''I Laugh Sabado'' () 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 ...
variety show broadcast by
Q. Directed by Bibeth Orteza, it premiered on April 24, 2010. The show concluded on February 19, 2011.
Overview
''I Laugh Sabado'' was a comedy variety show of Q, which featured sketches and musical numbers. It was hosted by an ensemble of Filipino comedians and character actors, Wally Bayola, Paolo Paraiso, Gee Canlas, Jana Dominguez, Jan Manual, Alfred Marquez, and Archie Alemania. It was directed by Bibeth Orteza.
The show, admits Paolo, is patterned after the long-running US show, ''
Saturday Night Live
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''. ''I Laugh Sabado'' will have gags, sketches, skits and a knock-knock portion. We have a celebrity guest every week who will serve as the show's host. There will also be a band and dancers."
Cast
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Wally Bayola
Walter James "Wally" Bayola (born May 3, 1972) (), is a Filipino comedian and actor. He is best known for portraying Lola Nidora and other characters in the '' Kalyeserye'' portion of the noontime television variety show ''Eat Bulaga!''. He appe ...
** Wally is currently seen in the longest running noon time show in the Philippines, ''
Eat Bulaga!
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''. He starred in the film ''
Scaregivers'' in which he and
Jose Manalo
Ariel Pagtalonia Manalo (born February 12, 1966), known professionally as Jose Manalo (), is a Filipino actor, director, and comedian best known for appearing regularly on the noon-time variety show ''Eat Bulaga!'' on GMA Network and now on T ...
were the lead actors.
His colleagues in I Laugh Sabado are calling him big brother because Wally is veteran when it comes to comedy."
He's the lead comedian in I Laugh Sabado.
* Paolo Paraiso
** Paolo is often seen in some shows of
GMA Network
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particularly the near-ending fantaserye ''
Panday Kids'' and to the recently concluded Sine Novela ''
Kaya Kong Abutin ang Langit''. Paolo is the father to actress
Mylene Dizon
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's kids, and a brother to Bubbles Paraiso.
He also has a show entitled "Bluffing" together with Bodie Cruz.
*
Janna Dominguez
* Gee Canlas
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* Jan Manual
** Being known as ''PacBoy'' as one of the segment hosts of '' Startalk'',][
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References
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2010 Philippine television series debuts
2011 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
Philippine variety television shows
Q (TV network) original programming