Back To The 70's

[sonnyt111]

May bagong silang, may bago nang buhay

Bagong bansa, bagong galaw

Sa bagong lipunan

Magbabago ang lahat

Tungo sa pag-unlad

 

and so on...amazing how deeply burnt these lyrics are into my memory. and my memory sucks.

 

i remember singing 'Bagong Lipunan' as a kid. recalling it now, it sounds just like a communist march. how ironic.

 

Yup same here. Who could forget this piece of propaganda from the early 70's? And yes it does sound communist. That's because communist countries espouse propaganda lines in an effort to brainwash its citizens.

[dungeonbaby]

Yup same here. Who could forget this piece of propaganda from the early 70's? And yes it does sound communist. That's because communist countries espouse propaganda lines in an effort to brainwash its citizens.

 

wot? i'm not as old as you are, am i? haha i think i just aged myself.

[sonnyt111]

wot? i'm not as old as you are, am i? haha i think i just aged myself.

Well let's just say when I was in HS you were still in GS. Ayan I just aged myself.

[Jay P. Mercado]

May bagong silang, may bago nang buhay

Bagong bansa, bagong galaw

Sa bagong lipunan

Magbabago ang lahat

Tungo sa pag-unlad

 

and so on...amazing how deeply burnt these lyrics are into my memory. and my memory sucks.

 

i remember singing 'Bagong Lipunan' as a kid. recalling it now, it sounds just like a communist march. how ironic.

 

Just like singing "Pilipinas Kong Mahal" and "Ako Ay Pilipino" as part of the Marcos propaganda machine. Not to mention "Dahil Sa Iyo" simply because it was FL's favorite song. Heck, even the Lettermen went here for a concert and did a rendition of this Miguel Velarde track.

 

The Junior Citizen was also introduced as part of our Social Studies (Araling Panlipunan) subject in grade school. This was the in bond paper size, around 8 pages total, released weekly, and where we get to read current events. Of course, the news was just part of the "the true, the good and the beautiful" messages that Marcos wanted to send out to us...

[Jay P. Mercado]

Imee Marcos of course had her Kabataan Barangay machine working with the youth. It produced the cult classic, "Kaluskos Musmos," a comedy gag show featuring then kids Maila Gumila, Herbert and Hero Bautista, Maricel Soriano, among others. Gary Lising was there as well to tickle our respective funny bones.

 

And of course, who can forget "Pulong-Pulong sa Kaunlaran?" Another one of many Marcos' propaganda machines, this show came at around 7:30PM every Wednesday and shown, believe it or not, on ALL channels - BBC 2, GTV 4, GMA 7, RPN 9 and IBC 13. Hosted by Rey Pedroche and Lee Andres, this was one of the reasons why I hated tv viewing on Wednesdays.

 

Speaking of news, the broadcast anchors back then included the likes of Harry Gasser, Ninez Cacho Olivares, Loren Legarda and Thelma Aranda of Channel 9, Bong Lapira and Tina Monzon Palma of Channel 7, Lee Andres of BBC 2 (done in Tagalog), Bon Vibar, Rita Gaddi Baltazar and Mel Tiangco on NMPC GTV 4, and Frankie Evangelista of IBC 13. Olivares was caught smirking at a video clip when Imelda was extolling her true, good and beautiful messages once more that she got kicked out of the government-run station immediately after. All news programs were shown simultaneously at 7PM which was why Channel's 7 news program was aptly titled, "News at 7."

[KayaK]

Speaking of news, the broadcast anchors back then included the likes of Harry Gasser, Ninez Cacho Olivares, Loren Legarda and Thelma Aranda of Channel 9, Bong Lapira and Tina Monzon Palma of Channel 7, Lee Andres of BBC 2 (done in Tagalog), Bon Vibar, Rita Gaddi Baltazar and Mel Tiangco on NMPC GTV 4, and Frankie Evangelista of IBC 13. Olivares was caught smirking at a video clip when Imelda was extolling her true, good and beautiful messages once more that she got kicked out of the government-run station immediately after. All news programs were shown simultaneously at 7PM which was why Channel's 7 news program was aptly titled, "News at 7."

