mauricio directly, asking him for explanations about the invitation, which she suspected of the director's ulterior motives.
Two months after leaving Bandeirantes, Shermann moved to Manchete, a station where he also controlled a publishing house where Xuxa was often featured on the cover of the imprint's publications. The director tried again to convince the then model to present a children's programme. Surprised by the invitation, the model refused the invitation a second time, claiming that she was following an international career as a model and was not interested in the project. Mauricio then talked to footballer Pelé, who was in a relationship with Xuxa at the time, guaranteeing that she would accept the project. The first recording of the show took place two weeks later.