Salo-Salo Together (SST)
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| Salo-Salo Together (SST) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | variety show |
| Developer(s) | GMA Network |
| Starring | Randy Santiago Dennis Padilla |
| Country of origin |  Philippines |
| Language(s) | Filipino |
| No. of episodes | n/a |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | multicamera setup |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | GMA Network |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original run | March 1993 – July 1995 |
Salo-Salo Together (SST) is a defunct Philippine noontime variety show aired over GMA Network. It first aired on March 1993 as a replacement for "Lunch Date". It was headlined by Randy Santiago and Dennis Padilla, with Liezl Martinez, Smokey Manaloto, Anjanette Abayari, Joy Ortega and Giselle Sanchez as co-hosts.
[edit] History
In less than six months after it aired, SST started to take over its archrival, ABS-CBN's "Eat Bulaga" in the ratings by providing fresh interactive segments like "Grabe!" (a contest where live studio audience join the hosts of SST in a dare), "Knock Knock Hello!" (where SST wall clocks were given out to a lucky household member whose home was posted with an SST sticker), "Sari-Sari Stories" (a weekly comedy skit where SST hosts spoof a certain movie or Pinoy pop culture) and "Ano ka Hello?" (where SST hosts call out a lucky viewer and ask them questions about what they just saw in a particular episode). Moreover, SST hosts like Dennis, Smokey, Anjanette, Joy and Giselle became contract stars of Viva Films, where they have appeared separately in numerous movies.
Shortly before SST celebrated its first year on television, co-host Joy Ortega left the show because she could not take the intrigues thrown at her. She was subsequently replaced by Ai-ai delas Alas who immediately blended beautifully with the other co-hosts, despite the fact that during the show's "Sari-Sari Stories" segment she always plays the oppressed character. Soon after, SST gave a break to other newcomers in showbiz like Bayani Agbayani (who, like Ai-ai was always oppressed during the "Sari-Sari" segment), and Bernadette Allyson (who was introduced as VJ Berna).
However, in December 1994, sad news broke out that "SST" was going to go off the air to give way to its rival noontime show "Eat Bulaga" at the 12 pm slot, after "Bulaga" had decided to move to GMA Network after contract renegotiations with its previous home network ABS-CBN bogged down. The GMA management's decision to accommodate "Eat Bulaga" was met with mixed emotions among the hosts and talents of "SST". They were sad because they felt the management did not give them a chance to prove that they could carry the noontime show to new heights. But at the same time, they felt happy because the GMA management decided to keep the show after they decided to move "SST" to an earlier time slot, as a pre-programming to "Eat Bulaga".
On January 24, 1995, "SST" had its last episode aired on the noontime slot and reformatted as a morning talk show on January 27, 1995, with its timeslot at 10:30 am before "Eat Bulaga". Entertainment writer Giovanni Calvo joined the "SST" gang as the segment host for "Katok mga Misis", dishing out the latest rumors in show business. However, "SST" was not able to dislodge ABS-CBN's "Teysi ng Tahanan" from the top spot, and its ratings suffered.
On July 1995, "SST" finally bade farewell after GMA executives decided to make the segment "Katok mga Misis" into a full-length program. Giovanni Calvo hosted the show along with Ali Sotto.
