WoWoWee Taped In CDO and 50,000 Attend

National hit variety show WoWoWee was taped in Cagayan De Oro yesterday, and 50,000 people showed up for the program. Interestingly, suspended host Willie Revillame was the one to compere the event. Speculation that the still-popular TV host might be using an event like this as a stepping stone to a political campaign was also voiced.

Willie was suspended after making remarks about Corazon Aquino's funeral on his TV show: He voiced on the air his objections to a "split screen" broadcast of his wacky and whimsical show alongside Aquino's (obviously somber) funeral cortege. Of course, he was right, that ABS-CBN putting his show side-by-side with a funeral was stupid... but Willie said it exactly the wrong way: He basically said that the TV station shouldn't be showing Aquino's funeral alongside his funny show (making it seem as if he thought his show to be the more important); he should have said that the TV station shouldn't be showing his funny show alongside Aquino's funeral.

Willie is a nice guy, but a political career — a Senate Seat — for somebody who misspeaks that badly? Hmm. Well, The Philippines did elect the actor Joseph Estrada to be their president and (after impeachment, being tossed out of office, and sentenced to life in prison for corruption... and makes it onto lists of The Most Corrupt Politicians In History) may incredibly be elected President again, it is obvious that The Philippines has priorities for their elected officials that can be a bit difficult to fathom.