The Noose (TV Series)

''The Noose'' is a Singapore comedy television series produced by Mediacorp Channel 5, the country’s English language channel.

The name of the show plays on the words ''The News''. The show satirises socio-cultural and political issues in Singapore as well as newsworthy local and regional incidents involving Singapore.

The show has received recognition both locally and internationally. It earned a nomination at the International Emmy Awards 2011 in the comedy category. The cast has also been nominated and won awards and commendations at the Asian Television Awards.

Overview

''The Noose'' is a parody of local news programmes such as ''News 5 Tonight'', with fictional news reports and a presentation mimicking that of the actual news bulletin. For example, every episode of ''News 5 Tonight'' begins with a CGI clock indicating the time, while every episode of the first two seasons of ''The Noose'' would spoof it by displaying the time using something more mundane, such as a plastic clock hanging on a wall or an alarm clock. At the beginning of every episode, there is a candid disclaimer, voiced by Andre Chichak (portrayed by Alaric Tay), telling the viewers that the stories are not true, most notably by using the line ‘Believing us is like believing that...’ (e.g., believing that drinking a certain energy drink (Red Bull) makes you fly).

Each episode stars Michelle Chong, Chua En Lai, Alaric Tay and Suhaimi Yusof, with various actors and actresses as newscasters, field reporters and interviewees. The names of characters and issues highlighted in various sketches are often a caricature or parody of a newsworthy incident of the week.

Most recently, Maha has joined the cast and portrays Ma Hum, Molester Moon Face & Colkate Brand Ambassador.

Cast and characters

* Chua En Lai (Seasons 1- )
* Alaric Tay (Seasons 1- )
* Suhaimi Yusof (Seasons 1- )
* Judee Tan (Seasons 1- )
* Michelle Chong (Seasons 1–5, 7- )
* Siti Khalijah (Seasons 7- )
* Kayly Loh (Seasons 9- )
* Gurmit Singh (Season 1)

Roy Terse

* Name: Roy Terse
* Age: 48
* Nationality: Singaporean
* Race: Often mistaken as Sikh, but is truly a Eurasian
* Language: English (in various accents)
* Education: S&M University - PhD in Numerology, Master in Home Economics, Bachelor in Singapore Rock Music History
* Career: Child actor in Aksi Mat Yoyo (Age 6 - 10) - he was the orange cat.
: Part-time TOTO results announcer for 93.3 Radio (Age 30 - 35)
: Anchor for Al Abishgebaboom Network during the "US War against Terrorism" (Age 35 - 45)
* Awards: Best Male Toto results Announcer (2000) - there was only 1 nomination that year
* Role: News Anchor
* Seasons: 1
* Note: Roy Terse is a play on the word Reuters, a British-based news service.

Windy Miao

* Name: Windy Miao
* Role: Weather Reporter
* Seasons: 1
* Note: His given name, Windy, is a play on the fact that he talks about the wind and weather. He is also very camp.

Nancy Goh

* Name: Nancy Goh
* Language: English, (Mother Tongue is not too good)
* Age: 48
* Career: Shareholder
* Role: Interviewee
* Seasons: 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
* Note: One of her daughters is currently in Raffles Junior College, previously from Raffles Girls' School, and another is currently studying in a polytechnic. Her son is currently serving BMT in Pulau Tekong. She hates being interviewed by ''The Noose'' and tries to drive them away. When she talks, she always looks a little down with her glasses on her nose with eyes looking up. She is often recognised by locals as a parody of the stereotypical "kiasu" Singaporean tiger mother.

