REMEMBERING THE CRISPA REDMANIZERS

REMEMBERING THE CRISPA REDMANIZERS
THROUGH THE MAGAZINE COVERS

          If any of you readers doesn’t know who or what are the Crispa Redmanizers. It’s Philippine basketball most colorful team. Players’ names like Alberto “Abet” Guidaben (Number 5), Fortunato “Atoy” Co (6), Rodolfo “Rudy” Soriano (7), Danilo “Danny” Florencio (8), Johnny Revilla (9), Alfredo Hubalde (10), William “Bogs” Adornado (11), Bernard “Bernie” Fabiosa (15), Philip Cesar (18), etc., are legendary in roster of great Filipino cagers.

          I consider myself as one of Crispa Redmanizers biggest fans. I never missed a Crispa game whether on television, radio, or at the actual venues. Well, not unless I’m terribly sick or incredibly busy at school works. I was still in Grade 6 and going to High School when team owner and manager Danny Floro and head coach Baby Dalupan were leading Crispa to the apex of basketball championships one after another in the 1970s and 1980s, from the MICAA to the PBA.

          One can say that the memories are already nostalgic as it has been more than three and a half decades since those exciting days.

          I’ve collected many magazines where the Crispa team or its players are on the covers. Unfortunately, most of the magazines were either ruined by the 2010 Habagat flood or lost during our transfer from one residence to another.

          Here are some of what remains of my magazine collection featuring the Crispa Redmanizer or it’s players on the cover.

The Crispa Redmanizers cage team
on their way to the 1976 PBA Grand Slam,
on the cover of Philippine Panorama (January 11, 1976).

 

Coach Virgilio “Baby” Dalupan (1923-2016)
on the cover of Philippine Panorama (January 23, 1977).

 

The Crispa Redmanizers “Super Six”
(From top left, Abet Guidaben, Freddie Hubalde, Philip Cezar
Atoy Co,
Bogs Adornado and Bernie Fabiosa)
on the cover of TV Times (September 2-8, 1979).



Bernard Fabiosa
on the cover of Sports Weekly (July 24-31,1981)

 

Two Crispa cagers, Arturo “Bay” Cristobal (#8) and Elpidio “Yoyoy” Villamin (#13)
playing against the Russian Youth Team,
on the cover of Sports Weekly (August 14-21, 1981).



William “Bogs” Adornado
on the cover of Sports Weekly (October 16-23, 1981).
 





Crispa’s Abet Guidaben (#5) and Padim Israel (#9) contesting the rebound
against Toyota’s Sonny Jaworski (#7),
in a 1981 Crispa-Toyota encounter,
on the cover of Sport Weekly (October 23-30, 1981).





TO BE CONTINUED....



December 31



DECEMBER 31

Prime Weekly Editions Vol. 2 No. 46, December 31, 1987

On the Cover: Janice Veluz Gonzalez

 

Disyembre 31 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 31, 1844, ang sistema ng kalendaryo sa Pilipinas ay isinaayos at iniayon sa pandaigdigang umiiral na kalendaryo. Sa pamamagitan ng proklamasyon ni Spanish Governor-General Narciso Claveria, ang Disyembre 31, 1844, Martes, ay ginawang Enero 1, 1845, Miyerkules.

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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN


Tampok sa ikaapat na labas ng Pantastik Komiks (Disyembre 31, 1950)
ang ilustrasyon ni Alfredo Alcala.

Personalities and celebrities born on December 31:

1880 – Hermenegildo Cruz, labor leader, writer and government official – in Binondo, Manila (d. March 21, 1943).

1943 – Leovigildo Briones Banaag, lawyer and congressman – in Butuan City (d. January 6, 2011).

1945 – Liwayway Vinzons-Chato, politician – in Camarines Norte.

1952 – Benjamin Mendoza Bitanga, businessman-entrepreneur and investment banker – in Manila.

1959 – Alfie Anido (full name Alfonso Serrano Anido), actor and commercial model (d. December 30, 1981).

Alfie Anido
on the cover of TV Times (April 19-25, 1981)



 

1971 – Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro, composer, musician and guitarist.

1986 – Mike Tan (full name Jan Michael Silverio Tan), actor, dancer and model – in Angono, Rizal.

THE YEAR OF THE YUPPIE

Illustration by Garretson “Garry” Beekman Trudeau
of the concept of “young urban professional”
popularly coined the “Yuppie,”
on the cover of Newsweek (December 31, 1984).

