8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Category Archives: TV
Jeremy Lin Fever Hits San Francisco Bay Area TV News
If you’re like me, you can’t get enough coverage of Palo Alto native, Taiwanese American and Harvard 2010 college basketball graduate phenom Jeremy Lin signing with his favorite hometown favorite NBA team, the Golden State Warriors. It’s not only me, … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Comfort Suites Commercial
This Comfort Suites television commercial shows the hassles of business travel, like getting your taxi cab “stolen” when another business traveler cuts in front of the line and takes the cab. A fellow 8Asians blogger had issues with this, but … Continue reading
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iPhone 4, Antennagate & Steve Jobs According to Taiwan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn-YesqzvNk From the same folks who brought you the infamous Tiger Woods midnight crash animated re-enactment, Hong Kong and Taiwan-based Apple Daily has animated Apple’s drama over the past year with from the missing iPhone 4 prototype in a beer … Continue reading
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Anne Son as “The Wallflower” in ABC’s My Generation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn7XNwFzbgw I was at the movie theater the other night waiting to watch Inception, when I saw this trailer ad for ABC’s new television documentary style (NOT reality TV) scripted drama titled My Generation: What a difference ten years can … Continue reading
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K-Town “Jersey Shore” Cast Revealed, Includes Asian Snooki, Bisexual Male Adult Model
So, remember about three months ago, when the plans for “the Asian Jersey Shore” filmed in LA’s Koreantown were announced and the application was leaked? The first series of the cast photos have been released to the Internet, and early … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Yet Another Target Ad!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mms2WmXXcw I saw this Target commercial the other day, making this the *third* commercial the discount retailer has done that very tastefully highlights Asian Americans in every day normal settings. Personally, I like the first commercial the best since it … Continue reading
TechCrunch Interviews Citizen Sports’ Jeff Ma
TechCrunch interviews Jeff Ma where he discusses his past experience on the MIT Blackjack team, the book Bringing Down the House and the movie 21, and his startup, Citizen Sports – which was sold to Yahoo! recently. He briefly alludes … Continue reading
How Hamsters Became Kia’s Killer Salesmen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfJnqbudMzs The first time I saw this ad some time in late May for South Korea’s Kia Soul was in the movie theater, and for whatever reason, I instantly loved it. I liked the tune by Black Sheep, as well … Continue reading
Takeru Kobayashi Released from Jail
On July 4th, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut defended his title (and winning for the 4th time in a row) in Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest by eating 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Due to a contracts dispute with Major League Eating & … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyles, Local, New York, Observations, Sports, TV
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Olivia Munn Covers Russian Espionage on The Daily Show
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Kremlins 2: The New Batch www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party Olivia Munn made her second appearance on The Daily Show this past week, and … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Michelle Wie in McDonald’s Ad
I was channel surfing the other night when I came across a Chinese version of this McDonald’s commercial on the Bay Area’s local Chinese channel KTSF. I had wondered why a Korean American would be in a Chinese language commercial, … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian American Commercial Watch, commercials, mcdonalds, Michelle Wie, television
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Swiffer Sweeper
An 8Asians reader, Amanda, pointed this Swiffer Sweeper commercial out. I’ve seen some ads from this “Baby Come Back” campaign, but have not come across this particular one with the Asian American woman in a new “Who’s that Lady” campaign. Apparently … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyles, Observations, TV
Tagged Asian American Commercial Watch, Commericals, Swiffer
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