7 Reasons Why Ken Jeong Should Host ‘Saturday Night Live’
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7 Reasons Why Ken Jeong Should Host ‘Saturday Night Live’
via twitter @ImJoshBoyd
With the backlash against the news that America’s resident xenophobe Donald Trump would be hosting Saturday Night Live on November 7, there have been renewed calls for more diversity on the venerable comedy series. And among the suggestions is for Dr. Ken star, Ken Jeong, to be invited to host (with a Margaret Cho musical appearance to boot) to help make up for the fact that in the show’s four decade history, there have only been two hosts of Asian descent—Lucy Liu and Jackie Chan.
Back in 2011, I addressed this lack of Asian representation by asking SNL to consider inviting John Cho and Kal Penn to co-host the show on the eve of the release of the third Harold and Kumar film. SNL roundly ignored my passionate and sound plea.
But that won’t deter me from giving it another go so I’m here to lend my support to the campaign for Ken Jeong to host the show. Here are seven reasons (aside from the obvious fact that the brotha is hilarious) why he’d be a great choice:
Around The Horn: Trump – Balloon Or Bomb?
I admit it: The Donald captivates me.
I sat glued to the TV during the first and second Republican debates, waiting to see what the man would say next – about drug dealing Mexicans; about homely candidates; about China kicking our ass; about the effect of menstruation on debate moderators.
And he never fails to disappoint: he’s stuck his foot so far deep down his throat I can’t believe he’s not shitting shoelaces.
And yet he keeps climbing in the polls.
But that’s okay. To me it’s all just a fun sideshow. I can laugh it off because I don’t believe there is any way in hell this guy will win the Republican nomination. He’s unelectable in the general. The party bosses, Illuminati, Koch brothers and Rotarians, et al will conspire behind the scenes to bring him down and put up a genuine threat like Rubio or Bush in the end.
But am I wrong?
Donald Trump Trumps Jeb Bush When it Comes to Offending Asians
So on the heels of his fellow Republican Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who offended Asian Americans yesterday with his comments about Asian anchor babies, Republican front runner/ex-rodeo circus clown/Hair Club for Douchebags CEO Donald Trump decided he too had to jump into the anti-Asian fray because, well, he’s Donald Trump and he’s not going to let anyone trump him especially when it comes to racism.
So during a campaign rally in Iowa tonight, he had this to say about doing business with the Chinese and the Japanese: “Negotiating with Japan, negotiating with China, when these people walk into the room, they don’t say, ‘Oh hello, how’s the weather, so beautiful outside, isn’t it lovely? How are the Yankees doing? Oh they are doing wonderful, great.’”
Then, in his version of an Asian accent, he added: “They say, ‘We want deal.’” Check it out here:
That Looks Like a Dick
There’s an instagram account dedicated to photos of all things that look phallic. You can check them all out here or try this sampling below:
Donald Trump May be Batshit Crazy Racist but He’s Not That Batshit Crazy Racist
So in the past few days, I’ve been seeing lots of outraged folks sharing a story on social media entitled “Donald Trump Disqualifies Miss Japan, Miss Philippines From Competing in the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant” that was posted on the Adobo Chronicles website.
The article quotes Trump as stating he is disqualifying Miss Japan (Ariana Miyamoto) and Miss Philippines (PiaAlonzo Wurtzbach) from the competition because of their mixed heritage, saying: “the goal of Miss Universe is to choose a world beauty that represents her country to the fullest extent. Having a half and half candidate from any participating country is not in keeping with the Miss Universe ideals.”
Not surprisingly, folks are very angry and upset at this latest example of Trump’s not-so-subtle racism. The only problem?
Things That Look Like Donald Trump’s Hair
It was bound to happen and Bored Panda has compiled a collection of images making this comparison. Check out some of them below.
Trump the troll:
Think, McTrump, think:
Trumps’ got dough and he’s nuts:
What are the Republicans Smoking and Can I Get Some?
So I woke up this morning to find this in my inbox:
I don’t know what the hell they’re smoking down at the Republican Party cabal, but really? On what planet am I going to see this email and click on the contribute button? It’s like the Republicans are this fancy seafood restaurant and I’m like the dude who’s allergic to shellfish and they keep sending me these flyers to come eat their food. To quote another Republican President as played by a comedian on SNL: “Not gonna do it.”
