The FilAm YouTuber, Christine Gambito, whose Happy Slip channel now has over a 100,000 subscribers and whose very humorous videos focus on the life of Pinoys trying to make it in a foreign land, is in town.
Never heard of her? Head off to her YouTube channel and get loads of laughs!
She was recently chosen by the DOT as the Philippine Ambassador of Tourism and her wide following on YouTube is expected to generate interest among Filipinos in the US, including Americans, to visit the Philippines.
I was curious about Christine’s choice of title for her YouTube channel until I read that ‘Happy Slip’ came from her Mom’s way of saying “half slip” (hap e-slip). Hehe, isn’t that so Pinoy?
Christine successfully mimics several “family members” all played by her (her Mom, her Dad, her aunt, a FilAm cousin, etc). She gives each of them a Pinoy accent, a way of speaking, Pinoy habits, Pinoy expressions, etc.
She has made over 40 videos to-date and many of them are really so hilarious. This lady is a looker and yet she does comedy with aplomb. No wonder she won second place for Best Comedy in March 2007 at the YouTube Video awards!!! Believe it or not, her comedy sketches have already been viewed over 30 million times!
See a sample of one of these videos aptly called “Morning Meest” (guess what the meest is!):
there will be a blogger’s meet and greet with her sometime February 7. If you’re interested head off to Anton’s blog. anton.blogs.com to sign up.
Jane: Thanks, Noems! I just signed up! Hope to make it and meet her….
she is a very funny person..
Jane: Yes, she is!
i just found out about her in noemi’s blog. my husband and i find her so funny. cool and pretty too. sobra akong relate sa mga videos niya. one of these days, i plan to blog my reaction on one of her videos, stirred up a lot of (funny) memories kasi.
i too wish i can meet her in person. feb 7? hmm..
Jane: Cess, check out http://happyslip.yehey.com. They are organizing a meet and greet event.
We heard about her in the news, and so here she is, very funny and very pretty.
Jane: Julie, makakasama ako sa kanyang Meet-and-Greet this Feb. 7. Yehey!
Hooray for you Christine; I think that your “you tube” acting is just hilarious. I was showing it to my kids and they get it only because they’ve been to too many Filipino parties 🙂 as for their cousin who has never been to Filipino parties he just couldn’t get it….I love it…Congratulations!