Labs Ko Si Babe Explained

Executive Producer:Annaliza Goma
Opentheme:"I Love You Babe" by Jolina Magdangal, Richard Marten, Jeffrey Hidalgo and Bojo Molina
Country:Philippines
Language:Filipino
Runtime:27–30 minutes
Network:ABS-CBN
Company:Star Creatives
Num Episodes:338

Labs Ko Si Babe (international title: I Love My Babe) is a Philippine television drama romance comedy series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng and John-D Lazatin, starring Jolina Magdangal and Marvin Agustin. It aired on the network's evening line up from July 26, 1999 to November 10, 2000, replacing Esperanza and was replaced by Pangako Sa 'Yo.

It is one of the longest running series in the Philippines and also known as the first romantic comedy series in Philippine television.[1]

Premise

In the town of San Clemente, the lives of four families intertwined bringing drama and a bit of comedy. Auring (Gloria Romero) and Felipa (Gina Pareño), the matriarch of their respective families, were the best of friends before becoming mortal enemies when Auring lost a sweepstakes ticket handed over her by Felipa for safekeeping; Felipa believes the ticket has won in the lottery. The conflict got bigger that their families started to become part of it, and that the romance developing in Cindy (Jolina Magdangal), daughter of Lupe (Princess Punzalan) and Kit (Johnny Delgado) and granddaughter of Auring, and Wally (Marvin Agustin), son of Viola (Carmi Martin) and Rocky (Bembol Roco) and grandson of Felipa, are caught in the cross-fire. Meanwhile, Miguel (Onemig Bondoc), who came from Italy, entered the picture and became friends with Cindy that made Wally got jealous. However, Miguel's stepmother Elena (Jaclyn Jose), known to have bad reputation, caused even more problems in the story between the Auring and Felipa families. To help bring peace in the town of San Clemente is the Mayor, Diwata or Mayor Di (Zsa Zsa Padilla), who always stand in between the fights of the families. Mayor Di chose to remain single after a dark past, but is living with her nephew Jobert (Bernard Palanca) and also the new welcome of the Barangay Captain in San Clemente Jonathan (Willie Revillame).

Cast and characters

Main cast

Supporting cast

Movie adaptation

After a month of the series premiering, it had a movie adaption called Hey Babe! released on August 25, 1999, produced by Star Cinema. The film was directed by Joyce Bernal.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 18 longest running ABS-CBN teleseryes. pep.ph. February 8, 2019.