Aired (February 19, 2025): Ano nga ba ang reaksyon ng stand-up comedian na si Alex Calleja nang magising siya at natuklasang number 1 na ang kanyang stand-up comedy special na ‘Tamang Panahon’ sa Netflix Philippines?
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00:00Welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
00:24To all of our Facebook and YouTube friends, thank you very much.
00:29To all the listeners of DZEW, welcome to the program.
00:36Exciting afternoon. It seems like Demi has a problem.
00:39Anyway, good afternoon because this is the right time for us to get to know him and visit him here at Fast Talk.
00:46Because it's the right time.
00:50It is the time of the one and only.
00:53He is the breakthrough star. He is the new Netflix superstar.
00:58The one and only Alex Calleja.
01:05Yes.
01:06Thank you very much.
01:09Wow, Alex.
01:11How does it feel that your Philippine show is number one on Netflix?
01:20I'm just so proud of you.
01:22Surreal.
01:23Really?
01:24I don't know how to spell it but it's beautiful.
01:26Surreal.
01:27I can't believe it.
01:28First of all, it's a small production.
01:31It's a strong competition.
01:33I said, let's start with the movie.
01:35I went to the category on TV.
01:37Can I say that?
01:39It's incognito.
01:40My incognito side is there.
01:42It was number two.
01:43I finished it on February 7.
01:46It's Asia, Australia, New Zealand.
01:50On February 9, I got a message from Australia.
01:52They were the first in Australia.
01:53They said, Alex, your special is beautiful.
01:56At 11 o'clock, they were the first in Japan for one hour.
01:59I waited until February 7, 12 AM.
02:02The next day, I asked if I could make it to the top 10.
02:05I didn't make it.
02:06February 8, I was number two.
02:08I was satisfied with that.
02:10I said, this is it.
02:11I went all out.
02:12I said, this is it.
02:13I went all out but the opponent was stronger.
02:16I said, I'm honored to be number two.
02:19The next day, at 9 AM, my phone was turned on.
02:23When I looked at it, I repressed it.
02:26When I repressed it, the picture of the man appeared.
02:30I said, hey!
02:31I was number one.
02:33That's why my wife...
02:35That's why my wife kissed me.
02:38I said, I just kissed you now.
02:40She told me, you're back.
02:44She did a lot of things to us but I won't tell you.
02:46It's just between us.
02:48I'll tell you when the time is right.
02:50But it's nice that she asked me to kiss her.
02:52Number one and then...
02:54Okay, I love you.
02:55How does your wife call you?
02:58Before, she didn't call me by my name.
03:01Now, Alex.
03:02Alex number one.
03:04Oh, right.
03:06Alex.
03:07But when you're doing it at the right time,
03:10I know that you had Netflix in mind, right?
03:14When I'm doing those jokes,
03:17I know that I'll prepare it for Netflix.
03:20But I don't know how I'm going to do it.
03:23Okay.
03:24You know the intention but how it's going to happen,
03:26it's up to you.
03:27I don't know who I'm going to talk to.
03:29But there are series of events that happened.
03:32I was with a good morning...
03:36It's like a morning radio show.
03:37Good Times Radio.
03:38And I met Sam Oh there.
03:41And when I saw Sam Oh,
03:44he was one of the bosses of Netflix.
03:47I told Sam Oh,
03:48can you connect me?
03:49So if I don't join that radio show,
03:51I will not meet Sam Oh
03:52and I will not meet that guy.
03:53So I emailed him.
03:54You met him.
03:55It's like that.
03:56I was reluctant to accept it because it's 6am.
03:58So I accepted him.
03:59That's how the result will be.
04:00So I emailed him and set up a meeting.
04:03So the next time you get an invitation
04:05for a 6am guesting, do it.
04:07Sam, if you're watching, hello.
04:09I mean, he's a friend.
04:10So he didn't want to admit it
04:12but he connected me.
04:14But what I learned there
04:16is one thing that you're reluctant.
04:18Sometimes you accept it
04:19because you don't know what will happen.
04:22I would have rejected it
04:23because it's 6am.
04:24It's Monday to Thursday.
04:256am.
04:26But that's the story behind that.
04:28And then we set up a meeting.
04:31Netflix is not interested
04:33because their priority is not comedy.
04:35They were more on the movies.
