Kal Penn quits acting (temporarily) to work at the White House!

[RickJay]

@gaffa

I’d be perfectly happy with Cheech Marin having a position in the administration as an envoy to the Hispanic community. He’s a fairly articulate guy. Tommy Chong unfortunately has a felony conviction on his record, so he’d never be considered. Though it would be nice to have a Drug Czar with some actual experience.

Chong isn’t even American, so he wouldn’t be a terrific choice for a key White House appointment.

@gaffa

Really? I never saw Van Wilder, which looked repulsive and had reviews that indicated that it was every bit as stupid as it looked. I only saw Harold & Kumar when I saw a really rave review that convinced me that it was far better than I thought it would be.

This +1. It never occurred to me that anyone over the age of 14 would want to see Van Wilder, but H&K was something of a cult phenomenon, was very generously treated by critics (quote in National Post: “Stoners will find it hysterically funny. But, of course, stoners find everything hysteriucally funny. Because they’re stoners. But, no, really, it’s hysterically funny” and almost everyone I know HAS seen it. My 62-year-old mother laughed her ass off at H&K.

[gaffa]

@Ro0sh

For those who like Bollywood movies and have netflix or something like that, I’d suggest giving “American Desi” a whirl too. It was an interesting twist when it came out on the whole view, and I recall as a desi loving that film as it was geared more towards a westernize audience (though still firmly in bollywood camp at the same time).

I never even heard of this film before I saw it listed on his IMDB page - and I’m a guy who sees a LOT of movies (160 films in the theater last year). I love Bollywood movies and see whatever plays at my local theater (the last was Delhi 6), so I’ll check this one out.

[panamajack]

I always thought of him as the American Desi guy too. I don’t know if that movie ever even had a moderate release - my friend had to order it on VHS to see it.

By the way, don’t bother with Where’s the Party, Yaar? - it’s like a version of American Desi with immigrants, except that it’s really lame.

[Equipoise]

@gaffa

Really? I never saw Van Wilder, which looked repulsive and had reviews that indicated that it was every bit as stupid as it looked. I only saw Harold & Kumar when I saw a really rave review that convinced me that it was far better than I thought it would be.

I remember when we saw it for the first time (together) on an Amtrak. I’d seen it in the theater but you hadn’t and I wasn’t sure if you’d like it. I was the one who used to be a stoner, whereas you’re the straightest person I know this side of my grandmother. We each had headphones with a splitter going into the laptop. People on the train must have thought we were very weird and quite obnoxious, because we couldn’t keep our laughing to ourselves. Sorry fellow Amtrakers! It’s just impossible to NOT laugh out loud at Harold and Kumar!