

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: How Chee! (The Viral Great Buffet of China TV Commercial)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: How Chee! (The Viral Great Buffet of China TV Commercial) / Canada / 2026 / Dir: Craig Silliphant 

There will be a Q&amp;A after the film with several of the cast and filmmakers, hosted by CTV’s Jeff Rogstad.

From 1996 to 1998, a low-budget television commercial for The Great Buffet of China aired relentlessly in Saskatoon. Featuring a Caucasian pitchman introducing a Chinese phrase, “How Chee,” and a group of painfully amateur young actors enthusiastically repeating it, the ad became infamous. Some laughed. Some cringed. Some hated it with a passion. Many considered it the worst commercial of all time. Thirty years later, the commercial continues to resurface (even going viral in China) and sparking new conversations about cultural representation, marketing, and media memory.

How Chee! explores the unlikely origins of the ad, including the friendship between an immigrant restaurant owner with a failing business and the university professor who set out to help him save it. The film also revisits the now-adult actors who found themselves locally famous long before going viral was a thing. The film examines how the commercial shaped their lives in ways both hilarious and complicated. Blending humour, nostalgia, and cultural reflection, How Chee!  looks at fame, marketing, friendship, and what happens when something seemingly small becomes part of a city’s collective lore.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/saskatoon/how-chee-the-viral-great-buffet-of-china-tv-commercial/200029855691600
- **Event Categories**: Entertainment, Art, Theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029855691600?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=saskatoon-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Saskatoon
- **state**: SK
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 715 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan S7N 1B3
- **lat**: 52.11837
- **long**: -106.65649
- **full address**: 715 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan S7N 1B3

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Broadway Theatre (https://allevents.in/org/the-broadway-theatre/932886)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-06:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 715 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Saskatchewan S7N 1B3
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Broadway Theatre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Entertainment, Art, Theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about How Chee! (The Viral Great Buffet of China TV Commercial) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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