04:37I said, can I produce?
04:39They said, reluctantly, yes.
04:41But I'm not guaranteeing that we'll get it
04:43because it's not the priority.
04:45I did.
04:46I did the birthday show.
04:47I recorded it.
04:48It was a success.
04:50I relied on the material.
04:52And then when I was editing,
04:56I didn't watch it.
04:57I didn't want to watch myself.
04:58And then we read the email.
05:02Can I talk to you at 1pm?
05:03It was 9am.
05:05That was my longest four hours.
05:06I was thinking about the logic
05:08that if this is good news,
05:10I can type congratulations.
05:12If this is bad news,
05:13I can type bad news.
05:15But why talk to me?
05:16Maybe I'll calm down first
05:18and then reject.
05:19So I had a lot on my mind.
05:20I let my family go first.
05:22My son took drugs first.
05:24I let him go first.
05:25If my boss is taking drugs,
05:27I'll be thankful that I have a meeting.
05:28But I'll talk to you.
05:29No, no.
05:31So when I talked to him,
05:32he called.
05:34Again, the opening is
05:37we're not yet...
05:38But your work is beautiful.
05:40So I'll give you a chance.
05:43But it's Asia.
05:45That's why it's not Netflix produced.
05:48Okay.
05:49It doesn't have a logo.
05:50It has a lot of restrictions on me.
05:54I cannot choose only on Netflix.
05:57Exclusive.
05:58I can only use certain...
06:00I cannot even use the logo.
06:02Yes.
06:03But Alex, you start somewhere.
06:05And this is a wonderful, a big start.
06:07Yes.
06:08Right?
06:09It's beautiful.
06:10That's why I'm happy.
06:11Congratulations.
06:12I've watched it twice.
06:14The right time.
06:15And the right time.
06:17It's really on point.
06:18All your stories,
06:19everything that happened is on point.
06:22Is it a big help
06:23that you're the one who writes your material?
06:26Yes.
06:27Because based on my experience and observation,
06:31when you write,
06:32you know the metro.
06:34Okay.
06:35It's not...
06:36When you write,
06:37you adjust it to how you deliver it.
06:40Right.
06:41When I write,
06:42it's straight to how you deliver it.
06:43How do you test?
06:44I know you go to...
06:45You have lounges, etc.
06:46But how do you test a joke, for example?
06:49When I started my career,
06:50about a year ago,
06:51I was really testing it in the crowd.
06:54But when you...
06:56When you're driving,
06:57sometimes...
06:58Is there a block?
06:59Now, sometimes I try on the spot.
07:02Okay.
07:03So, for example,
07:04when it hits,
07:05it becomes permanent.
07:06Okay.
07:07That's what's happening now.
07:08My writing is fast now.
07:09Okay.
07:10Alex,
07:11is talent in comedy
07:12inborn
07:13or is it something that can be learned?
07:17It's really inborn.
07:19You have it.
07:20Either you have it or you don't.
07:21I'm sorry.
07:22The foundation is better.
07:23It's like singing.
07:24If your voice is really good,
07:26just a little tweak,
07:27you're okay.
07:28But when you study,
07:30sometimes,
07:32what happens is
07:33it's not always effective.
07:34Contrived.
07:35Yes.
07:36You're pushing.
07:37You're pushing
07:38and your tendency is to really...
07:40Follow the script.
07:41It's not like when you're normal.
07:43No matter what you do,
07:44people will laugh.
07:45Okay.
07:46Bitoy, Michael V,
07:47I had once an interview with him.
07:49And I think he did say this
07:50also in a lot of his interviews.
07:52He said that
07:53a lot of the characters
07:54in his shows
07:55were drawn
07:56when he lived in a tenement.
07:58You have a story
07:59for a movie.
08:00My God, Alex.
08:01I did some interviews with you
08:03and I used to do research.
08:05You moved house.
08:06Where did you go?
08:08How important is that
08:09in your comedy now?
08:11The stories
08:12of your life.
08:15What happens is
08:16it's a bad experience.
08:18It's hard to move house.
08:20But I didn't know
08:21that was my bank of...
08:23So you're drawing there.
08:24I'm drawing there.
08:25But my delivery
08:27is because
08:29I was born with...
08:31I was really born
08:32with storytelling.
