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new stoner comedy, featuring "the asian guy from _American Pie_" and "the indian guy from _Van Wilder_", and directed by "the white guy who did _Dude, Where's My Car?)_"

and they actually call them that in the trailer.

oh yeah, and it features Neil Patrick Harris....as "Neil Patrick Harris".

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Saturday, 22 May 2004 05:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm looking forward to this one more than White Chicks. (And I sincerely am looking forward to White Chicks.)

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 22 May 2004 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Just retarded enough. W/ Fred Willard also, apparently. I'll see it, and probably like it, but not quite as much as I might have when I was 19.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Saturday, 22 May 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Kumar reminds me of the guy from Scrubs:

http://www.tryfoneblog.com/fb/photos/5b/91/c6b69db7af1e.bmp?_rh=2994uz1ysglpewp1b9zoymcym

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 17:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I assume the title is a parody of Harry and Walter Go To New York.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 17:36 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

I am actually looking forward to this quite a bit.

― Dan I., Wednesday, 28 July 2004 01:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Someone want to join me on a quest to find every single person who sees this movie and rip off their reproductive organs? We can make a movie about it and call it "David and [insert your name here] go the movies."

The title of the movie really offends me, the White Castle bit. More than anything because people don't actually crave White Castle.

And if you call this movie "subersive" I will rotate your tires without telling you.

― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 04:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I assume the title is a parody of Harry and Walter Go To New York.

I thought of Celine and Julie Go Boating, but that's probably closer to the mark.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 04:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I already feel bad for all the friends I have with "Kumar" somewhere in their complete names. I don't know what I feel about the film though, but I doubt it's going to blossom into a positive feeling.

― Vic (Vic), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 05:04 (twenty-one years ago)

i have been known, on rare occasions, to crave white castle.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 05:06 (twenty-one years ago)

David Allen, it is clear to me that you hate fun.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 05:17 (twenty-one years ago)

the fact that it's WHITE CASTLE that they jones for makes me far more likely to see it.

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 05:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Judging from the New York Times review:

" Its director is Danny Leiner, who made "Dude, Where's My Car?," and he seems at first to pick up more or less where that movie, or any of its illustrious predecessors going back to "Porky's," left off. An ex-frat boy type, with a roomy office in a New York high-rise, is finishing up his work week. His pal, immediately recognizable as the wilder half of a classic buddy-movie pair, shows up proposing a fun-filled weekend of babes, booze and bong hits. But what about that big report due on Monday? No problem: just dump it on the Korean guy in the far cubicle. Our hero is free to pursue the carefree debauchery that is his birthright.

Except, of course, that the pale-skinned frat boy type is not the hero at all. He and his friend (who happen to be played by the screenwriters, Hayden Schlossberg and Jon Hurwitz) are walk-on doofuses who pretty much walk out of the movie, leaving it in the hands of that unassuming Korean guy, Harold."

It seems as if I am going to be eating crow as that actually sounds pretty witty.

I'm still hoping people get passed the race thing and judge the movie on it's merits -- if it turns out to be a big retarded gross out comedy I don't care who's being gross and stupid and forcing jokes. Still don't like the White Castle in the title.

― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 05:35 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm kind of embarrassed to admit it, but i'm anticipating the heck out of this.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

The title of the movie really offends me, the White Castle bit. More than anything because people don't actually crave White Castle.

Have you even read the White Castle thread?

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

what is wrong with White Castle? I don't have anything against that company, and I'm a vegetarian. McDonald's, on the other hand...

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

The stoners down the hall, for instance, are a pair of fast-talking former yeshiva boys who fire up a shofar for some Sabbath eve toking.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

They just want hamburgers (and sex, and decent weed and a good time) — which is to say they want what is theirs by birthright as young, affluent, reasonably good-looking American consumers.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

THIS MOVIE RULES

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

that's what i'm sayin'.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

this movie looks funnier than shit, and I don't think anything is funny.

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

kyle, have you seen anchorman?

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

no, it doesn't look funny at all to me. I don't understand the appeal of will ferrel.

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

anchorman is quite possible the funniest film in the history of mankind.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:42 (twenty-one years ago)

seriously, kyle. it is.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Kumar reminds me of the guy from Scrubs...

I think he is the guy from Scrubs.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

And it turns out that, once again, I'm wrong.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Every Will Ferrell moment in Starsky & Hutch OWNED anything else in that movie.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it's great not only that there's a lead named Kumar, but also that there's a lead named Harold

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

as Dan Savage mentioned in his comments on "Road Trip," progressive films can somehow manifest themselves in the oddest of ways.

