''Bubble Gang'' is a

Philippine television Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS-CBN), making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so. Even b ...

sketch comedy show broadcast by

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. Directed by Frasco Mortiz, it stars Michael V. It premiered on October 20, 1995 on the network's Friday night line up replacing '' Vilma''. The show is the longest running comedy show in the Philippines. The series is streaming online on

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Premise

The show emphasizes pop culture

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. Skits and sketches are performed in a manner similar to

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s. It also spoofs other television shows, adverts, and famous people.

Overview

''Bubble Gang'' premiered on

on October 20, 1995. It was inspired by the gag show ''

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''. The original cast consisted of

Ogie Alcasid Herminio Jose Lualhati "Ogie" Alcasid Jr. (; born August 27, 1967) is a Filipino singer-songwriter, television presenter, comedian, parodist, and actor. He is currently the President of OPM (Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-Aawit). Early care ...

Antonio Aquitania Antonio Ford Aquitania (born January 16, 1977) is a Filipino actor, comedian, host, and model. He is a former member of ''Bubble Gang''. Early career Aquitania's first appearance was as a latter cast member of a long running comedy sitcom ''Pal ...

Sunshine Cruz Sunshine Cruz (born July 18, 1977) is a Filipino actress and singer. She is the part of the Cruz family of actors. Personal life Cruz was married to actor/director Cesar Montano in September 2000. They have three daughters Angelina Isabele, Sa ...

, Jackie de Guzman, Assunta De Rossi, Eric Fructuoso, Susan Lozada,

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Wendell Ramos Wendell Xavier Ramos (born August 18, 1978) is a Filipino actor and model who is currently under GMA Network after ABS-CBN and TV5. Biography and early career Ramos started his showbiz career in 1995 when he joined the cast of '' Bubble Gang ...

and Michael V. Production personnel of the show, Diego Llorico and Marissa "Mykah" Flores later joined the show as cast members. In March 2020, principal photography was halted due to the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon caused by the

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. The show resumed its programming on August 21, 2020.

Cast

* Michael V. *

Paolo Contis Paolo Enrico Tusi Contis (born March 14, 1984) is a Filipino actor host singer and comedian of Italian descent. Contis debuted as a child actor in the ABS-CBN show '' Ang TV'' during the 1990s. A GMA Network artist for 17 years, he has won s ...

* Chariz Solomon * Betong Sumaya * Sef Cadayona *

Valeen Montenegro Valeen Montenegro Vicente (born June 10, 1990) is a Filipino actress, comedienne and model. Career Montenegro started her acting career as one of the new talents launched by ABS-CBN's talent management arm Star Magic in 2006. Her first acting r ...

Archie Alemania Archibald Nicholas Alemania (born 6 March 1978), professionally known as Archie Alemania, is a Filipino actor, host, comedian, and dancer. Career Alemania has appeared in several television commercials such as Chippy, San Miguel, Globe and P ...

Analyn Barro Analyn Barro Tabucanon, also known by her stage name Analyn Barro and labeled as ''“Crush ng Bayan”'' is a Filipina actress and model who became known after joining in the sixth season of GMA Network’s reality-based talent competition, S ...

* Faye Lorenzo * Kokoy de Santos * Tuesday Vargas *

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* Dasuri Choi ;Former cast *

* Susan Lozada *

* Eric Fructuoso * Jackie de Guzman *

Maricar de Mesa Maricar de Mesa (born November 3, 1979) is a Filipino actress known for her antagonistic roles in many TV series like ''Magkaibang Mundo'', '' Villa Quintana'', '' Once Upon a Kiss'', and others. She started her career in '' Bubble Gang'', as wel ...

* Assunta de Rossi *

Diego Llorico Diego Llorico (born July 20, 1971), known mononymously as Diego, is a Filipino actor, segment producer and comedian. He is known for his appearances on the comedy films '' Boy Pick-Up: The Movie'' (2012) and ''D' Kilabots Pogi Brothers Weh?! ...

* Alma Concepcion * Shirley Fuentes * Myka Flores * Amanda Page * Luis Alandy * Aya Medel * Sherwin Ordoñez * Ara Mina *

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Sharmaine Arnaiz Sharmaine Arnaiz (born Sharmila Velasco Pribhdas Shahani; November 1, 1974 in Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines) is a Filipino actress. Biography She was born Sharmila Velasco Pribhdas-Shahani to an Indian father and a mother of Hiligay ...

Sherilyn Reyes-Tan Sherilyn Reyes-Tan (born February 10, 1975) is a Filipino actress, comedienne, television personality, host, and entrepreneur. She is known for her role as Liza Arellano in '' Sinungaling Mong Puso''. She is also a parenting blogger and use ' ...

Wowie de Guzman Jeffrey Camangyan (born September 22, 1976), known professionally as Wowie de Guzman, is a Filipino dancer and a stage, film and TV actor. He was one of the top matinee idols from the 1990s. His break came as a member of dance group Universal Mo ...

