A Chip Off the Old Block

A Chip Off the Old Block
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巴不得爸爸
GenreComedy
Created byPoon Ka-tak
Written byChan Kam-ling
StarringRon Ng
Sunny Chan
Myolie Wu
Shirley Yeung
David Chiang
Gigi Wong
Nancy Wu
Louis Yuen
Carlo Ng
Mandy Wong
Theme music composerChow Wing Hang
Opening theme"Don't Say I Didn't Mind You" (咪話唔就你) by Ron Ng and Myolie Wu
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes21
Production
Executive producerPoon Ka-tak
Production locationHong Kong
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time45 mins.
Production companyTVB
Original release
NetworkTVB Jade
ReleaseNovember 30 (2009-11-30) –
December 27, 2009 (2009-12-27)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)
A Chip Off the Old Block
Title screen shot
Traditional Chinese巴不得爸爸...
Simplified Chinese巴不得爸爸...
Literal meaning"Anxious Father"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBā Bù Dé Bà Bà
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingBa1 Bat1 Dak1 Ba1 Ba1

A Chip Off the Old Block (Traditional Chinese: 巴不得爸爸...) is a 2009 TVB television drama from Hong Kong produced and created by Poon Ka Tak. The original broadcast was on the TVB Jade with approximately 45-minute-long episodes airing five days a week. The final two episodes were an hour and a half long each, which aired during the weekends. A Chip Off the Old Block tells the story of the articulate businessman Chor Chi, who accidentally travels back in time to the 1960s and meets his younger father, Chor Fan.