It has been hosted by Alfonso Lizarazo, Alí Humar, Jota Mario Valencia, Carlos Calero, Hernán Orjuela and Humberto Rodríguez.
It began in 1972 as Campeones de la risa, changing names in 1976 when Caracol for the first time gained the rights to its Saturday timeslot.
The 1998 move of Caracol from a programadora to a private television channel, after 1,323 episodes had been aired, marked a format change for the program.
[1][2] Sections that make up the program consist of parodies based on the productions that Canal Caracol (producer of the program) has made such as “Ría a Ría”, “Mensa para tres”, “La Plaga” (which are recorded in their original set), "Las telebobelas", "El Parón", "Sirirí A.I", "La Casa de la cucha", "The Toxics", "Humour à la demande", "To laugh seriously", "Who seeks finds", "Caught the detail", these last two brought an error for viewers to guess, and send a letter with the answer to participate for different prizes, and other parodies on national and international news, contests as well as the social campaign: “A smile for Peace.” The music of the show is produced by the group Guns n' Risas.
*: Only performance in Sketches The show has been criticized for the blackface character Soldado Micolta,[3][4] also the comedians Peter Albeiro and Carroloco have been accused of having ties to the Clan del Golfo drug trafficking organization, both being denied by the comedians,[5][6] the comedian Juan Ricardo Lozano "Alerta" sued the Caracol channel at the beginning of 2024 for an alleged unjustified dismissal of the program.