''Hui Brothers Show'' is a Hong Kong

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television series produced by

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and hosted by and starring brothers

Michael Hui Michael Hui Koon-man (born ; 3 September 1942; also known as Mr Boo!) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter, scriptwriter and Film director, director. He is the eldest of the four Hui brothers (together with Ricky Hui, ...

and

Samuel Hui Samuel Hui Koon-kit (born 6 September 1948), is a Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He is credited with popularising Cantopop both via the infusion of Western-style music and his usage of vernacular Cantonese rather than written ver ...

that ran for 54 episodes from 1971 to 1973. The first episode of ''Hui Brothers Show'' was aired on 12 April 1971 as a special program to celebrate

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and was very well received. As a result, TVB decided to turn it into a regular program which began airing its first season 11 days later on 23 April on Friday nights. The first season ended on 15 October 1971 with a total of 27 episodes including its first episode aired on Easter. The show featured a fresh style and exquisite content including machines gun delivery of jokes. After the end of the first season, audiences wrote letters to TVB requesting the extension of the show. As a result, the show was re-aired on Sunday mornings at the end of 1971. The second season premiered on 14 April 1972. This season took inspiration from the American sketch comedy show, ''

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'', featuring

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and

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music sung by Samuel Hui. This season featured Samuel's famed Cantonese song, ''Tit Taap Ling Wan'' (鐵塔凌雲, literally translated as ''Steel Tower rise above the clouds''), which featured lyrics written by Michael. Season 2 ended 6 October of the same year with a total of 26 episodes. Four months later, the final episode of ''Hui Brothers Show'' was aired on 3 February 1973 as a special program to celebrate

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Notable guest stars

Season 1 (1971)

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* Tang Pik-wan *Fung Tak-luk *Wu Yan-yan *

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*Leung Tin *

Adam Cheng Adam Cheng Siu-chau (born 24 February 1947; formerly known as Cheng Chong-sai and Wong Ho-chung) is a Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB actor and Cantopop singer. Career Cheng started his career in the 1970s, where he gained a reput ...

*Sylvia Lai *

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*Maggie Li *Fung-wong Nui *Chu Mu *Chow Kat *Wong Oi-ming *Ma Siu-ying * Betty Chung *Yung Yuk-yee *Law Kwok-hung *Wong Wan-choi *Chan Lap-pan *

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*Mang Lei *Lee Sin-wan (Hui's mother) *

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(Hui's brother)

Season 2 (1972)

* Connie Chan *

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*Tam Ping-man *

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Roman Tam Roman Tam Pak-sin (; 12 February 1945 – 18 October 2002), known professionally by his stage name Law Man (), was a Hong Kong singer. He is regarded as the "Grand Godfather of Cantopop". Career Born in Baise, Guangxi, China, with family ro ...

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*Lisa Lui *

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*Chan Yau-hau *Lai Siu-fong *Yuen Man-lei * Patrick Lung *Hui Sau-ying *Ivan Ho *

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*Leung Tin *Leung San *Siu San-yan *Bonnie Wong *Fong Ping *To Shu-ying *Kong Lai *Lee To Yat-hin

Finale (1973)

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*Tina Leung *Roy Chiao

Songs

The end of each episode of the show featured a song sung by

accompanied with a music video. *''I'll Never Fall in Love Again'' (co-sung with Esther Chan) *''Love Story'' *''Circle Game'' *''A Carnation for Rebu'' *''Both Sides Now'' *''Your Song'' *''Kisses Sweeter Than Wine'' (co-sung with

) *''All I Ever Need is You'' (co-sung with

) *''Once There Was a Love'' *''If I Were a Carpenter'' (co-sung with Michael Hui) *''My Sweet Lord'' *''Vincent'' *''When I'm Sixty Four'' (co-sung with Michael Hui) *''Morning Has Broken'' *''Look What They've Done To My Song'' *''Until It's Time For you To Go'' *''Too Beautiful to Last'' *''Beautiful in the Rain'' *''Interlude'' *''Windy'' *''Call Me'' *''Downtown'' *''Music To Watch Girls By'' *''Do You know the Way to San Jose'' *''My Cherry Amour'' *''I Say A Little Prayer'' *''Just a River Separating the Horizon'' (只是一水隔天涯) + ''Trace of Love'' *''What the World Needs Now is Love'' *''Lingyun Tower'' (鐵塔凌雲) *''Puppy Song'' (co-sung with Michael Hui) *''For All We Know'' (co-sung with Rebecca Fleming)

References

{{reflist 1970s Hong Kong television series 1971 Hong Kong television series debuts 1973 Hong Kong television series endings Hong Kong television sitcoms TVB original programming Television sketch shows Cantonese-language television shows