Oh, the humanity…

I take it this is not the kind of Korean Wave the Ministry of Culture is counting on.

(HT to reader)

9 Comments

  1. judge judy your flag
    Posted October 26, 2006 at 9:31 am | Permalink

    now that’s entertainment. hehe

  2. Posted October 26, 2006 at 9:52 am | Permalink

    헉시… ?

  3. Maugrim your flag
    Posted October 26, 2006 at 10:08 am | Permalink

    Speaking of insights in to Korean culture that make it across the pond, here’s a couple of posts about Korea, featured in Slate, by one Rolf Potts who used to live here in the 90s.

    http://www.slate.com/id/2152088/entry/2152089/

  4. R. Elgin your flag
    Posted October 26, 2006 at 10:11 am | Permalink

    “Attitudes and Feelings, both desirable and sometimes secretive” . . . great title and Ms. Long Bong . . . I died laughing to see that name printed on the gravestone. This is really funny if one knows any Korean.

  5. michael your flag
    Posted October 26, 2006 at 11:03 am | Permalink

    Wow, Bobby Lee is a dead ringer for Buddy Hackett (for you kids who don’t remember him:) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004983/

  6. Posted October 26, 2006 at 11:46 am | Permalink

    That was a good read, Maugrim. Thanks for linking that.

  7. yankeesfan_77 your flag
    Posted October 26, 2006 at 12:45 pm | Permalink

    That was too funny. It had all the elements of a Korean Drama except for the soju and whiny mother.

  8. Posted October 26, 2006 at 1:11 pm | Permalink

    Great link. Thanks ^^

  9. SomeguyinKorea your flag
    Posted October 26, 2006 at 1:48 pm | Permalink

    Check Bobby Lee in the ‘Average Asian’ skits on youtube. Heck, check all of his skits. He’s pretty funny.

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  1. [...] HT: The Marmot’s Hole [...]

  2. By Occidentalism » Korean Vs. U.S. Soaps on January 10, 2007 at 8:45 pm

    [...] Although I’ve seen plenty of Korean movies, I’ve never been much of Drama watcher no matter what the country of origin.  A long time ago the Marmot posted a video of Bobby Lee on MadTV showing America what this ‘Korean Wave’ boom was all about.  The video was hillarious, but unfortunelty it didn’t show the Korean Drama’s in a good light at all.  I’ve still yet to see any. [...]

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