The Magic of "Pang-masa" Humor

Although I get a few 'hahahas' from selected episodes of The Simpsons (and maybe even lesser laughs from Family Guy and random Hollywood sitcoms), for me, nothing beats pang-masa humor.


Okay, so probably you have no idea what I mean or you can't relate at all. I'm talking about one of my guilty pleasures--watching the Willie of Fortune segment of ABS-CBN's Wowowee. I'm telling you, never does a segment end where our neighbors don't hear my loudest and obnoxious laughs.


Call me jologs or baduy, but what do I exactly find funny about the whole thing? Well, everything. I love how these people go about and deal with their lives as if they have lesser problems than us. I love the stories of the common Filipino masses. Sometimes, I do shed a tear or two because of their heart-rending kwentos. I also love how Willie Revillame brings out the funny side of each and every contestant. By being just themselves, audiences are already infected with laughter. It's amazing that these people are completely effortless yet they make me laugh more than Ellen Degeneres' punchlines.



It's my ultimate noontime pick-me-upper. I so love this segment of Wowowee. If you haven't seen Willie of Fortune yet, I'm pretty much guessing you should. If you can relate to me and love pang-masa humor as well, I'm promising you'll get good laughs from it. In many ways apart from its humor, Willie of Fortune is also a humbling and an eye-opener show that changed how I see every totoy, jun-jun, nene, arnel, juancho, geraldyn, and all those names and faces that put a smile to my face every noontime.