* Angelika Dela Cruz * Trina Zuñiga * Kevin Vernal * Rufa Mae Quinto *

Maureen Larrazabal Maureen Larrazabal (born September 23, 1979) is a Filipino actress, singer and commercial model who is one of the popular and regular mainstays of the TV sitcom ''Bubble Gang'' of GMA Network. Before venturing into movie and television, Larraz ...

* Boy 2 Quizon *

Diana Zubiri Rosemarie Joy Garcia-Smith (born April 15, 1985), better known by her stage name Diana Zubiri, is a Filipino actress. She was discovered by Seiko Films when she was 15, years after applying for work in Japan. She then had sexy roles in various ...

* Francine Prieto * Jacky Woo * Rodfill Obeso * James Ronald Obeso * Jackie Rice * Ellen Adarna *

Gwen Zamora Gwenaelle Tasha Mae Agnese-Semerád better known as Gwen Zamora (born 10 August 1990) is a Filipina-French actress, model and former dancer in the Philippines. She was previously under GMA Network for six years until switching management to Viva ...

* Sam Pinto * Max Collins *

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Joyce Ching Joyce Giselle Palad Ching-Alimon (born January 5, 1995) is a Filipina-Chinese actress, She is best known for her role in television dramas '' Koreana'', '' Munting Heredera'', ''Anna Karenina'', ''Dormitoryo'', ''Strawberry Lane'' and ''Haham ...

* RJ Padilla * Jan Manual * Mikael Daez * Andrea Torres * Juancho Trivino * Denise Barbacena * Arny Ross *

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Jak Roberto Jan Rommel Osuna Roberto (born December 2, 1993), professionally known as Jak Roberto, is a Filipino actor, model and singer. He was a member of the trio boy band 3LOGY alongside Jeric Gonzales and Abel Estanislao. Roberto is currently worki ...

* Lovely Abella *

Mikoy Morales Vincent Marco Chu Morales (born December 11, 1993), professionally known as Mikoy Morales, is a Filipino actor, model, singer, comedian, and television personality. Along with Ruru Madrid, Zandra Summer and Elle Ramirez, he is a runner-up on '' ...

* Ashley Rivera *

Liezel Lopez Liezel Marie Arintoc Lopez (born October 2, 1997) is a Filipino actress. She was a finalist at the sixth season of reality talent competition, '' Starstruck'' in 2016, and has been signed to GMA Artist Center. She joined the cast of ''Bubble Gan ...

Timeline

Recurring characters and segments

Home media release

The series was released on

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in 2009. The DVD contained "the best of the best" episodes of ''Bubble Gang'' throughout the years.

Controversies

In September 2002, the show was sued by L.A. Lopez after the show made a character named as Ala Ey Lopez in 2001. According to Lopez, the spoof affected him emotionally. He asked 5 million pesos for damages and a public apology from the show. The case was later dismissed. In 2013, Michael V., Rufa Mae Quinto, and GMA Network's executives, were summoned by the

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chairman, Eugenio Villareal for a mandatory conference after a sexually sensitive comedy sketch called "The Adventures of Susie Lualhati" which aired on November 29, 2013. Villareal was alarmed after what he had found of a derogatory and discriminatory portrayal of a woman in the show. Michael V., Quinto, and executives of the network met with MTRCB on December 9, 2013 to discuss the issue. It led to an agreement that the show will implement proposed measures that will ensure audiences about gender-sensitivity contents by December 16, 2013.

Accolades

Spin-offs

* ''Bubble Gang Jr.'' premiered on May 8, 2005 and featured child actors. * ''DoSeNa'', a television film to celebrate the show's 12th anniversary. * ''Bungallow'', a horror television film to celebrate the show's 15th anniversary. * '' Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie'', a film based on the segment ''Ang Spoiled''. It was released in theaters on September 23, 2009. * '' Boy Pick-Up: The Movie'', a film based on the character Boy Pick-Up from the ''Pick-Up Lines'' segment. It was released on theaters on June 6, 2012. * '' Hole in the Wall'', a Philippine version of the American game show series of the same title aired in 2009. Hosted by Yaya and Angelina - two characters created by ''Bubble Gang'' were portrayed by Michael V. and Ogie Alcasid respectively.

Notes

comedy duo, more popularly known as "Moymoy Palaboy", that gained fame after recording and

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ing songs. The duo now became part of the show in 2009, where they debuted with their own segment, "Iyotube" parodying the video sharing website YouTube. # Recent additions to the show, known collectively as the "Bubblets." # Diego Llorico is also a segment producer for the show. # Salvador, Cosme, and Francisco are the trio that was well known with the "

Ang Dating Doon The following describes many of the more noteworthy recurring segments and characters on GMA Network's gag show ''Bubble Gang''. Recurring segments ''Ang Dating Doon'' ''Ang Dating Doon'' (English: ''What Used to Be There'') is a popular re ...

" which aired from 1998 to 2000 and 2005. In 2011, the segment was revived with the trio reprising their roles as Brothers Pete, Willie, and Jocel. # Newest additions to the comedy show. They were introduced on August 2, 2013. They are collectively known as the "Bagong Gang".

References

External links

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