Friday night saw my good friend Ruth and I head out to SM Megamall to watch standup comic Rex Naverrete’s Seriously Joking show.

When I found out that this guy was in town and doing a stand up comedy show for the benefit of the Almost Aborted Babies foundation (kidding!), I didn’t hesitate to buy a ticket. It’s great that Ruth also liked Rex so we decided to get front row seats to the show. Front row, man. For someone who digs Mad TV and Saturday Night Live, I just had to.

So there we were, sitting with this guy Mike Unzon, a budding Filipino-American comic who opened for Rex. Mike was okay, I liked his jokes about how nobody really leaves a message on an answering machine in this country. It is so true, nobody does! We have an answering machine at home and the “messages” our callers leave us are mostly just the sound of annoying busy tones or them hanging up the madapaka phone, muttering to themselves “Ano daw?”

Rex is the only Filipino comic that I know of, really. I first learned about him through this freaking hilarious skit called Maritess vs. The Superfriends that made its rounds in office chain emails. This Maritess character is a Filipina maid who works for the Superfriends, and she hails from — well what do you know, my hometown Zamboanga. Heehee. This cartoon skit has gained a world-wide audience, even among non-Filipinos. Watch it!

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