Does anyone know the buses that had been used or in some way
featured on some television program or other?
Here's what I know:
Channel U's dramedy, «She Drives Me Crazy», had Kym Ng driving a
Volvo Super Olympian, registration SBS 9814 K (I still remember
clearly that in the plot of the drama, somebody actually wanted to
buy 4D with the number 9814 after he saw it
).
Some Channel 8 drama, whose name I forgotten but starred Li Nan
Xing and Fiona Xie, had a scene where their characters met on a
bus. The bus used was a Volvo MK4 DM3500, but I can't remember the
number on the route plate they used, nor did I recall seeing any
registration number. iWeekly had an article in one of their regular
columns showcasing the behind-the-scenes for that scene.
Some older Channel 8 drama, name completely forgotten, featured
(if my memory serves me right) a car chase scene that had
what-at-that-time-was-known-as TIBS bus with it's EDS displaying
854. I think it was either a Mercedes MB O405 Hispano or a Scania
L113 Strider.
One episode of the Channel 5 comedy, «Mr. Kiasu», had this scene
which I still remember fondly. The character, Mr. Kiasee,
approached the bus stop, only to find 13 passengers there, with one
of them wearing soccer jersey number 13, and the cherry on the
cake: a route 13 bus
. The
bus was an SBS Transit Mercedes MBO405 bus with Alexander body,
displaying route 13 plates (for obvious reasons
), if I'm not wrong (it could have been a Scania
too).
One older Channel 8 drama (can't remember the name), with
featured a completely different story with different characters on
each episode, had one episode which told the story of a gang of
problem teenagers who could like to steal cars for joyrides. I
didn't watch that episode, but from the previews I saw, one of the
"cars" they stole was a TIBS Mercedes MB O405 bus with Hispano
body. From what I heard from my cousin, who caught that episiode,
the teenagers knocked out the bus driver to steal that bus for a
joyride.
Some recent Channel 8 dramas, whose story was set in either the
70's or 80's, had repeatly featured non air-conditioned Volvo MKIIs
with SBS colours.
I just can't remember the name of this Channel 5 drama, but I can
recall that it was about a girl who had the power to see and talk
with the dead (a.k.a. ghosts!). In one scene of one episode, while
the girl was on the bus, a ghost which had been "bothering" (can't
find a better word
)
in that episode her appeared next to her. When the girl was about
to alight, the ghost used his (it's?!) powers to ring the bell. The
bus, I believe, was a SBS Transit Mercedes MB O405. Can't remember
the registration number or the exact type, though, but I remember
that scene very well.