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

also, how's this for viral marketing? the flick has its own fuckin' "group" on myspace now:

http://groups.myspace.com/HaroldAndKumar

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

pretty great movie.

― adam west (adamwest), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

what is wrong with White Castle? I don't have anything against that company, and I'm a vegetarian. McDonald's, on the other hand...
-- hstencil (hstenc!...), July 28th, 2004.

At least McDonald's makes good burgers. Addicting, terrible for you, make you shit right when you're done eating... but good tasting.

Each White Castle burger is like a tiny kick in the groin. Besides, they should keep their name out of my entertainment plz. k thnx.

― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:29 (twenty-one years ago)

if you just think of them as "sliders" not actually pretending to be "hamburgers," then they have a definite appeal.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)

McDonald's does not make good burgers.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

This Kal Penn guy is interesting to me.
According to that iMDB link above, in addition to starring in the movie, he worked as a prodcution assistant on the 2nd unit. That always impresses me (Eric Stoltz was another guy who was known to work on movie crews when he wasn't acting, to keep himself grounded, supposedly).

I am also quite excited to see this. It's not to be sneezed at that the leads are both non-white... that's pretty significant. I hope it's a hit, even if it is a dumb gross-out comedy.

I'm not sure I buy Dan Savage's claim that "Road Trip" was progressive, though...

― Softly Weeping at the Oki Dog (Ben Boyer), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

It's not to be sneezed at that the leads are both non-white... that's pretty significant.

Yeah, seriously: Are there any other major-studio narrative films* with a Korean or Indian actor in the lead role?

*i.e., Margaret Cho's concert films don't count

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.portlandmercury.com/2000-06-22/savage.html

Here's Dan's actual quote:

Speaking of TAs fucking their students, has everyone seen the new Tom Green flick Road Trip? By way of an awkward segue, one of the characters in Road Trip is a TA who wants to fuck a student. (He comes to a bad end, which should please those who disapprove.) For a gross-out teen sex comedy, this movie is remarkably sex-positive. Unattractive people are shown having sex--fat black girl on top of skinny white guy--and while the shock of seeing the two of them rolling around plays as something of a sight gag, they're not held up to ridicule by other characters in the film. Indeed, no one questions their right to be sexual, or their attraction to each other. It's really heartwarming.
As if that weren't revolutionary enough, Road Trip also features a girl who initiates kinky sex (videotaping what could be a one-night stand), and not only is she not punished or humiliated or dead (or all three) as is customary in teen sex comedies, but she winds up getting the guy in the end. And to top it all off, a studly straight boy gets finger-fucked and no fag jokes are cracked, and he's not made out to be any less studly or straight for enjoying it. In Road Trip, people aren't worried about what normal, good girls do, and ugly people get laid--it's like sex in real life. It's mind-blowing.

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

the ny times headline ("harold and kumar:" a dumb stoner comedy for a new american century) is pretty great

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I actually thought the black girl in road trip was pretty...

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't think savage is arguing otherwise. she was pretty and chubby.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Unattractive people are shown having sex--fat black girl on top of skinny white guy

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Unless there's an implicit "conventionally" that's supposed to go in front of "unattractive."

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

whoa i missed that. ok, so dan savage gets a raspberry.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

but the "unattractive" modifies "people" so he means the skinny white guy too. Which means he must hate himself.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

dj qualls is a weird looking dude.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

he's the male version of the girl who played the "landlord's daughter" in the new spider-man movie (who is also in every ad ever).

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

i have no idea what her name is.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

is that the girl in the hershey's "smores" ad? she looks like an emu. A pretty emu.

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

thing, and we're getting off into a whole new tangent, is that the characters are "supposed" to be unattractive, whether the actors playing them phsyically are or not.

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, Savage's piece is flawed to begin with, because he's wrong: DJ Qualls character IS held up to ridicule by his friends. After the encounter (this scene is guilty, at the very least, of a flagrant comedy crime -- the "imagine a geeky white dude getting with a BLACK CHICK! (see also: "Napolean Dynamite") schtick), the friends hold up the girl's pair of underpants, and everyone has a huge laugh at their enormous size.
Todd Phillips' comedies are loaded with these sorts of jokes (see also: the fat black kid in "Old School"). Of course, audiences eat this shit up; people really love to see stereotypes on film. I remember people going APESHIT in both movies at the most obvious and stupidly broad jokes.

