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147:) occupied the first floor. According to him, he was sent at a very young age to a social worker because he declared that he wanted to be "an actor or entertainer" and during that era, "most Puerto Rican parents said (their) children had to be doctors, fire (or) police (personnel), teachers, carpenters or plumbers". Since he was young, however, he showed artistic prowess, and he joined a musical group named The Rockers Boys, as a dancer, in 1957 at the age of 14. Garcia was encouraged in his pursuits by a teacher named Norberta Byron, who noticed his talent for acting. When Garcia was 15, he joined a radio show maintained by show host and teacher Pedro Ojeda on a radio station,
170:. Arrivi Alegria and Santiago Lavandero were so impressed by Garcia's acting that they returned to Mayagüez soon to see him act again, and, a short time later, invited him to go to San Juan with them. In San Juan, Garcia studied scenography, puppetry and diction, as well as acting and lighting techniques. Santiago Lavandero was a teacher at the
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131:, a movie that also allowed Garcia to participate in his first musical album (albeit as an actor, as he appeared on a song where he voiced the character he played in the movie). By his own account, Garcia has participated in some 20 films.
143:. Garcia has said that humor was in him since the day he was born. As a young child, Garcia lived in a wooden, two-story building where his house was on the second floor, and a mom-and-pop style supermarket (a "colmado" or "colmadito", in
266:" (which loosely translates to "The WKAQ-funnies", WKAQ-TV being Canal 2's signal on Puerto Rican television) At "Los Kakukómicos", Garcia also played another famous character, female "Solitaria", alongside Puerto Rican actress
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