Puppeeteer Wanlu, above, commissioned famous US-based craftsman Scott Land to make this Dolphy marionette. “It took months of planning and brainstorming,” Wanlu said. The special marionette was unveiled at the Cultural Center of the Philippines during the recent National Theater Festival. Apart from paying homage to the late Comedy King, Wanlu hopes the miniature Pidol [...]
LAST Sunday, we stayed up way past our bedtime to watch the “Alay Tawa” tribute to Dolphy on ABS-CBN. It was a noteworthy production because it involved the talents of all three of our leading TV networks, who were finally brought together by their shared love and respect for the local entertainment scene’s recently departed King Comic.
The day before Dolphy’s remains were interred, ABS-CBN’s “Maala-ala Mo Kaya” honored him by replaying “Bisikleta,” a dramatic piece that the master comic did for the long-running TV drama anthology.
So far the best tribute to comedy king Dolphy that we’ve seen is the one aired last July 22 on GMA News TV. The tribute titled “Habilin ng Hari,” consisting of crisp vignettes alongside interviews and film clips and hosted by Carla Abellana, was straightforward and sentimental, informative and enjoyable in equal parts. [...]
The death of comedy king Dolphy taught us one thing: Something good can be derived from adversity. His passing united his 18 children, who have different mothers. His colleagues from competing TV networks didn’t mind being in the same room to grieve with his family, from the start of the wake up till the time he was laid to rest on Sunday. Even in an otherwise dark hour, Dolphy’s reminder for everyone to “smile through your fear and sorrow” was dutifully heeded.
Woody Guthrie’s hometown will celebrate the folk singer’s 100th birthday this weekend, even though a local state lawmaker said Guthrie was “probably not one of the favorite sons” while he was alive.
Vandolph Quizon, Dolphy’s son with actress Alma Moreno, does not mince words about his dad. The heir-apparent to the King of Philippine comedy said: “Almost all the good qualities of one person are in my dad. I respect him so much. I want to be like him … He was my model. He was everything [...]
“I don’t know if I will be able to let go of Dolphy,” Padilla said in an interview with reporters Thursday at the public viewing of Comedy King Rodolfo “Dolphy” Quizon’s remains at the Heritage Memorial Park in Taguig City.
Epy Quizon thanked the Filipino people for coming at the public viewing of his father’s remains at The Heritage Memorial Park, saying that the Filipinos were celebrating Dolphy’s life with the family.
A public viewing of Comedy King Rodolfo “Dolphy” Quizon’s remains started Thursday morning at Heritage Memorial Park in Taguig City.
It was a celebration of a life well-lived. Colleagues from theater, radio, TV and the movies mounted a grand sendoff for filmmaker-actor-scriptwriter Mario O’Hara, 66, who passed away last week.
Call him a one-man entertainment conglomerate. When he died at San Juan de Dios Hospital in Pasay City on June 26—a victim of leukemia at 66 (not 68 as earlier reported; he was born on April 20, 1946)—Mario O’Hara had become one of the great, if chronically underappreciated, creative forces in the contemporary Philippine arts and entertainment scene.
