PEOPLE who don't get why Dolphy was called the King of Comedy probably didn't get the chance to watch his shows and movies during his heyday.One of his iconic shows, which also happens to be one of my all-time favorite Filipino sitcoms, was 'John en Marsha.' Before there was Kevin Cosme, there was John Puruntong! The show was so iconic it ran for almost two decades! I wished it would never end.Dolphy's brand of comedy was not slapstick. Well, he injected some here and there, playfully hitting his co-actors with a rolled-up newspaper or his house slippers, but what really made him King was his turn of phrase. He had a way with words. His punchlines were like music to the ears that tickled your funny bone.My favorite lines that stuck with me and still echo in my head to this day after first hearing it good, I would say, 30 years ago on Channel 9, which showed old movies on lazy weekday afternoons, were those in one of his older iconic movies, 'Ang Hiwaga ng Ibong Adarna' where he played one of three princes who were also brothers. The other two princes were played by no less than Panchito and Babalu, who else?In one scene, Dolphy set out to look for his brothers, who got lost in the jungle in search of the magical singing bird, Adarna, whose voice was said to have healing powers that could cure their ailing mother. He came across a tribe and spoke to their tribe leader, Apo Tom Dooley, who asserted that he had spoken to his brothers shortly before his arrival.So, Dolphy needed to describe his brothers and confirm that they were indeed whom Apo Tom Dooley saw.He said, ''Yung isa'y mataba na buhaghag ang ilong na ang mga butas ng ilong ay parang bagong putok na popcorn,' to describe Panchito who had a prominent nose. And then he continued to say, ''Yung isa ay payat na mukhang lata ng gatas na may kalawang na nasagasaan ng kalesa sa gitna na kuping ang dalawang tabi na parang siesta ng jai alai ang mukha,' this time to describe Babalu who had a prominent chin.Apo Tom Dooley confirmed with finality, 'Tama!'And this was Dolphy's genius, his way with words. He masterfully used figures of speech like, in this case, simile or the use of 'like' to describe things or people quite accurately it hurts ... the tummy! Oh! How I miss his brand of comedy! Long live the King!