Isko Salvador

Isko Salvador
Birth name Herman Salvador
Born (1958-05-21) May 21, 1958
Calumpit, Bulacan, Philippines
Website Brod Pete's official Facebook fanpage

Herman "Isko" Salvador (born May 21, 1958), also known as Brod Pete, is a Filipino actor, comedian and comedy scriptwriter. He is known for his "Ang Dating Doon" segment on the comedy show Bubble Gang, as a host of Celebrity Bluff, and his frequent use of the word "alien".[1]

Early life and education

Herman Salvador was born in the municipality of Calumpit, Bulacan, Philippines. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in 1980 with a Bachelor of Communication Arts.[2] He has mentioned that his idol is Dolphy, a Filipino comedian.[2]

Career

Salvador started his career as a scriptwriter.[3] He began writing gags in the early 1980s.[4] In the 1980s he was a comedy writer[3] for the Philippine's longest-running comedy sitcom, John en Marsha, in which he also played a character named Iskô – giving rise to his stage name.[5] After that sitcom ended, he wrote for other shows, including Plaza 1899, Home Along Da Riles, Champoy, Going Bananas, and Buddy en Sol.[3]

Brod Pete

Salvador became a head writer for the Bubble Gang TV show in the 1990s.[4] He achieved national celebrity for a segment he wrote for the show, "Ang Dating Doon", a spoof of a popular late-1990s Philippine religious program, Ang Dating Daan (The Old Path).[5] Salvador as Brod Pete (parodying televangelist Brother Eliseo Soriano), Cesar Cosme as Brother Willy, and Chito Francisco as Brother Jocel, quoted English fairy tales and Tagalog nursery rhymes in place of religious scriptures.[5][6] The audience was promoted to join in the "fanatical chanting" of "Alien" instead of "Amen".[5] The "Brod Pete" name is also a play on the name of American actor Brad Pitt, seeing how his name can sound like "Brod Pete" when pronounced with a Filipino accent.

In the 2007 version, the sketch was called "Doon Dati" or "Du'n Dati".[6] In 2011 the sketch was renamed "Ang Bagong Dating Doon", focusing on questions or opinions from the other Bubble Gang cast members and fans on social media. The hosts answer the questions through song lyrics that are meanwhile being reinterpreted by Brod Pete in a more humorous way.

Salvador has also appeared as Brod Pete in various films and television shows, including Boy Pick-Up: The Movie, Pidol's Wonderland, Mr. Suave: Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!, Nobody Nobody But Juan, and Klasmeyts.[7] His Brod Pete character anchors a talk radio show, The Saturday 3 p.m. Habit with Brod Pete, on which he responds to call-in queries with wacky answers, and is a paid celebrity endorser for the Pollen-B line of health supplements.[2]

Celebrity Bluff

Salvador is currently a host of Celebrity Bluff, a Philippine game show. His role is the gangnam and his job is to help the contestants answer questions shown on the board.[8]

Other credits

Salvador has also appeared in various sitcoms, gag shows, and films.[5] His credits include the television shows Kapitan Awesome, John en Shirley, Love Spell, Daboy en da girl, Lastikman, Most Wanted, and the Yes! Yes! Show.[7]

5-Minute Brod Pete Show

In September 2015, Isko Salvador launched his own online show, the 5-Minute Brod Pete Show or stylized as #5MBPS. It runs 5 minutes from Monday to Friday, and features various segments such as Internet memes, phone callers, current events, commentary, spoofs, challenges, and Q&A.

#BASA

In 2016, PSICOM Publishing Inc. published Salvador's first book "#BASA". The book contained witty gags and jokes of the comedian himself. Spoofs and scenes from his online show 5-Minute Brod Pete Show are in the book as well.

Television shows

Television
YearTitleRoleNetwork
2017Sunday PinaSaya GuestGMA Network
2016Dear UgeGuestGMA Network
2016Lip Sync Battle PhilippinesGuestGMA Network
2015Juan TamadGuestGMA Network
2015Sabado BadooHimselfGMA Network
2015Ismol FamilyHimselfGMA Network
2014AHA!HimselfGMA Network
2014Vampire Ang Daddy KoVariousGMA Network
2013-2015Sunday All StarsGuest HimselfGMA Network
2013–2016; 2017-presentCelebrity BluffHost/GangnamGMA Network
2013–presentThe Saturday 3 p.m. Habit (Radio)[2]Himself/HostN/A
2012It's ShowtimeStory Teller & Celebrity JudgeABS-CBN
2012Pidol's WonderlandVariousTV5
2011Kapitan AwesomeVariousTV5
2010Party PilipinasGuestGMA Network
2010Show Me Da MannyGuestGMA Network
2009FulhausVariousGMA Network
2008MatanglawinGuestABS-CBN
2007IspupVariousTV5
2007Love Spell PresentsVariousABS-CBN
2006John En ShirleyVariousABS-CBN
2005Quizon AvenueVariousABS-CBN
2004The Yes Yes ShowVariousABS-CBN
2004MaynilaVariousGMA Network
2003Daddy Di Do DuGuestGMA Network
2001Da Boy En Da GirlVariousGMA Network
2000–2001Kiss MunaKakGMA Network
2000GMA Telecine SpecialsHimselfGMA Network
1999–2010SOPHimself GuestGMA Network
1998–2016Bubble GangHimselfGMA Network
1987-1991John En MarshaIsko9TV

References

  1. ↑ Parena, Teddy S. (July 31, 2011). "My alien experience with Brod Pete". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Galang-Perena, Nenette (May 27, 2013). "Brod Pete, the Busy Bee of Comedy". The Philippine Star. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Adonay, Charise Lauren C. (July 16, 2004). "Raising comedy through the roof: Isko Salvador". The Varsitian. LXXVI (2).
  4. 1 2 Policarpio, Allan (June 20, 2011). "Brod Pete to raise the roof anew". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Galang-Pere, Nenet (July 11, 2005). "Will the real Isko Salvador please stand up?". The Philippine Star. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Bubble Gang trivias and information". Telebisyo. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03.
  7. 1 2 "Isko Salvador". Internet Movie Database. 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ryan and Eugene's big crossover". The Manila Times. March 7, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
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