08:33But it combined
08:35with my experience in life
08:37where I draw a lot
08:38and then combine it
08:39with comedy.
08:40It's stronger.
08:41I don't think
08:42that even though
08:43I was born rich,
08:44I didn't develop this.
08:46Because of all the hardships
08:47you went through,
08:48all the houses
08:49you lived in,
08:50all the people
08:51you met.
08:52I combined
08:53with...
08:54I met someone
08:55who...
08:56There are people
08:57who are good
08:58at delivering.
08:59Maybe I got
09:00his delivery.
09:01Because he's good
09:02at storytelling.
09:03But he didn't pursue
09:04comedy.
09:05Maybe he was jailed
09:06and died.
09:07He got addicted.
09:08I learned
09:09because my friends
09:10are older.
09:11I listen to music.
09:12So it's hopeful.
09:14How big is the truth?
09:16How big is the exaggeration?
09:18How...
09:19There is, right?
09:20There is.
09:21In the materials.
09:22Because you opened
09:23with chismes.
09:24You tackled
09:25politically correct jokes.
09:27Men and women.
09:28You talk about your wife.
09:30You talk about
09:31even your mom.
09:32Dad.
09:33How big is the truth?
09:35How big is the exaggeration?
09:3880% true.
09:4020% exaggeration.
09:42Some are real life.
09:43Some are just,
09:44you know,
09:45this is it.
09:46I just thought of this.
09:47But it's still based on me.
09:48For example,
09:49my mom is a gambler.
09:50My dad is a prostitute.
09:51My mom learned
09:52to gamble
09:53because of my dad
09:54who is a prostitute.
09:55Is that true?
09:56It's true.
09:57It's true.
09:58Then,
09:59my mom really stole
10:00my dad's money.
10:01That's my ending.
10:02I want your story
10:03that you don't have a bank.
10:05Yes, it's true
10:06because it happened in 1992.
10:07FBR was running
10:09when he became president.
10:11So,
10:12my mom doesn't want
10:13to deposit
10:14because she doesn't trust
10:15the election.
10:16It might cause trouble.
10:17But that's not really
10:18her reason.
10:19She really gambled.
10:20My dad believed.
10:22He only had 100 pesos
10:23at that time.
10:24He didn't have 1,000 pesos yet.
10:25So, he had a bundle
10:26underneath.
10:27In fact,
10:28I didn't say anything
10:29about my mom
10:30stealing my dad's money.
10:31She was the first
10:32to steal money.
10:33Yes.
10:34She was a scammer.
10:35In 1992,
10:36she stole money.
10:37Then,
10:38she told my dad
10:39to slap her.
10:40She said,
10:41just lie down
10:42so you know
10:43where the money is.
10:44So, my dad
10:45didn't know
10:46where the money was.
10:47Okay.
10:48So, I followed my mom
10:49to the casino.
10:50I went there
10:51at 8 a.m.
10:52Then,
10:53it was 300 pesos.
10:54I was angry
10:55because the money
10:56was already 300 pesos
10:57from 170,000 pesos.
10:58We did an MRT.
10:59That was part
11:00of the right time.
11:01Yes, it was the right time.
11:02But,
11:03when I got home,
11:04I was thinking,
11:05my mom lost.
11:06My dad was the victim.
11:07I told my dad,
11:08you're going to die.
11:09He lost his money.
11:10But, when I got home,
11:11my mom came right in.
11:12In real life,
11:13when you enter the door,
11:14you're looking for the money.
11:15You're the one
11:16I have to bear
11:17for your daughter.
11:18When I take care
11:19of your children,
11:20you're not there.
11:21It's like my dad
11:22is an abonado.
11:23The truth is,
11:24when my dad
11:25got his pension,
11:26he gave 40,000
11:27to my mom.
11:28He apologized
11:29for my shortcomings.
11:30That's what I learned
11:31from my mom.
11:32No,
11:33part of the right time
11:34is the funny cabinet.
11:35Whatever that cabinet is,
11:36you should watch it
11:37to discover it.
11:38It's a big help.
11:39Yes.
11:40The cabinet,
11:41they called it
11:42a figure of speech.
11:43But,
11:44it's hard
11:45for a woman
11:46to beat
11:47a man
11:48who is
11:49a woman.
11:50In discussions,
11:51even if you win,
11:52they have
11:53a cabinet
11:54where
11:55they don't
11:56use their anger.
