I Laugh Sabado

I Laugh Sabado was a comedy variety show aired every Saturday on the now-defunct Q in the Philippines.

Overview

I Laugh Sabado was a comedy variety show of Q Channel 11 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.^[1]

The show, admits Paolo, is patterned after the long-running US show, "Saturday Night Live." "’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."^[2]

Cast

• Wally Bayola
  • Wally is currently seen in the longest running noon time show in the Philippines, Eat Bulaga!. He starred in the movie "'Scaregiver"' in which he and Jose Manalo were the lead actors.^[3] His colleagues in I Laugh Sabado are calling him big brother because Wally is veteran when it comes to comedy."^[4] He's the lead comedian in I Laugh Sabado.^[5]
• Paolo Paraiso
  • Paolo is often seen in some shows of GMA Network 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's kids, and a brother to Bubbles Paraiso.^[6] He also has a show entitled "Bluffing" together with Bodie Cruz.
• Janna Dominguez
  • Joining the Pinoy Fear Factor, Janna made a way for herself to be a TV personality. She appeared in some of ABS-CBN's shows such as Eva Fonda, Parekoy and Banana Split. She is now seen in GMA and part of Pepito Manaloto and even co - hosted Jay-R in the television dating game show Take Me Out.
• Gee Canlas
  • Gee Canlas, a hiphop dancer who did "Lokomoko High" with TV 5 and now has a show on YouTube, "Say What," where she does Speedtalk.^[5]
• Jan Manual
  • Being known as PacBoy as one of the segment hosts of Startalk,^[7] Jan was also part of the reality show StarStruck where he was part of the Batch Four. Last 2008, Jan recovered from an accident in the KapusOlympics Watermania 2008.^[8][9] He was part of Gagambino, Boys Nxt Door and was a guest cast in the now defunct show The Last Prince.
• Alfred Marquez
• Archie Alemania
  • Archie is part of ABS - CBN's Star Magic and his last appearance before his I Laugh Sabado's stint is George and Cecil.^[5] Archie is Mickey Ferriols' former live - in boyfriend^[10] and they have a son.^[11] Alemania was also part of Wazzup Wazzup together with Vhong Navarro and Toni Gonzaga. But before he made a name on television, he became known for his appearances in some of TV commercials way back then.
• XLR8
  • a sing and dance boy group in the Philippines under VIVA Records' P-Pop Label. XLR8 is composed of, Hideaki Torio, Carlo Lazerna, the identical twins MJ and MM Magno, AJ Muhlach, Kiko Ramos, Arkin Del Rosario, Caleb Santos. They are regularly seen on the Sunday noontime variety show Party Pilipinas aired on GMA 7.

References

See also

• List of programs aired by Q/GMA News TV