Tange
His name obviously came from tanga (dumb), but stupid he certainly was not because Tange was one of the wittiest comedians local show business ever had.
His big break came via Super Laff-ins in the old ABS-CBN and from there he did other comedy shows – like Wanted: Boarders where he was houseboy to the family of Pugo and Patsy.
Tange was great at delivering punchlines. In one Wanted: Boarders episode, he was trying to get inside a nightclub when he was stopped at the entrance for wearing only a collarless shirt. (This was the era when dress codes were still strictly followed.) His retort to that: “Yung iba nga, nakasando lang, sumasayaw pa sa TV.” That may not have sounded so funny on print, but the way Tange delivered it really brought the house down.
Tange also did a couple of films during his career and one of the comedies he did was Buntis V, a parody of Voltes V.
In the early ’80s, he became sickly and had a minor speech impairment. He died in 1981 a poor man.
To this day, the young generation still uses the word tange as an expression. But how many of them know the great comedian that was Tange?
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