The Daily Gazette # 5 (Updated with video)
by the Gaz News Network. Please link to this post; do not cut and paste.
We’re having technical problems so the photos will be posted later. Here’s the trailer.
Last month when the Gareth Holgate media blitz was being organized we informed Gareth Holgate of the planned guest appearance on Party Pilipinas, the Sunday variety show on GMA-7.
“Can you sing with Solenn Heussaff and Lovi Poe?” we asked.
“No way I’m going to sing on TV,” Gaz said.
“Can you dance with Solenn and Lovi?”
“No way I’m going to dance on TV.”
“Can you play guitar while Solenn and Lovi sing?”
“I’m not good enough to play guitar on TV.”
“What are you going to do, stand there while Solenn and Lovi sing at you?”
“I can do that!”
And that’s what he did today.
The wonderful choreographers of Party Pilipinas devised some very basic steps for him which he could execute easily enough in rehearsal, but he did not feel comfortable doing anything that might be construed as dancing on national TV. As we do not wish our friends to hurl on-camera, all hip-centric movements were removed, leaving a literal walk-on. Solenn, Lovi, the Party Pilipinas dancers, fire and smoke did all the work; Gaz’s assignment was to stand there in a tank top and jeans and smile.
And that is how Gaz Holgate was introduced to the general Filipino public.
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We’ve acquired a new respect for our homegrown performers after seeing Party Pilipinas live in the studio. Clearly the days when you could plonk a random good-looking mestizo/mestiza in front of a camera and make them move their lips to a recorded track while shuffling left and right are gone.
These guys can dance. Not all of them have great voices, but when they have to sing they do it with verve and conviction. Hard work overcomes all deficiencies. They’re professionals. (Fortunately Gaz is not going to do this for a living. He already has a career.)
So showbiz is no longer the quick and easy way for the pretty and white to make big bucks. You’d better have something extraordinary. You’d better be compelling. You have to sing and dance better than the average Pinoy on the street, and you know Pinoys rule at this. We are the people who watch American Idol and X-Factor and say, “Ha? Yan lang? Mas magaling pa yung tindero ng kwek-kwek diyan sa kanto.”
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Conversation of the day
Them: I would never do anything like that (i.e. Appear in a production number on a variety show with the two hottest women in showbiz).
Us: Yeah, who asked you?
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The We’ll Make This About Ourself Department: Any day that requires us to crawl out of bed 3 hours early after a day of hurling our guts out (food poisoning) in order to assuage people’s fear and doubt while missing two quarterfinal matches of the Rugby World Cup is a hellish day. This is why we work alone, as we keep reminding people and they keep not listening. We would have imploded without the help of Bubbles Magpayo, Leo Dominguez and his staff, JJ Henson, Jon Morales, Noel Flowers, and our super-cool BFF. Thanks.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
October 10th, 2011 at 05:00
Man , those biceps.
October 10th, 2011 at 09:51
Congrats Gaz for surviving your guest appearance on Party Pilipinas :) Messieurs Morales and Flowers were also there? Represent!
October 10th, 2011 at 10:03
the 2 gorgeous girls Lovi & Solenn just left him there =P
October 10th, 2011 at 11:47
They have Gaz on their hands, and they pay attention to each other? What straight woman could have such willpower?
October 10th, 2011 at 11:49
henyo: No, Jon and Noel were not there, but we don’t know how to give pre-show pep talks so we called on them. Captains know their stuff.
October 10th, 2011 at 11:53
allancarreon: Straight women who are professionals. They knew the newbie was about to faint from nerves so they picked up the slack.
October 10th, 2011 at 11:55
cheezmiss: The show runs like clockwork: it’s a series of musical numbers bang bang bang, so they have to dash backstage and change for their next number while the crew rearrange the set.
Ang tataroush nila. Hindi lang maganda, marunong pang kumanta, tapos sumusuporta sa baguhan at sinisiguro na hindi siya mapahiya. Bongga.
October 10th, 2011 at 12:40
Dear Gaz aka MR. HOT STUFF,
Your debut on national TV is like my pants…BITIN!
(So after seeing you, I spent the rest of the day with Alexander and Bullseye inside a Phonebooth. )
And although I have very a strong opinion against men in shirts without sleeves…my love for you will transcend any tank top for that matter.
Ang pogi-pogi mo! Love yew.
October 10th, 2011 at 12:53
Jessica: I have to agree with you upon rewatching. I was never a Lovi Poe fan, and I’ve always been ambivalent about Solenn, but this number was indeed taroush!
October 10th, 2011 at 16:13
I love this whole moment. And I’m so proud of Gaz right now.
