by Nyonya Kway
In a bid to make amends with the Gahmen over the Today newspaper
debacle, MediaCock has decided to sponsor a new sitcom as part of
the ongoing Remaking BG Lee Campaign.
Said MediaCock spokesman Mr. Boh Ho Quah, Living with Lee, Dear
is a family sitcom which aims to endear Deputy Prime Minister Lee
Hsien Loong to Singaporeans by portraying him as a warm,
all-rounded, almost motherly figure.
The main characters of Living with Lee,Dear are as follows:
LOONG-LOONG: Our hero. People think hes a dim son, but this
Lee-dear dearly wants to show hes a leader.
MADAM: Loong-Loongs wife and personal assistant, who wears the
pants in the house.
PAPA: If Madam wears the pants, then Loong-Loongs father wears the
blue windcheater. Grumpy and vengeful, but in an endearing sort of
way, Papa is full of nuggets of wisdom which he cheerfully
dispenses to everybody in the neighbourhood.
YANG-YANG: Loong-Loongs energetic younger brother whos always on
the phone and full of pick-up lines.
UNCLE TONG-TONG: the faithful old retainer and also the butt of the
familys seat-warming jokes.
GIRL-GIRL: in keeping with the MediaCock tradition of importing
faded Hong Kong stars to populate their programmes, Loong-Loongs
daughter Xiuqi will be played by former Cat-3 actress Shuqi.
BOY-BOY: Loong-Loongs famously fair-complexioned son, who will be
played by former Hollywood child star Macaulay Culkin.
We want to show Singaporeans that the Lee family are just like you
and I, real people with real, everyday problems, said Mr. Boh,
adding: Of course, scripts will be vetted by the Deputy Prime
Ministers Office, otherwise we will have real, everyday problems
ourselves.
Here are synopses of the first four episodes:
DEAR LEE BELOVED
Its Loong-Loong and Madams wedding anniversary, and they decide
to spend it with the people who brought them together: the Social
Development Units Cabinet Romance Search Committee and the staff
of Singapore Matchmaking Industries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Temasek Holdings.
GREAT WAY TO FLY
Papa suddenly takes ill overseas and Loong-Loong orders Singapore
Airlines to fly him home first-class for free. However, a petty
reporter writes a story about how Papa subsequently tried to claim
frequent flyer miles for the trip. The story ends happily with the
reporter being permanently assigned to the New Papers SMS and
ringtone ads department.
HARRY PAYS LESS
Special cross-over episode: Gurmit Singh guest-stars as Phua Chu
Kang, who is forced to give a discount to the Lee family after
bungling the renovations of their Nassim Jade apartment.
BGS GREATEST HITS
Uncle Tong-Tong may have seen Loong-Loong slap Dhana the security
guard, but cant remember a thing.
According to MediaCock, the first episode is slated for broadcast
sometime just before the next General Elections.