Category Archives: TV

Asian American Commercial Watch: Pacific Life’s “Leave a Legacy”

Posted on October 18, 2013 by John

“A mother reflects on the legacy that her father left her – a life lesson on setting goals and then making smart choices.” Caught this commercial the other night. It is interesting to see more and more television commercials by … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Chef Ming Tsai & Aero Knife

Posted on October 16, 2013 by John

I caught this the other night on cable with celebrity chef Ming Tsai promoting the aero knife in a “infomercial” inspired commercial. I was kind of surprised to see Tsai in this kind of commercial, and surprised he doesn’t have … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Sal Khan and Bank of America Partner

Posted on October 10, 2013 by John

http://youtu.be/s1B4vgqqSVQ I’m a big fan of Sal Khan and what he’s been doing with The Khan Academy, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this Bank of America commercial with him in it. Apparently Bank of America reached out to … Continue reading →

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Baboon Gets Handsy During Reporter’s Live Shot

Posted on September 30, 2013 by jozjozjoz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wv-hJ9TyXA Puerto Rican-Japanese American reporter Sabrina Rodriguez was doing some hands-on reporting at the zoo, when a baboon decided he needed to get his hands into the action.

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Samsung Smart TV – ‘Battlestar Marathon’

Posted on September 28, 2013 by John

http://youtu.be/UMwb1ytEzks Samsung is not only the leader of Android smartphones, but of HDTV’s in the United States. From this commercial that I saw recently, it looks like Samsung is really starting to push ther “Smart TV’s” and their recommendation engine. … 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: Phillip Lim for Target Collection

Posted on September 25, 2013 by John

http://youtu.be/hnszXjExVX0 I caught this Target ad the other day while watching a past episode of The Big Bang Theory via Comcast / Video-on-Demand (VOD). What caught my eye was the pairing of an Asian woman and an African American male. … Continue reading →

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Racist Tweets After Kenichi Ebina Wins ‘America’s Got Talent, Season 8’

Posted on September 23, 2013 by jozjozjoz

http://youtu.be/y5f0oDtsjkc Can it be that the whole season of America’s Got Talent has wrapped since we first saw Kenichi Ebina’s head-dropping audition video? The season has indeed ended and Kenichi defied the odds to come out on top, but it … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: StubHub’s Ticket Oak Couples Counseling

Posted on September 20, 2013 by John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BOVWVafb0 I saw this commercial about StubHub a few weeks ago. I was kind of surprised, since I don’t think I’ve ever seen StubHub advertise on TV. Of course, there is the familiar and most common mixed race couple pairing … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Lin Opens Up to 20,000 Taiwanese on Turmoil Under ‘Linsanity’ Hype

Posted on September 16, 2013 by John

http://youtu.be/vnTK5tRnpdw?t=1h6m22s NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin made his annual summer pilgrimage to Taiwan to visit family, have fun, teach at an annual youth basketball camp, and to speak at a religious youth conference: “Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin shared his … Continue reading →

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Julie Chen Says Having Surgery to Look “Less Asian” Helped Her Career

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Shako Liu

http://youtu.be/wrf7xXHdjLk I personally applaud Julie Chen for her courage to speak out about her eye plastic surgery. The co-host of The Talk revealed her secret about her difficult decision of getting a plastic surgery on her eyes just to pursue … Continue reading →

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