Home Along Da Riles
Overview
 
Home Along Da Riles is a sitcom that aired on ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...

 from 1992-2003. The title started out as a play on the feature film Home Alone
Home Alone
Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. The film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old boy, who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to Paris for their Christmas vacation...

and with the main character's first name taken as a direct copy from the film's main protagonist.
Home Along Da Riles is a family situation comedy depicting the lives of a typical Filipino family living alongside the railroad tracks. The Kosmes are poor and, as a running gag
Running gag
A running gag, or running joke, is a literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a work of literature or other form of storytelling....

, their house looks as if it will fall apart every time a train passes.
 
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