Monday, September 9, 2013

Let's Do The News! (September 9, 2013)

(cheers and applause)

Jeremy: Excellent work! For the first time, there's someone who can outcute BMO!!!

Richard: Yeah, for the first time! As of now...

(audience laughing)

Jeremy: What do you mean "as of now?"

Richard: Because Poof is the seventh cartoon character to come on our segment and we have three more left on our segment. I already book the other two but the final character to compete on our segment is a bit of a wild card. It's a bit of a secret we can't tell you for now...

(audience laughing)

Jeremy: So, since Poof outcute BMO, Mokona, Catbug, and all of the other cute characters, will the last three ever to outcute Poof?

Richard: Well, hope so but I think it's the wild card who thinks he or she can outcute that fairy baby. Be sure to come back soon, okay? We only got three weeks left on this segment and hey! Any suggestions for our next round when we return this segment, feel free to suggest any cute characters! Just the cartoon or the anime or the video game ones okay?

(audience laughing)

James: Anyway, the news and hey! Big news! Word from the Olympic committee that the next city to succeed after the Rio 2016 Olympics is Tokyo, Japan!

Jeremy: Excellent!

(cheers and applause)

Richard: Wait, Tokyo, Japan is the hosting city for the next 2020 Olympics?!

James: That's right! Tokyo blitzes Istanbul and Madrid by a long shot, although I felt kinda sad to the Spaniards after their nation got eliminated from the bids. Pity though and since Spain's on the financial brink right now, there's no way that thing could happen. Well, here's a little bit of a trivia though.

Richard: James, are you sure you're fine with all of those DYKs and the trivias? We're kinda irritated by those...

(audience laughing)

James: Anyway, for a trivia, this isn't the first time Japan had hosted the Olympics because the first time they held the Summer Olympics was in 1964, which is the first Asian nation to host such an event. There was this show called Eagle Sam, which is about Sam the Eagle, the mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympics in LA and oh, the venue that was gonna used for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was featured in the post-apocalyptic masterpiece by Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira. That's a bit of a trivia though.

Jeremy: Yeah, that's a bit of a trivia. Thank you but to be honest, apart from all the people from Tokyo cheering from the announcement that Tokyo's the host city for the 2020 Olympics, I have a few doubts for this one because, well, you know all of the Fukushima crisis and the strong yen and problems arising in Japan, not to mention the ever-shrinking population.

James: It's seven years away from now so, that will give Japan more time to think and hopefully, there shouldn't be another disaster that stands in their way. I have my fingers crossed that for the next seven years, Tokyo, Japan should prepare for the better and for worse while making changes as an Olympic city for 2020. Well, Vision 2020 right?

(audience laughing)

 Jeremy: Now, bad news. Earlier, I just heard from the Department of Energy that to address the power shortages in Luzon, they are considering about a one- or two-hour brownout in the peak hours of 11 a.m., 2p.m., and 7 p.m.

(huh)

Richard: Huh? One or two hour brownout in the peak hours? That's like...

Jeremy: I know. This is a bit messy just in case someone's a bit nosy right now but anyway, the DOE told that they are planning additional power plants but the finishing time is very too long, takes about two to three years to make it done so what they're planning to fill the gap is by power interruption and that's a load of rubbish. You see some power advisories flashing on the TV screens saying blah blah blah and then blah blah blah, why would they plan making power interruptions at the times of 11, 2, and 7? What if they are others busy doing office jobs or calinderia or watching dramas or schools or whatever you know?

(audience laughing)

Jeremy: This is madness. What are they thinking of?

(audience laughing)

Richard: Well, seems that the DOE cares about the DOE itself rather than the POWERRRR....

(audience laughing)

Richard: Power hungry customers. Man, those electric cars shouldn't deserve a spot here until the near future when power supplies are in normal levels. Also, the DOE is planning about a reserve market and disallowing maintenance work for power plants during the summer holiday and it will provide about 400-600MW. (sigh)

Jeremy: Anyway, while we're in the middle of issue regarding the NSA, what occurs to me that the only thing worse than the whole NSA scandal is...

James: Is what?

Jeremy: Those posts I found on Facebook saying that "Admit It" and then goes "blah blah blah"...Ah pbft....

(audience laughing)

Richard: What do you mean?