 

Dada Lorenzana @ Channel 4 News

Malou Maglutac in Student Canteen

[muttley]

I remember Tina Monzon Palma was a news anchor on Channel 7 and the weather guy for Channel 7 was Amado Mercado while Harry Gasser was the anchor for Channel 9. My favorite channel then was 7.

 

GMA-7's weatherman was Amado Pineda.

[Bugatti Veyron]

Just like singing "Pilipinas Kong Mahal" and "Ako Ay Pilipino" as part of the Marcos propaganda machine. Not to mention "Dahil Sa Iyo" simply because it was FL's favorite song. Heck, even the Lettermen went here for a concert and did a rendition of this Miguel Velarde track.

 

The Junior Citizen was also introduced as part of our Social Studies (Araling Panlipunan) subject in grade school. This was the in bond paper size, around 8 pages total, released weekly, and where we get to read current events. Of course, the news was just part of the "the true, the good and the beautiful" messages that Marcos wanted to send out to us...

Now that you mentioned The Lettermen, I'm sure you guys from the 70's remember pianist Van Cliburn and actor George Hamilton whom Imelda used to invite to the Philippines on a regular basis. Among her other friends at that time were Adnan Khashoggi, the international arms dealer, and Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress.

[maxiev]

Anyone remember this newspaper called Taliba? I vaguely remember having to buy this and report on current events when I was in school.

 

I haven't heard of this paper in decades so I presume it's no longer around....

Edited April 26, 2013 by maxiev

[bods1000]

Pareng storm, see what I told you. This thread is alive and kicking. Regarding news anchors, crush ko nuon si Loren Legarda and Thelma Dumpit, but Thelma Dumpit was then on a government station, she being the daughter of then Brig. Gen. Tomas Dumpit.

[storm]

Wow, the thread I started is active again. Thanks guys for keeping this alive.

Thanks Bods for telling me about this. Makes me reminisce once more about the 70s.

 

I knew both Loren Legarda and Thelma Dumpit even before they became news anchor.

 

Magaling mag-swing si Thelma.

[oscartamaguchiblackface]

Wow, the thread I started is active again. Thanks guys for keeping this alive.

Thanks Bods for telling me about this. Makes me reminisce once more about the 70s.

 

I knew both Loren Legarda and Thelma Dumpit even before they became news anchor.

 

Magaling mag-swing si Thelma.

Pareng storm, see what I told you. This thread is alive and kicking. Regarding news anchors, crush ko nuon si Loren Legarda and Thelma Dumpit, but Thelma Dumpit was then on a government station, she being the daughter of then Brig. Gen. Tomas Dumpit.

Mga bro this is one of the most interesting threads on MTC. Almost everyone wants to reminisce the past. Thanks for the contribution to MTC.

 

[Jay P. Mercado]

Pareng storm, see what I told you. This thread is alive and kicking. Regarding news anchors, crush ko nuon si Loren Legarda and Thelma Dumpit, but Thelma Dumpit was then on a government station, she being the daughter of then Brig. Gen. Tomas Dumpit.

 

Interesting you brought up the general. He was alleged to be the mastermind of several carjacking crimes back in Martial Law. This wasn't proven of course but you can imagine what Thelma Dumpit had to confront herself with from all these rumors in the grapevine.

 

Didn't have a crush on Thelma though - she just came on too strong for me. Even her voice was too "masculine" for comfort. But that's me!

 

Yes, Dada Lorenzana was also part of the NMPC Group back then. So was Doris Bigornia (as a reporter).

