Eat Bulaga! (partially found Filipino noontime variety show; 1979-present)
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Status: Partially Found
Eat Bulaga! is a Philippine variety show aired on GMA Network and produced by TAPE Inc. It is mainly hosted by Tito Sotto, Joey De Leon, and Vic Sotto. Premiered on July 30, 1979, it is the longest-running noontime variety show in the Philippines, and as such it has a lot of lost footage.
Information
Premiered on July 30, 1979, it first aired on RPN-9 from 1979 to 1989. Chiqui Hollman and Richie D'Horsie also served as hosts. Initially produced by Production Specialists, Inc., it was later handed to TAPE, Inc. Coney Reyes joined in 1982. The show was temporarily off the air due to People Power Revolution in 1986 due to RPN's transmitter shutting down due to the event.
In 1989, the show moved to ABS-CBN with a TV special titled "Eat... Bulaga!: Moving On."[1][2] Ruby Rodriguez and Rio Diaz became co-hosts in 1991. In 1995, the show moved to GMA Network, its current channel. A special titled "Eat... Bulaga!: The Moving!" was aired in January 28, 1995.[3] Several showbiz personalities became hosts such as Toni Rose Gayda, Allan K., Samantha Lopez, and Francis Magalona. The 25th year celebration of the show was aired on November 19, 2004, from Expo Filipino. Its daytime ratings were high and there were an estimated 60,000 spectators. The presentation, titled "Eat Bulaga Silver Special" was broadcasted on November 27 and 29, 2004.[4]
Eat Bulaga! went on to introduce segments like Laban o Bawi, and the iconic Juan for All, All for Juan. In 2015, Kalyeserye started with the loveteam AlDub (Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza). Due to this, its ratings tripled and a benefit concert dubbed "Tamang Panahon" was held.
Availability
Several footage of Eat Bulaga! in the 80s to 1990s was uploaded on YouTube way before the show themselves uploaded footage. However, the first three years of the show were nowhere to be found, with the earliest full surviving episode from August 7, 1982, uploaded by Eat Bulaga! themselves. It is known that TAPE, Inc. has archives of the show.
On July 27, 2017, its 1980s, 1990s, and even some of its early to late 2000s and early 2010s episodes were uploaded by Eat Bulaga. However, a lot of it is unavailable to view on YouTube, especially its 1980s-1990s and early 2000s footage. Several of its specials like the Silver Special were reaired on TV during the pandemic last 2020 and was recorded. However, the channel that recorded it was soon terminated. Moreover, the original broadcast of the Silver Special is available online and was uploaded by Ryandgreat. Several specials are also either missing or got deleted, such as Kwentong Dabarkads, a documentary special about the show, got deleted in YouTube. Some were reaired, but it's either not recorded or got terminated.
Several of its lenten specials, such as from the 1980s-1990s, were lost. Some like "Mga Ginoong Marya", made in 1997 was reaired in 2019.
A lot of its episodes in the 2010s that aren't included in the videos uploaded by the show were also lost. Fortunately, several channels that hosted GMA's and other channels' shows recorded it, and a large portion of the show from 2010-2012 was recorded.
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References
- ↑ Noontime shows through the years Retrieved 08 Sept '22
- ↑ #EBThrowback: Ang Tahanan ng Eat Bulaga! Retrieved 08 Sept '22
- ↑ 'Eat Bulaga' premieres on GMA-7 (Manila Standard) Retrieved 08 Sept '22
- ↑ Eat, Bulaga! silver special on DVD Retrieved 08 Sept '22