He was crude, rude and wildly funny: Cuban comic Álvarez Guedes is getting a tribute

How do you say LOL in Spanish?

Because Álvarez Guedes is getting an homage.

If you knew him, you undoubtedly loved him and howled over his brand of comedy.

“¡Ñooo! A Tribute to Álvarez Guedes” brings the story of the legendary Cuban comic, who died in Kendall in 2013, to the Arsht Center May 1-3.

Comedians, actors and special guests who knew him and his body of work will tell his story, supported by unpublished audiovisual footage that will take the audience back to his heyday, according to a release.

NPR once described him as combining “Jackie Mason’s self-deprecating humor with the deadpan delivery of Stephen Colbert.”

There will be five performances of the show, which comes to us from the producers of “¿Qué Pasa USA? Today ... 40 Years Later.” It is told primarily in Spanish, but with sprinkles of English throughout.

For the youngins’, a little history: Guedes was an actor, writer, screenwriter, director, entrepreneur, record producer, but mostly one of the funniest comedians around.

While still in Cuba, he was already a huge star, but it was in exile that he really broke ground. Guedes was known as one of the first Spanish language comics to use vulgarity in his act, paving the way for countless future entertainers. But he was just as funny in English. He taught many gringos about the c word (not the one you are thinking) on his best-selling English language comedy album “How to Defend Yourself From the Cubans” and they loved it.

“I don’t see him as the famous comedian. For me, he was my husband of 58 years and the father of my daughters,” says his widow Elsy Álvarez Guedes, who provided much of the material that will be used. “Guillermo [his birth name] would love to know that his comedy endures and that the public still admires, remembers and loves him.”

Tickets available Friday at www.arshtcenter.org from $39.