00:00It all started with what I saw on the street.
00:02You know, the people who are watching us right now.
00:05What?
00:05That's how it is.
00:07They can relate to everything.
00:11Hearing is now in session in 3, 2, 1.
00:24Good afternoon, morning, and evening.
00:27No matter the time and place, you are listening and watching us.
00:31Hello, hello to all of you.
00:32A round of applause for your owner!
00:35Another great episode.
00:37This is a new hearing in the House of Honourables.
00:41Hello, hello to all of you.
00:43Those who are reading the newspapers,
00:46those who are in line at the LTO,
00:49those who are bored,
00:49those who are listening to us.
00:51What else?
00:51Our mothers who are fighting, listening, and watching.
00:55Hello to all of you.
00:56Those who will be cooking later.
00:58That will take a while.
00:59Yes, about 45 minutes.
01:00Just in time.
01:01After this, it's already cooked.
01:03Let's go to our main issue.
01:04Here it is.
01:05Let's start our session, your honour.
01:08Please rise for your honour, Madam Chair, Tuesday Vargas.
01:11Thank you so much.
01:12Please sit down for the second chair, Buboy Villar.
01:15Sit down.
01:16I need to do this to you.
01:17My muscles are a bit tight here.
01:18Yes, my suit is a bit tight.
01:21Okay, but in fairness to you.
01:24In fairness to you, Madam Chair,
01:27you're so elegant.
01:28Sometimes, I get confused.
01:30Last time, you were wearing a Barbie.
01:31And now, wow.
01:33Organza.
01:34Because we should be organized today.
01:36I can relate to that.
01:38Okay, because this is a special and special show for us,
01:43please give a round of applause to our honourable resource person.
01:46He is the real honourable.
01:48We are not.
01:49It's true.
01:50Alright, the king of talk, the one and only,
01:52Mr. Boy Abunda.
01:55Can I stand up?
01:56Yes, you can.
01:57Can I stand up as well?
01:59Do you want to watch?
02:00Yes, we'll be there, Uncle Boy.
02:01We'll be there to watch.
02:03Thank you so much.
02:04I'm just excited.
02:05Yes.
02:06It's a great honor to be a part of this session,
02:10of this hearing.
02:11Vice Chair, Madam Chair, thank you so much.
02:13But thank you.
02:14You made us walk faster than we planned.
02:18I can't do it.
02:19There's Boy Abunda in your honour.
02:21Madam Chair, this is the first time my hands are shaking.
02:24To be honest, we're so honoured.
02:26But since we're here for our oath-taking,
02:30is it okay with you, Uncle Boy?
02:32Yes, of course.
02:33I'm waiting for this.
02:34So I'll stand up.
02:35Yes.
02:35I'll just stand here.
02:36You can just stand here.
02:38Yes, Madam Chair.
02:38Please raise your right hand.
02:40We can't make fun of him.
02:41Other people raise their arms.
02:43But for him, it's his hand.
02:44It's his hand.
02:46Uncle Boy, do you swear to tell the truth?
02:48The whole truth and nothing but the truth.
02:51So help yourself.
02:52Yes.
02:53Is that the answer?
02:54Yes, that's right.
02:55Perfect.
02:56Perfect.
02:57Those three letters.
02:58Can I say, yes, I will?
02:59Yes.
03:00Do you swear?
03:01Yes, I do.
03:02Can I say that?
03:03Yes, you can.
03:04But just say yes.
03:05They might think I'm married.
03:06Uncle Boy, if I say yes.
03:07Okay.
03:08And there might be a problem.
03:09Are you ready, Uncle Boy?
03:10This is the...
03:11Can I hold my hand?
03:12Yes, you can.
03:13This is the whole show.
03:14This is the hearing.
03:15You should follow the rules.
03:16You can put down your hand.
03:18Vice Chair.
03:19Wow.
03:20British.
03:21Thank you very much.
03:22You know, it's classy.
03:23Okay.
03:24Uncle Boy, we have prepared some questions.
03:27We asked some constituents.
03:30Okay.
03:31Yes.
03:32Actually, this question is not for me, Uncle Boy.
03:34You're making it difficult.
03:35You're scared.
03:37Why are you doing this to me?
03:40Chill, chill.
03:41Chill, partner, chill.
03:42Just chill.
03:43But my first question, Uncle Boy.
03:44Why is this?
03:46Ask first, okay?
03:47So it's over.
03:48Uncle Boy, I love you.
03:50I love you too.
03:51I have a question for you.
03:52Do you use shampoo?
03:54Someone gave me a shampoo as a gift last Christmas.
03:58Really?
03:59I gave it back to him.
04:01It just means that he doesn't know that I don't have hair anymore.
