Aired (November 30, 2023): Isa sa mga mahusay na pangalan sa industriya ng telebisyon, teatro, at pelikula ang nakasama ni Tito Boy Abunda ngayong hapon! Samahan ang tinaguriang “Queen of Daytime TV” na si Tessie Tomas para ibahagi ang kanyang mga karakter na binuhay niya sa kanyang karera dito sa ‘Fast Talk!’
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:18 And welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
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00:30 --live streaming channels on YouTube and Facebook.
00:33 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:34 Welcome to the program.
00:41 It's 25 Days to Christmas.
00:45 Merry Christmas.
00:46 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:47 This is a very special afternoon because we
00:56 have a powerful woman.
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00:59 She is probably one of the most brilliant actors
01:09 of the theater, of television, and of the movies.
01:14 And it is with pride and love, Naitay Capuso.
01:18 Please welcome the one and the only Tessie Tomas.
01:23 [APPLAUSE]
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01:29 Thank you for having me here in your show, boy.
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01:35 [LAUGHTER]
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02:00 You have to have the real ones.
02:05 It's so cheap.
02:06 Oh, really?
02:07 Oh, I apologize.
02:08 It's got to be rubies and diamonds.
02:10 I will wait for the real ones from you, madam.
02:13 Yes.
02:14 Naitay Capuso, the one and the only Tessie Tomas.
02:17 [APPLAUSE]
02:18 Thank you.
02:19 Thank you.
02:21 Wow, finally, I made it here.
02:23 I know.
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02:26 Oh my gosh.
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02:33 Yes.
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02:35 [LAUGHTER]
02:36 OK.
02:37 Naitay Capuso.
02:39 Tessie, you started on radio.
02:42 Yes.
02:43 You were 10 years old.
02:44 You can do voices.
02:45 Yeah.
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02:47 Go ahead.
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03:53 You know what I like?
03:54 You know what I like to see?
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04:14 It's coming from the diaphragm.
04:16 Diaphragm, OK.
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04:19 Laura Hermosa.
04:21 Is a great Laura Hermosa.
04:23 Yes.
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04:58 Something like that.
04:59 Yes.
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05:13 You did parodies.
05:14 You did satire.
05:16 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:17 You've done it all.
05:18 You had characters.
05:19 You had Bonnie Buendia, Amanda Pineda.
05:21 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:22 My favorite was Amanda Pineda.
05:24 Of course, Meldita.
05:26 OK?
05:27 And Miriam.
05:28 And Miriam, the Phyliciaus in Shadow.
05:31 We don't have so much time, but we all have-- oh, my god.
05:34 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:36 Let's talk about the Meldita character.
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05:41 You were able to trace.
05:44 Yes.
05:45 Because I consulted you when--
05:48 I start because I was the creative director
05:51 for Macan-Erikson.
05:52 So you always start with the concept.
05:54 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
05:57 I am the brand.
05:58 I am the brand, so I have to keep it.
06:00 And [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] up to now is to be a real, sharp,
06:08 top of the line comedian, but a glamorous one.
06:12 OK.
06:13 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
06:19 So when I did Meldita, even Peque said,
06:22 do the other characters, do Dona Pepe, the young Meldita,
06:25 Aini, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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06:41 Do you watch Meldita?
06:46 Do you go to the mannerisms?
06:48 Do you go to the voice?
06:49 Yes.
06:50 Do you go to the costuming?
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06:54 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:03 Like [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:05 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:21 I am Sakuramitsu Bitsu from Nagasaki, Japan.
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07:30 So the voice is very, very important.
07:32 The voice is very important.
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07:35 Was there a time [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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08:23 All right.
08:24 I went backstage and said, I'm so happy you did this
08:27 because I feel vindicated.
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08:35 But I know you're friends with Aimee.
08:37 Yeah, because she got me for a pop music festival.
08:40 Right.
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09:18 But did she mention about how her mom reacted to your parody?
09:24 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:38 OK, we're going to do fast talk.
09:40 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:41 And you have to answer as Boni Buendia, the bold star.
09:47 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
09:52 So we have two minutes to do this, and our time begins now.
09:55 Boni, gold or bold?
09:58 Bold.
09:58 Silver hair, black hair?
10:00 Black hair.
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10:12 Comedy drama?
10:14 Comedy.
10:15 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
10:17 Manila or Isle of Man?
10:20 Isle of Man.
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10:47 We need guidance.
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11:09 Your life story.
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11:11 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:20 Roger.
11:21 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:23 So I have to put my British accent.
11:25 Darling, I love you to bits.
11:26 You know that.
11:27 And it's always been to hell and back for you, forever and ever.
11:31 So don't go changing.
11:33 OK, let's go to New York, because Robin, your son, is there.
11:36 Robin.
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11:38 Robin, stay brilliant, darling, and stay successful.
11:41 And I'll see you in February.
11:43 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:45 Stay gorgeous, even if you are 70.
11:49 OK.
11:50 Lights on or lights off?
11:52 Lights off.
11:53 Happiness or chocolates?
11:54 Both.
11:55 Best time for happiness?
11:56 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:58 Complete the sentence.
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12:11 Jessie, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
12:13 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
12:15 Correct.
12:16 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
12:17 Because you're one of the most respected actors.
