On August 17, comedians Wally Bayola and Jose Manalo addressed whether they felt scared of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board when mounting ‘Wow Mali, Doble Tama.’
At the media conference for ‘Wow Mali, Doble Tama,’ which LionhearTV covered, Bayola highlighted that their creative team intensively worked on each prank and ensured they wouldn’t offend viewers and the people they pranked.
“Katulad nga po ng sabi namin, ‘yung mga pina-prank namin at gagawin naming mga gimmick, ay binubusisi po. Kasi yun nga po, ang iniiwasan po namin ay ‘yung maka sakit, maka-offend, at lalong-lalo na sa ginagawa namin, sabi mo nga, totoo ‘yun, marami ng nakabantay, at doble po ang pag-iingat po namin. Bukod sa Doble Tama, doble-doble po ang pag-iingat namin.”
Manalo agreed with Bayola, citing they’re afraid of making mistakes as a prank show.
“Talagang Wow, kapag Wow Mali, ibig sabihin, Wow, natatakot magkamali. Natatakot kaming magkamali sa mga gagawin namin. Kahit joke pa ito. Ang importante, wala kaming masaktan, or wala kaming magawang offensive sa mga ipa-prank namin.”
Earlier, Bayola committed a violation against MTRCB’s guidelines after a profanity incident on live television in one of E.A.T’s Sugod Bahay mga Kapatid episodes.
As for feedback from viewers and netizens, Manalo remarked that he would focus on the comments from televiewers rather than on social media.
“Iba-iba eh, siguro magbabase ako sa mga televiewers. Social media kasi hindi naman lahat ‘yan gusto ka. Mayroon diyan para makapag-vlog lang, para panoorin lang, gagawin–‘yung tamang ginawa mo, minamali nila. Kaya wala ‘yung Wow, Minali lang nila.”
Bayola asserted that he does acknowledge people’s feedback, which would help him improve his hosting skills.
“Tsaka rina-run through rin naman po namin ‘yung mga comments nila, may mga ganon, tama mga comments, pero hindi– minsan may sineseryoso ka na kailangan ganito, kailangan na tama naman ‘yung sinasabi nila, kailangan sundin.
“Mayroon naman iba na hindi kailangan seryosohin kasi ano eh, name-mersonal lang, mahihirapan kapag lalong dinibdib mo. Hindi ka na makagalaw bilang isang komedyante, ano na lang sasabihin ko, ano na lang gagawin ko. So may mga certain comments na sinusunod, may pinapadaan lang.”
‘Wow Mali, Doble Tama,’ hosted by Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola, airs on August 26 at 6:15 PM on TV5 and 7:00 PM on Buko Channel, with new episodes every Saturday.
