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Leopoldo Fernandez Salgado, known as Tres Patines or "Pototo," was a Cuban comedian born on December 26, 1904, in Calimete, Provincia Matanzas, Cuba. He passed away on November 11, 1985, in Miami. Tres Patines gained fame as a maker and performer on the radio program La Tremenda Corte, which remains popular today. His birth was registered in Güines, approximately 30 miles south of Havana, but he moved to Havana at an early age. Leaving school to support his family, he worked various jobs, including delivering bread, serving as a telegraphist, making tobacco, and fortune-telling. In 1926, he founded a theatrical company with friends and toured nationally with Blanquita Gomez. After the tour, he returned to his company and met several notable performers, including Candita Quintana, who later became his wife for sixteen years. Tres Patines' career took him to countries such as Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, where audiences enjoyed La Tremenda Corte. His most successful series, launched in 1941, featured the character Pototo and included appearances on El show de Pototo y Filomeno. The character of the judge in La Tremenda Corte was portrayed by Anibal de Mar, with whom Tres Patines collaborated as both comedians and singers. Following Fidel Castro's rise to power in 1959, Leopoldo exiled

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