Edgar Mortiz sings the story of his life

By Tessa Mauricio-Arriola

May 07, 2026 12:03 am

In ‘Goin’ Standard,’ the concert, Direk Bobot goes back to the songs that started it all

It is easy to forget, after decades of calling him Direk Bobot, that Edgar Mortiz did not begin in show business behind the camera.

Before the iconic comedy shows, the youth-oriented programs, the sitcoms and the countless stars he helped guide, Direk Bobot was first a singer. Not an actor who later learned to sing for variety shows or a director who decided one day to make music for nostalgia’s sake, but a boy whose first door this business opened because he could carry a tune.

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In ‘Goin’ Standard,’ the concert, Direk Bobot goes back to the songs that started it all

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