ABC DJ

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ABC DJ
StarringEugene Lee
Richard Low
Ezann Lee
Deng Mao Hui
Lim Kwee Hiok
Marcus Chin
Subin Subaiah
Vignesh V
Country of origin Singapore
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers Daisy Irani
Hossan Leong
Camera setup Single camera
Running time30 minutes (with commercials)
Original release
Network MediaCorp TV Channel 5
Release23 May (2006-05-23) 
15 August 2006 (2006-08-15)

ABC DJ was a Singaporean sitcom which often makes references to sensitive issues such as culture shock and racial discrimination. It also features guest appearances from the cast members in 2 Singaporean local English sitcoms Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd and Police & Thief in episode 7. Furthermore, this sitcom was also a combination of storylines from popular Singaporean local sitcoms and drama such as Under One Roof , Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd , Police & Thief , Living with Lydia and Growing Up respectively.

Contents

Plot

DJ (Dong-Jin) and Master Zhang

This series is about an American-born Chinese "brat" from Beverly Hills, California named Zhang Dong Jin, also known as Dong Jin or DJ (Eugene Lee), who is a rich, spoilt and almost-worthless Americanized Chinese that was sent or banished to Singapore by his father, Master Zhang, to live with a conservative Chinese family, the Gohs, so that DJ will learn about Chinese culture.

DJ was tricked by his father into going to Singapore. He thought he was in Singapore on a vacation when he received a phone call from his father, explaining to DJ that he had come to Singapore not for a vacation but to live with the Goh family to learn the traditional Chinese culture from them. However, DJ did not adapt well to the Chinese traditions, such as filial piety. During the stay with the Goh family, DJ was often being threatened or bullied by Goh, and his family. DJ was often regarded as a Chinese ang moh, a Singlish term for a Chinese person who lives in the West.

The Goh family and others

Goh Boon Keng (Richard Low), who is a sinseh (a traditional Chinese medicine) pupil to Master Zhang and a greatest threat to DJ, lives together with his wife, Hwee (Lim Kwee Hiok), his two children, Fann (Ezann Lee), a bookworm and Jeng Lo (Deng Mao Hui), who is regarded as a sissy and his old, illiterate and dimwitted father, Ah Kong (Marcus Chin). Goh Boon Keng works in a "sinseh" (traditional Chinese medicine) shop. Together, the Goh family lived in a Toa Payoh HDB flat. Ah Kong has an old Indian friend called Gana (Subin Subaiah), a former butcher in a nearby foodstall, who is also as equally illiterate as him. Occasionally, they together get into fights and arguments unexpectedly. Deepak (Vignesh V) is Fann's closest school friend. To DJ, Fann and Deepak are considered as "nerds", an English slang for a stereotypical person who is boring and is not attractive in terms of their appearance and outlook.

Cast

Guest Appearances

Production

The show started airing in Singapore on MediaCorp Channel 5 on 23 May 2006. AZN TV host and American deejay Eugene Lee is one of the main actors in the show, along with veteran Channel 8 actors Richard Low and Margaret Lim. Singaporean child actors Ezann Lee and Deng Mao Hui were also played as one of the main characters in that show. Vignesh V, an actor from Fly Entertainment, were also one of the stars of the show but he only appears in some episodes. In addition, Subin Subaiah were also one of the main casts in the show.

Guest appearances such as Gurmit Singh, Irene Ang, Ray Kuan, Mark Lee and Margaret Lee from 2 popular Singaporean local sitcoms Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd and Police & Thief respectively, have appeared in the 7th episode of this show.

Episodes

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918 July 2006Little Shop Of Horrors
1025 July 2006Love Is A Four Letter Word
111 August 2006War Of The Words
128 August 2006Smells Like Teen Spirit
1315 August 2006Birthday Boy