Alfonso Lizarazo Sánchez, the broadcaster who created Colombia’s comedy institution ‘Sábados Felices,’ has died at 85. He devised ‘Campeones de la Risa’ in 1972, the show that became ‘Sábados Felices’ and has run for more than five decades. Alfonso Lizarazo, the Colombian television pioneer who created and hosted the enduring comedy show ‘Sábados Felices,’ has died at 85, closing a defining chapter in the country’s broadcasting history. Ask Open the full Ask Rio Times → RT Ask Rio TimesWhat to do, where to go in Colombia › RT Ask Rio Times Latin American culture, food and life. ‘Sábados Felices’ is a Colombian comedy program that grew out of Lizarazo’s 1972 show ‘Campeones de la Risa.’