Bumped up: 4/30/2015 How sloppy or cheap can TVB production get?

The omnipresent tvb phone# has appeared in numerous TVB series through the years, including four of Steven's tvb series. Aside, in a similar prop/idea recycling situation, see tvb costumes clash here . And then there is the omnipresent red rooster bowl that transcends all time periods and storylines. And then there is the same wedding ring used in many series. And the same actor (he's really a HK taxi driver but on call for a taxi driver role. ) acted the role of a taxi driver for 20 odd years in TVB series. Steven even mentioned that recycled taxi driver in mainland 2013 Generation Show.

99412388

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Same phone numbers 99412388 for Steven's characters in 2001 On the Track or off, 2007 Brink of Law and 2010 Link to Temptations, top to bottom. credit: Baidu SM. The phone# later appeared in 7 Days in Life but used by another character, not him.

Besides Steven's TVB series, this phone# 99412388 also appeared frequently in other TVB series.  This phone#  omnipresence is well known among tvb fans way back when, as posted by this blogger, sm baidu, and again brought up today once more with a much longer list.  (4/30/2015 on baidu tvb)  Series including the following:

Other series:

Cheap TVB, on-call taxi driver

A real life licensed taxi driver acted the role of a taxi driver in tvb series for over 28 odd years.  Below are just 2 screencaps of him in a 1988 tv series and 2009 in Gem of Life. But he might have been in series earlier than 1988 and continues past 2009. To see screencaps of him as the taxi driver in TVB series thru the years goto tianya source; reposted on baidu tvb

Steven also mentions the taxi driver in 2013 Generation show @5:00. Steven said in his first tvb series, Mind Our own business, (開心華之里 1993-May-10 to 1994-Aug-05 ) that man was already acting as taxi driver in the series, and he appeared again in Steven's last tvb series, "Daddy Good Deeds" in  2012.

Gem of Life 2009 

TVB's omnipresent red rooster bowl transcends time periods

video 2014 mainland Generation Show with Steven and William Chan
Tag: Generation Show

hkchannel 2013.02.17
新浪娛樂：2月17日，有網友“犀利的小七”在微博上發出一組香港TVB劇照，這些劇照雖然來自不同劇集，但卻都有一個相同點，即劇中人物手中的公雞碗。圖片配發的文字笑言這個公雞碗是“TVB第一道具”。

微博上的這組TVB劇照涵蓋了15部劇集，包括《布衣神相》《蔡锷與小鳳仙》《帝女花》《皆大歡喜》《東山飄雨西關晴》《鳳舞香羅》《巾幗梟雄》《蓮花爭霸》（編注：此為新加坡劇，非TVB劇集）《十兄弟》《情迷黑森林》《秀才愛上兵》《鐵馬尋橋》《名媛望族》《天梯》《施公奇案》等，在這些劇集中，演員手中所捧瓷碗上都畫著一只紅色公雞，顯然是同一個碗。圖集最後附上吐槽文字——“這麽多年你們TVB就這一個碗麽”。不少網友在此微博下留言，有網友贊歎“這個碗的質量太好了吧！”也有網友調侃這是“一碗永流傳”。

2013 Feb 1 Generation show - costumes clash

Costumes clash - Steven, Ron and Kevin

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Steven - Ron Ng Costumes clash and also with Kevin Cheng's

eta: 2012 News report youtube
video 2013 mainland Generation Show - Steven is asked the question on which of his costumes clashed with Ron Ng and Kevin Cheng.

But Jessica is dubbed the "TVB costume clash queen" with wearing the most 2nd hand clothes in her series.

AF#1351

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