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| Spouse for House | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Written by | Soo Hian Foo, Wei Lyn Tan, Joanne Teo, Lillian Wang |
| Directed by | Aaron Tan Mien Shawn, Lee Chew Yen, Ong Kuo Sin |
| Starring |
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| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 for both seasons |
| Production | |
| Production location | Singapore |
| Production company | Mediacorp |
| Original release | |
| Network | Mediacorp Channel 5 |
| Release | February 11, 2014 |
Spouse for House was a television sitcom on Mediacorp Channel 5 in Singapore. It is about a couple after their marriage.[1][2] It is also one of the popular local sitcoms besides Under One Roof, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, Police & Thief and The Noose. It also marks the on-screen reunion of Irene Ang and Richard Low after their previous collaborations as couples being wife and husband either in popular local celebrity and film director Jack Neo's army and military movies known as the Ah Boys to Men film series, including Ah Boys to Men, Ah Boys to Men 2 and Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen.
Cast
[edit]- Selena Lee as Jessica Tan
- Alaric Tay as John Tan
- Desmond Tan as Tan Kai Lan (Kai), John Tan's elder brother
- Irene Ang as Tan Soo Leng (Kitty), mother of John and Kai
- Richard Low as Tan Kok Wee, father of John and Kai
- Rebecca Spykerman as Vanessa De Souza, Jessica's best friend
- Carrie Wong as Sarah Toh, former girlfriend of Kai
- Sue Tan as Doris Lee, mother of Jessica
- Chen Tianwen as Eric Kwek[3]
Reception
[edit]In 2015, as part of an episode being in Season 2 Episode 2 titled "Who's Your Daddy?", veteran actor and martial artist Chen Tianwen's parody music video titled "Unbelievable", was "lauded" for the nonsensical line "I so stunned like vegetable" [sic], drawing the attention of Time magazine.[4][3] A second parody music video, "Sandcastle in My Heart", in which Irene Ang also starred, did not become as popular as the previous one. Both videos are a parody of popular Chinese MVs in the 1970s, particularly the work of Singaporean singer Huang Qing Yuan.[4] The "Unbelievable" music video was top of YouTube's list of the top trending (non-music) videos in Singapore for 2015.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Selena Li: Singapore sitcom spoils me". The Straits Times. 5 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Spouse For House: Selena Li and Alaric Tay rate each other's kissing skills". MeRadio. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- 1 2 Regan, Helen (16 April 2015). "'I So Stunned Like Vegetable' Could Become a Thing After This Video". Time.
- 1 2 Giam, Sarah (14 April 2015). "Actor Chen Tianwen's cheesy love song Unbelievable goes viral". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ↑ "Un-un-unbelievable: Chen Tianwen video is tops on YouTube in S'pore this year". CNA. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
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