I made some cookies for someone very special who will be celebrating his birthday on July 25.
The Comedy King, Golay, Pidol, you know who who I am talking about, right? Yup. Rodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr., simply known to us as Dolphy.
If you are a 70’s kid, you would probably remember him as John Puruntong from John en Marsha. If you are a kid of the 80’s (like I am), then you would probably know him as Kevin Cosme, the wonderful, resourceful and cheerful dad from Home Along the Riles. My Thursdays wouldn’t be complete if I wouldn’t watch his show. Now, he currently stars in the children’s show, Pidol’s Wonderland. In between these shows, he has made countless movies.
There are a lot of Dolphy movies that I would love to see, Pacifica Falayfay, Jack en Jill (yes, before Herbert and Sharon, there was Lolita Rodriguez and Dolphy), Ang Tatay kong Nanay to name a few. Too bad there are no copies of these films in stores. I hope National Commission for Culture and the Arts would remaster these Philippine Classics. I would love to have copies.
Let me tell you - this guy is a treasure. He saw the film and television industry evolve from how it was in the 1940s to what it is now. I would love to be a fly in a wall when he gets to reminisce about the Golden Age of Philippine Cinema – the days of Sampaguita and LVN. I took a History of Philippine Cinema course when I was in college and my professor shared some tidbits about how it was during that time (like who loves to go walk around Luneta in her mink coat – yup in our kind of weather, she chose to wear mink coat) but I bet Dolphy knows so much more than that.
I wonder if Dolphy has seen It Happened One Night? It is my all-time favorite movie. It would be a thrill if he did, then we’d have something in common. A banker/baker who loves 1930s screwball comedies. Yup, that’s me.
It still doesn’t look much at this point but royal icing will do wonders for this project of mine.
The early stages of the cookie, at this point I have just started to outline the cookie with flesh-toned royal icing.
For details, I have two choices, black royal or a food writer. My hands looked like broas then so I decided to do the easy route. Food Writer it is. Easy peasy – not! I have to practice drawing his face on a paper first before drawing on the cookie. God up above, thank you so much for my steady hands.
Tadaah! Dolphy cookies! :)
So, Tito Dolphy, this cookie post is for you. I wish you the very best and most meaningful birthday celebration ever. My wish for you is for Cultural Center of the Philippines and National Commission for Culture and the Arts to grant you the title “National Artist of Philippines for Film”. You, more than anyone else, deserve it.
Happy Happy Happy Birthday!!!
Love,
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