If there's one word to describe all the movies the late Dolphy made, it's RIBTICKLING. While watching his movies, one would find difficulty controlling his or her laughter which happens spontaneously. Thanks to directors like Ben Feleo and Ading Fernando, Dolphy made movies that allowed locally produced films to be at par with foreign movies during the so called "Golden Days" of Philippine cinema. Here are some of those movies:
El Pinoy Matador. Dolphy plays the role of a Filpino guy in Spain who was forced to become a matador just to prove his love for a girl named Sylvia played by Pilar Pilapil who happened to be the daughter of a rich Spanish guy played by the late Panchito. One unforgettable scene in the movie showed Dolphy running away from the bull. Panchito then threatens Dolphy to finish the job the pointing a sword at him.
An unforgettable song in the movie goes, " O sa Tundo maraming dalaga, nguni't ang nasa aking puso ay si Sylvia."
Buhay Marino. In this movie, Dolphy plays the role of sailor enlisted in the Philippine navy and his superior officer was played by the Panchito. This is one of the movies wherein Dolphy is always bullied around by Panchito. One funny scene in the movie shows Dolphy being refused a pass by Panchito. Instead, he orders to Dolphy to paint a docked naval vessel. An hour later, Dolphy goes back to Panchito to tell him that he's through painting the ship. The surprised Panchito is shocked to see that the ship had been painted with a polka dot pattern.
Buhay Pulis. One unforgettable scene in this movie shows Dolphy preparing the requirements that he needs to submit for his application as a police trainee. In that scene, he asks his sister played by Pinky de Leon to fill up a vial with her urine. Pinky then sees their pregnant neighbor played by Lorlie Villanueva and asks her instead to fill the vial with her own urine. Pinky then hands the vial to Dolphy as he rushes out of the house to go to the police recruitment center. The following day, when Dolphy claims the result of his medical test, he is suprised to hear the clerk say "Binabati ko po kayo!" When Dolphy asks why, the clerk says, "Nagdadalantao po kayo!"
John and Marsha sa Amerika. Watching this movie made me laugh to no end. Here John played by Dolphy and Marsha played by the late Nida Blanca win in a game show a consolation prize which is an an all expense paid trip to America. There are numerous funny scenes that will never make one tire of watching the movie again and again. One scene shows Dolphy dressing for the trip in his long sleeves and asks his son Rolly played by Rolly Quizon to bring out the cufflinks. Rolly then produces a stapler and staples the sleeves of Dolphy's shirt. During the farewell, Dolphy utters an unforgettable line, "Nalulungkot ako kasi matagal ko kayo hindi makikita (Referring to his daughter Shirley played by Maricel Soriano)". After a pause, he suddenly blurts out, "Gayunpaman, masaya din ako!" to which the family replies with " Aba'y bakit?!!!". Dolphy points at his mother in law and tells her "Kasi, dalwang buwan ko kayo hindi makikita hehehe!" Dona Delilah played by the late Dely Atay-Atayan angrily replies with her famous line " Hudas! Hestas! Barabbas!"
One scene in the airplane always made me fall of my seat while watching it. Dolphy goes to the restroom to do this thing. Unknown to him, there was already a signal for everyone to put on his seatbelt. As the plane dives, Dolphy is thrown out of the restroom with his pants down. At the airport, Dolphy gets separated from the group and waits for them at the Lost and Found section.
Another funny scene in the movie shows the jealous Marsha chopping the middle of a long hot dog sandwich which Dolphy and the female African American guide plan to eat by having each other start from opposite ends of the sandwich and continue chomping until they meet in the middle.
The scene at the safari was also memorable. Seeing a herd of elephants to cross their path, John tells Marsha, "Aba Marsha! Sumunod pala ang mga Mama e!" to which Marsha replies with "Saan?". Dolphy says "Ayun o!" while pointing to a herd of elephants.
Pacifika Falayfayfay. In this movie, Dolphy plays the role of a gay. At the beginning of the movie, the audience witnesses how Dely Atay-Atayan who plays the role of Dolphy's mother dresses up her son in girl clothes brought about by her frustration over wanting to have a daughter.
John and Marsha sa Probinsya. In this movie, John goes home to the province to visit his sick mother. The opening scene of this movie was totally hilarious as it shows the "papag" Dolphy was sleeping on during a heavy flood float away into the river. A dog gets on the bamboo bed and even urinates on the still sleeping Dolphy. A fish accidentaly gets inside Dolphy's shorts and the hungry dog ends up biting the manhood of poor Dolphy.
Another funny scene in the province takes place when Dolphy takes over his family's barber shop. A young guy walks in and tells Dolphy to cut his hair in the style popular in the city called "Syete" (seven). Dolphy thinks for a moment and starts cutting. To the man's surprise, he tells Dolphy, "Di ba Mang John sabi ko syete?" Dolphy says, "O ayan syete (with the number 7 cut on one temple), syete (The number 7 cut at the back of one's head), syete (The number 7 cut on the other temple), otso (The number 8 cut on the man's head).
Kalabog en Bosyo. Now this is another funny Dolphy I'd love to watch all over again. One funny scene in this movie shows Dolphy and Panchito preparing a concoction using boiled eggs. While crushing the eggs, Bosyo played by Panchito accidentaly throws some crushed eggs on Kalabog's (played by Dolphy) shirt. Kalabog then gets Bosyo's eyeglasses, dips them into the concoction, and puts them back on Bosyo's face. Bosyo retorts by getting a handful of the concoction and wipes them all over Kalabog's face. For his part, Kalabog gets back at Bosyo by filling up his shirt with the egg mixture.
These are just some of the many Dolphy movies I'd love to see all over again. I hope Channel 2 or 7 would come up with a show featuring all these movies.
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