― Softly Weeping at the Oki Dog (Ben Boyer), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm pretty confident that this will be the only movie I really like this summer, as long as it's more American Pie than Dude, Where's

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Where's...?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

did you see Harry Potter? that was pretty good...

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost: Dude, Where's My Car (same director as Harold & Kumar)

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:22 (twenty-one years ago)

ha i know i just thought it was funny the way you trailed off

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, Where's My car made me really uncomfortable when I watched it. I and the friend I watched it with felt like we were watching somone (writer? director?) work out some personal issues on camera and it made us squirm. Was held by it in the same way a car wreck holds your attention - yer horrified but can't look away as well.

― H (Heruy), Thursday, 29 July 2004 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, Where's My Car - the new Auteurism!

― Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 29 July 2004 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I read that initially as 'autism'

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 July 2004 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

what personal issues?

i need to see "dude, where's my car."

― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 29 July 2004 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

personal issues?

chuck and buck vs. dude where's my car

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 29 July 2004 02:27 (twenty-one years ago)

that went past me.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 29 July 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey is every movie opening this week set in New Jersey?

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 29 July 2004 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

the village is set in PA

― adam west (adamwest), Thursday, 29 July 2004 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)

drat.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 29 July 2004 06:50 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0430/lim.php

- makes it sound much cooler than I expected. Okay, okay to be honest, i'm practically desperate to see this now.

― Vic (Vic), Thursday, 29 July 2004 08:48 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.freep.com/entertainment/movies/asian26_20040726.htm

"
On the surface, "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle," due out Friday, is your average summer teen gross-out flick.
But behind the burps and potty humor is something remarkable: the first mainstream Hollywood comedy to star two Asian-American actors.

The buddy comedy genre is nothing new. What's novel is casting Asian or Asian-American men in starring roles other than martial arts masters.

― OkayehywasIbeingsonegativebefore? (Vic), Thursday, 29 July 2004 09:22 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe because it just seemed so....unbelievable? until it struck mea few days ago driving up La Brea, looking at the myriad posters advertising this, how yes it's real, it's here, it's actually undeniable.

or maybe just 'cause its overdue? is it? at least this over Better Luck Tommorrow, thank f'in god

― Vic (Vic), Thursday, 29 July 2004 09:24 (twenty-one years ago)

as in, what "deserves" to be a hit

― Vic (Vic), Thursday, 29 July 2004 09:24 (twenty-one years ago)

not that i ever think Kumar, despite how insanely sucksessful this might be, will ever come close to unseating Apu as the archetypal "Indian" in the mindset of (middle or not ) American junior high schoolers

― Vic (Vic), Thursday, 29 July 2004 09:26 (twenty-one years ago)

perhaps one of the more interesting question this film immediately raises to me: is it "acceptable" to portray Asian/Indian characters as being more "likable" by Fratboy-Caucasianizing/whitewashing them.... (by making them play against nerdy successful doctor-professional / or kwik-e-mart-tai driver types as irreverent sex&fast-food obsessed stoners instead) ...? or demeaning to imply that such minorities would only find mainstream acceptance if they became asian/indian version of ashton kutcher...

which is of course a VERY flawed question - as it automatically sets up this false dichotomy. AHEM it assumes that minorities never are irreverent sex&fast food obsessed stoners in the first place - and considering the irony of who's authoring this post - as well as the large and increasingly visible subculture of minority youth (that was unfortunately distorted in the empty, posing caricatures of Better Luck Tommorrow) who go aginst parental expectations, it's basically meaningless. so ignore that question, perhaps, and ponder this one:

why would a "dumbing down," if it were, of any sort of character be necesary to render him or her more likable/accessible to the American (youth?) public in the first place? is American culture so deeply anti-intellectual to start with ? or is it just the appeal of seeing people do just as foolish things on screen as we do in the privacy of our station wagons ?

