give me a noontime break

Wowowee’s “Wilyonaryo” segment fiasco has reached ultimately the halls of the senate and congress. And ABS-CBN together with show host, Willie Revillame is ready to be feasted on by politicians. Of course the elected individuals have every right to know what the heck is going on with the nation’s lunch break televiewing habit. The Joeys, Vics and Willies of noontime game shows appear effective to be the hope of the masa afterall - not the politicos. Notwithstanding the ULTRA stampede tragedy, there are the kilometric lines wanting to get into studios.

Politicians from both chambers have to wait for their turn to show their bag of tricks to the people through tired speeches. You see, sessions begin as these daily shows are about to end. Even if the politicians promise heaven and earth, they still lack the efficacy of new day heroes. Look at them, politicians during last elections were so ready to follow inane dance steps created from such programs to earn votes. Well we now know who can be meister of our fates.

The whole thing started when Joey de Leon of Eat Bulaga opened up what Wowowee wanted to seal close – a gameshow hitch caught on tv. Could it be a sleight of hand, a possible deception? Since Wowowee’s inception, Eat Bulaga’s rating command has started to wobble. Genius as he is, Joey took the opportunity in dismantling some credence of the rival, tickling people’s minds with innuendos even on his television show.

At that time, Joey’s constant ribbing had been purely seen as another antagonistic maneuver of sourgraping. Yet Willie fell for the gambit and made an emotional and angry speech to erstwhile kaibigan Joey. The small ember of an error is now seen as a conflagration of missteps from ABS-CBN, Wowowee management and Willie.

The politicians have taken the cue, and for the past days, have a heyday making themselves funny with this issue by giving out discourses on how to handle noontime shows. Thankfully this happens only during their late afternoons sessions. Afterall, lunch is not a good time to have our tummies aching.