I mean—what are they going to throw at me next?
Donald Trump for President!
Come on, Republican Party, you know there’s only one candidate that has a chance against Elizabeth Warren Hillary Clinton in the next Presidential race. Only one man can do what our “great African American President” (or frankly any of our previous gazillion white leaders) can’t do—stop those thugs who so happily and openly destroy shit:
And if the Republicans are too chickenshit to embrace a man who’s brave enough to wear a dead lemur on his head and just not give a fuck, then it’s time to go independent, baby!
St. Bernards Really Do Save Lives
Time for another installment of “people better than you and me.”
Watch what 52 year old New York city bus driver Stephen St. Bernard did while walking home from work on Monday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Jdx45A_M0
When I was a kid, I remember hearing about St. Bernards that rescued people stranded in the Alps using their noses and a little barrel full of brandy.
Stephen St. Bernard chose to use compassion, courage, and his arms. Witnesses say 7 year old Kayla McCree, who is autistic, was singing and dancing atop the air conditioner when St. Bernard spotted her.
Osama Gets Obama? And What Does Hitler Have to Do with It?
As I write this it’s only been a little over an hour since President Obama announced to the world that “most wanted” terrorist Osama Bin Laden had been killed but I’m sure Donald Trump and his ilk are already preparing to question the official version of the story. After all, there’s no “proof” that the man is dead and besides, the President’s speech preempted tonight’s episode of the Donald’s Celebrity Apprentice so it’s got to be some sort of conspiracy, right? And love that Fox News continues to make “mistakes” like this:
Others will point out that the timing of the announcement is odd considering it comes exactly 66 years to the day that the news of Hitler’s death was made public. Or that this comes when Obama’s popularity is at its lowest so this must be a calculated effort by his camp to turn that around. Now, I don’t think such a move guarantees a spike in Obama’s poll numbers. There will probably be an initial surge, but what happens if there’s a “retaliation” attack against America or Americans? Or if the war in the Middle East continues to drag on and people are left wondering why? Or oil prices continue to rise instead of fall? Or hate crimes against “brown” people increase dramatically? For that matter, what would’ve happened if this attempt to capture/kill Bin Laden had ended badly leaving Americans and civilians dead and the bad guy still on the loose? Hardly a slam-dunk move on Obama’s part. As for the Hitler connection, well, I’ll leave it to Mr. Trump to speak to that. That seems right up his alley.
Scary Numbers
I know, I know, not one more keystroke should be wasted on the Obama birther “controversy.” I’ve got nothing revelatory to add to this non-story, but I just want to point out what savvy Obama displayed in handling this.
Kudos to him for dragging his heels on releasing his long form birth certificate.
The common wisdom says that Obama did not dig up the long form earlier because he didn’t want to get his white gloves dirty.
He was above the fray, remember. He was taking the high road when it came to the politics of smear. And I do believe that, in spite of the compromises he’s made since taking office, he still is a pragmatic idealist (if that contradiction actually works).
Miss USA Is An Arab Terrorist?!
You may have heard that Rima Fakih, a 24-year-old Arab American, won the Miss USA title on Sunday. Not unexpectedly, in the hours immediately following her crowning, various bits of salacious news about Fakih’s background came to the surface including her alleged pole dancing past. This sort of thing is common in these instances, but did you know that our new Miss USA is also a Muslim terrorist?
That’s right some conservative nut jobs pundits have uncovered the startling fact that Fakih is in actuality “Miss Hezbollah” and is in league with the pageant’s producer Donald Trump and Muslims (since most, if not, all of them are terrorists or aiding terrorists) to…well, let conservative commentator Debbie Schlussel explain it all for you:
No, it’s not “just another beauty pageant.” Donald Trump, Muslims (who mostly support Islamic terrorist groups, like Hezbollah, which features many of Fakih’s close relatives as top officials), and even Barack Obama will exploit this as propaganda for Islam. Mark my word. Hezbollah is laughing at us, tonight. One of its auxiliary members won the Miss USA title without having to do a thing to denounce them and their bloody murder of hundreds of Americans, including the trampling/torture murder of Navy Diver Robert Dean Stethem aboard TWA flight 847, the 25th anniversary of which is next month.
