Sad ending for a funny show
It's official: The long-running Channel 3 sitcom "Pen Tor" will bid farewell at the end of December after seven years.
Screenwriter Kitti chiewsakulwong says the production crew and cast feel just as sad as the show’s fans. Actress Pimmada “Pim” boriruksuppakorn cried when she heard the news, he says.
The team has become quite close after all these years, and now that time is running out, no one wants to miss a moment on the set. “I can’t have any of them die off in the script because they all want to be present at the end!” Kitti says.
There was no pause in production during the flooding. They moved the whole set to a studio at the Rachadalai Theatre. Crewmembers whose homes were inundated stayed on the premises – viewers got a glimpse of that in the latest episode.
Kitti’s challenge now is to find a nice way to end it all, “Pen Tor” style. He’ll be at pains to do so, but he agrees with his boss, takolkiat “Boy” Veerawan, that it’s better to bow out now while the show’s still popular. “At least for once we can say that we made a series everyone liked.”
Useful farang
You might have noticed that gaggle of energetic foreigners in white T-shirts weaving through the traffic with donation boxes outside CentralWorld. That was “Wipe the Tide”, a project initiated by German expatriate Michael Biedassek and his year-old group the Bangkok Vanguards.
They scrub your car windshield and hit you up for spare change to give to various charities working with flood victims. Apparently they’ve scored Bt1.45 million just on the weekends since November 13. (Some of them might be considering a career change.)
All farang are invited to take a break from writing exceedingly earnest letters to the editor and join the soap squad. Sign up on Facebook or the website, BangkokVanguards.com. You’ll need a white T-shirt, strong hands, a good heart and maybe a squeegee.
Cheers, mates!
