Category Archives: Comedy

SNL Skit on Kim Jung Un

Posted on October 20, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

A recent episode of Saturday Night Live featured a skit about Kim Jong-Un’s disappearance.

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Hari Kondabolu Asks to Celebrate Joe DiMaggio Day Instead of Columbus Day

Posted on October 13, 2014 by jozjozjoz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlFyn1Ip6q4 This came out two years ago for Columbus Day, but it’s still as good today… From Totally Biased: Over 500 years later and Christopher Columbus is still the bane of Indians everywhere (and we mean everywhere). Never one to … Continue reading →

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NPR: In ‘Selfie,’ John Cho Gets An Unlikely Shot As A Romantic Lead

Posted on October 3, 2014 by John

If you haven’t heard, actor John Cho is starring in a new show this Fall on ABC titled ‘Selfie’ and NPR highlighted Cho’s unique position on being a romantic lead for the show: “John Cho wasn’t supposed to star in … Continue reading →

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Webseries: “2 Girls | 1 Asian”

Posted on August 7, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

Half-Asian best friends Caela and Kelliye have the perfect apartment, the perfect boyfriends, and auditions for the part of a lifetime. All that is about to change. This female- and minority-driven dramedy follows the girls as they sort through boy … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Progressive Insurance: Superport

Posted on June 13, 2014 by John

http://youtu.be/5jSKXCY5aos In the latest Progressive Insurance commercial, actor Aaron Takahashi plays the role of a father waiting at the airport, playing around with his tablet, checking out insurance quotes online. The mother who doesn’t have any lines is actress Angela Ai. … Continue reading →

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Douglas Kim Parodies Jay-Z’s “Young Forever” with “Forever Hyung”

Posted on June 5, 2014 by jozjozjoz

Douglas Kim previously released his “I’m Asian American” music video and now he (and a bunch of friends) are back with “Forever Hyung”, a parody of the Jay-Z song “Young Forever”. It’s a satire of recent media that has been … Continue reading →

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A Parody from Disney’s Frozen: Do You Want To Be My Boyfriend

Posted on April 25, 2014 by John

When Disney’s Frozen came out last fall, I was kind of aware of the animated movie and had heard, but wasn’t really aware of how popular it has become, and has in fact, become the highest grossing animated film in … Continue reading →

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Colbert Responds to #CancelCobert, as does a Surprising Other Person

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Jeff

The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive Earlier we presented opinions both pro and con on #CancelColbert.  The Nerdist has shared Stephen Colbert response, and the first part of his response is shown above.  While … Continue reading →

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The #CancelColbert Kerfuffle: Why Suey Park Got It Wrong

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Guest Writer

By Greg Watanabe Regarding the #cancelColbert kerfuffle. So, there’s two things: The first being the sketch itself, which is about the Washington Redskins’ owner creating the “Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation” to mitigate the pr damage from having such a … Continue reading →

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I’ll Take Fear: The #CancelColbert Response to Mainstream Media’s Racism

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Guest Writer

By Timothy Fong I would prefer to resolve disagreements with mutually respectful dialogue. But when that fails, I’ll take fear. On Thursday, the Colbert Report did a skit where the punchline was “I am willing to show the Asian community … Continue reading →

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The Fung Bros TURNT UP for the Year of the Horse

Posted on January 30, 2014 by jozjozjoz

Tomorrow (January 31, 2014) is Lunar New Year. So to prepare for the coming of the year of the Horse, is this video from the Fung Bros. From an anonymous 8Asians tipster: “A hilarious but educational video about Chinese New … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Old Spice’s Bowl

Posted on January 17, 2014 by John

http://youtu.be/FW7Fmi8_kfU I saw this commercial post by a friend on Facebook, who had noticed that the Asian American man starring in this commercial had a cute, white, female girlfriend. The only other commercial I recall that has such an Asian … Continue reading →

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