          During the 1980s and 1990s, a new word, “Yuppie,” became popular, which is the shortened form to mean a “young urban professional.” Joseph Epstein is said to have coined the term in 1982, although the word “yuppie” itself was already published in the magazine Chicago as early as May 1980 through an article written by Dan Rottenberg. The year 1984 was declared by Newsweek as “The Year of the Yuppie” (SEE attached cover page).











 

Picture Trivia

Marilyn Chambers on the covers of
Genesis (December 1977 and December 1979)

          One of the most popular porn stars of the 1970s is Marilyn Chambers (real name Marilyn Ann Briggs). Do you know that Chambers also appeared in legitimate mainstream films? Among them, The Owl and the Pussycat (1970, where she used the screen name Evelyn Long), Together (1971, where she starred using her real name), and sa Rabid (1977, as Marilyn Chambers under the direction of David Cronenberg). Chambers also sang and recorded a disco single, Benihana (1976), the original copies of which are now considered collector’s items.

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WIKApedia

          Alam niyo ba kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng “Manigo” sa pagbating “Manigong Bagong Taon?” Ayon sa Bagong Diksiyunaryong Pilipino-Pilipino ni Julio F. Silverio, ang “manigo” ay isang pang-uri na may katumbas na kahulugang “maunlad,” “mapalad,” “paborable,” at “buwena-mano.” Kung hihimayin, ang “ma” ay isang unlaping nagbabadya ng katangian sa salitang-ugat na “nigo,” na ang katumbas na kahulugan ay “mabuting kapalaran.”

          Kaya ang pagbating “MANIGONG BAGONG TAON!” ay pagsasaad na “nawa’y tamuhin ng binabati ang isang “mabuting kapalaran sa bagong taon.”

December 30

DECEMBER 30

TV Times, December 30, 1979 – January 5, 1980
On the cover: Charlie’s Angels (4th season) Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd and Shelley Hack

Disyembre 30 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 30, 1896, 7:03 ng umaga, binaril ang pambansang bayani ng Pilipinas na si Gat Jose Rizal sa Bagumbayan (ngayon ay Rizal Park).

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Onli in da Philippines

          Ilan sa mga ipinagdiriwang na araw sa Pilipinas ay mga araw ng kasawian, katulad ng araw ng kamatayan ng mga bayani (Rizal Day – December 30) at mga araw ng pagkatalo sa digmaan (Fall of Manila – January 2, at Fall of Bataan – April 9).

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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Hiwaga Komik Taon 17, Blg 414, Disyembre 30, 1967
Tampok sa full-spread na taklob-pahina ang “Bath-Man and Rodin” ni Ramon R. Marcelino
na iginuhit ni Ernie Chan, at ang pagbati ng “B’wenas na New Year sa Lahat!”

 

Personalities and celebrities born on December 30:

1875 – Honorio Lopez, newspaperman, revolutionary leader, archiver and publisher – in Santa Cruz, Manila (d. July 3, 1958).

1937 –Zaldy Zshornack (full name Jose Rizaldy Taduran Zshornack), Filipino-German actor – in Manila (d. November 18, 2002).

1938 – Rizalino S. Navarro, businessman, politician and government official – in Caloocan  (d. July 7, 2011).

1958 – Lav Diaz (full name Lavrente Indico Diaz), writer, director and producer – in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao.

1977 – Jimmy Alapag (full name Jim Olmedo Alapag), basketball player and PBA-MVP (2010-2011) – in Los Angeles, California.


1987 – Jake Cuenca (full name Juan Carlos Leveriza Cuenca), football player, actor and model – in San Jose, California.

Jake Cuenca
on the cover of Men’s Health Philippines (June 2010).





Dr. David Ho (“Man of the Year”),
on the cover of Time (December 30, 1996).

Picture Trivia

          Dr. David Ho is a renowned Chinese-American pioneering AIDS researcher. For three decades, Dr. Ho was in the forefront of research on the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). His group was among the first in the attempt to formulate an AIDS vaccine.
          Do you know that in the 1970s when Dr. Ho was still an undergraduate at the California Institute of Technology, he frequently played and won at blackjack. He was barely 20 years old when he went to the Las Vegas casinos and sit on the blackjack table. Owing to his mathematical prowess and fast memory, he was able to count and predict the cards. Later, he was no longer allowed to play in the casinos
 
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November 9



NOVEMBER 9

Pilipino Komiks Taon 20 Blg. 500 Nobyembre 9, 1967

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwentong “Dirty Politician... Sumpain Ka”

 nina R. R. Marcelino at Ernie de Chan

Nobyembre 9 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 9, 1994, natukoy ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ang 15 lugar sa loob at sa kapaligiran ng dating U.S. naval base sa Subic, Zambales na kontaminado ng mga nakalalasong basura na iniwan ng U.S. military.

