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A Filipino comedian is on the cover of the latest issue of internationally renowned publication Reader’s Digest.

Michael V., of Philippine TV/Radio station GMA-7 talent was made up like an old man in Barong Tagalog in the magazines’s “5th Annual Humor Special.”

At the bottom of the cover are the words Yari Ka! which is what Michael V. exclaims at the end of every item on Bitoy’s Funniest Videos (early Saturday evenings), one of his two fun shows (the other is Bubble Gang, aired Friday nights) on GMA 7.

Michael V. is in good company in the September issue as he shares the limelight with Singapore’s Mark Lee and Malaysia’s Harith Iskander.

Did you know that Michael V.’s real name is Beethoven del Valle Bunagan?
In the article written by Mars W. Mosqueda Jr., Michael V. explained why he was named after the famous German classical music composer, “My father named me after Ludwig van Beethoven, not because we shared the same birth date — mine’s December 17, 1969; his December 16, 199 years earlier — but because my father saw a copy of Beethoven’s record in his boss’s office and didn’t know that Beethoven was a surname.

My stage name is derived from two performers I admire: Michael Jackson and Filipino singer Gary V.”

Noted for the myriad characters he plays, Michael V. said further, “Some people wonder how I can get into the different characters’ heads so easily.

The make-up and costumes help a lot. Once I see myself in front of the mirror, I can easily transform into the person I need to be. Having said that, there’s always a bold line that separates the real me from the characters that I play so when people ask me if I’m scared that I won’t be able to get back to the real me, I just laugh. I mean, I don’t go around in ladies’ dresses when I’m with my kids at a mall.”

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