FHProductionHK

FHProductionHK is a Hong Kong YouTube channel. Started in 2012, the channel produces
comedic videos that focus on social issues in Hong Kong.
It was created by Darren Cheng and Kenrick Ho who wear bear masks to hide their faces from the
audience. Cheng wears a Teddy Head mask (Chinese: 熊仔頭) from the Japanese fictional
bear Rilakkuma, while Ho wears a Stitch or Blue Head mask (Chinese: 藍仔頭). FHProductionHK
has a large following from people in the post-90s generation. The channel's videos are inspired
by Stephen Chow and Hollywood films.
FHProductionHK makes money through receiving YouTube advertisement revenue and producing
sponsored videos. FHProductionHK's videos have repeatedly been ranked in YouTube's yearly
"Hong Kong Top Ten Trending Original Videos", including in 2014 when its video "My Days As a
Student in Hong Kong (Part 1)" (Chinese: 我在香港讀書的日子 (上集)) ranked first.

History[edit]
FHProductionHK is a YouTube channel created on 19 January 2012 by the Hongkongers Darren
Cheng and Kenrick Ho, who had been acquaintances for over a decade.[1][2] They chose to include
"Production" in the name since they thought it sounded powerful.[2] The pair always wear masks to
hide their appearance.[3] Cheng assumes the role of Teddy Head (simplified Chinese: 熊仔头
; traditional Chinese: 熊仔頭) while Ho assumes the role of Stitch (Chinese: 史迪仔) or Blue Head
(simplified Chinese: 蓝仔头; traditional Chinese: 藍仔頭).[1][2][4] Cheng and Ho always put on
headpieces to conceal their appearances.[2] Cheng puts on a Rilakkuma mask from a Japanese
fictional bear.[5] They do this owing to Ho's shyness and disinclination to showing his face on camera,
as well as Cheng's desire to match Ho.[2] Cheng said he does not want viewers to believe he is trying
to become famous.[1] FHProductionHK used to have an office at the iPlace industrial building in Kwai
Chung.[6]
By 2013, the duo had produced 18 comedy videos focused on adolescent life and had achieved a
large following from people in the post-90s generation.[1] To film their videos, they used a digital
camera affixed with adhesive tape to a piano stand as their tripod.[2] Cheng and Ho relied on an
online forum to conjure topics for their videos that appeal to their audience.[1] Cheng, who had been a
science student at the City University of Hong Kong, frequently included science topics in his
skits.[1] He routinely used a stream of convoluted statements to go into detail about straightforward
scientific concepts.[1] Cheng's short videos are inspired by the Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow and
the longer ones by Hollywood films.[1][7] Ho made vlogs about how Hong Kong people had wages in
the tens of thousands and explored whether they needed to find part-time jobs. Additional vlogs he
made were about delivering takeout, collecting cardboard, and aggressively buying crunchy chicken
wings to eat after making HK$80 (US$10.21).[7] Their most viewed video by 2013 had received
nearly 700,000 views and was titled "Boys Have a Say 2", a satirical video of an adolescent boy
complaining about his annoying girlfriend.[1] In 2014, they started talks with an artist management
company with the aim of entering the entertainment industry.[8] The talks did not go smoothly, so they
did not ink an agreement with the company. Instead, they established a company to self-manage
their channel.[8]
The South China Morning Post said in 2013 that FHProductionHK "takes on current issues and
social phenomena by delivering a hilarious minutes-long speech".[5] According to HK01,
FHProductionHK "has a humourous style and down-to-earth material".[9] The Oriental Daily
News said the channel's videos were "hilarious and mo lei tau" and "down-to-earth pieces that
reflected the aspirations of young people".[4] East Week found in 2015 that "the cartoon headpieces
give people a deep and special impression" and FHProductionHK "is highly sought after by netizens
because of its thought-provoking sharing of sentiments".[10] The Hong Kong Economic Times in 2015
cited the channel's comedic video "My Days As a Student in Hong Kong" (simplified Chinese: 我在香
港读书的日子为题; traditional Chinese: 我在香港讀書的日子為題) as providing a great answer to a
relative's question to a student, "You're studying that branch of study. How will you make money in
the future?"[11]
In 2016, the channel had a four-figure advertising revenue from YouTube,[9] which Ho said was
challenging for them to make a living on.[4] As Hong Kong has a small number of residents compared
to other areas and as the channel makes Cantonese videos, it has fewer viewers and thus revenue
compared to foreign channels and channels that made videos in English.[4][12] In 2019, the channel
had over 500,000 subscribers and its videos routinely had hundreds of thousands of views with
some videos reaching two million views.[7] By 2019, compared to its earlier years, the channel's
YouTube videos had a significant decrease in views down to a few hundred thousand.[7] It previously
made one video per month but in 2018 had released only seven or eight.[7]
On 18 June 2019, Teddy Head made a video titled "The Use of Two Million and One People"
(simplified Chinese: 二百万零一人的用处; traditional Chinese: 二百萬零一人的用處) that he posted
on YouTube and Facebook reminding Hongkongers to register to vote in time for the 2019 District
Council elections.[13] The title referred to the number of people that demonstrators said had attended
the 16 June 2019 protest against the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill.[13] In the last minute of his
video, he played a song from Hinry Lau as background music and the Hong Kong Economic
Times said the video "seemed to mourn the 15 June death of a protester at the Pacific Place".[13] On
8 September 2019, Cheng and Ho formed a team called "Chicken Wings Two Bears" (simplified
Chinese: 鸡翼双熊; traditional Chinese: 雞翼雙熊) to take part in Hong Kong Wing Day, which with
579 participants broke the Guinness World Records for the "most people grilling/barbecuing
simultaneously".[14][15] At the event, they participated in a competition to roast the most delicious
chicken wings where they received a popularity award.[14] At the D2 Place shopping mall at the Lunar
New Year Festival in 2021, FHProductionHK set up a stall where it sold Teddy Head and Stitch eye
covers.[16][17