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Personalities and celebrities born on November 9:

1826 – Teodora Alonzo Realonda, college-bred housewife and mother of Philippine National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal, in Manila (d. August 16, 1911).

1855 – Mariano Llanera, revolutionary general – in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija (d.September 19, 1942).

1861 – Teodoro Yangco, businessman, philanthropist and pioneer of YMCA Philippines – in San Antonio, Zambales (d. April 20, 1939).

1912 – Teodoro A. Agoncillo, historian, college professor and National Scientist – in Lemery, Batangas (d. January 14, 1985).


1968 – Janice de Belen (full name Catherine Janice Yap de Belen), actress and television host – in Quezon City.

Janice de Belen
on the covers of TV Times (December 23-29, 1979) and Miscellaneous Weekly (December 1, 1987).

 

1980 – Vanessa Joy Lachey (birth name Vanessa Bercero Minnillo), American-Filipino television host, actress and model – in Clark Air Base, Pampanga.

Vanessa Minnillo
on the covers of Maxim (October 2006) and Shape (April 2007).

Diana Ross on the cover of
Blues & Soul (November 9-22, 1993)

Picture Trivia

          Diana (Ernestine Earle) Ross started her road to fame as the lead singer of the group The Supremes (1959-1970), before going solo. In 1972, she portrayed the American jazz singer Billie Holiday (real name Eleonora Harris, 1915-1959) in the film Lady Sings the Blues, where she won the Golden Globe Award. She became “Female Entertainer of the Century” in 1976.
          In 1993, the Guinness Book of World Records cited her as the “most successful female artist in history” for having 70 hit singles in her career as a singer. Ross is among the rare breed of entertainers who were given two “stars” in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as a member of The Supremes and as a solo artist.  

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August 20



AUGUST 20

Damdamin Komiks Taon 2 Blg. 97
Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang kuwento ni Elena Patron na “Magpakailanman”
na iginuhit ni Louie Celerio

 

UNANG LABAS

Unang labas ng Extra Komiks
(Agosto 20, 1951),
tampok ang “Prinsipeng Kuba”
ni Nardo de Dios
na iginuhit ni Noly Panaligan

Ang Extra Komiks ay unang lumabas sa sirkulasyon noong Agosto 20, 1951. Tampok sa babasahing ito ang mga kuwentong “Prinsipeng Kuba” (na isinulat ni Nardo de Dios at iginuhit ni Noly Panaligan, na siya ring nasa taklob-pahina ng unang isyu), “Barbero ng Sevilla” (isinulat ni Cris Cortez at iginuhit Antonio J. Ocampo), “Buhay ni Kuya Porong” (ni Joe La Men), “Bulaklak ng Malaya” (ni Narciso Miranda), “Bumibili ng Isang Ina” (isinulat ni Corazon Medina at iginuhit ni Tony de Zuñiga), “Doktor Sangredo” (isinulat ni Cristino Mata at iginuhit nina Juan Pangilinan at Antonio J. Ocampo), “Golem” (isinulat ni Mario del Mar at iginuhit ni Fred Alcantara), “Pompe” (ni Tony Barreto), at “Ang Paralitiko” (isinulat ni Ramon Marcelino at iginuhit ni Ruben Yandoc).

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Agosto 20 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 20, 1882, ang makabayang sanaysay ni Jose Rizal na Amor Patrio (“Pag-ibig sa Bayan”) na isinulat niya sa ilalim ng taguring “Laong Laan” ay inilimbag sa Diarong Tagalog. Ito ay inilimbag sa dalawang wika, ang orihinal na sinulat ni Rizal sa wikang Kastila at ang iniliwat sa Tagalog ni Marcelo H. del Pilar.

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The first Miss Universe Armi Kuusela with businessman

husband Virgilio Hilario.

          Ikinasal ang mangangalakal na si Virgilio “Gil” Hilario sa Finnish beauty queen at kauna-unahang Miss Universe na si Armi Kuusela sa Tokyo, Japan, noong Agosto 20, 1953.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 20:

1938 – Eddie Mercado (real name Eduardo Mercado), actor, singer, event host and director – in Manila (d. September 18, 2006).