― Vic (Vic), Thursday, 29 July 2004 09:39 (twenty-one years ago)

July 24, 2004
Dear Friends, Fans, Haters, Players, and True Money Makers,
Hey! This is Kal Penn (aka Kalpen Modi) and John Cho writing to encourage you to go see our upcoming comedy from New
Line Cinema, "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle," opening nationwide on July 30th. This film marks the first time a
major studio is releasing a project with two Asian American males as the leads. We don't have stereotypical accents,
we don't passively tread through the story, we're not asexual or hypersexual, there are no martial arts scenes,
one-dimensional cab driver segments. We play a couple of all-American guys who happen to be of Indian and Korean
descent. Our characters (Harold and Kumar) are post-collegiate buddies who get the munchies and end up going on the
adventure of their lives as they set out to satisfy a spontaneous craving for White Castle burgers. Ebert and Roeper
just gave our movie "Two Thumbs Up"! We hope you will too. Read on.
The opening weekend for any film is extremely important. Studio executives (the people who make big decisions about
movies) track the numbers from that first weekend's ticket sales and make all kinds of decisions based on that data.
They decide if they will add more screens to show a film, if they will spend more money in promoting it, if they will
start investing in a sequel... but most importantly, they decide if elements of the film work and whether they should
do it again. In our case, that means they will be asking, "Will a strong script and story succeed or fail with 2
Asian American guys in non-stereotypical roles?". We personally think it will succeed, but we need your help! This
film is our chance to prove that realistic, nonstereotypical depictions can make an audience have a blast, and take
in enough money to make this happen in the future.
By buying a ticket to "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle", you aren't just gonna get to see a really funny movie
with two dudes who look like you. Nope. You're also going to be saying to media outlets, "I support accurate
representation of Asian Americans and would like to see more." You have the power to change things simply by buying a
ticket to a film that we believe you'll have fun watching anyway!
Please go to the theaters on the weekend of July 30th, and watch "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle". We look at this awesome
opportunity like we do voting in an election. Every movie ticket someone buys is a VOTE, and the cool part is, you're
allowed to vote as many times as you want. With your support of the film, we will show decision-makers in Hollywood
that supporting movies like these is not only the right thing to do, but is also good business. We'll also show YOU
what it's like to ride a cheetah, hang glide off a cliff, pick up a hitchhiking Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser),
tell off a bunch of ignorant punks, get love interests, and sing Wilson Phillips at the top of our lungs.
So just hold on for one more... week, and check out the website at www.HaroldandKumar.com. This film opens the
weekend of July 30th! Send this email to all of your friends. Throw parties. Order food. Make a night (or
weekend) out of it and go see "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle"! This is a landmark opportunity for the Asian
American community, and we are proud to be the faces involved. With your support and the success of this film, we
hope that it's only the beginning of many more Asian Americans on screen...
Enjoy the movie,

Kal Penn and John Cho
"Kumar" and "Harold"

New Line Cinema's "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle"

― Vic (Vic), Thursday, 29 July 2004 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

New Line Cinema's "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle"

― Okaynowthatwebringsomeof"RacialObligation"thingintoitimambivalentagain (Vic), Thursday, 29 July 2004 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry for the double post. time to sleep. i need all my strength to get high tommorrow.

― halfbakedandhalfdead (Vic), Thursday, 29 July 2004 09:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Ernie got the same email: http://www.littleyellowdifferent.com/?z=post&y=archives/002528

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 29 July 2004 10:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Kal Penn (aka Kalpen Modi)

Looks like he's already whitewashing himself.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 July 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

that was unfortunately distorted in the empty, posing caricatures of Better Luck Tommorrow

I recall Sterling, who lived in Irvine for a bit, saying that it was actually pretty spot on in many ways. Then again, perhaps the OC factor reduces us all here to empty, posing caricatures. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 July 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

(And to my Filipino friends - yeah, it's true - I'm totally bitter because UC Davis never had a Chinese Cultural Night. But at UC Davis, that would just be called "the school play!" Ha ha! Here come the hate e-mails!)

HAHAHA i like this guy.

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

on the better luck tomorrow tip the thing was it played with the "smart kids selling tests" and off the stereotypes whereas as i saw it in irvine etc there we just lotsa kids, not especially model minority in any particular way, who just wanted to be/were some sort of "gang" member (some for real, some for play) and enormous emulation of clothing, style of talk, attitude, etc.

Vollmann has a nice piece on the cambodian population in SoCal and this phenom in Rising Up, Rising Down. Its really sorta depressing.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 29 July 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

You guys, this movie was great.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 07:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i saw it last night. better than dude, where's my car but it's no anchorman. there's a scene involving wilson phillips that might be worth the price of admission, though considering the age of the protagonists (22) i was a bit dubious - they'd have been like 7 when hold on came out? the main strength, for me, was penn and cho's charm.