Jeremy: Those posts that related on what were doing in the past and present! That's even more annoying than the NSA eavesdropping on us! Let's just say there was some post that goes "If you remember this, your childhood was awesome" with the pics of twirling around a bucket of water, thinking that those tags at the back of our clothes feels like getting sting on the cactus, and then those shows we watched in the past and then those fast forwarding tapes to make it sound like Chip and Dale, and then on and on and on...Those posts feel like eavesdropping to us! Please stop sharing those posts that relate, okay? Knock it off...

(audience laughing)

Richard: Yeah, kindly stop sharing such things!

(audience laughing)

Jeremy: Right, TV5. There will be a new lineup this weekend under the #WeekendDoItBetter tagline and what seems to be interesting that there will be new shows as well as returning ones. So, let's start with the new ones. First off, it's the new gag show called Tropa Moko Unli. The new gag show features Gelli de Belen and Ogie Alcasid, which were from Tropang Trump from the 90's, and then joined by some of the funniest like Edgar Allan Guzman, Empoy, Alwyn Uytingco, Eula Caballero, Ritz Azul, Jasmine Curtis-Smith, and the Artista Academy scholars. It airs on Saturday, September 14. Then, there's Showbiz Police, where hosts Raymond Gutierrez, director Joey Reyes, Lucy Torres-Gomez, and Cristy Fermin, investigates through the hidden world of showbiz controversies. Also on the new lineup was Killer Karaoke which is a bit like that old ABS-CBN show that is called...what's it called?

James: Twist and Shout.

Jeremy: Yes. Twist and Shout, of course. It's where contestants singing while facing numerous obstacles and see if they can survive singing on this new show. New to the lineup was What's Up Doods?. It's kinda more of a late night talk show hosted by Edu Manzano. And last, there's the new show called The Mega and the Song Writer, which is hosted by Sharon Cuneta and Ogie Alcasid. Now onto the returning ones and returning to the new lineup will be a new season of the Philippine version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, a new season of Pinoy Explorer, in which Aga Mulach travels around the world in search of surprises hidden around the world, and then, yes. It's our favorite prank show everyone's been watching...It's Wow Mali! This time it's Wow Mali Pa Rin! That's all you can expect on the new #WeekendDoItBetter lineup starting September 14 and 15 and do please support those new and returning shows from TV5.

(cheers and applause)

Jeremy: Now, moving on from here to there because...ahem...Disney Channel is launching two new shows this month. First off and this is a bit of a misunderstanding for us...there's this new cartoon airing on Friday, September 13, and it's called (ahem) Wander Over Yonder.

Richard: What was that? Oh wait! I get it now!

Jeremy: Really?

Richard: Here, let something else explain...(ahem) "LORD HATER, the most evil villain in the universe has used his army of Watchdogs led by COMMANDER PEEPERS to conquer every peace-loving planet in his way! Meanwhile, WANDER (the interstellar fellar who loves being happy and helping others) and his best friend and trusty steed SYLVIA have encountered LORD HATER and his minions!" Yep, that pretty much sums it up but you can expect that on Friday night. Don't forget it before we got zapped by Lord Hater's HATE RAY...

(audience laughing)

Richard: Because on this show...BE HAPPY just like Wander, our newest friend from outer space who loves to give a smile on the face. Oh yeah! There's another new show on Disney Channel and it's on a Sunday night. It's called...(ahem) Liv and Maddie.

Liv and Maddie
(Image: Disney)


James: Uh...yeah. Liv...Maddie...

Richard: That's Liv, the idol twin on the left, and on the right, the athletic twin, that's Maddie. Both played by a newcomer Dove Cameron. That's a new show and it's airing on a Sunday night. Anyway, while Disney gave us a sneak peek on this new show, I felt a bit skeptical but I'm impressed about this new show.

Jeremy: Yeah. I don't care about it but...psst!

Richard: What is it?

Jeremy: (whispering) Don't you think that there's a bit of familiarity here?!

Richard: What do you mean?!

Jeremy: (whispering) Something bothering me that Maddie kinda look like that "majorette nerd" who got zapped by the Brainiacs?

(audience laughing hysterically)

Richard: ??? OH I SEE. Maddie looks like the nerd from a majorette as seen on Brainiac, the nerd who got zapped by those electrical thingy. Yep, for nostalgia's sake but uh oh...

Jeremy: What?

Richard: No time for that, because she kinda look like the majorette nerd that I zapped from Brainiac, gotta run! Bye!

(audience laughing)

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