Eddie Mercado (with Jeanne Young)

on the cover of TV Times (August 1-7, 1976)

1939 – Fernando Poe Jr (real name Ronald Allan Kelly-Gatbonton Poe), actor, director, film producer, cultural icon and National Artist for Cinema (2006) – in Manila (d. December14, 2004).

Fernando Poe Jr on the covers of Weekly Graphic (August 11, 1965), Expressweek (July 13, 1978),
and People Asia (June 2004).



1939 – Mike Velarde (full name Mariano Zuniega Velarde), founder of El Shaddai Movement – in Caramoran, Catanduanes.

1953 – Cesar A. X. Syjuco, painter, poet and art critic – in Manila.

1977 – Harry Tañamor, champion amateur boxer – in Zamboanga City.



Elke Sommer on the cover of Gent (August 1964).

Picture Trivia 

          Hollywood actress Elke Sommer was a German native born as Baroness Elke von Schletz. In 1964, she won the Golden Globe Award for “Most Promising Newcomer Actress” for her portrayal as Inger Lisa Andersson in the film The Prize, opposite paul ewman and Edward G. Robinson.

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July 17




JULY 17

Movie King Showbiz Magazine Vol. 5 No. 50, July 17, 1973
On the front cover: Gina Alajar and mike Bilbao
On the back cover: Movie ads for Mars Ravelo’s Dyesebel at the Mahiwagang Kabibe
starring Vilma Santos and directed by Emmanuel H. Borlaza

Events that happened on July 17:

1892 – Jose Rizal was exiled to Dapitan upon the decree of Governor Eulogio Despujol.

1948 – Quezon City was designated as capital of the Philippines by virtue of Republic Act No. 333.

1959 – The 10th World Boy Scout Jamboree was held in Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna.

1967 – The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) opened as mandated by Republic Act No. 4196.

1984 – The first National Children’s Book Day (NCBD) was held.

Personalities and celebrities born on July 17:

1934 – Lucio C. Tan, Chinese-Filipino entrepreneur and business magnate – in Amoy, Fujian, China.

1954 –Elizabeth Oropesa (real name Elizabeth Freeman), actress – in Manila.

Elizabeth Oropesa
on the cover of Graphic Weekly (with Onelia Jose superimposed, September 15, 1971)
and TV Times (May 23-29, 1982).

 

Ang “MN” ni Pablo S. Gomez

Ang nobelang-komiks ni Pablo S. Gomez na “MN”
tampok sa taklob-pahina ng Pilipino Komiks
(Hulyo 17, 1954).

          Ang nobelang-komiks na “MN” na isinulat ni Pablo S. Gomez at iginuhit ni Fred Carillo ay sinubaybayan sa Pilipino Komiks mula Setyembre 26, 1953 hanggang Setyembre 11, 1954. Ang “MN” ay tatak na sumasagisag sa pangalang Marissa Navarro, isang malupit na hasiyendera na kinatatakutan ng mga nasasakupan nitong magsasaka. Hanggang nakatagpo siya ng katapat sa katauhan ni Armando, na nang lumaon ay kaniyang inibig. Ang malupit na pag-uugali ni Marissa ay bunsod ng kaniyang masamang karanasan sa kamay ng isang dating mangingibig – si Oscar.

          Isinapelikula ang MN ng Sampaguita Pictures noong 1954 sa ilalim ng direksyon ni Mar S. Torres. Si Carmen Rosales ang gumanap na Marissa habang si Cesar Ramirez ang gumanap na Armando. Ang iba pang pangunahing artista na kasama sa pelikula ay sina Alicia Vergel, Oscar Moreno, Panchito Alba, Aruray, Herminia Carranza, Bert Leroy Jr at Apolonia Aguilar.

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Ursula Andress on the cover of Parade
July 17, 1965 issue.

Picture Trivia

          Swiss actress and sex symbol Ursula Andress got the public’s attention in her role as Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film Dr. No (1963) starring Sean Connery. In this first film, Andress won the 1964 Golden Globe Award for “New Star of the Year.” She was cast in two more films in 1963: Fun in Acapulco starring Elvis Presley and 4 For Texas with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.
          In 1965, Andress portrayed the role of Ayesha, the queen of the Amahaggar in the world of Kor, in the film She based on H. Rider Haggard’s novel of the same title. She made five more films in 1965: Once Before I Die, Nightmare in the Sun, Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine, What's New Pussycat? and The 10th Victim, where she played the role of Caroline Meredith opposite Marcello Mastroianni. 

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