ABC DJ


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. Moreover, 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. Furthermore, this sitcom also bears some similarities with another popular Singaporean sitcom known as Police & Thief, in which both families in that sitcom and this sitcom lived in a Toa Payoh HDB Flat. At the same time, Richard Low and Margaret Lim would also collaborate again in the future as husband and wife in the Singapore's long-running drama known as Tanglin.

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, 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 being the Goh family, 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

The Chinese family being the Goh family is headed by Goh Boon Keng, who is a chinese doctor and physician and disciple to Master Zhang and a greatest threat to DJ, lives together with his wife, Goh Hwee, his two children, Fann Goh, a bookworm and Goh Jeng Lo, who is regarded as a sissy and his old, illiterate and dimwitted father, Goh Ah Kong. Boon Keng works in a Traditional Chinese Medicine Shop. Together, the Goh family lived in a Toa Payoh HDB Flat. Ah Kong has an old Indian friend called Gana, a former butcher in a nearby market and hawker centre, who is also as equally illiterate as him. Occasionally, they get into fights and arguments unexpectedly together. Deepak is Fann's Indian 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

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Production

and Radio DJ Eugene Lee portrays the titular protagonist of the show. Veteran MediaCorp Channel 8 actors Richard Low and Margaret Lim and also Singaporean child actors Ezann Lee and Deng Mao Hui were also portraying the main family being the Goh family of the 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 stars of the show and also appeared in some episodes as well.
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.