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- ↑ Bate-papo com Rogério Skylab | Bate-papo UOL (in Portuguese)
- ↑ "Ex-bancário, Matador de Passarinho condena Felipão: 'Falou besteira'" (in Portuguese). November 30, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ↑ "::: Palma Louca ::: Skylab, aposentado". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- ↑ "Rogério Skylab entrevista celebridades esquecidas pela grande mídia - Matérias - Matador de Passarinho - Canal Brasil". Archived from the original on 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
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