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 31 July 2004 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

so that's where you were last night?

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

for part of the time. then i went to a bar where a friend was tending to have a few drinks before going out to mighty robot. for several hours i was like, "oh, ok. one more but then that's it." end result: TIPSY! and too late to go to the show. i weeble-wobbled my way home and fell asleep watching the thin blue line dvd that my mother just sent me.

― lauren (laurenp), Saturday, 31 July 2004 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i liked this movie A LOT. it's very much a new york/new jersey setpiece, and very of-its-time. also, it must be said (if you've never heard a beastie boys record or anything) that white castle is a BIG part of the cultural identity of kids growing up in NY/NJ. it's our taco bell (or maybe our sonic -- we don't have one of those yet). check out "white castle blues" by jersey band the smithereens -- they loved the place so much they wrote a whole song in its honor!

― Maneating Leopards of India (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 1 August 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a scene involving wilson phillips that might be worth the price of admission, though considering the age of the protagonists (22) i was a bit dubious - they'd have been like 7 when hold on came out?

so? surely you know all the words to pop songs that came out when you were 7.

also, am i imagining things or did i see a scissor sisters flyer on their wall?

― Maneating Leopards of India (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 1 August 2004 02:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Besides, you can still hear that song on the radio frequently today. It's not like stations stop playing music right after it comes out.

― Dan I., Sunday, 1 August 2004 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

actually, i haven't heard hold on played on the radio in years. maybe my inattentiveness, but still.

yes, that was a scissor sisters poster on their wall.

― lauren (laurenp), Sunday, 1 August 2004 05:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm going to see this movie, but I must say, nothing will ever convince me that White Castle is worth eating. I ate a McDonald's hamburger less than a week ago, so take this with a grain of salt. It may reflect some kind of provincialism... I never had White Castle growing up, and when I finally tried it in my late twenties, I thought it was possibly the nastiest thing I had ever put in my mouth (and I was drunk at the time!). I may have hit it too late. Still... GOD! What a terrible hamburger. The beef was bad, the bun was hard, and the onions were slimy. And as these are the only three ingredientrs of a White Castle hamburger, I have to wonder how anyone has ever had a *good* experience with this terrible food.

― Kenan (kenan), Sunday, 1 August 2004 06:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm going to see this movie, but I must say, nothing will ever convince me that White Castle is worth eating. I ate a McDonald's hamburger less than a week ago, so take this with a grain of salt. It may reflect some kind of provincialism... I never had White Castle growing up, and when I finally tried it in my late twenties, I thought it was possibly the nastiest thing I had ever put in my mouth (and I was drunk at the time!). I may have hit it too late. Still... GOD! What a terrible hamburger. The beef was bad, the bun was hard, and the onions were slimy. And as these are the only three ingredients of a White Castle hamburger, I have to wonder how anyone has ever had a *good* experience with this terrible food.

― Kenan (kenan), Sunday, 1 August 2004 06:03 (twenty-one years ago)

oops.

― Kenan (kenan), Sunday, 1 August 2004 06:09 (twenty-one years ago)

fine, eat the Chicken Rings, then

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Sunday, 1 August 2004 06:27 (twenty-one years ago)

There is some amount of White Castle fetishizing in the movie (naturally there's a sort've orgasmic scene where they actually get their food), but for the most part it's just sort've a mcguffin.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Sunday, 1 August 2004 06:35 (twenty-one years ago)

why do I always repeat words that should only be used once per sentence when I am tired.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Sunday, 1 August 2004 06:36 (twenty-one years ago)

What a terrible hamburger. The beef was bad, the bun was hard, and the onions were slimy.

that's. not. the. point. or maybe it is.

― Maneating Leopards of India (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 1 August 2004 07:16 (twenty-one years ago)

MUSTARD! YOU NEED IT!

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Sunday, 1 August 2004 07:19 (twenty-one years ago)

the vileness is part of the appeal. nobody actually thinks white castle hamburgers are "good." if we wanted "good" hamburgers we'd go to a diner! it's more of a "it's 4am, we're stoned, let's revel in what we're reduced to" sort of thing.

― Maneating Leopards of India (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 1 August 2004 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a definite element of slumming. white castles in nyc are mostly tucked away in the ghetto neighborhoods. the white castle near me is a total crack den, and it's not even IN a ghetto.

― Maneating Leopards of India (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 1 August 2004 07:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one having ILE trouble tonight.

