Asian American Commercial Watch: Sears Demo Center: Full Court
I’m not in the market for a dishwasher, but this Sears’ commercial caught my eye. Having an adjustable dishwasher rack is an interesting concept. Not sure it would cause me to choose a Kenmore washer....
View ArticleViral Like SARS: Disconnect to Connect
Thai commercials sometimes go viral when they are clever or really tug at one’s heartstrings. It’s seems odd that dtac, a Thai mobile phone and telecommunications service provider, would create and...
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Michelle Kwan: From Olympic Figure Skater to Diplomat
I saw a friend of mine on Facebook post this brief video interview on Yahoo! Shine (here to view) from a few weeks ago of Michelle Kwan talking about her life from Olympic Figure Skater to her current...
View ArticleYouTube: Jeremy Lin: You’ve Changed Bro
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...
View ArticleAsian American Commercial Watch: ‘Bachelorette’ Inspired Clorox Commercial...
I was watching the post-finale “Bachelorette” show this past week (out of curiosity – I haven’t followed the series in a gazllion years, honestly!), and saw this Clorox commercial. At first, I wasn’t...
View ArticleAsian American Commercial Watch: Farmers Insurance’s Travel Plans
J.K. Simmons reprises his role as Farmers Insurance spokesman as he goes on to pass along some travel and somewhat helpful insurance-related other tips to a quiet but attentive Asian American woman. I...
View ArticleAsian American Commercial Watch: Secret Clinical Strength’s ‘Office Party’
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...
View ArticleAsian American Commercial Watch: Best Buy “Game Designer”– Tim Kong Game Art...
I saw this commercial the other day by Best Buy. The last Best Buy TV commercial I recall with an Asian American being highlighted was their Super Bowl ad with Amy Poehler, and before that, Best Buy’s...
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Julie Chen Says Having Surgery to Look “Less Asian” Helped Her Career
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...
View ArticleJeremy Lin Opens Up to 20,000 Taiwanese on Turmoil Under ‘Linsanity’ Hype
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...
View ArticleAsian American Commercial Watch: StubHub’s Ticket Oak Couples Counseling
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...
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Racist Tweets After Kenichi Ebina Wins ‘America’s Got Talent, Season 8′
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...
View ArticleViral Like SARS: True Move Mobile’s “Giving”
Here’s another Thai TV commercial from that’s going viral. I have seen it shared by people as diverse as my niece in the Philippines to friends all over the US. This Gawker article gushes about how...
View ArticleAsian American Commercial Watch: Phillip Lim for Target Collection
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...
View ArticleThe Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi Charts Indian Americans Takeover of the U.S.
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...
View ArticleTotally Biased: Kevin Kataoka: Asian Evasion
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...
View ArticleHouston Rockets & Jeremy Lin’s Pre-Season Games in the Phillippines and Taiwan
Out of all the professional sports in the United States, I think it is safe to say that the NBA is probably the most popular internationally. I mean, it’s not like a lot of other countries have...
View ArticleAsian American Commercial Watch: Snickers Halloween Satisfaction –“Horseless...
With Halloween here, and it’s no surprise that Snickers is advertising. I thought the boy made a good looking Dracula. Personally, I’m thinking of dressing up as Breaking Bad’s Walter White in a...
View ArticleAsian American Commercial Watch: John Cho in GE’s “Brilliant Enterprise”
I saw this General Electric television ad last week and loved it since: 1. I am a fan of Star Trek and 2. I am a fan of the actor John Cho. When I first saw this ad, I was wondering, “Wow, that must...
View ArticleGeorge Takei Speaks at The National Press Club
Recently, actor and activist George Takei spoke to The National Press Club about his life story, from his personal experience as a child growing up in a Japanese internment camp to his life as a gay...
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