 

Early mornings we woke up with the refreshing face of Merce Henares on BBC 2 for "Good Morning Manila." I practically caught every episode of this show during summer vacation when I get to wake up early and with nothing to do. Jeez, I practically memorized the prices of all vegetables sold at Nepa-Q-Mart back then! Haha!

 

At 11:00AM, one of my favorite local comedy shows of all time - "Cafeteria Aroma" - was shown on GMA7. Since my high school classes began at 12NN, it was not uncommon for my classmates to talk about the episode for the day upon getting to school. Cafeteria Aroma starred the underrated comedian Apeng Daldal, his elder brother "Manok," the famous balding guitarist Miniong Villegas, and the sward "Johnson." Hilarious when they came up with the daily news with Apeng in his typical dead-pan facial expression upon delivering the punchline.

 

GMA's roster of shows were: 10AM - Ike's Movie-Go-Round; 11AM - Cafeteria Aroma; 11:30AM - Suerte Sa Siete; 12NN - Student Canteen; 1:30PM - Sine Siete (featuring classic local movies from LVN, Sampaguita and Premiere of the 50's and 60's); 3PM - The 700 Club...

[bods1000]

Wow, the thread I started is active again. Thanks guys for keeping this alive.

Thanks Bods for telling me about this. Makes me reminisce once more about the 70s.

 

I knew both Loren Legarda and Thelma Dumpit even before they became news anchor.

 

Magaling mag-swing si Thelma.

 

 

Mga bro this is one of the most interesting threads on MTC. Almost everyone wants to reminisce the past. Thanks for the contribution to MTC.

 

 

Interesting you brought up the general. He was alleged to be the mastermind of several carjacking crimes back in Martial Law. This wasn't proven of course but you can imagine what Thelma Dumpit had to confront herself with from all these rumors in the grapevine.

 

Didn't have a crush on Thelma though - she just came on too strong for me. Even her voice was too "masculine" for comfort. But that's me!

 

Yes, Dada Lorenzana was also part of the NMPC Group back then. So was Doris Bigornia (as a reporter).

 

Early mornings we woke up with the refreshing face of Merce Henares on BBC 2 for "Good Morning Manila." I practically caught every episode of this show during summer vacation when I get to wake up early and with nothing to do. Jeez, I practically memorized the prices of all vegetables sold at Nepa-Q-Mart back then! Haha!

 

At 11:00AM, one of my favorite local comedy shows of all time - "Cafeteria Aroma" - was shown on GMA7. Since my high school classes began at 12NN, it was not uncommon for my classmates to talk about the episode for the day upon getting to school. Cafeteria Aroma starred the underrated comedian Apeng Daldal, his elder brother "Manok," the famous balding guitarist Miniong Villegas, and the sward "Johnson." Hilarious when they came up with the daily news with Apeng in his typical dead-pan facial expression upon delivering the punchline.

 

GMA's roster of shows were: 10AM - Ike's Movie-Go-Round; 11AM - Cafeteria Aroma; 11:30AM - Suerte Sa Siete; 12NN - Student Canteen; 1:30PM - Sine Siete (featuring classic local movies from LVN, Sampaguita and Premiere of the 50's and 60's); 3PM - The 700 Club...

Bro storm, sweeter mo. Batang-bata pa si Thelma Dumpit nun. I think I saw her lately again giving out the news. I forgot what channel, and yes she has a different surname now.

 

Oscar, thanks. We thought this thread was dead until you guys came along. Let's go.for the ride again!

 

Jay p. , I knew Gen. Dumpit was notorious then, but not that notorious.hehe. I think he ran for some govt office in Pangasinan. Cafeteria Aroma was also a great favorite then. I love the style of Apeng. So simple.but effective. Hinihika pa yun habang nagsasalita.

[Bugatti Veyron]

Yeah this is indeed a very interesting forum to go down memory lane. Actually it's been quite active for several months now. I hope to share more memories of the 70's if and when I can recall them.

Edited April 27, 2013 by Bugatti Veyron