04:04It's like you're not thinking.
04:05But did you know that he needs to use a conditioner?
04:09The scalp treatment, even if you don't have hair.
04:13I have a little bit, but yes.
04:15But not daily.
04:16Because it might be damaged.
04:18Yes, that's true.
04:19And the scalps get dry if you use shampoo every day.
04:23So a good conditioner is really good.
04:24That's noted.
04:25Thank you very much.
04:26I'm getting excited with Boy Abunda in our show.
04:30Boy Abunda, 1.
04:31Boo Boy, 0.
04:33You're good.
04:34I'll score you.
04:36One more confusing question.
04:38Uncle Boy, what's your relationship with Ate Girl?
04:41Her mother is my mother's cousin.
04:43They were neighbors when my father married her.
04:47When they moved to Samar, they had an argument because their grandfathers became companions.
04:55That's a long story.
04:57Did you follow that?
04:59That's our relationship with Ate Girl.
05:01Boy Abunda, 2.
05:02Choose Day, 0.
05:04Boy Abunda is really good.
05:06I'll score you.
05:08This is really my question.
05:10She's really insisting on her question.
05:13I really want to ask this.
05:14When did it start?
05:16What do you call your Uncle Boy?
05:19I made a decision not to call him Ate.
05:24He's not Ate Girl.
05:25He's Uncle Boy.
05:26I don't know the real answer to that.
05:29I just became Uncle Boy.
05:31What's funny is that my grandparents, my mother, and my father call me Uncle Boy.
05:36Sometimes, is it okay to call you Uncle Boy?
05:38Yes.
05:40I don't have an exact date.
05:41But if you force me, I'll give it to you.
05:43What date?
05:44January 1, 2003.
05:46I don't know why.
05:48I just came up with it.
05:51We're just like him.
05:52He's also an inventor.
05:54I want guests like him.
05:56Of course.
05:57That's a must.
05:58So that the answer will be fast.
05:59He's a net inventor.
06:01I like it.
06:03Uncle Boy, thank you for inviting me.
06:06I'll treat this like a classroom.
06:10I'll learn here besides entertaining people.
06:14We'll go through the fast talk right away.
06:17Because we need to learn from him on how to do his show.
06:21You have one hour, Uncle Boy.
06:25It's already wrapped.
06:26You can go home now, Booboy.
06:28Okay.
06:29I'll just go straight to ask Uncle Boy.
06:32Uncle Boy, we're in an industry full of cheeses.
06:36You're the bread and butter.
06:38No matter what we say, there's also a tinge of gossip.
06:42Would you say this is beneficial for us Filipinos?
06:45We gossip.
06:46It's part of the culture.
06:48Before I answer your question,
06:51there was a time in my career, you're right,
06:53that I was bothered by...
06:57Boy, what gossip?
07:00It was a dubious reputation.
07:03That what I was doing was delivering gossip.
07:07I was a bit affected.
07:09Wait, why?
07:10Because our understanding of gossip is not true.
07:14It's invented.
07:15And there's a way to destroy it.
07:18There's a way that gossip is made to demean,
07:21to derogate the so-called vice-chair.
07:24So that's the premise of the word gossip.
07:28It's nothing.
07:29There's nothing good about it.
07:30I'm just saying.
07:31Because it's fun.
07:33But when we study it,
07:35it became part of a paper that I wrote
07:39for my Master's in Communications.
07:41Dichotomy of Gossip.
07:44I just remembered that.
07:45You're dead.
07:46We already have a dichotomy here, Mr. Honor.
07:49To the listeners, Mrs. Marie.
07:51Let's listen to each other.
07:53Dichotomy.
07:54Remember.
07:55We studied it a bit.
07:57So to the question,
07:58I'll go first.
07:59The question was,
08:01Do we really need a gossip culture?
08:04Is it good for the Filipino people
08:07that we have this?
08:08Dangerous question.
08:09I don't think show business would be as much fun
08:14without gossip.
08:15I agree.
08:16I agree, right?
08:17It's a painful truth but yes, I agree.
08:19So let's go to the discussion.
08:21What is really gossip in show business?
08:23There's gossip that's funny.
08:25There's gossip that's entertaining.
08:27It's just entertaining.
08:28It's a joke.
08:29It's almost a joke.
08:31There are also gossips that become a source of information.
08:36You get information.
08:38You get information.
08:40There are also gossips that,
08:42like what I said earlier,
08:43are made up.
08:44Yes.
08:45There are gossips that are made on purpose
08:52to, you know,
08:54in the art of war,
08:56there are gossips to distract,
09:00to disrupt the enemy.
09:02To confuse the enemy,
09:04you cover up that the king is dead
09:06or that there are no soldiers left in the field.
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