11:57They know
11:58that it's
11:59the right time.
12:00So,
12:01they use it.
12:02There was
12:03an incident
12:04where
12:05my wife lost.
12:06She really
12:07hit the car.
12:08It's true.
12:09So,
12:10I was angry.
12:11It's my right,
12:12right?
12:13When I look back,
12:14there was a date
12:15that I don't remember.
12:16It was just a car.
12:17It was September 4,
12:18do you remember?
12:19So,
12:20I said,
12:21no.
12:22That's the point.
12:23There are things
12:24that we forget.
12:25Let's eat.
12:26You know,
12:27the right time
12:28opens with,
12:29you know,
12:30a whole material
12:31on chismes.
12:32But,
12:33you should watch it.
12:34Alex,
12:35they asked,
12:36maybe you can
12:37perform a part
12:38of,
12:39you know.
12:40There.
12:41Alex Kalieha.
12:42Yes.
12:43People know
12:44that I have a dog
12:45and we have a lot of dogs.
12:46That's why
12:47sometimes,
12:48I'm intrigued.
12:49Why did you choose a dog
12:50and not a cat?
12:51I said,
12:52don't get me wrong.
12:53Dogs have advantages.
12:54For example,
12:55if you walk in the village,
12:56you won't see
12:57the beware of cats.
12:58There are beware of dogs.
12:59So,
13:00I really like dogs.
13:01And no one
13:02talks about
13:03stealing.
13:04Let's not go
13:05into that house.
13:06Cats are brave there.
13:07You didn't even
13:08wake up that night.
13:09Right?
13:10If there's a brave dog,
13:11you're arrogant
13:12when you bark,
13:13right?
13:14You'll get close.
13:15Who's that?
13:17You didn't even wake up
13:18that night
13:19when there's a cat
13:20that barks.
13:21Who's that?
13:22You'll get close
13:23to my cat.
13:24But,
13:25you know,
13:26dogs have disadvantages.
13:27Especially,
13:28if you have a friend
13:29who has a brave dog.
13:30I don't know.
13:31You'll go into the house
13:32and the dog is like that.
13:33What will your friend say?
13:34Bro,
13:35get in there.
13:36All the signals
13:37are that the dog will bite you.
13:38Even the dog
13:39is telling you
13:40that it will bite you.
13:41Don't go in.
13:42What will your friend say?
13:43Hug him.
13:44He's kind.
13:45When you go in
13:46and the dog bites you,
13:47your friend will say,
13:48why did it bite you?
13:49Maybe you're a bad person.
13:50You're the one
13:51who will investigate.
13:52You know,
13:53why was I
13:54brought to the dog?
13:55When I was a kid,
13:56when my dad
13:57ordered me
13:58to buy soft drinks
13:59at the Starry Star Store,
14:00I don't know,
14:01in all the barangays,
14:02we have a group
14:03of dogs
14:04that are waiting
14:05on the street
14:06that can't do anything
14:07but chase you.
14:08That's why
14:09a lot of people
14:10are wondering
14:11where's Lilibet's house?
14:12Do you see those dogs?
14:13They're there.
14:14I said,
14:15okay,
14:16I'll just study well.
14:18You know,
14:19it's a group of dogs.
14:20I don't know
14:21who owns it.
14:22One dog
14:23is very angry.
14:24It's really old.
14:25That's one of them.
14:26Then there's the
14:27always fat dog
14:28that all the dogs
14:29shoot at.
14:30That's really
14:31a pup.
14:32It's beautiful.
14:33Then,
14:34my dad said,
14:35it's good
14:36that there's no CCTV
14:37because it's the 80s.
14:38My dad said,
14:39it's good
14:40that there's no CCTV
14:41because it's the 80s.
14:42My dad said,
14:43it's good
14:44that there's no CCTV
14:45because it's the 80s.
14:46I can't imagine
14:47if I'm not there.
14:48So I imagined,
14:49this is how I walked
14:50in the 80s.
14:51If there's CCTV,
14:52I'll go viral.
14:53My mom
14:54also knows,
14:55son,
14:56this is how it is.
14:57If you're chased by a dog,
14:58you'll sit down.
14:59That's true.
15:00I was chased by a dog.
15:01It's hard to run
15:02while sitting down.
