Born in the Balvanera barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he started making and recording crank calls in the mid- 1960s by way of comic relief for a bedridden friend.
Born in the Balvanera barrio of Buenos Aires to Italian Argentine immigrants, worked in a shoe factory during his early years. He began making and recording crank calls in the mid- 1960s by way of comic relief for a bedridden friend.