Under One Roof

I stumbled onto this show late one night while channel surfing and was mesmerized, like a deer in the headlights. One b-story of the episode involved a stick-thin asian guy fighting his plus-size wife to keep her from shaving off his mustache. (Insert obviously forced laugh here.) I have to agree that the jokes were on par with any American sitcom but the other user failed to indicate what decade that sitcom would be from. The quality of the humour is on par with such notable American sitcoms as "Perfect Strangers", "Charles in Charge", "Mr. Belvedere" or any such 80's laugh-track enhanced show. (I must admit that in my youth I was a fan of all these shows.) It doesn't have the quality of any current American sitcoms...maybe a Canadian one though. Watch it with your drunk friends and have a laugh.

It's not often you see a sitcom from Asia, usually they're American or English. However, Under One Roof turns out to be even funnier than many top-rating American shows.

The show is about a family living in an apartment in Singapore. They speak English but with a singaporian accent which takes some getting used to.

What makes Under One Roof funny is the array of varied characters who always have something witty to say in perfect sync with their personality. However something worth noting is the huge amount of Milo and other Nestlé products that appears in the show... there are tins of Milo, canned Milo, big drums of Milo, Milo chocolate bars... but the product placement doesn't spoil it, because the show doesn't take itself too seriously, and neither does the viewer.

This show is far funnier than alot of the comedy out there, so if it happens to be on where you live, It's worth watching.

Unless if one really understand the Singapore slang and all that in this comedy series, then it's going to be hard to follow. Never realised there is an entry to this comedy I grew up watching!

With myself being a born and bred Singaporean, I remembered this was one of those classic local comedy series on our local television. Many times I will have to laugh and giggle at the antics. Especially the head of the house. Whenever Ah Teck wants to launch into his story-telling, I will pretend to 'cringe'. It's always one of those silly moments.

But really, showing some of the silly antics of a Singapore dysfunctional family of sorts can be fun and entertaining. If one knows the subtle meanings to whatever the cast are saying, then it's not bad. Guess maybe being a Singaporean myself, I know whatever they are trying to say.

Several reviewers here express that they don't enjoy this show. I'll tell you upfront: if you're watching Singaporean TV, you can do much worse than this. I grew up on this show, and as such it's very close to my heart. The characters are actually all pretty well developed and acted, and it follows the American sitcom format pretty closely - there's not a lot of culture shock, as opposed to Singaporean shows such as Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, which contains more references to Singapore culture as well as thicker Singapore accents. A cultural cornerstone, this is a show that tries hard to be funny, and more often than not succeeds. Some jokes may be flat, but they're never very painful. Give this Roof a chance.

Wow, I never expect this show to go beyond Singapore/Malaysia - who knew it was shown in these other countries even with such specific regional references and humor.

I was in primary (elementary) school when it first aired in the 90s, and it was pretty funny for its time and for a cross-border program (I think the only reason it was shown on Malaysian TV was because a Malaysian was in it). I still remember the singalong version of the theme song (which serves to introduce the cast) even now, 15 years later :P

Sure, Ah Teck starting his stories the same way in the last third of most episodes can be cringe worthy, but don't your parents say the same things the same way? Just saying.

I haven't seen it since it went off the air - pity there's no DVD set :( -; I've only found an episode or two on YouTube.