ABC DJ
| ABC DJ | |
|---|---|
| Created by | ? |
| Developed by | ? |
| Starring | Eugene Lee Richard Loh Ezann Lee Mao Hui Margaret Lim Marcus Chin |
| Narrated by | ? |
| Opening theme | ? |
| Ending theme | ? |
| Country of origin |  Singapore |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | ? |
| Camera setup | ? |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | MediaCorp TV Channel 5 |
| Release | 23 May 2006 – 15 August 2006 |
ABC DJ is a Singaporean sitcom on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. The series is about Dong Jin aka "DJ" (Eugene Lee), an American-born Chinese who is being sent or "banished" to Singapore by his father, Master Zhang, who is a rich, spoilt and almost-worthless Americanized Chinese, to live with a conservative Chinese family, that is, the Gohs, who lived in a Toa Payoh HDB flat and also behaved traditionally Chinese, so that to get him (DJ) to stay for two whole years to make DJ learn from the Gohs about the traditional Chinese culture and influences Chinese culture. Goh (Richard Loh), who is a "sinseh" pupil to Master Zhang, lives together with his wife, Hwee (Margaret Lim), his two children, Fann (Ezann Lee) and Jeng Lo (Mao Hui), and his old and grumpy father, Ah Kong (Marcus Chin).
However, DJ thought that the purpose of arriving in Singapore is for a holiday vacation but unfortunately, he was tricked by his father when DJ received a call from his father, explaining to him that DJ must stay in Singapore for the two whole years with the Gohs in order to influence and learn about the traditional Chinese culture but DJ does not want to make himself get used to the traditional Chinese culture. Instead, during his period of stay in Singapore with the Gohs, DJ tends to do things whatever he wants to do and did not follow Goh's instructions and order.
Recurring and Minor Characters plus Guest Appearances
- Ah Goon played by Ray Kuan (in episode 7).
- Deepak played by Vignesh V
- Gana played by TBA
- Lee Tok Kong played by Mark Lee (in episode 7).
- Lily Lee played by Margaret Lee (in episode 7).
- Rosie played by Irene Ang (in episode 7).
- Phua Chu Kang played by Gurmit Singh (in episode 7).
Episodes
Season 1 (Tuesday, 8:30 pm)
- 1. (23 May 2006):
- 2. (30 May 2006): Karung Guni Man Always Rings Twice
- 3. (6 June 2006): Singapore Water Torture
- 4. (13 June 2006):
- 5. (20 June 2006):
- 6. (27 June 2006):
- 7. (4 July 2006): Ship Of Fools
- 8. (11 July 2006): Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- 9. (18 July 2006):
- 10. (25 July 2006):
- 11. (1 August 2006)
- 12. (8 August 2006): Smells Like Teen Spirit
- 13. (15 August 2006): Birthday Boy
Trivia
- In the second last episode, the episode's title clearly references Nirvana's famous single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" directly. DJ's band name in this episode is called China White, a reference to Taiwanese rocker's Wu Bai's band, China Blue.
- Ah Kong, which is the oldest character of the show, is actually played by a young man, Marcus Chin.
- DJ (played by Eugene Lee) is a character who is an American-born Chinese. In reality, he's actually an ethnic Korean.
- The word "ABC DJ" is actually an abbreviation of words, that is, "ABC" stands for American-born Chinese and "DJ" stands for Dong-Jin, one of the main character's name. Together, "ABC DJ" stands for "American-born Chinese Dong-Jin". This describes that DJ is an American-born Chinese.