I Laugh Sabado

I Laugh Sabado
Title card
Genre	Variety show
Directed by	Bibeth Orteza
Presented by	Wally Bayola
Opening theme	"I Love You Sabado" by The Bloomfields
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Tagalog
Production
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Q
Release	April 24, 2010 (2010-04-24) – February 19, 2011 (2011-02-19)

I Laugh Sabado (transl. I laugh Saturday) is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by Q. Directed by Bibeth Orteza, it premiered on April 24, 2010. The show concluded on February 19, 2011.[1]

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.[2]

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."[3]

Cast

• Wally Bayola
  • Wally is currently seen in the longest running noon time show in the Philippines, Eat Bulaga!. He starred in the film Scaregivers in which he and Jose Manalo were the lead actors.[4] His colleagues in I Laugh Sabado are calling him big brother because Wally is veteran when it comes to comedy."[5] He's the lead comedian in I Laugh Sabado.[6]
• 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.[7] He also has a show entitled "Bluffing" together with Bodie Cruz.
• Janna Dominguez
• Gee Canlas[6]
• Jan Manual
  • Being known as PacBoy as one of the segment hosts of Startalk,[8] 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.[9][10]
• 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.[6]
• XLR8

References

1. "Bela Padilla admits rift with Marian Rivera somehow helped her career, but wants to be known for who she is". PEP.
2. "I Laugh Sabado". WMN. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
3. "I Laugh Sabado on Q Channel 11 is a riot". Malaya. April 21, 2010. Archived from the original on April 24, 2010.
4. Erece, Dinno (October 10, 2008). "Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola are lead stars in Scaregiver". PEP. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
5. Godinez, Bong (April 27, 2010). "Popularity if stand up comics makes Wally Bayola proud". PEP. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
6. Bautista, Mario (April 27, 2010). "Hot Mama has zero lovelife". Malaya. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
7. "Paolo Paraiso is QTV's comedy prince". Manila Bulletin. May 29, 2010. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
8. Mendoza, Ruel (May 29, 2013). "I Laugh Sabado's Jan Manual says he fights off shyness every time he performs". PEP. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
9. Garcia, Rose (September 14, 2008). "Jan Manual appears again after his KapusOlympics burning accident". PEP.
10. "Jan Manual back to work after accident". SunStar. September 15, 2008. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010.