More than just a Love Boat regular guest star and sweeping generalization of Spanish female sexuality, Charo is also a very talented guitarist. What's more, she's coming back to SF in June as not only a Grand Marshall of the Homosexual Pride Parade, but also putting on a show at the Herbst Theater.

Let us then re-visit Mattymatt's PHENOMENAL 2005 interview with the Spanish singing sensation with an interview he had with María del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza Rasten -- AKA Charo! Viva la Coochi, indeed.

The only thing more shocking than Charo consenting to an interview with SFist is that there are people in the world who don't know who she is. For those philistines, here's a quick recap: Charo is a Spanish superstar of song, dance, and guitar, known for her eccentric catchphrase ("coochi coochi"), wild ensembles, a record-setting number of Loveboat guest appearances, and a speech pattern that is unpredictable, frantic, and totally unstoppable. You don't have to be a gay man to love her, but lord knows it doesn't hurt.

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