Wish Ko Lang parody (in English!)

This comedy video is based on the popular Filipino TV show "Wish Ko Lang" (translated means 'Just My Wish') which airs on GMA Pinoy TV Channel 7.  It is a wish granting show that grants wish for the poor and unfortunate.

The make believe characters of this video are the single father Jhun Tolentino and his two kids, Noel and Jolynn.  They are poor and live in an abandoned shelter.  Jhun cannot find work and has not had a job in years.  Their wish is to have a store to sell items on the street and also for the kids to have new school clothes.

The music at about :38 seconds in is by Disko Dave:

www.myspace.com/diskodave

This video was a lot of fun to shoot.  Me, my nephew Sebastian, and niece Jailyn did a lot of improvising on this one.  A lot of the funniest scenes were actually not scripted.  We made it up as we went along!  

Also, notice in the tinikling scene where Jhun says they only have one broom -- but you can clearly see another broom behind Noel while they do the tinikling!

I'm not that great at doing a Filipino accent, but I hope it was good enough!  

"So don't porget, watch my beejos, subscribe to my Youchube, rate, leabe comments, and add dem to your paborites!"

Bloopers from Disko Dave Geico Commercial

Notice the roll of paper towels in the back during the darker scenes! Thanks to Ingrid for noticing to take it out and also for fixing the lighting!

Disko Dave Geico Commercial

For this video, I teamed up with my brother, Disko Dave.  To hear some of his music go to:

www.myspace.com/diskodave

or

diskodave.blogspot.com

We did scene about 6 times to get it right.  The first four, I tried reading from cue cards, but it looked like I was staring way off of the camera.  Also, the lighting was bad.  Thanks to Ingrid for fixing the lighting.  After that, I just memorized the lines and looked straight into the camera.  Much better.  Dave looked towards the camera at the beginning at this time -- the first 4 times, you couldn't even see his face!  Thanks go out to Sebastian (B) for co-directing/holding cue cards.

Way of the Electric Boogaloo

*This video was deleted by me because of a warning from Youtube about copyright issues using a song from the Warner Music Group.  Please see newer post of the widescreen version I posted on Facebook.*

I wanted to do a b-boy comedy video, probably inspired by Jamie Kennedy's "Kickin' It Old School".  I knew I had to incorporate "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" somehow.  That is how I came up with using scenes from the movie to be b-boy training for "insanity".  C'mon, I love "Breakin' 2", but some of it is kind of silly.  Honestly though, I think it still has a better story than today's hip hop dance movies -- i.e. You Got Served, Stomp the Yard, Step Up 2 The Streets, etc.  All of these movies have kids who compete to win money or get fame, but in "Breakin' 2", they danced for a fundraiser to save a community center.  They did something for the community, not for their own selfish reason.  I guess it's just a sign of the times.

Anywho, I digress.  I definitely wanted the ending to feature my niece Jailyn as the dancer who served "insanity".  I knew that would be funny.

"Neveritt Institute" is my most viewed video?!?

Wow.  I didn't think my Everest parody would get as many views as it has.  And the ratings have been good, too.  I guess people really hate the Everest guy and his stupid commercials.  Mine was the first parody up on Youtube that I could find, but now there are a whole bunch up there.

Note: "Neveritt Institute" is the most viewed video of the insanityVSchaos series, but the most viewed to date is a video taken on my trip to Japan last year called "Harajuku Headbanger".