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A Chip Off the Old Block (Traditional Chinese: 巴不得爸爸...) is a 2009 TVB
television drama from Hong Kong
produced and created by Poon Ka Tak. The original broadcast was on the TVB Jade
with approximately 45-minute long episodes airing five days a week. The two final episodes were an hour and a half long each, which aired during the weekends. A Chip Off the Old Block tells the story of the articulate businessman Chu Chi, who accidentally travels back in time to the 1960s and meets his younger father, Chu Fan.
) and his father, Chu Fan (Sunny Chan
), depend on each other for a living. After graduating from university, Chi becomes a public relations officer at a tobacco company. He completes his tasks well and gets promoted rapidly, becoming part of the young professionals group. Chi depends on the tobacco to get fame and wealth, but Fan feels that his son is promoting smoking, similar to 'helping a villain to do evil.' Chi moves out from the house so that he will not have any more conflicts with his elderly father.
Fan later contracts the Alzheimer's disease
, causing Chi to move back home to take care of him. However, Fan's old style of doing things is both annoying and laughable to Chi. Chi meets a wealthy elderly businessman Cheng Kwan-min (Lo Chun Shun) from the city who tried to poach him over using a high pay and post, but unexpectedly, when he goes to the elevator, the elevator gets shocked from the lightning outside causing Chi to travel back in time to the 1960s era.
When Chi first steps into this old era, he is accidentally hurt by the younger Fan. Fan takes him home, but he comes into clashes with the landlady's daughter, Ching Lan-fun (Shirley Yeung
). Seeing that he is unable to return to 2008, Chi finds a job to support himself. However, in this place, connections are needed everywhere, and Chi's education qualifications become useless. Fortunately, with Fan's help, he becomes a sales clerk at the Dor Dor department store. Chi finds out that Cheng Kwan-min is actually the manager of this departmental store, and clings onto him.
Fan accidentally discovers that Chi came from the future, and he’s his son, thus he allowed his son to control his love life. Chi witnesses his father's sacrifice for him, thus he decides to repent his ways and gives up relying on the wealthy businessman. However, the wealthy businessman unexpectedly clinched the 2008’s own historical writing award, and he devises an evil plan to buy over the landlady's building, chasing all the tenants out. He wanted to use it to develop his property kingdom. Chi is filled with regret and decides to salvage the situation. However, he accidentally returns to 2008……
Returns to 2008 and meet Fun again, Fun admitted that she was the Fun from 1960s by doing the same thing as she did on Chi's birthday (blowing the torch because of the fish's birthday).
The Dor Dor Department Store personnel
Television Broadcasts Limited
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television drama from Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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produced and created by Poon Ka Tak. The original broadcast was on the TVB Jade
TVB Jade
TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...
with approximately 45-minute long episodes airing five days a week. The two final episodes were an hour and a half long each, which aired during the weekends. A Chip Off the Old Block tells the story of the articulate businessman Chu Chi, who accidentally travels back in time to the 1960s and meets his younger father, Chu Fan.
Plot
Chu Chi (Ron NgRon Ng
Ron Ng Cheuk-hei is a Hong Kong TVB actor, singer, professional dancer, ambassador, and model. He is one of the most demanded artists from TVB.-Early Childhood:...
) and his father, Chu Fan (Sunny Chan
Sunny Chan
Sunny Chan Kam-Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor. His breakout film role was in the internationally multi-award-winning 1998 Hong Kong film Hold You Tight, for which he won the coveted Silver Screen Award for Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival in...
), depend on each other for a living. After graduating from university, Chi becomes a public relations officer at a tobacco company. He completes his tasks well and gets promoted rapidly, becoming part of the young professionals group. Chi depends on the tobacco to get fame and wealth, but Fan feels that his son is promoting smoking, similar to 'helping a villain to do evil.' Chi moves out from the house so that he will not have any more conflicts with his elderly father.
Fan later contracts the Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
, causing Chi to move back home to take care of him. However, Fan's old style of doing things is both annoying and laughable to Chi. Chi meets a wealthy elderly businessman Cheng Kwan-min (Lo Chun Shun) from the city who tried to poach him over using a high pay and post, but unexpectedly, when he goes to the elevator, the elevator gets shocked from the lightning outside causing Chi to travel back in time to the 1960s era.
When Chi first steps into this old era, he is accidentally hurt by the younger Fan. Fan takes him home, but he comes into clashes with the landlady's daughter, Ching Lan-fun (Shirley Yeung
Shirley Yeung
Shirley Yeung Sze-Ki, born 7 August 1978, is a Hong Kong actress under contract to the TVB television channel....
). Seeing that he is unable to return to 2008, Chi finds a job to support himself. However, in this place, connections are needed everywhere, and Chi's education qualifications become useless. Fortunately, with Fan's help, he becomes a sales clerk at the Dor Dor department store. Chi finds out that Cheng Kwan-min is actually the manager of this departmental store, and clings onto him.
Fan accidentally discovers that Chi came from the future, and he’s his son, thus he allowed his son to control his love life. Chi witnesses his father's sacrifice for him, thus he decides to repent his ways and gives up relying on the wealthy businessman. However, the wealthy businessman unexpectedly clinched the 2008’s own historical writing award, and he devises an evil plan to buy over the landlady's building, chasing all the tenants out. He wanted to use it to develop his property kingdom. Chi is filled with regret and decides to salvage the situation. However, he accidentally returns to 2008……
Returns to 2008 and meet Fun again, Fun admitted that she was the Fun from 1960s by doing the same thing as she did on Chi's birthday (blowing the torch because of the fish's birthday).