12:20 I mean, I call you an actor because you do beyond comedy.
12:23 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
12:26 Oh, gosh.
12:27 That's rather saying what's breathing in and what's
12:30 breathing out.
12:31 To me, comedy is air.
12:33 It is.
12:34 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
12:35 There are a lot of genres.
12:50 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
12:53 There's a difference between satire and parody.
12:55 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:04 I would like to go on stage and try it.
13:06 You would, no?
13:07 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:10 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:11 Sometimes people think he's part of the act.
13:33 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:37 I would like to brave the winds and go on stage wherever
13:41 and say, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:43 We have to laugh.
13:52 That's the only thing that can sustain us.
13:54 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
13:55 There are a couple of questions I want to ask you.
13:59 Number one, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:01 Of course, the great John--
14:03 Reverse.
14:04 She used to complain, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:07 The world has become so politically correct.
14:09 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:10 Do you feel that comedy today has been so limited
14:24 by all these sensibilities?
14:26 Number two, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:28 I think so.
14:32 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:34 Because of the cancel culture, because of bashing, hating,
14:38 because of social media, basically.
14:40 Number three question, in 2018, you
14:44 decided to migrate to the Isle of Man with your husband.
14:49 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
14:50 Your ailing mother during that time.
14:57 And how does it feel to be 70?
14:59 Love.
15:00 Career.
15:01 How is it raising a wonderful, talented, brilliant gay son?
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15:11 Back here on the show.
15:19 Tessie, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
15:20 I want to see a Miriam de Fonsos in Tago.
15:24 My name there is Miriam de Titor.
15:26 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
15:28 That's my name.
15:29 And with all due respect, may she rest in peace.
15:32 Here is my tribute to her when she was the Immigration
15:36 Commissioner.
15:37 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
15:39 The truth is, if a person has an invalid passport,
15:42 then you don't get a warrant.
15:44 Because an invalid passport is proven after the person is
15:46 already committing a crime.
15:48 And there's a provision in Executive Order Number 5,
15:50 Section 7B, Paragraph 10, page 227,
15:53 see second to the last footnote, which
15:55 says that if a person has committed,
15:57 or will commit a crime where as for of,
15:59 if so faked of, like granted, delicto,
16:01 mandamus, nostradamus, fetuchini, veni,
16:03 vidi, vici, daichi, kimchi, pancit, mami, lomi,
16:06 then my mission order serves as a warrant of arrest.
16:09 Thank you.
16:10 [APPLAUSE]
16:11 2018.
16:16 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
16:17 To migrate to the Isle of Man with your husband?
16:21 It was a marital decision.
16:23 Because, you know, Roger is turning 80 next year.
16:26 So, you know, life--
16:27 A strong 18.
16:28 Oh, a limited, limited time.
16:30 Yeah, of course, health is wealth.
16:32 So what I do for love.
16:35 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
16:36 We've been together for 33 years.
16:41 And he has lived here for 38 years.
16:44 So how can you fault that?
16:45 So [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
16:51 And then [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
16:54 And of course, he's very understanding.
17:03 He always allows me to go back and forth, back and forth,
17:06 even during COVID times, to visit my mom.
17:09 That's right.
17:10 Who was ailing and then finally passed away last 2021.
17:14 '21.
17:15 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:16 Tita Laura.
17:17 OK.
17:18 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:19 Oh, wow.
17:22 Given social media, the cancel culture, the bashing.
17:25 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:26 Because you have to be politically correct.
17:29 There are so many sensibilities that you have to be aware of.
17:32 You know, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:34 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:36 Because that's why I want to put up a show.
17:38 And I want-- or even, you know, maybe I'll just
17:41 go to one of the gay bars or whatever, go up to the stage
17:44 and say, I'm Tessie.
17:45 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:47 Or something, whatever.
17:49 You know, so to test the water.
17:51 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:52 You're just there to entertain.
17:57 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
17:58 So maybe it's harder.
18:02 I'm excited.
18:03 I would love to see Tessie Tomas on stage again.
18:07 Yes.
18:08 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:09 Because every time there's a reunion of the UP, hello,
18:15 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:16 Institute of Mass Communication.
18:20 OK.
18:21 They were practically in tears.
18:22 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:24 Behind the scene, for instance, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
18:52 Behind the scenes.
18:53 How is it to be--
18:54 So funny.
18:55 OK, how is it to be fabulous at 70?
18:58 Yes, yes.
18:59 And how was it to raise a beautiful, gorgeous, talented
19:02 gay son?
19:03 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:04 Who's a wonderful corporate lawyer of Citibank.
19:19 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:22 In one word, how is it to be fab at 70?
19:47 Wonderful.
19:48 Wonderful.
19:49 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:50 You have your flowers.
19:53 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
19:54 I need advice.
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20:07 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
20:08 Be kind.
20:29 Be kind.
20:30 Also, to your skin.
20:31 Make your nanay and daddy proud.
20:32 Say thank you.
20:33 Let's laugh.
20:34 Yes, and do one good thing a day,
20:35 and we'll go to a better place.
20:36 Yes, and also, let's pray for Ukraine,
20:38 and for the Israel-Hamas peace.
20:40 Goodbye for now.
20:41 And God bless the one and the only Chelsea Torvas.
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