30 Best Local Shows
September 25, 2007Temporary posting alert…
30 of the Best Local Shows in the last 30 Years
In honor of the Time article about great TV shows, here are 30 local shows from my previous 30 years of viewing (as I turn 31 next month) . This is not a ranking as these shows are incomparable to each other.
Note… as of this very moment, I'll get back to this posting and edit/elaborate on it…
1. John en Marsha
2. TODAS
3. Eat Bulaga
4. Probe
5. Pangako sa Iyo
6. Basta't Kasama Kita
7. TV Patrol
8. Marina
9. Saturday Fun Machine
10. That's Entertainment
11. Showbiz Linggo
12. Iskool Bukol
13. Champuy
14. Palibhasa Lalaki
15. Home Along da Riles
16. Okay ka Fairy Ko
17. Sic O Clock News
18. Mulawin
19. Darna
20. Kampanerang Kuba
21. Ana Luna
22. Teysi ng Tahanan
23. Alas Singko Y Medya
24. Tahanan ng Kampeon
25. Pera o Bayong
26. Sign Language Show
27. Batibot
28. Late Night with Johnny Litton
29. Production Number Show
30. The Weakes Link
We Love Scandals
September 15, 2007Yes, I'm new to this blogging thing. So many sites, so many controls. There are things I want to do to make this more readable but you'll have to bear with me as my learning curve only starts to make its way up (or so I hope).
Anyway, it's been a hot month for scandals everywhere. In the NFL alone, Micheal Vick pleaded guilty of dogfighting (after lying in the face of the commish)last month and you'd think they'd be scandal-free when the season started last week. Lo and behold, super coach Belechick gets involved in what's known as the Videogate scandal.
On the local front, I know everybody's been sick to death of the Wowowee scandal (sorry, no link to this as ABS seems to have gotten to the YouTube videos… there may still be some floating vids out there though). I know people want to ask this insider if there was cheating or not. I'm the kind of person who always gives people the benefit of the doubt so while I may believe that there was no cheating involved, I do believe that the game/box designer was absolutely stupid. Anytime you can have two numbers in a box (never mind that the zero is a staple number), what's to prevent you from getting one or the other? Just plain stupidity and it took that to get rid of the game's producers (were they also responsible for the Ultra stampede mismanagement, I don't know).
Anyway, for a different kind of scandal, sex scandals are still king. Kudos to Disney for forgiving Vanessa Hudgens and for getting the High School Musical brand into the scandal scene. I can discuss this in more detail but most people don't like reading long blogs and I'm just warming up on the learning curve. What I will say is that if it worked for someone as skanky as Paris, a scandal like this may shoot Vanessa into superstardom.
Well, that's it for now. Stay tuned next week (really, but no promises for me to go on a weekly basis afterwards) when I do a homage to Time's Influential TV programs article… local style.
State of the Nation
June 29, 2007Rather than talk about who I am or what I’m about, I’ll go straight into this week’s entry.
It is now June 29, over a whole month since the May 11 elections and they have not yet finished the vote counting. On the news (be it TV PATROL WORLD or 24 ORAS) the headlines are about Pimentel and Zubiri fighting over that last seat on the Senate. Apparently magic is being created in the manual counting of the Southern votes. If only that counting magic works on my bank account.
So the Philippines is still stuck in the past. We may have bought the machines to bring our country to the modern (well… since those machines are a few years old, they’re quickly becoming obsolete) but they’re gathering dust in some storeroom. I think the main reason for them being there is because of political fear that someone may pull a Micah (who managed to rig the New York election causing Nathan Petrelli to win in HEROES).
Just some time ago, I was in an Airsoft store when a bodyguard for a provincial Congressman told the stories about how all factions were cheating in the elections. From bribes in envelopes to armed goons threatening voters and even the use of cellphone jammers, winning an election here isn’t even about platform or issues anymore.
My belief is, it isn’t about the fear of cheating. Heck, as the bodyguard says, they all cheat. I think it’s about the money.
