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 of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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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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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Category Archives: TV
Asian American Commercial Watch: Citibank
Citibank has been advertising their 2.75% Certificate of Deposit, via this commercial featuring an older Asian American man playing and having fun with his dog along with cheerful music playing in the background. I guess Citibank thinks 2.75% CD is … Continue reading
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Celebrity Chef Ming Tsai Take on Thanksgiving
Last week, Nightline did a profile on Chef Ming Tsai and his take on two Thanksgiving dishes, with an Asian influence. They looked yummy – “8 Treasure Sticky Rice Stuffing” and “Ming’s Turkey Noodle Soup.” Let me know if any … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, TV
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The Daily Show & The Colbert Report Mock “Bow-Gate”
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Submission Accomplished www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis As Mitsuru had blogged earlier this week, Obama critics (aka Right-wing nuts) have complained about President … Continue reading
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From the Tumblr: A Filipino Ad Campaign for Nissan Noodles
The 8Asians tumblr highlights Asians [& uber talented non-Asians] who draw, dance, build, film, sing, write, invent, paint, teleport, and of course, tumble. It’s curated by Jun, Moye and Ernie.
Posted in (simple), TV
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Dad & Son in Comcast Ad
Like I’ve said, there seems to have been a slew of commercials (Target, CVS) recently with Asian Americans being portrayed as normal Americans, rather than for fodder. Now, Comcast has an ad touting its HD quality compared with AT&T’s U-verse … Continue reading
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Adorable Asian Kid Kylie Now Schilling Sony, Getting More Bizarre
First there was a bizarre Sony HDTV ad that claimed that watching their TV could improve your Chinese, and then there was the cute Asian girl Kylie pitching Microsoft Windows 7. Why not just combine those two? Here’s Kylie helping to pitch … Continue reading
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“Hookin’ Up” with Mariko Izumi
“Hookin’ Up with Mariko Izumi” is a show about what you see in this picture. That’s right, that rod she is holding is a fishing rod! Mariko Izumi hosts a fishing show on WFN, the World Fishing Network channel. She … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History, Sports, TV
Tagged Bob Izumi, fishing, Japanese Americans, Japanese Canadians, mariko izumi, Mark Yuasa, mooching, Tengu Fishing Derby, Wayne Izumi, World Fishing Network
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All-American Asian Mom in CVS Ad
Back in October, I had blogged about an awesome Target ad. Well now, I recently saw a pretty awesome CVS ad, with a charismatic Asian American mom with her adorable sons. Maybe this ad is only running in California (I … Continue reading
Sesame Street’s Asian Muppets
Google helped bring attention this week to Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary by publishing Google doodles with various characters from Sesame Street. For those of us in the U.S. we saw Cookie Monster, Big Bird and other familiar muppets integrated with … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Education, Entertainment, Family, TV
Tagged asian muppets, google doodle, sesame street
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ABC’s Modern Family: “I’m from Denver.”
Of all the new shows this fall season, one of my favorites is ABC’s Modern Family which tells the story of three inter-related families in a mockumentary style – sort of The Office meets a family sitcom. One of the … Continue reading
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Awesome Korean Television: Global Talk Show
For those who are regular listeners of my podcast, POP88 or listen to me Monday evenings on SRC at omgkpop would know I’m a regular viewer of Global Talk Show, aka ChitChat with Beautiful Ladies. It’s basically an informal round … Continue reading
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Happy Friday: Battlestar Galactica Babe Grace Park on the Cover of Maxim
“I don’t know what planet you come from, but to me, you’re a perfect ten!” That would be my pathetic pick-up line if I were to stumble across Battlestar Galactica bombshell Grace Park. Gentlemen — and ladies — drop what … Continue reading
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