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Choi Jin-sil on Saturday Night Music

Thursday, October 2, 2014 Chris Charles 0

Even though she was never much of a singer, top Korean actress Choi Jin-sil made quite a few appearances on the MBC show Saturday Night Music. Above is a then-24-year-old Miss Choi singing “For Our Precious Love” during an

Calista Flockhart & Lucy Liu – Television’s First Interracial Lesbian Kiss

Saturday, September 20, 2014 Chris Charles 0

Many TV trivia pundits say that US television’s first interracial kiss was between Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura (William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols) in a 1968 episode of Star Trek. Actually, that isn’t true because Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (Lucille

Park Ji-yoon on SNL Korea

Monday, July 28, 2014 Chris Charles 0

If you’ve seen the 2008 US Saturday Night Live skit with Beyoncé, that spoofs the making of her “Single Ladies” music video, then the March 2014 SNL Korea ripoff, with singer Park Ji-yoon and her 2000 “Coming-of-Age Ceremony” (aka “Adult

Brenda Song on Dads

Thursday, April 17, 2014 Chris Charles 3

Despite a seasoned cast that included 26 year-old Brenda Song, the FOX sitcom Dads, didn’t even make it one full season. Above is Brenda making her second screen appearance in the pilot episode, in which her employers talk her into

Ally Maki Does 2 Broke Girls

Saturday, November 9, 2013 Chris Charles 1

Among the many roles Japanese-American actress Ally Maki has played on TV sitcoms, a couple of the more notable ones were actually Korean. She played North Korean spy Joyce Kim in a flashback episode of The Big Bang Theory, in

Pink Lady

Monday, July 1, 2013 Chris Charles 0

Pink Lady was a popular Japanese singing duo comprised of Mie (Mitsuyo Nemoto) and Kei (Keiko Masuda), who will always be best remembered (in the US, anyway) for their very short-lived 1980 NBC TV show Pink Lady (aka Pink Lady and Jeff).

Bada on Saturday Night Live Korea

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Chris Charles 0

Saturday Night Live Korea made its debut in December of 2011 and has since done quite well in the ratings. Closely patterned after the long-running “live from New York” original, SNL Korea is considered to be in its fourth season,

Lucy Liu Does Saturday Night Live

Friday, March 1, 2013 Chris Charles 8

Here is Lucy Liu’s opening monolog from her December 16th, 2000 appearance as host. Since she was the first Asian female to ever host SNL, it wasn’t surprising that she capitalized on that fact by using some Asian stereotypes to bring out the laughs.

USA Up All Night with Rhonda Shear

Thursday, December 13, 2012 Chris Charles 1

I fondly remember watching Rhonda Shear host USA Up All Night on Friday nights during the early-90s. (Since I was rarely home on those pre-TiVo nights, I learned how to program my VCR to record the show so I could

Hello Franceska

Saturday, October 20, 2012 Chris Charles 1

If the Korean sitcom Hello Franceska (also spelled “Hello Francesca” with a “c” instead of a “k” and on some DVD releases, it may be “Goodbye Franceska” instead of “hello”) could be considered Korea’s belated answer to The Addams Family,

The ADAs of Law & Order POLL

Monday, January 9, 2012 Chris Charles 6

The information given on the ladies in this article is on the characters, not the actresses portraying them. Also and obviously; I’m only including the ADAs of the original Law & Order series here, not the ones from the subsequent Law & Order: SVU or Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Jackie Fox on The Dating Game

Monday, May 9, 2011 Chris Charles 0

Jackie Fox wasn’t the original, but she was definitely the best-known bassist for the 70s all-girl band the Runaways, whose more notable alumnae are Joan Jett and Lita Ford. Along with Cherie Currie and Sandy West, the quintet that included