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Tropang Trumpo |
Tv show
Its original cast included Ogie Alcasid, Michael V., Gelli de Belen, Carmina Villaroel and theatre/voice actors Noni Buencamino, Earl Ignacio and Sheilou Bharwani. Tropa aired on Saturday nights and was originally directed by Jose Javier Reyes. However, when Reyes became busy with movies, former Goin Bananas cast members Edgar Bobot Mortiz, Al Tantay and former Goin Bananas headwriter Dan Salamante came in and assumed the respective posts of director and writers. Mortiz, Tantay and Salamante introduced new segments for the show, the most famous was Battle of the Brainless, a satirical quiz show (taken from the 90s famous game show Battle of the Brains aired over RPN) where simple quiz questions are never answered. The show went on even when two of its main cast, Michael V. and Ogie Alcasid, left in 1995 to do another gag show for GMA entitled Bubble Gang. The show won as Best Gag Show during the 1995 Star Awards for Television. Tropang Trumpo started to decline when Bubble Gang rose to becom...view more
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