An acid test for Noranians. In the mid-seventies, Marcos crony Roberto Benedicto aired a television special that showed what the Philippines would be like in the approaching new decade: the ’80s. It was produced by another crony, Ed Finlan and hosted by his sometime screen partner and the one and only superstar, Nora Aunor. What was the name of the television special?
Give up?
Give up?
Answer: “1980 Take Me There”
La Aunor, dressed in a gaudy futuristic costume of tin-foil and tights plus a cylindrical silver helmet, sang pop-songs and hosted the television special that featured a future Philippines reaping the fruits of the New Society: among others, a bullet-train-like railway system to the north and a bustling modern metropolis that looked like downtown Tokyo. Of course, this never happened..(our Northrail project funded by the Chinese is, as usual, embroiled in controversy care of Joe de Venecia, and Metro Manila, well, is somewhat modern and bustling but nowhere like Tokyo.). The special aired in Benedicto’s KBS Ch 9. A station that prior to martial law, was deep in the red but whose fortunes changed when Marcos took over all media in 1972. Ch 9 became one of the top television stations with the infusion of millions of pesos in fresh capital.
Source: http://indiosbravos.blog.com/2011/05/05/recyclablog-10-back-to-the-future/
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