Any other guy in his position would’ve just stood there all “WTF am I doing here, I’m better than this” (as I’ve seen more than once on Eat Bulaga and any show produced by Kuya Germs) but Gaz looks like he’s just having a great time up there. I also have to give props to the PP crew for keeping the whole thing as classy and comfortable for him as well.
Of course, all of this would not be possible without the brilliant efforts of Team Gaz, as well. Cheers!
Off topic: This is the first time I’ve actually heard Solenn sing. I still like her better in her pre-artista mode (model/ makeup artist/ jewelry designer) but now I have a little bit of ammo for the next time somebody tries to accuse her of being untalented.
October 10th, 2011 at 17:09
Pinoy Henyo naman jan —– i just dont want to look at him — i want to hear him (make me laugh) — & see him have fun pinoy style
October 10th, 2011 at 17:17
if i were a woman, id be Solenn — ay babae nga pla ko —
October 10th, 2011 at 17:27
woah — are they singing live?? winner.
woah — is that real fire? oh — it’s Gaz! naks.
October 10th, 2011 at 18:29
Gaz = Inosente
=D
Is Gareth Holgate his showbiz name or is it Gaz Holgate?
October 10th, 2011 at 18:46
cheezmiss: E pinapa-guest ko nga yan sa Bubble Gang busy daw siya.
Hindi ako natutuwa. Favorite Filipino show ko yon. Makasama kaya siya sa sketch ni Bitoy at Ogie. Aargh.
October 10th, 2011 at 18:47
stellalehua: Actually it’s three quarters of a bottle of convenience store chablis and the good cop-bad cop routine (Obvious ba kung alin ako doon).
October 10th, 2011 at 18:59
About the production number, ika nga ni Fran Drescher sa Beautician and the Beast: “Classy not trashy!”
Well done!!!
October 10th, 2011 at 19:04
Hee, “good cop bad cop.”
Gaz doesn’t want to be on Bubble Gang? That’s nonsense! I’d be happy just to see him in the background of a Bitoy video parody! And he doesn’t even have to say anything – just look at Jake Gyllenhaal here: http://youtu.be/rfjtpp90lu8
October 10th, 2011 at 19:53
Favorite Bubble gang sketch ko is Yaya & Angelina and Che che Bureche (I think that’s what it’s called), all by Bitoy and Ogie!
Grabe, tawang tawa ako sa kanila! *searches Bubble Gang on Youtube*
October 10th, 2011 at 20:08
Bubble Gang !!!! winner!!!! ay sus ginoo GAZ!
October 10th, 2011 at 20:10
1 guest lang sa Bubble Gang — sikat agad sya ! or at least ppl would care to ask — sino un???
October 10th, 2011 at 20:28
brewhuh23: RWC semifinal All Blacks vs Wallabies Sunday at 1600! Let’s watch it with Andresa?
October 10th, 2011 at 21:00
Jessica — YES!!! Go ako!!! See you!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! My hubby!!! LAWLS!
October 12th, 2011 at 10:12
Gaz in Bubble Gang – make it happen! Benta yan doon sa Boy Pick Up sktech with the pick up lines battle! I also remember meron ding Younghusband sketch si Ogie and Bitoy where they had these hilarious English accents, pwedeng-pwede i-resurrect with Gaz!!
October 12th, 2011 at 10:30
kratienza: Nako don’t remind me. My brilliant engineering, kaput.
Alam ko na, interview na lang natin si Bitoy and Ogie!
Speaking of Ogie, Gaz had a meet-and-greet at SM Masinag with the kids from ChildHope. He had a Showbiz Central interview before that, so Mico Aytona and Ogie Alcasid kept the crowd entertained until he showed up.
Saan ka nakakita ng baguhan na si Ogie Alcasid ang naging front act? Ang taray! Thank you, Ogie. Bubbles and I waited along the stage going, “Eeeeeeeeee!” Ogie said, “Che!”
Mico: “Gaz, are you SM? Because you’ve got it all.” Corny pero natawa kami.
October 12th, 2011 at 15:09
Alam ko na, interview na lang natin si Bitoy and Ogie! >>> In character ba ito? Tipong Yaya and Angelina or Che che bureche!!! GOOOOO!!!!
Saan ka nakakita ng baguhan na si Ogie Alcasid ang naging front act? Ang taray! Thank you, Ogie. Bubbles and I waited along the stage going, “Eeeeeeeeee!” Ogie said, “Che!” >>>> LOL! We love you, Ogie!!!
Mico: “Gaz, are you SM? Because you’ve got it all.” Corny pero natawa kami. >>> Benta tong linya na to, in furnace :D