Category Archives: Comedy

TMZ Asks Apolo Anton Ohno, “Who is the Best Asian-American Athlete?”

Posted on January 27, 2012 by jozjozjoz

A TMZ cameraman stalked Apolo Ohno while he was leaving the gym and asked, “Who is the best Asian-American[sic] athlete?” The TMZ staff tries to answer this question, as well. Not surprisingly, the TMZ staff was stumped by the question, … Continue reading →

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Kung Fu Master Teaches Dance

Posted on January 20, 2012 by John

Every once in a while, I’ll get an email or a blog posting about a commercial I blogged about, like the McDonald’s commercial. The actor I highlighted, Vince Foster, sent a shout out thanking for profiling him and wanted to … Continue reading →

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Australian Comedian Plays Overbearing Asian Mom in HBO’s Angry Boys

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Dino-Ray

With his new HBO show, Angry Boys, Australian comedian Chris Lilley is following the grand politically incorrect tradition of Chapelle’s Show and Da Ali G Show by skewering pop culture and testing audience’s offensive threshold when it comes to tackling … Continue reading →

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John Cho Talks A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas And His Christmas Wishlist

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dino-Ray

If you haven’t noticed, 8Asians has nothing but love for A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (and the entire Harold & Kumar franchise for that matter) — and why shouldn’t we? The movie has two Asian leads in off-beat … Continue reading →

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8Questions with John Cho & Kal Penn on A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Nudity & Occupy Wall Street

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Moye

Harold and Kumar are back for a brand new adventure with a Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas but this time, they’re older, wiser and well, not really friends with each other any more. Uh-oh. Does this mean their best … Continue reading →

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Giveaway: The Ultimate Prize Package from A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

Posted on October 20, 2011 by jozjozjoz

UPDATE 11/2/11: Congrats to our Ultimate Prize Winner: Gondica who gets the whole she-bang! Congrats also to our runner-ups: Frank Huynh, Kao S., Nate, mwei, Anthony LaPaglia, Maureen C., Steve H., Linda B., Michelle V, Dave Seto who all get … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Movies, Promotions | 4 Comments

Let’s Overanalyze An SNL Skit: J-Pop Talk Show

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Ernie

Now that we’ve established that, yes, there are people who aren’t Asian who like Asian music, leave it up to Saturday Night Live to present this in a comedy skit called J-Pop America Fun Time Now, a mock college TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Discrimination, Entertainment, TV | 21 Comments

8Asians’ The A-Word: Eps #7 – Gil Asakawa and China’s Breast-Touching Festival

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Xxxtine

For the month of October, we tackle ghosts of the past, namely the issues and topics that keep popping up over the last five years or so since 8Asians launched. In this episode we trap Gil Asakawa into the podcast … Continue reading →

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Friend-Zoned Phil Meme: Who Is Phil and Why Is He Asian?

Posted on October 7, 2011 by jozjozjoz

“Friend-Zoned Phil” is the latest meme with an Asian guy circulating the intarwebs, thanks to those crazy folks at Reddit. Behold! The Friend-Zoned Phil Meme is an image series featuring an Asian guy “Phil,” who is in the friend zone– … Continue reading →

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Fox Sports Airs Racist USC Video, Then Apologizes

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Moye

http://youtu.be/nHbcgo1ZkyI Fox Sports thought this video of reporter Bob Oschack visiting the USC campus for man on the street interviews with Asian college students would be hilarious. The Internet thought otherwise and last Saturday, Fox Sports issued an apology to … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Discrimination, Entertainment, Observations, Sports | 22 Comments

Get your Cho on: Margaret Cho’s campaign

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Mike Saechao

She’s at it again. No, not Britney. Margaret Cho! The Drop Dead Diva star is launching a campaign promoting her album, Cho Dependent and donating 20% of the proceeds to Immediate Justice, a human rights charity. However, this campaign focuses … Continue reading →

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