GMA launches a very modern version of 'Juan Tamad' this August

Laugh out loud when GMA News and Public Affairs brings the much loved character JUAN TAMAD back to life this 2015.

The hilarious and very modern retelling of this folktale follows the lives of college dropout Juan, Juan's slacker family and the overachieving family of his ultimate crush - magna cum laude and now senate researcher Marie (aka Mariang Masipag) - who all live in a lower middle class neighborhood in Quezon City.

From beneath the proverbial guava tree, Juan unexpectedly finds himself in the middle of big, breaking news stories ... changing the face of pop culture as we know it.

"Patience is a virtue," Juan likes to say. Watch how this works for Juan in the course of the series where he becomes a Youtube sensation, popularizes a gaming app, exposes a pyramiding scam, becomes a key witness in a Senate investigation and even meets the Pope!

Comedian Sef Cadayona gets his big break playing the lead role of Juan after honing his remarkable talent as part of the cast of Bubble Gang and Vampire ang Daddy Ko.

JUAN TAMAD hits your TV screens this August 2015 ... only on GMA7.