by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com We’ve seen water purifiers that double as a coffeemaker, but is humanity ready for a “ramen water purifier”? Perhaps the Ramenia […]
Tag: comedy
‘Kings of Ktown’ Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Korean American comedians Danny Cho, Walter Hong and Paul “PK” Kim have launched a crowdfunding campaign to film “Kings of Ktown,” a stand-up comedy […]
Live From UCLA, It’s LCC!
by ADA TSENG, Audrey Magazine When college students Randall Park, David J. Lee and Derek Mateo founded a theater group at UCLA 20 years ago, little did they know […]
Justin Chon and Kevin Wu’s ‘Man Up’ Available on Vimeo On Demand
by KoreAm Staff | @KoreAm The first time Justin Chon and Kevin Wu (a.k.a. KevJumba) teamed up in a film, they were Chinese immigrant brothers who become involved with […]
Margaret Cho Goes ‘psyCHO’ This Fall
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Is anyone in need of a bit of psyCHOtherapy? The always-edgy-with-a-purpose Margaret Cho will be hitting cities all over the U.S. for […]
[VIDEO] ABC Releases Trailer for ‘Dr. Ken’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com This fall, comedian Ken Jeong, a former doctor, will be playing a doctor in a multi-camera sitcom. ABC announced last week that it […]
Top 10 Life Lessons from ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
by ARIANNA CARAMAT Even though it’s only been about a week since Fresh Off the Boat‘s season one finale, we’re already missing it. For once my family had a ritual […]
Comedy Series ‘Halal in the Family’ Uses Humor to Tackle Anti-Muslim Sentiment
Recognize Aasif Mandvi? You should. Aside from a number of film and television show appearances, this Indian American actor and comedian is a regular correspondent on The Daily Show and […]
[VIDEO] Randall Park Tangles His G-string on ‘Repeat After Me’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Following last night’s Fresh Off The Boat episode, Randall Park played the harmonica and fixed his G-string in the fifth episode of the […]
The “How to Look More White” Makeup Tutorial for Self-Hating Asians
Joy Regullano, the comedian behind the White Fetish viral video, is back. This most recent video parody, which is called “How To Look More White! Self-Hating Asian Party Look” […]
Ki Hong Lee Romances ‘Kimmy Schmidt’ on Tina Fey’s New Netflix Show
by AMANDA WALUJONO This past weekend, Netflix premiered Tina Fey’s new series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. While Fey doesn’t star in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt like she does in 30 Rock, […]
ABC Picks Up Ken Jeong’s Comedy Pilot ‘Dr. Ken’
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Keep your fingers crossed because there might be another Asian American sitcom coming to ABC. The network officially greenlit the pilot for medical […]
What’s Your ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Experience?
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com With just one week left until the premiere of Fresh Off the Boat, ABC has launched a social media campaign, inviting the audience […]
[VIDEO] Diana Bang, Unibrows and Butt-Kicking Ajummas
by ARIANNA CARAMAT What happens when you have two bored sisters, two butt-kicking Ajumma puppets and a tambourine? Pure comedy. Looks like the funny gene runs in the Bang family. […]
Margaret Cho Mocks North Korea at the Golden Globes
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Well, we should have seen this coming. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kicked off last night’s Golden Globes with jokes about the cyberattack […]