On November 19, the Bubble Gang cast recalled jokes and skits they did in the past that got criticized.
During the media conference for the gag show’s 25th Anniversary, Michael V recalled when the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board reprimanded the gag show for a sketch (MTRCB) in 2013.
“Ako definitely, noong nadala kami sa MTRCB. It was sketch about Sussy. Ginampanan ‘yun ni Ruffa Mae Quinto, and I think parang naging issue is parang nao-objectify ang mga babae. So pinatawag kami ng MTRCB about that.”
Michael V said he took that incident as a learning experience.
“I took it as a learning experience, magandang learning experience actually dahil ang dami kong natutunan about sensitive content. As much as nagkaroon ng limitasyon, ‘yung mga ginagawa na topics namin dati, ‘yung mga pinagkukuhanan namin ng materyal sa pagpapatawa. We also took it as a challenge.”
Chariz Solomon recalled getting bashed over her character in the ga show and over a skit she did with her brother.
“Kapag ‘yung may role na asawang laging mainit ang ulo, laging asawang bunganera. Actually hindi naman talaga sobrang iba ‘yung pangba-bash sa akin. Pero pag tinignan mo lang ‘yung comment section they can really relate sa sitwasyon, many people. Kasi lahat naman talaga ng wife, may crazy side. Pero siguro ‘yung mga ginagawa ko is the stereotype.
“‘Yung pinaka-recent siguro is the script that I wrote nitong pandemic lang, na kami din ang nag-shoot dito sa bahay with my brother, na akala ata ng tao, ‘yung character ni Tulume, ay isang autistic na bata, mentally challenged, which is hindi siya ganon. Kasi actually ‘yung script na ‘yun nasa isip ko na ‘yung long-long time ago pa na I want to write it for my YouTube vlog.”
As for Archie Alemania, he revealed having unaired sketches in Bubble Gang.
“Sa akin as a comedian, as an actor, ‘yung mga restrictions na ganyan hindi maging hindrance. Dapat you can work around that restrictions, ‘yung mga hindrance na ‘yan.
“May mga na-shoot ako ng mga two or three sketches na hindi pinalabas dahil sumobra naman doon sa thin line ng pwede at hindi pwede. Nandoon na talaga sa border, kaya kaysa mapatawag pa at ma-sanction pa ang Bubble [Gang], hindi na lang inair.”
Lovely Abella said she got bashed over a behind-the-scene video, wherein she pulled a prank on Betong Sumaya.
‘”Yung bash po ako na hindi ko nalimutan, kami po kasi sa Bubble Gang, iba po talaga ‘yung kabastusan namin, I mean iba ‘yung pagsasamahan namin. So one time po may ginawa po ako kay Betong na pinost po ni Archie sa sobrang saya niya.
“Doon po nabash ang pagkatao ko ng sobra. Anong alin yan, ‘yung ginanon ko si Betong sa ilong, pinost mo ‘yun.
“Grabe ‘yun talagang umiyak po ako noon. Talagang pati po ‘yung anak ko, ‘ganyan ba tinuturo mo sa anak mo.'”
Michael V and the other cast members celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the longest-running gag show, Bubble Gang, on November 26 on GMA Network.
