Category Archives: Comedy

‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Home Sweet Home-School”

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

Fresh Off the Boat, Season 1, Episode 2: “Home Sweet Home-School.” Original airdate February 4, 2015. *Watch Online* Microsynopsis: Jessica’s stinginess in trying to keep the restaurant from losing money becomes hostile, so Louis encourages her to spend time at … Continue reading →

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Invitation to 8Asians Readers in Los Angeles: ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ “Watch Party” (Plus ‘Cristela’ & ‘Empire’)

Posted on February 4, 2015 by jozjozjoz

UPDATE 2/11/2015: Thanks for a great turnout to the event. (The RSVP information is being removed from this post.) 8Asians is happy to partner with Fox Audience Strategy to invite our readers and (and your friends and family!) to join … Continue reading →

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8 Reasons to Catch the ‘Fresh Off The Boat’ Premiere Tonight

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

*Watch Online/Download the pilot for free at Amazon Instant Video & iTunes* My heart is still stinging from the cancellation of Sullivan & Son by TBS, so it’s entirely possible that Wednesday’s premiere (plus one extra episode) of Fresh off … Continue reading →

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8Asians.com Exclusive: Interview with ABC’s ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Hudson Yang & his Dad Jeff Yang

Posted on February 3, 2015 by John

As we’ve all heard by now, Fresh Off the Boat, is the first American television series staring an Asian American family in over twenty years (since Margaret Cho’s All American Girl in 1994) is coming to ABC, with the first … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Progresso Soup’s Creamy Potato with Bacon & Cheese Maid of Honor

Posted on January 30, 2015 by John

http://youtu.be/KGiMZHM22og While watching my local evening news, I came across this Progresso Soup commercial for their Creamy Potato with Bacon & Cheese soup. I kind of like these Progresso Soup commercials with their childhood nostalgic use of empty soup cans … Continue reading →

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Mini-Review of ‘The Interview’ & How Randall Park became Kim Jong-Un

Posted on December 30, 2014 by John

Unless you have been living under a rock and haven’t heard of the events of the past month or so, alleged North Korean hackers hacked Sony’s computer networks – threatening to do more damage beyond releasing leaked emails and copies … Continue reading →

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Saturday Night Live & Asian American Commercial Watch: Asian American Doll

Posted on December 22, 2014 by John

In the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live, the show does quite a funny parody of a politically correct television commercial for an “Asian American Doll” – mocking many past mistakes of namely, the makers of Barbie, Mattel, for … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: ‘Office Holiday Party – Discover it Card Rewards’

Posted on December 4, 2014 by John

I caught this commercial Discover credit card commercial recently and found it pretty entertaining, though I’m not surprised the Asian American female office worker had dated a white male co-worker named Gary last year, but admits that he was a mistake … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Jack Link’s Jerky: ‘HANGRY Moments – Lecture Hall’

Posted on November 24, 2014 by John

http://youtu.be/erCF_vQrCvI I think it is safe to say that we’ve all had moments in our life where we’ve been really hungry and our stomachs have been growling. I think Jack Link, the beef jerky company, creates a unique spin on … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Randall Park is not a “Dog Daycare Owner”

Posted on November 12, 2014 by John

http://youtu.be/bEaoSoq26SQ I was flipping through a magazine, and came across this Chase credit card ad, supposedly highlighting “Chris Park,” a “Dog Daycare Owner.” Well, clearly, this is an image of actor, comedian, writer and director Randall Park, and I don’t … Continue reading →

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Aasif Mandvi on Religion, Identity, and Politics

Posted on November 6, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

http://youtu.be/E98qLDcwzwU Aasif Mandvi discusses the identity issues of being Muslim and South Asian with Huffington Post. He and his new book No Land’s Man is also featured on NPR’s Fresh Air.

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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Oakland Mayoral Candidate Peter Liu

Posted on November 4, 2014 by John

I live about 35 miles south of San Francisco and don’t often make it across the bay to Oakland, so I haven’t been following the Oakland mayoral race, so I was surprised to see this headline about Jimmy Kimmel mocking … Continue reading →

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