Category Archives: Comedy

Asian American Commercial Watch: Denny’s “Speaking My Language”

Posted on November 29, 2013 by John

http://youtu.be/gR0nX8GPWIw Our former 8asians.com blogger Eddy Hong reached out to me to let me know his latest television commercial gig. In this commercial Eddy plays a fan of the movie The Hobbit, dressed up as Gandalf, along with his other … Continue reading →

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Charlie Rose: Aziz Ansari

Posted on November 25, 2013 by John

Comedian Aziz Ansari recently made his first appearance on The Charlie Rose Show, in part to promote his upcoming Netflix comedy special, “Buried Alive.”  According to Ansari, his special’s main themes are on babies, marriage and love. Ansari is a … Continue reading →

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Totally Biased: Kevin Kataoka: Asian Evasion

Posted on October 22, 2013 by jozjozjoz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDLrMLFbl2U Here’s a topic we’ve never covered at 8Asians before: movies with Asian subject matter – that never star an Asian. Oh wait, my bad, we cover it all the time. Anyway, another good take on this never-ending topic, from … Continue reading →

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Hari Kondabolu’s Columbus Day Wish

Posted on October 14, 2013 by jozjozjoz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlFyn1Ip6q4 This came out a year 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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Margaret Cho and Ken Jeong Appear on The Arsenio Hall Show

Posted on October 10, 2013 by jozjozjoz

http://youtu.be/1VDCfSKTLP8 The Arsenio Hall Show is back and who knows if it will last in today’s late night landscape, but if you watched this past week, you would have seen both Margaret Cho and Ken Jeong as guests. Ken Jeong … Continue reading →

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Randall Park to Play Kim Jong-Un in Seth Rogen-James Franco Comedy ‘The Interview’

Posted on September 27, 2013 by jozjozjoz

The Interview, an upcoming comedy by actors/directors Seth Rogen and James Franco, is about to start filming and Asian American Commercial Watch favorite Randall Park has been cast to play Kim Jong-Un. According to PolicyMic, the “plot centers around two … Continue reading →

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The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi Charts Indian Americans Takeover of the U.S.

Posted on September 27, 2013 by John

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi explains how Indian Americans are getting the last laugh in America despite such incidents as racists tweets after the … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Secret Clinical Strength’s ‘Office Party’

Posted on September 6, 2013 by John

http://youtu.be/Rk7tD6eFH0A I caught this commercial the other day and thought it was somewhat funny. Though the Asian American boss does seem like kind of stereotypically angry and stern? But I guess a lot of bosses can look that way. Interesting … Continue reading →

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Desi/Indian Parody of Breaking Bad

Posted on August 23, 2013 by jozjozjoz

Waltaar, an avid lover of Mithai (Indian Sweets) finds out that he has been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, which constrains him from consuming any more Mithai due to the high sugar content. So as a solution, Waltaar, alongside his … Continue reading →

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YouTube: Jeremy Lin: You’ve Changed Bro

Posted on August 21, 2013 by John

Houston Rockets player Jeremy Lin released another video recently, on top of the one he just released a few weeks ago. This time, Lin parodies himself on how supposedly his fame has gone to his head and how he has … Continue reading →

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Empire State of Mind Parodies – Beijing & Taiwan State of Mind

Posted on July 17, 2013 by John

I recently saw these two video spoofs of JAY Z & Alicia Key’s “Empire State of Mind” with instead of New York City being a state of mind, Beijing and Taipei being a state of mind. I first saw the … Continue reading →

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