― Kenan (kenan), Sunday, 1 August 2004 07:46 (twenty-one years ago)

the white castle near me is a total crack den, and it's not even IN a ghetto.

I have the same experience, but for the sake of charity to all mankind, I prefer to think of this as a food issue rather than a class issue. Because if I think of it as a class issue, I'll only get depressed about class in America and maybe capitalism in general. No one could ever argue that White Castle food should really be *eaten*.

― Kenan (kenan), Sunday, 1 August 2004 07:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Is 'White Castle' supposed to be some sort of racial metaphor?

― Tark Vanderglue, Sunday, 1 August 2004 09:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw this tonight and it's seriously the funniest movie I've seen in a long long time. Howlingly funny. Even the fart jokes were witty.

Luckily there was an In-N-Out Burger just down PCH from where I saw it.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 2 August 2004 08:26 (twenty-one years ago)

There was a Sassy's Sliders across the street from where I saw it. No, I didn't go in, but the thought crossed my mind.

― Maneating Leopards of India (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 2 August 2004 09:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I am slightly perturbed that Catwoman made more money that Harold and Kumar this weekend.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 2 August 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a thin blue line dvd now?

― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 2 August 2004 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)

My sister is 22, and she LOVED Wilson Phillips when they were popular.

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Monday, 2 August 2004 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

white castles in nyc are mostly tucked away in the ghetto neighborhoods.

not a very nice thing to say about ddb's neighborhood!

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 2 August 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

and not to mention the White Castle(s) in manhattan...

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I basically live ON TOP OF a white castle, the smell is TEH FUCKING worst.

but yeah, i live in the ghetto, hstencil you are only sticking up for me because you were very close to living up in that hood.

you did the right thing by not.

― ddb (ddb), Monday, 2 August 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i was mugged very near that white castle. pah.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 2 August 2004 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Really? Shit...that sucks.

― ddb (ddb), Monday, 2 August 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

were you drinking at the Blue Lady?

― ddb (ddb), Monday, 2 August 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

i was going to my friend's party. bad timing.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 2 August 2004 16:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm the same age as H&K, I didn't recognize "Hold On" by name, but as soon as it started playing I knew all the words.

This was really funny, way better than Dude, Where's My. Less repetitive crap masquerading as comedy. The only thing that fell flat was the EXTREME ATHLETES gang. Doogie's strippers routine played better in the commercial, but it was still funny.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 01:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I really liked it!

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 04:02 (twenty-one years ago)

hey, nice setup for the sequel too, eh?

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 04:03 (twenty-one years ago)

that setup was a great gag and if they actually do a sequel with that i'll be shocked! the extreme gang i found v. funny actually, precisely coz i like the repetition humor thing. it reminded me of "high fiving white guys" a bit.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 07:28 (twenty-one years ago)

oh and chromeo opened for the scissor sisters on that gig poster they had.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 11:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Can't believe it worked using John Cho as the straight man, but it did.

'Harold And Kumar Go To Amsterdam' NEEDS to happen. Apparently Hurwitz and Schlossberg are already working on it, and John Cho and Kal Penn are signed up to make a further two movies.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 9 August 2004 02:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Maneating Leopards of India: SOOOOO OTM ain't even frickin' funny.

James M.: YESSSS

Just saw this with my bud Cacaman Flores. Judgement: From where I was sitting...THE ultimate stoner comedy. Gives the Cheech and Chong franchise a run for their money. For the record, I saw it stone-cold sober and thought it brilliant, so take that as you will...Best comedy of the year.

― Franco Wanko, Monday, 9 August 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

five months pass...

I saw it tonight and i LOVED it, but I watched it alone and that was bad. IT made me lonely.

― Nellie (nellskies), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

They'll be hitting Guantanamo Bay in the sequel (and N.P. Harris returns):

http://www.cinematical.com/2007/01/31/lots-more-hit-the-road-for-harold-and-kumar-2/

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

The perfect film to wrap up the W. years with.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 16:55 (nineteen years ago)

sounds fabulous

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

CAN NOT WAIT

― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

I wonder how much more racial commentary they can do, esp. w/ the "kumar as terrist" bit

― kingfish moose tracks (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

fourteen years pass...

Now even one further nudge toward gay classic-ish: https://www.out.com/celebs/2021/10/31/kal-penn-comes-out-gay-josh-fiance-boyfriend-photo

― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Sunday, 31 October 2021 20:49 (four years ago)

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