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Los Kakukomicos (1980)

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Puerto Rico

How it feels

This is a Puerto Rican television comedy series from the 1980s. It features a cast of popular performers in humorous sketches. The show is remembered fondly as a classic example of local comedy.

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What happens

Los Kakukomicos was a Puerto Rican television comedy show which was produced by Paquito Cordero for Telemundo, channel 2. It was shown consecutively between 1980 and 1990.The show featured such stars as Lourdes Chacón, Otilio Warrington, the Argentine-Puerto Rican actress Raquel Montero, Rosita Velazquez, Juan Manuel Lebron, Waleska Seda, Tito Negrón, Shorty Castro, Adrian Garcia and others, as well as, before his death, Machuchal. In 2011, the show was revived as a theatrical play, named "Los Kakukomicos, El Regreso" ("Los Kakukomicos, The Return"). The show is considered a comedy classic by Puerto Rican television viewers and critics alike. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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