Phua Chu Kang
Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd is a Singaporean sitcom on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. The series revolves around the Phua family, most notably Phua Chu Kang (Gurmit Singh), a contractor who boasts that he is the "best in Singapore, JB, and some say Batam." This is despite the fact that he only has two men working for him and they are both inept and lazy. Phua Chu Kang is portrayed as an "Ah Beng", which is Singaporean slang for a stereotypical uneducated Chinese man, complete with habits such as hoisting one leg up on the seat of a chair when he sits down and growing one long fingernail to scratch his ears. He is also known for his unusually large mole.
The Phua Chu Kang character made his first appearance in the second season of "Gurmit's World", a comedy in which Gurmit Singh portrayed his 'relatives' in a series of skits.
In addition, PCK handed out clues at one of the detours of The Amazing Race 3. Participants in the race were required to locate an apartment in Singapore where they would be given the clues by PCK. Apparently, the original idea was to have PCK at the pit stop alongside Phil Keoghan (at the end of every stage of The Amazing Race, there would be a local person dressed in traditional clothing welcoming the contestants to the country), but Singaporeans protested that this would give foreigners the wrong impression of the local people in general.
Much like another Singaporean sitcom, Under One Roof, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd is pressured by the government to use proper English instead of Singlish.
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Episodes
Season 5 (Tuesday, 8 pm)
- 1. (5 November 2002): The Zen of Chapteh
- 2. (12 November 2002): Not the 7 o'clock news
- 3. (19 November 2002): The Parent Trap
- 4. (26 November 2002): Toto Day
- 5. (3 December 2002): The Return of Frankie Foo
- 6. (10 December 2002): Chilly Crabs
- 7. (17 December 2002): Christmas Story
- 8. (7 January 2003): Study No Enough
- 9. (14 January 2003): Lord of the Bengs
- 10. (21 January 2003): Cinema Phua-radiso
- 11. (28 January 2003): Lucky Luohan
- 12. (4 February 2003): Year of the Goat
- 13. (11 February 2003): The Girl Next Door
- 14. (18 February 2003): I Want My HDB (Part 1)
- 15. (25 February 2003): When King Kong Met Wei Wei
- 16. (4 March 2003): Sabo You, Sabo Me
- 17. (11 March 2003): At WITS End
- 18. (18 March 2003): The Adventures of Captain Contractor and Plumber Boy
- 19. (25 March 2003): Centrefold
- 20. (1 April 2003): An Offer You Cant Refuse
- 21. (8 April 2003): PCK Goes To Malaysia – Part 1
- 22. (15 April 2003): PCK Goes To Malaysia – Part 2
Season 6 (Tuesday, 8 pm)
- 1. (21 October 2003): Phua Phua Baby
- 2. (28 October 2003): Boy Oh Boy
- 3. (4 November 2003): The Deal
- 4. (11 November 2003): What About Me?
- 5. (18 November 2003): Father Knows Best
- 6. (25 November 2003): Nature vs. Nurture
- 7. (2 December 2003): Worst Case Senario
- 8. (9 December 2003): He Ain't Heavy He's My Baby
- 9. (16 December 2003): All The President's Men
- 10. (23 December 2003): Livin' La Vida Rosie
- 11. (30 December 2003):
- 12. (6 January 2004): Toilet of the Year
- 13. (13 January 2004): Pissing Contest
- 14. (20 January 2004): Citizen Phua
- 15. (27 January 2004): The New Phua
Season 7 (Tuesday, 8 pm)
- 1. (16 November 2004)
- 2. (23 November 2004)
- 3. (30 November 2004)
- 4. (7 December 2004)
- 5. (14 December 2004)
- 6. (21 December 2004)
- 7. (28 December 2004)
- 8. (4 January 2005)
- 9. (11 January 2005)
- 10. (18 January 2005)
- 11. (25 January 2005)
- 12. (1 February 2005)
- 13. (8 February 2005)
- 14. (15 February 2005)
- 15. (22 February 2005)
- 16. (1 March 2005)