Hari ng Kagubatan
There was a great, little moment in
Nuts Entertainment last night that I was glad I caught. The opening involved the great Joey de Leon dusting off his
bahag for a little sketch starring Starzan, the Pinoy King of the Jungle (Pekto played Chitae). I loved every little bit of it, even if Janno Gibbs overacted the whole time (as usual), and Joey de Leon had a large gut and sagging boobs.
(It did help a lot that the lovely Ms. Angel Locsin played Jane in the sketch. She's hot enough as it is, but in a Jane costume? Wow. It's a wonder the set, which had a lot of paper decorations, didn't just catch fire right then and there.)
Of course, the Starzan trilogy and the other great Joey de Leon-Rene Requiestas movies (
Elvis and James,
Long Ranger and Tonton) were some of the fondest memories from my childhood (and it was a happy one, too). One of my most favorite Pinoy comedy moments came in a
Starzan sequel (I think it was
The Jungle Triangle, pronounced Jang-goll Tri-ang-goll).
The witch doctor, played by Vangie Labalan, was doing her witch chant to the beat of the jungle drums. Then out of nowhere, Starzan taps her gently and asks, "
Bisaya ka man, 'day?"
And she answers, "
Hindi, tagalog ako."
I know, it's just so mundane and stupid. I don't even know anyone else who finds this funny. Maybe it's because I actually grew up in an
Ilonggo household, or maybe because Vangie Labalan always has this funny
Bisaya accent. Or maybe I'm just plain weird. After all, my favorite part of
Long Ranger and Tonton was the ending where they revealed that the surname of Tonton (Rene Requiestas) was *actually* "Gutierrez".
(Haha, speaking of stupid things to find funny, I could not possibly be the only person in the country who finds Yoyong Martirez's angry man schtick funny, right? "
Galit ka?" "
Hinde, nagpapaliwanag lang, 'dong." Man, I'm weird.)
But let's get back to Starzan. I can't believe it took Joey de Leon this long, almost 15 years, to bring back the Starzan. I mean, people
love the Starzan characters so much that last year, Rene Requiestas' life story drew monster ratings. How many do you think tuned in because they fondly remember the classic line "
Chitae, ganda lalake!" (and the more classic echo "
Ulul, sinungaling, panget! Panget! Panget!") one more time?
Besides. Joey de Leon's bread-and-butter acts for the past few years, Tiyo Pot, the "Truth-or-Charing" guy from
Eat... Bulaga, and the Balakubak anchor from
Nuts, are basically just re-hashings of his old Barbie character (he just made them bitchier and more candid, because Barbie was supposed to be classy). For my money, those acts have been the funniest things you could watch on Pinoy TV this past couple of years.
Wait, I think I have to qualify that statement. Those acts have been the funniest things you could watch on TV this past couple of years that did not involve Madame Auring and her houseboy-slash-underage-fiancee.
Seriously, c'mon, could anything possibly top one of those Startalk banner stories asking,
MAY ASIM PA BA SI MADAME AURING?
Man, those things make my weekend. Then again, I'm weird that way.
Comments:
hehe. watched the skit last. funny! especially when the pig decided to pee on the set.
"walanghiya ka! hindi ito jingle.. jungle 'to!" haha. ang korni ko talaga. :)
joey's type of humor (his movies and his very popular "tough hits" series) is really "swak" for us pinoys. i think most other people will find it offensive, to say the least. i'm really more of an eat bulaga/TVJ fan more than an ABS fan (but then again, since the advent of cable, i hardly watch UHF tv). it's really fun to see joey de leon at it again. of course, angel locsin is a nice site to behold.
"...angel locsin is a nice site to behold."
a nice site? wtf?
yeah i agree with this post. only scrap joey's starzan bit. pekto's act as chitange is top class, and it doesn't hurt that angel looks so delicious.
jem,
so nag-a-agree ka rin bang may asim pa si madame?
hindi "may asim" si madame auring.
MAASIM NA si madame auring. parang paombong na nakalimutan sa aparador nang ilang taon.
"MAASIM NA si madame auring. parang paombong na nakalimutan sa aparador nang ilang taon."I'd rather not ask how you came to this abominable conclusion jem, i'd rather not...
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