That day, his friends created a nickname "Xuxa", by which Scherer became widely known because his blond hair resembled that of a children's television presenter with the same name.
The following year, the same director wrote "Love Strange Love", a film in which the protagonist Ribeiro played the pre-adolescent Hugo and adult along with Vera Fischer and Xuxa.
The Brazilian singer Xuxa recorded a song using the same play and same sample in the song "Jogo da Rima".
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They also perform with most of the Brazilian musical artists, such as: Roberto Carlos, Gilberto Gil, Ivan Lins, Simone, Chitãozinho & Xororó, Sandy & Junior, Fafá de Belém, Fábio Júnior, Xuxa, Angélica Ksyvickis, Wanderléa, The Fevers, Luiz Ayrão, Vanderlei Cardoso, Elizete Cardoso, Hebe Camargo, Selma Reis e Agnaldo Rayol.
Lucas has also been a regular on sitcoms and variety shows, including Night Court, Silk Stalkings, L.A. Law, Nip/Tuck, along with appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, America's Funniest Home Videos, Xuxa, and Circus of the Stars.
The city is the birthplace of the popular Brazilian celebrity Maria da Graça Meneghel known as Xuxa and Brazilian World Cup Winning Goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel.
The band started in 1984 with Luciano Nassyn and Patricia Marx, recording the album Clube da Criança with Xuxa and Carequinha.
The show, consisting of games and musical numbers, took place on a colorful, futuristic set full of elaborate rides and props, among which was a mechanical "spaceship" through which Xuxa would normally enter the set at the start of the show, and leave at the end.