Emmanuel Logroño (born November 1, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York), better known as Sunshine Logroño is a famous Puerto Rican actor, radio announcer, television show host, singer, comedy writer, entrepreneur and comedian. Logroño has enjoyed success on Puerto Rican media for close to three decades. 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Brooklyn Bridge in 1890, seven years after its opening Kings County in New York State Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...

Born in New York from a Puerto Rican mother, Logroño moved to Puerto Rico along with his family when he was nine years old. He was soon recognized as a multifaceted entertainer by his schoolteachers and classmates. His nickname "Sunshine" came from a short stint (1973) as a disc jockey for WBMJ-AM, Puerto Rico's first rock and roll station (another WBMJ disc jockey at the time, Raymond Broussard, better known as Moonshadow, is currently co-host of El Vacilón de la Mañana, a very popular Spanish language morning radio talk show in New York City). Besides his short stint as a disc jockey, Logroño served as a voice actor for Puerto Rico's then-active dubbing industry. His was the Spanish-language voice for one of the Cartwright brothers in the U.S. television show Bonanza. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... El Vacilón de la Mañana is New Yorks top morning show, broadcast from Spanish-language station La Mega (97. ... This article discusses the television series. ...

Logroño obtained a Bachelor in Arts (English Language Literature) degree from the University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras and a Master of Arts (Theater) degree from Michigan State University. After his return to Puerto Rico, Logroño was a member of the Puerto Rican folk group, Moliendo Vidrio which also starred bandleader Gary Nuñez and later comedic actress Carmen Nydia Velázquez Moliendo Vidrio made a few albums during the 1970s. By the late years of that decade, the group disbanded. Michigan State University Michigan State University is a university in East Lansing, Michigan near the state capital of Lansing. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...

Logroño kept himself busy in the late 1970's as a voice talent for radio commercials, as a comedic actor on Puerto Rican television, and as a radio host. He co-hosted a morning radio program with Puerto Rican entrepreneur and musician Silverio Pérez, and served as part of the comedic team behind Desafiando a los Genios, a popular TV mock quiz show starring, among others, actor, writer and film director Jacobo Morales and Puerto Rico's premiere comedic actor, José Miguel Agrelot. Two of Logroño's TV characters would surface around this time: Agapito Flores, a rather naive country bumpkin with a speech impairment, and Nicky El Bro, a Newyorrican hustler. Silverio Pérez (born July 18, 1948) is a Puerto Rican known TV figure with a taste for Puerto Rican music, having at his name some known compositions like the Danza dedicated to the island of Vieques:Isla Nena and many others. ... Jacobo Morales (born approx. ... José Miguel Agrelot — Don Cholito Date of birth April 21, 1927 Date of death January 28, 2004 (natural causes) Education University of Puerto Rico Bachelors degree in Arts. ...

Morales and Perez would soon revive, along with actor and radio announcer Horacio Olivo, a musical group named Los Rayos Gamma, Puerto Rico's most beloved political satire troupe which had an extremely short but popular stint in 1968 as the creative vehicle for the late satirical writer and journalist, Eddie López. Logroño filled in for Pérez on vacation, and when Pérez returned, he was allowed to fill in López's shoes (who was considered irreplaceable by some), with great success. Los Rayos Gamma had a television show on channel 7, where they satirized politicians with their songs to high ratings -and, which would be taken off the air due to their rather direct satirical jabs at the then governor of Puerto Rico, Carlos Romero Barceló. They went on to make a few albums and would return to the public spotlight in roughly four-year intervals, coinciding with each general election in Puerto Rico. 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... SuperSiete is a Puerto Rican television station that was first formed in the late 1950s when it was first called WRIK-TV in Ponce. ... Order: 5th Democratically Elected Governor Term of Office: January 2, 1977– January 2, 1985 Predecessor: Rafael Hernández Colón Successor: Rafael Hernández Colón Date of Birth: Sunday, September 4, 1932 Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico First Lady: Kate Donnally Profession: Lawyer Political Party: New Progressive...

After Los Rayos Gamma's TV show was yanked off the air, Sunshine kept active, doing voice-overs for commercials (at one time half of all radio commercials in Puerto Rico featured Logroño's talents in one way or another) and making appearances at several TV shows and radio programs. At one of these shows the comedic characters of Eleuterio Quiñones and his son Elpidio were born. Eleuterio Quiñones, a die-hard supporter of Puerto Rican statehood whose grasp of public affairs and general culture level would be best compared to those of Archie Bunker in the U.S., and his son Elpidio -a 38-year old special education patient with the emotional age of a child but with rather stunning reproductive organs - are still a staple of Puerto Rican radio and television. Logroño also developed his own audio production company, Man-TK Records (Man-TK being a pun on manteca, the Spanish word for lard. Logroño's work is filled with porcine references throught his career). Carroll OConnor as Archie Bunker Archie Bunker was a fictional character in the classic and top-rated 1970s American television sitcom All in the Family. ... A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in a complex organism; namely: Male: penis (notably the glans penis... A pun (also known as paronomasia) is a deliberate confusion of similar-sounding words or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. ...

In 1989 Logroño began hosting a show named Sunshine's Cafe on WAPA-TV. Sunshine's Cafe was very popular among Puerto Rico's tv viewers and its risqué sense of humor guaranteed four seasons of high ratings and extreme controversy. Sunshine played many characters, including a clever closet homosexual named Vitín Alicea Arévalo, and many of his phrases became household sayings. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Televicentro is a Puerto Rico-based television station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as the call letters WAPA-TV, Channel 4, for NTSC television and WAPA-DT, Channel 27, for digital television. ... Homosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love, or sexual desire exclusively for another of the same sex. ...

In 1991, Logrono had a chance to star in a Hollywood movie: he acted opposite Martin Short and Kurt Russell in Captain Ron. He claims to appear in the movie Contact, alongside Jodie Foster, but actually -thanks to the rather extreme talents of the film's editor, Logroño claims- only his left elbow appears on the screen. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... Martin Hayter Short CM (born March 26, 1950) is an actor, writer, and producer best known for his comedy work. ... Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American actor. ... A Contact is part of the active component of an electric switch. ... Alicia Christian Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and director. ...

According to an interview that Logroño gave Vea one time, one day, he arrived at his office to learn there was an audition for another movie. By his own account, he caught a flight to New York City, made the audition, and flew back to Puerto Rico, arriving just in time to participate at a play in Mayagüez. Vea is a Puerto Rican gossip magazine that has been published weekly since 1968. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Mayagüez (pronounced Mah-yah-GWEHZ) is the third largest city of Puerto Rico. ...

Logrono attempted to show his serious actor side in the late 1990s, participating in various theater plays. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ...

He was the host of a show named Sunshine en la Noche (Sunshine at Night). in the big network switch of 2000 Sunshine switched to WAPA and he's currently the host of a show named "Club Sunshine".

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans
• Rene Monclova