Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Alex Calleja, paano nag-iisip ng jokes? (Episode 537)

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00:00You start somewhere, and this is a wonderful, a big start.

00:09Yes.

00:10Right?

00:11It's beautiful.

00:12That's why I'm happy.

00:13Congratulations, really.

00:14I've watched it twice, the right time.

00:17At the right time, it really happened.

00:20All your stories, all that happened, it really happened.

00:23Is it a big help that you're the one writing your material?

00:28Yes, because it's based on my experience and observations.

00:32When you're the one writing, you know the metro.

00:35When you're the one writing, you adjust to how you deliver it.

00:42When you're the one writing, it's straight to how you deliver it.

00:44How do you test?

00:46I know you go to, you have lounges, etc.

00:48But how do you test a joke, for example?

00:50From the start of my career, for one year, of course, I was really testing the crowd.

00:56But when you're driving, sometimes I'm on the spot.

01:03I'm ad-libbing, for example.

01:05And when it hits, it becomes permanent.

01:07That's what's happening now.

01:08My writing is fast.

01:10Alex, is talent in comedy inborn, or is it something that can be learned?

01:17Inborn, really.

01:20You have it.

01:21Either you have it or you don't.

01:22I'm sorry.

01:23It's better to have a foundation.

01:25It's like singing.

01:26If you have a beautiful voice, just a little tweak and you're good.

01:30But when you're studying, sometimes what happens is it's not always effective.

01:36Contrived.

01:37Yes.

01:38You're being pushed.

01:39You're being pushed, and your tendency is to really follow the lyrics.

01:43It's not like when you're normal.

01:44No matter how much you laugh, people will laugh.

01:46Okay.

01:47Bitoy, Michael V, I had once an interview with him.

01:50And I think he did say this also in a lot of his interviews.

01:53He said that a lot of the characters in his shows,

01:56when he was living in the tenement, he had a story.

01:59You have a story for a movie.

02:01My God, Alex.

02:03I did some interviews with you, and I used to do research.

02:06You moved houses.

02:08Where did you go?

02:10How important is that to your comedy now?

02:12The stories of your life.

02:16What happens is a bad experience.

02:19It's hard.

02:21You move houses.

02:22But I didn't know that that was my bank.

02:24So you're taking advantage of that.

02:26I'm taking advantage of that.

02:27But my delivery is because I gave birth to someone.

02:31I really have a knack for storytelling.

02:34But it combined with my experience in life.

02:38I'm taking advantage of a lot of things.

02:40Then I combine it with comedy.

02:41It's stronger.

02:42It's stronger.

02:43I don't think that even though I was born rich,

02:45I didn't develop this.

02:48You went through a lot of hardships.

02:50You lived in a lot of houses.

02:51You met a lot of people.

02:53I combined it with...

02:55I met someone.

02:57There are people who are good at delivering.

03:00Maybe I got his delivery.

03:03Because he's good at storytelling.

03:04But he didn't pursue comedy.

03:06Maybe he was jailed.

03:07Maybe he died.

03:08Maybe he was addicted.

03:09I learned it because my friends are older.

03:12I listen to music.

03:14So it's hopeful.

03:15How big is the truth?

03:17How big is the exaggeration?

03:20There are, right?

03:22There are.

03:23Because you opened with chismes.

03:25You tackled politically correct jokes.

03:28Men and women.

03:29You talk about your wife.

03:31You talk about even your mom.

03:33Dad.

03:34How big is the truth?

03:36How big is the exaggeration?

03:3980% true.

03:4120% exaggeration.

03:43Some are real life.

03:44Some are just...

03:45I just thought of this.

03:47But it's still based on me.

03:49For example, my mom is a gambler.

03:51My dad is a womanizer.

03:53My mom learned to gamble because of my dad.

03:56That's true.

03:57That's true.

03:58That's true.

03:59Then my mom really stole my dad's money.

04:02That's my ending.

04:03I like your story.

04:05Don't lie.

04:07That's true.

04:08That happened in 1992.

04:09FBR was running.

04:11He became president.

04:13My mom didn't want to deposit because she didn't trust the election.

04:16She was afraid it would cause trouble.

04:18But that's not the reason.

04:20She really gambled.

04:22My dad believed.

04:24He only had 100 pesos.

04:25He didn't have 1000 pesos yet.

04:26So it was bundled underneath.

04:27In fact, I don't know what was said there.

04:29My mom even pinched the jar.

04:31But it's really the first scammer.

04:34Yes.

04:35He's a scammer.

04:36In 1992, he did those things.

04:38Then my dad said,

04:40He pinched it.

04:41He said,

04:42Just lie down so you know where the money is.

04:44So my dad,

04:45He was holding the cushion.

04:46He was doing that.

04:47He didn't know that the jar was stolen.

04:48Okay.

04:49So I followed my mom to the casino.

04:51I also followed her.

04:538 AM.

04:54Then 300.

04:55I was getting closer.

04:56She was still mad at me.

04:57300 pesos from 170,000 pesos.

04:59We did an MRT.

05:00That was part of the right time.

05:02It was the right time.

05:03But when I was on my way home,

05:05I thought,

05:06My mom lost.

05:07My dad was the victim, right?

05:09I thought,

05:10My dad is dead.

05:11He lost the money.

05:12But when I got home,

05:13My mom came right in.

05:14The real life,

05:15When you enter the door,

05:16You're looking for the money.

05:17You're the one I'm going to put up with

05:18to make you a woman.

05:19When I take care of your kids,

05:20You're not there.

05:21Again,

05:22It's like my dad is an abonado.

05:26The truth is,

05:27When my dad got a pension,

05:29He gave 40,000 to my mom.

05:31He said,

05:32I'm sorry for my lack.

05:34That's where I learned from my mom.

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