Pa Gig and Tik Klin Si Reveal Stories About Danny Sripin That Have Never Been Shared Before
Two longtime colleagues shared previously untold stories about their friend Danny Sripin on a Thai television show, reflecting on how they met him as a child actor and worked together for decades.
Two close colleagues who have worked together for years consider Danny Sripin an idol for how to live life. They are Pa Gig Kiarti Kitcharoen and Tik Klin Si, who have known each other for over 30 years. Recently, Pa Gig and Tik Klin Si shared untold stories about Danny on the show Kuay Saep on Channel One 31, including life lessons that helped Danny achieve his success today.
How did Pa Gig and Tik Klin Si meet?
Pa Gig: We two met in a film called 'Klin Si and Gao Bpaeng' in 1987. At that time, Tik was filming this movie playing a student, and in real life he was also a student. He was born in 1961, so he was still a fifth-year student then. He's two years older than me.
Tik: I enrolled around 1980 and graduated in 1987, the same time as you.
Pa Gig: He studied painting but became a senior arts instructor because this generation studied at multiple institutions. We've been friends for 40 years.
What about Danny?
Pa Gig: We've stopped keeping in touch now because if we continued, I'd have to follow him around (smiles). I want to say that for me and Danny, we've known each other a long time. My feelings are mixed—I'm sad that he's gone, but I'm glad he left peacefully. He's stopped now, he doesn't have to be tired anymore. It's like he took a rest and doesn't have to worry about anything anymore. But I don't know what the next world is like because I've never been there. I'm sad we won't see each other anymore, but I'm okay. He's probably free from all worries and burdens now. But I don't need to be too emotional because we weren't blood relatives. Looking back, I first knew Danny when we were both young actors playing students in movies.
Did Tik meet Danny before Pa Gig?
Tik: I met him when we were kids. He was a half-foreign child back then. It started from our friend's house in Din Daeng, and Danny's house was nearby. We used to tease him.
Pa Gig: Danny wasn't even 10 years old back then because his mother's house was next to Tik's friend's house.
Tik: We went to our friend's house which was a music rehearsal room. We used to hang around there, and Danny was a little kid in the neighboring house. We'd tease the kid. Now we're talking about his charm and how we interacted when we met. After that, we heard Danny had become a Doraemon character. That was when the half-foreign trend was coming. Then he went to perform at Kantana, and he became a star.
Pa Gig: When he joined Kantana, he was already a star. But Tik Klin Si wasn't a star yet—he was just a regular student.
When did you seriously work together with Danny?
Pa Gig: It was probably when we officially opened a company together. The show 'Sap Khun Saam' and 'Game Pan Naa,' where Danny was already a big star. Danny had diverse talents. Besides being an actor, he could do comedy and host. He was very good at speaking and had great abilities in this area. Then we moved to doing the game show 'Game Pan Naa,' and we had Danny join the 'Meo Miao Gang'—the cat gang—to bring other people on the show.
So when you started doing the show together, did you end up going drinking until morning?
Pa Gig: Well, this started even before we worked together.
Tik: We have to say this was a recreational activity we did together happily, using drinks as a catalyst. At that time, we were around 30 and Danny was in his early 20s.
Pa Gig: Danny went along with us. He was a fun guy, and we were entertainers.
