Mario Netas is an internet animated cartoon by Pacasso airing weekly in the online website of the Mexican newspaper Reforma.
[1] The cartoon depicts a talk show hosted by a wooden dummy named Mario inviting Mexican and foreign newsmakers to explain current news.
In an attempt to imitate Mario and Bob's routine, he made up a puppet of his own named "Polito" (Little Polo).
Nicanor was first introduced in the Marta Sahagún episode, as a "ropavejero" (a rag and bones man), a low-class Mexican clothes "expert."
Apparently, Nicanor spends most of his time in the studio as a handyman, for he is randomly introduced in every episode.
On that same episode we got to meet his aunt, the psychic Madame Wendolyn (her real name is Anastasia).
On August 12, 2008, the spicy comment was replaced with a message from Mario Netas staff repudiating crime in Mexico where Good Bob says "Ya Basta!"
This is a section where Mario reviews a movie chosen by him based on the "Muvimetre", a scale that goes from Terrible to Excellent.
As the contestant Jolette Hernandez of the TV show La Academia (something similar to American Idol) sings, Bob's contact lenses break.
During the interview with Andrés Manuel López Obrador, they play a sad song due to the way he lost the elections, Bob's eyes become glassy and almost sheds a tear.
In this show, the Spicy Comment was substituted by a message from Mario and the rest of the staff repudiating crime in Mexico (after the kidnapping and killing of Fernando Marti).
As of 14 April 2010 the voice of Mario was replaced, the sudden change without warning to the fans was coldly received.
"Pacasso" alias of Francisco J. Almaraz, suddenly left the show after a week of absence (during the Easter holidays) to join the cast of Joaquín López Dóriga.
[citation needed] He now participates in a segment known as "Terapia Intensiva" (Intensive Care) and consists of a similar format as that of Mario Netas, but the main character is a doctor.
The situation was made even worse by the lack of public response from the newspaper "Reforma" after the universal reaction from fans repudiating the deception and noting that the show was a terrible unfunny imitation of the original.
At the beginning, the opinions of the new show were divided, but the new format became a success, now with more than a 60 chapters, Terapia Intensiva is a reference in politics and news humor.
Currently the show, and its spin-off named "Terapia Intensiva: Unidad de Quemados", rank at the top 10 of the iTunes podcast list.