15:03That's what I saw.
15:08Thank you so much.
15:10It's the right time.
15:11Alex,
15:12for you,
15:13if you were to name
15:14if you were to name
15:15three of the best
15:19present,
15:20current comedians
15:21in the Philippines,
15:22who are they
15:23and why?
15:24The answer
15:25to the return
15:26of Fast Talk
15:27with Boy Abundo.
15:35We're back on the show
15:36with Alex Caliha.
15:38Watch at the right time on Netflix.
15:40Alex,
15:41let's do Fast Talk.
15:42Okay?
15:43Alex,
15:44funny or handsome?
15:45Funny.
15:46Stand up or sit down?
15:47Stand up.
15:48Crazy or crazy?
15:49Crazy.
15:50Arrogant or rich?
15:51Rich.
15:52No laughter or money?
15:53No laughter.
15:54Lots of laughter
15:55or lots of money?
15:56Lots of money.
15:57Lucky or unlucky?
15:58Lucky.
15:59Joker or lover?
16:00Joker or lover?
16:02Yes.
16:03Basher or hater?
16:05Basher.
16:06Your life,
16:07drama or comedy?
16:08Drama.
16:09Artist or face?
16:10This is Jake Harris.
16:12Wow.
16:13The real one?
16:14Alex,
16:15artist or face?
16:16The real one?
16:19Disturb.
16:21Who are you more afraid of?
16:22You want the middle one?
16:23Yes, the middle one.
16:24Pastorki Biloy.
16:26Who are you more afraid of?
16:27The ghost or your wife?
16:28My wife.
16:29Who are you more afraid of?
16:30Yourself
16:31or me?
16:32You.
16:35Lights on or lights off?
16:36Lights on.
16:37Happiness or chocolate?
16:39Chocolate.
16:40Best time for happiness?
16:42While eating chocolate.
16:44Complete this.
16:45Comedy is?
16:46Comedy is universal.
16:48No boundary.
16:50Three.
16:51Best
16:53comedians
16:54in the country
16:55today?
16:57Vice Ganda,
16:58Michael V
16:59and
17:01Jano Gibbs.
17:06There was,
17:07this is just a quick one,
17:08there was a controversy
17:09about
17:10stealing materials.
17:14You got involved in that.
17:15This case is over.
17:16You apologized.
17:17You received an apology.
17:19My question is,
17:20is this something that happens often?
17:22Is this common in comedy?
17:24Yes, it's common.
17:25Especially with Jokoy.
17:28It's hard
17:29not to copy.
17:30Word
17:31for word.
17:32It's hard.
17:33It's really a theft.
17:34But the
17:36premise
17:37is that it's okay.
17:39If the premise is pleasing,
17:40meaning you both
17:42did the car wash,
17:43but the wording is different.
17:46The delivery is different.
17:47Because
17:48the world is big.
17:49There's really something pleasing.
17:51But
17:52we're avoiding the term
17:53stealing.
17:54Okay.
17:55Stealing is painful.
17:56It reaches the child.
17:58Stealing is the word
17:59that we're avoiding.
18:01We have a similarity.
18:02We can talk in a nice way.
18:04But
18:05stealing is hard
18:06because we don't know
18:07who started it.
18:09Okay.
18:10I totally get it.
18:11Alex,
18:12it's hard for you to go through.
18:13There was a time when
18:14you were not being appreciated.
18:17Your wife
18:18and your family.
18:19Right now,
18:20last question.
18:22If you're going to thank her
18:23because I know your wife
18:24worked with you,
18:26you were with her in the fight,
18:27what do you want to tell her?
18:30Thank you
18:31for our situation.
18:33Because our situation
18:35is that she knows
18:36she's always the one who's pitiful.
18:37She's pitiful
18:38with my jokes.
18:39But
18:40she's so strong
18:41to accept that
18:43she's the one
18:44who gives me the inspiration
18:46to create more jokes.
18:47And my kids also.
18:48Yeah.
18:49So,
18:50she's part of the success.
18:51Thank you so much.
18:52Thank you so much.
18:53It's the right time.
18:55Thank you so much,
18:56Alex Kaleja.
18:58For continuing
18:59your hearts to us
19:00every day.
19:01Goodbye for now.
19:02See you tomorrow.
19:03God bless you all.
19:05God bless you.