How Chee!

How Chee! (2026)

The Infamous Local TV Ad That Became Folklore

  • Genre: Documentary, Comedy, History
  • Release Date: 2026-04-02
  • Runtime: 0h 50min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Thoughtlab Media
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Director: Craig Silliphant

Summary

From 1996 to 1998, a low-budget TV commercial for Saskatoon’s Great Buffet of China aired relentlessly. Featuring a Caucasian pitchman introducing the phrase “How Chee” and a group of amateur young actors repeating it, the ad became infamous. Some laughed. Others cringed. Many called it the worst commercial ever made. Thirty years later, it still resurfaces—at one point even going viral in China. How Chee! explores the unlikely origins of the ad, the friendship between an immigrant restaurant owner and the professor who tried to help save his business, and the now-adult actors who became locally famous long before going viral was a thing.

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  • Craig Silliphant

    as Narrator / Host
  • Chris Murphy

    as Doc Subject
  • Lara Murphy

    as Doc Subject
  • Andy Kwan

    as Doc Subject
  • Justin Kwan

    as Doc Subject
Camera Ethan Deutscher Director of Photography
Directing Craig Silliphant Director
Writing Craig Silliphant Writer
Editing Craig Silliphant Editor

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