Created by Ng Ping Ho, Kopitiam ran for seven successful seasons from 1998 to 2003 on Ntv7. The premise was simple – Marie (Bessey) returns home and renovates her late father’s coffee shop which she calls ‘Kopitiam’. It was the perfect setting to highlight the friendship between Marie, retirees Uncle Kong (Tan Jin Chor) and Uncle Chan (Mano), bossy lawyer Susan (Teoh), flamboyant hairdresser Steven (Douglas Lim) and aspiring actor Joe (Rashid Salleh). The series was filmed in English but appealed to a wide audience due to its family-friendly and diverse range of content. Both Mano and Bessey say it “celebrated the Malaysian spirit of muhibbah and transcended race, religion and politics”. Kopitiam even picked up a few nominations and wins at the Asian Television Awards. Since the show ended, 75-year-old Tan has been enjoying retirement and playing Scrabble. Bessey proudly interjects that Tan is ranked sixth in Malaysia. Lim shares that even during the show, Tan would have books full of Scrabble words and a Scrabble cassette tape in his car which they’d be forced to listen to “because back then we didn’t have cars”. The others have continued acting, or in Lim’s case, doing stand-up comedy and musicals.
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