Adrianna Wow

* Name: Adrianna Wow
* Age: 21 (so she claims)
* Nationality: Singaporean (Asian born but American claims-to-be)
* Race: Chinese but claims to be "pure American Chinese"
* Language: US-spoken English, US-spoken Hokkien, US-spoken Cantonese, used to know how to speak Mandarin 2 years ago
* Education: Englewood University, Compton, Los Angeles
* Career: Runway model, Miss Hawaiian Tropics (2005)
* Awards: Best Weather Girl (2001), Best Hairdo (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), Most Bimbotic Smile of The Year 2006
* Role: News Anchor
* Seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
* Note: Was B.B. See's co-anchor. Feminine and overly-sensitive much to the annoyance of B.B. See, she often introduces herself with a pause (or comma) between her name and surname (Adrianna, Wow!). Unike her co-anchor, she speaks with a California accent. She was replaced by Xin Hua Hua for the sixth season. She returned in the seventh season, and rotated with the other two newscasters B.B. See and Xin Huahua. She is an obvious spoof of Channel NewsAsia anchorwoman Andrea Chow.

Leticia Bongnino

* Name: Leticia Bongnino
* Career: Domestic Maid
* Language: Filipino-accented English with several Tagalog phrases
* Seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
* Note: Leticia speaks with a stereotypical Filipino accent. She often greets the audience as "sir" and "ma'am", and begins each interview by stating her name and occupation. The character has featured on the MediaCorp TV Channel 8 Chinese language show ''Black Rose'' (爆料黑玫瑰) and the Channel 5 gameshow ''We Are Singaporeans'', both portrayed by Michelle Chong.

Nida Goodwood

* Name: Nida Goodwood
* Role: News Reporter
* Email: [e-mail] ([e-mail] in earlier episodes)
* Seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
* Note: She speaks in a very uptight manner, with a slight Received Pronunciation accent. Her name is a play on the phrase "Need a good wood", which suggests sexual innuendo and also refers to Nina Goodwood, a journalist with the SBC during the 1990s.

Barbarella

* Name: Barbarella (her "last name" changes with each appearance)
* Race Chinese (but her "mother tongue isn't very good")
* Role: Interviewee
* Seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
* Note: A vapid SPG (she pronounces it as " aspergers") and President of the Singapore SPGs Club. She speaks with a pseudo-accent (a mixture of Australian and Singlish) and is obsessed with Caucasian men (she uses the Singaporean slang word of Hokkien origin, "ang moh", when referring to them) and Western culture (Especially Australian Culture). She is named after two of her role-models Conan the Barbarian and Cinderella. Her character has featured on two Scoot commercials in Gold Coast.

Lulu

* Name: Lulu
* Nationality: Mainland Chinese
* Race: Chinese
* Language: Putonghua, Mandarin-accented English
* Career: KTV Hostess, Weather Girl, Foreign Talent Assimilator
* Role: Interviewee & Weather Girl
* Seasons: 3, 4, 5, 7
* Notes: Lulu is a KTV hostess who is occasionally a weather girl. She speaks with a distinct Chinese accent. Her catchphrase involves her greeting audiences in Mandarin, but corrected and told to speak English. (你好，我是Lulu。 (turns to director) Speak English, OK, OK.) When first introduced, she was surprised that the show is not in Mandarin. However, through the episodes she becomes more used to the reminder to speak English.

Barbarella, Leticia and Lulu were ambassadors in the new launch of the "Jewel @ Buangkok" condominium advertisement. Lulu needed no reminder for the Mandarin TVC.

Jacques Ooi

* Name: Jacques Ooi
* Age: 46 (looks very young, because apparently he's a good friend of plastic surgeon Woffles Wu)
* Race: Pan-Asian (as he wants us to quote and unquote)
* Language: Hainanese, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, and other dialects of various provinces in China as well as English, French and Mandarin
* Education: MTUC University - Majored (but failed) in "Ass-tronomy" (astronomy)
* Career: PR Manager of Rochor Canal Network, Hand Model for Crimewatch Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
* Awards: Best Parrot Trainer Award (2001)
* Role: Field Reporter
* Email: [e-mail]
* Seasons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
* Note: Jacques pronounces his name as "Jack-ass" and has a habit of wearing a very short tie. The only time he pronounced his name as "Jacques" is when he spoke in French during a report on taxi drivers.

B. B. See

* Name: See Beh Biang
* Role: News Anchor
* Seasons: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
* Note: B.B.See's name refers to BBC
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