She went through some very tough things growing up so for her to come out the way she did, to be so loving and positive, is something I’m very grateful for. JC! Juanita Carmelita! That’s my mother to the fullest! She’s a firecracker! She had a military father and was the oldest of all of her siblings. So Creeper moves in this certain way that just makes people laugh, and you don’t even have to say anything. Bean because there are people around the world that don’t speak English, but they get the physical comedy. That’s what’s up!”Īs I was developing Creeper over the years, I really started to do my research by watching Buster Keaton, Benny Hill, the Three Stooges and Mr. He’s a good dad, always like, “Show a little gratitude and handle your business. My dad was always working on his lowrider, always with Chucks and his Dickies pants creased, but always driving me to little league practice. I’m talking every weekend they’re working on it. Anyone that has a lowrider knows it has to be a way of life because there is constant maintenance. My dad is an old-school cholo who was always out front working on his lowrider car. All of my main characters are straight-up drawn from my parents. You were born into comedy! Since Creeper is derived from the OG Creeper, I think we need to hear about him first, out of respect.Ĭreeper is a straight-up extension of my father. “Oh mijo, this one time Louie Anderson was there and there was this heckler and Louie Anderson went and just laid on top of the heckler.” For me to have these stories is amazing. They would drink in the parking lot so they could order sodas for the two-drink minimums - they have stories. My parents grew up in the projects around the corner from each other and when they were dating, they’d save up the little money they had and go to the Improv or the Comedy Store. Where did you first get on a stage and when you got your first paying gig, how did that feel? And while his character Creeper may be the breakout star with his motivational CholoFit exercise routines, the man behind making you feel the burn is now getting shout-out requests at shows for his creations.Īccording to Quiñones, positivity has been a driving force of his success and after talking to him about where he came from and where he’s going, we learned that positivity is actually a trait that was passed directly from his parents, one of whom we were delighted and entertained to talk to as well.
roots, Quiñones over the years created characters based on an upbringing that wasn’t always sol y arco iris, such as his spicy drama-fueled character Juanita Carmelita, a.k.a. 12 he’s representing to the fullest as Luis on the ABC Studios/Hulu show “This Fool. He sold a show to TBS with his friends (Donny Divanian and Cory Loykasek) called “The Dress Up Gang,” his comedy special “Superhomies” landed on HBO, he scored a part on “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX), and on Aug. The road wasn’t easy, but the accomplishments of this now-16-year comedy vet have raised his stock higher than a cholo’s socks. Always the class clown, Quiñones grew up in a home alive with comedy and funk music, which he also borrowed from his parents. (Samanta Helou Hernandez / For The Times)įrankie Quiñones started his sketch comedy career in his family living room at age 6, holding a sprinkler head he found in his dad’s work truck as a microphone while dressed in his mom’s clothes.
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