Cast
The tenants| Cast | Role | Description |
| Ron Ng Ron Ng Ron Ng Cheuk-hei is a Hong Kong TVB actor, singer, professional dancer, ambassador, and model. He is one of the most demanded artists from TVB.-Early Childhood:... |
Chol Chi 楚慈 |
a 28-year-old well-established businessman who works for a cigarette company. His father is extremely unhappy with his "life-stealing" job and often urges him to work at a different company. Although filial to his father, Chi is annoyed with his father's old-fashioned beliefs and their relationship becomes strained. During a dangerous wet storm, Chi accidentally gets himself warped back in time to 1960s Hong Kong, where he meets his younger father. Later becomes Ching Lan-Fun's boyfriend. |
| Sunny Chan Sunny Chan Sunny Chan Kam-Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor. His breakout film role was in the internationally multi-award-winning 1998 Hong Kong film Hold You Tight, for which he won the coveted Silver Screen Award for Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival in... |
Chol Fan 楚帆 |
Chi's altruistic Altruism Altruism is a concern for the welfare of others. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures, and a core aspect of various religious traditions, though the concept of 'others' toward whom concern should be directed can vary among cultures and religions. Altruism is the opposite of... and self-sacrificing father. Fan always places others benefits before his own and is known for saying the phrase, "Everyone for me, I for everyone." Fan was adopted by Ko Shan-chuen, who owns a small dumplings Jiaozi Jiǎozi 餃子 or 饺子 , bánh bột luộc , gyōza , Mo:Mo: or Momocha म:म: or ममचा , or pot sticker is a Chinese dumpling widely spread to Japan, Eastern and Western Asia.Jiaozi typically consist of a ground meat and/or vegetable filling wrapped into... shop in Fung Shui Lei. Fan becomes good friends with Chi, not knowing that Chi is actually his son from forty years later. |
| Myolie Wu Myolie Wu Myolie Wu Hang-yee is a Hong Kong actress for the Hong Kong TVB television station and a singer under contracts with Neway Star-Career:... |
So Fung-Nei 蘇鳳妮 |
a con artist Later becomes Chol Fan's girlfriend. |
| Shirley Yeung Shirley Yeung Shirley Yeung Sze-Ki, born 7 August 1978, is a Hong Kong actress under contract to the TVB television channel.... |
Ching Lan-Fun 程蘭芬 |
the landlady's daughter. Go to 2006's Hong Kong at last. Later becomes Chol Chi's girlfriend. |
| John Chiang David Chiang John Chiang is a Hong Kong actor. His Chinese name is Chiang Da-wei . He is sometimes credited as David Chiang.-Biography:... |
Ko Shan-chuen 高山泉 |
Ching Lan-Fan's foster father. Later becomes Tam Lan-ching's Husband |
| Gigi Wong | Tam Lan-ching 譚蘭青 |
the landlady. Later on becomes Ko Shan-Chuen's wife |
| Louis Yuen Louis Yuen Louis Yuen is a Hong Kong TVB actor. He co-hosted the Super Trio series, Supreme Trio Supreme, in season 8 with Eric Tsang, Chin Kar-lok, and Wong Cho-lam.Finalist in the 1986 5th TVB New Talent Singing Awards.-Filmography:Actor... |
Ngau Ching-wing 牛正榮 |
a police officer Chiu Mau-Dan's husband Ngau Ka-Po's father |
| Carlo Ng | Shing Sap-yee 成拾義 |
the only son of the wealthy Shing family Husband of Yue Fa and Yue Yuk |
| Mandy Wong Mandy Wong Mandy Wong Chi-man is a Hong Kong television actress.Wong began her television and acting career with her participation in the Miss Hong Kong 2007 beauty pageant, where she was placed among the top 5 finalists. She joined TVB that same year and was part of TVB's graduating acting class of 2008... |
So Fung-lin 蘇鳳蓮 |
Fung-lei's younger sister |
| Natalie Wong Natalie Wong Natalie Kei Ying Wong , born on 15 July 1976 in Hong Kong is a Chinese actress affiliated with TVB in Hong Kong.-Miss Hong Kong start:... |
Yue Fa 余花 |
Sap-yee's official wife |
| Irene Wong | Yue Yuk 余玉 |
Sap-yee's second wife and Fa's younger sister |
The Dor Dor Department Store personnel
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Nancy Wu Nancy Wu Nancy Wu Ding Yan is a Chinese actress contracted to TVB. In 1999, she participated in TVB's 18th Annual New Talent Singing Awards competition and finished in the top four. In 2001, she entered TVB's 3rd Annual Cover Girl Competition and won the Most Photogenic Award, the Most Fit Award, the Most... |
Leung Pin-pin 梁翩翩 |
Leung Ting-dor's only daughter Loves Chor-Fan. |
| Lo Tsan Shun | Cheng Kwan-min 鄭坤綿 |
Dor Dor's store general manager cheats the tenants |
| Chun Wong | Leung Ting-dor 梁亭多 |
Dor Dor's chairman, who used to work as a chef in Sap-yee's home |
| Lee Fung | Tse Dai-bik 謝帶壁 |
Ting-dor's wife and Pin-pin's mother |
| Li Ka Sing | Manager Lam 藍部長 |
in charge of Dor Dor's employee management. |
Viewership Ratings
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November 30 - December 3, 2009 | |
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December 7–10, 2009 | |
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December 14–18, 2009 | |
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| December 21–25, 2009 | |
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| December 27, 2009 | |
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Award nominations
TVB Anniversary Awards (2010)- Nominated: Best Drama - Top 5
- Nominated: Best Actor (Ron Ng)
- Nominated: Best Actress (Myolie Wu)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor (John Chiang)
- Nominated: My Favourite Male Character (Sunny Chan)
- Nominated: My Favourite Female Character (Myolie Wu)
External links
- TVB.com A Chip Off the Old Block - Official Website