Don Ramón was played by Ramón Valdés in El Chavo del Ocho, the Mexican sitcom created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños that first aired in the 1970s and became a staple across Latin America. The character, a widowed father raising his daughter in a Mexico City neighborhood, became famous for dodging rent owed to Señor Barriga. Short clips of his voice now circulate on soundboards and social media, where Spanish-speaking audiences reuse familiar lines and reactions as memes long after the original broadcasts.