Salo-Salo Together (SST)

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Salo-Salo Together (SST)
Format	variety show
Created by	GMA Entertainment Group
Developed by	GMA Network
Starring	See hosts
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language(s)	Filipino
No. of episodes	n/a
Production
Producer(s)	Wilma Galvante
Location(s)	GMA Broadway Centrum
Camera setup	multicamera setup
Running time	1 hour and 30 minutes (Monday to Friday) 2 hours and 30 minutes (Saturdays)
Broadcast
Original channel	GMA Network
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original run	March 20, 1993 – June 30, 1995

Salo-Salo Together (SST) (Partying Together) is a defunct Philippine noontime variety show aired over GMA Network.

History

SST's first aired on March 20, 1993 as a replacement for "Lunch Date", hosted by Randy Santiago, Dennis Padilla, and Smokey Manaloto with Liezl Martinez, Anjanette Abayari, Joy Ortega and Giselle Sanchez as co-hosts. 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. A free SST Sticker can be given to the audience on every weekdays.

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 de las 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).

It started as a blind item as 1994 was about to end, until showbiz news had leaked 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. Main host Randy Santiago co-directed the show along with Cesar Cosme in mid-1994. During "SST"'s New Year episode on December 31, 1994, the announcement of "Eat Bulaga"'s move to GMA was officially made by main hosts Randy Santiago and Dennis Padilla. The "SST" hosts and talents 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. SST made its last noontime episode on January 27, 1995. On January 30, 1995, SST was reformatted as a morning talk show, 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 28, 1995, "SST" finally bade farewell after GMA executives decided to make the segment "Katok mga Misis" into a full-length program. The late Giovanni Calvo hosted the show along with his co-host Ali Sotto.

Post SST & SST Reunions

There have been some instances where some of the SST hosts worked again together in separate movies and TV projects after the show's axing in 1995. Randy Santiago, Ai-ai delas Alas and Dennis Padilla were formerly active in the noontime scene, hosting ABS-CBN noontime shows "Magandang Tanghali Bayan" and "Masayang Tanghali Bayan" from 1998 through 2004. Bayani Agbayani also joined the three hosts in these Kapamilya noontime shows and became a big star in his own right. He recently came back to GMA-7 to host the morning variety show "Diz Iz It". Randy also formerly hosted a short lived noontime show, Happy Yipee Yehey in 2011.

Randy also became a director in ABS-CBN where he was able to direct his former co-hosts Giselle Sanchez and Dennis Padilla in the afternoon sitcom "Parekoy". Anjanette Abayari quietly left showbiz after her arrest in Guam due to shabu possession while her loveteam in the show, Smokey Manaloto, headlined ABC-5 (now TV5's) gag show "Tropang Trumpo" after its main stars Michael V. and Ogie Alcasid left the show.

Liezl Martinez, Joy Ortega, Giselle Sanchez and Smokey Manaloto reunited under the "Salo Salo Together (SST) Family" banner when they joined the GMA game show "Family Feud" hosted by Dingdong Dantes.

Dennis Padilla recently included in an award winning action movie Asiong Salongga in 2011.

Former SST mainstay Smokey Manaloto is now currently seen on ABS-CBN 2 Youth Oriented Comedy Sitcom Luv U where he plays a school principal.

Hosts

Randy Santiago (1993–1995)
Dennis Padilla (1993–1995)
Smokey Manaloto (1993–1995)
Liezl Martinez (1993–1995)
Anjanette Abayari (1993–1995)
Joy Ortega (1993–1994)
Giselle Sanchez (1993–1994)
Ai Ai delas Alas (1994–1995)
Bayani Agbayani (1994–1995)
Bernadette Allyson (1994–1995)
Giovanni Calvo† (January–June 1995)

Segments

Ano Ka Hello?
Grabe!
Katok Mga Misis
Knock Knock Hello
M.R.S.: Musika Ni Randy Santiago
SST Dream Girl Beauty Pageant
Sari-Sari Stories

Studios

GMA Broadway Centrum (March 20, 1993-January 27, 1995)
Old GMA Building (January 30, 1995-June 30, 1995)
SMART Araneta Colisum one time anniversary venue in 1994