VICE GANDA

Jose Marie Viceral popularly known as Vice Ganda is a Filipino stand-up comedian, actor, and the resident judge of Showtime, a pre-noontime talent show aired on ABS-CBN. He/She was born in Manila last March 31, 1976. He is currently managed by columnist and talk show host Ogie Diaz. He is also the first Filipino celebrity to have 1,000,000 fans on Facebook.

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Hans Mortel (Face-to-Face Co-Host) was the 1st person to predict that Vice Ganda would go a long way as a comedian. He used to work as a stand-up comedian at a comedy bar and Vice Ganda was one of its regular patrons. "Minsan, pinilit siya ng mga kaibigan nya na umakyat sa stage. Ako naman, nagulat na mas natatawa ako sa kanya. Tawa lang ako ng tawa. Kaya sinabihan ko sya na, "Bakit hindi mo na lang gawin ito? So tinulungan namin sya makapasok sa bar na yun. Dun ung simula ng career nya as comedian." 

SOURCE: Mark Angelo Ching / Pep.ph (June 24, 2010)

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Nung una ay hindi pa makapaniwala hanggang sa makaharap na ni Vice Ganda ang correspondent ng Reader’s Digest. 

“Mama, tinanong ko talaga ‘yung nag-iinterbyu kumbakit ako.

Ang sagot niya, limang komedyante ang pinagpilian at unanimous na ako ang gustong i-feature sa Reader’s Digest.

“Nung una nga raw, hindi nila ako mahanap, dahil ang ibinigay na pangalan sa kanya eh, Jose Marie Viceral at hindi Vice Ganda.

“Kaya nakakatuwa na ako ang ipi-feature nila sa September edition. Keri lang kahit hindi na ako maging cover, ‘No! Reader’s Digest ‘yan, ‘teh.”

At ang nakakalokah, bibili ng maraming kopya si Vice ‘pag lumabas na ang isyu, dahil proud na proud siya. Juice ko, kung nabubuhay lang si Graciano Lopez Jaena, baka i-feature din siya sa La Solidaridad.

SOURCE: Ogie Diaz / Paparazzi (June 23, 2010)