"American Born Chinese": Inside Phil and David's Favorite New TV Series with Melvin Mar, Gene Luen Yang, Kelvin Yu & Destin Daniel Cretton

Naked Lunch

Straw Hut Media

Arts, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.9 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Melvin Mar ("Fresh Off The Boat," "Speechless," "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle") -- Phil and David's brilliant producer friend -- takes us inside the thrilling and inspiring creative success story of the critically acclaimed Disney+ series "American Born Chinese" along with a few of his key collaborators -- executive producer Gene Luen Yang who wrote the classic Eisner Award-winning graphic novel on which the show is based, executive producer and series creator Kelvin Yu ("Bob's Burgers"), and executive producer and director Destin Daniel Cretton ("Just Mercy," "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"). We encourage everyone to check out "American Born Chinese" -- with its amazing cast which includes TWO recent Oscar-winners and previous "Naked Lunch" guests, Michelle Yeoh and Key Huy Quan -- on Disney+ -- and currently you can also discover this great new series on Hulu, Roku and YouTube.

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0:00.0	David, hi.
0:03.0	Hey, Phil. How are you doing?
0:05.0	I'm good. I'm very happy. This is a very special edition of Naked Lunch because we have, I think my favorite show of the year is a show called American-born Chinese.
0:16.0	I agree with you. I meant to watch one or two episodes just so I'd be familiar with it.
0:21.2	And I asked my son to watch with me.
0:23.5	We both blew through like three.
0:25.2	And then I couldn't wait for the next.
0:27.3	I finished the whole first season of what I hope will be many just last night.
0:32.8	Thanks, man.
0:33.6	It's pretty great.
0:34.9	And we have the makers of the show.
0:38.3	We have a few makers of the show. Yeah. Let's start great. And we have the makers of the show. We have a few makers of the show.
0:40.3	Let's start with, because this is the origin of this episode.
0:44.3	You know what we have to start with?
0:45.3	Our sandwiches today are from Wee Melrose.
0:48.3	You always have your priority straight.
0:50.3	I do.
0:51.3	And it's very, very good.
0:52.3	And I begged for American-born Chinese food today,
0:55.5	and I failed utterly. So this is proof. I will never get anything other than a sandwich on this show.
1:03.6	Let's spill the beans, chew the fat, food for thought and jokes on tap.
1:09.8	Talking with our mouths full having fun a piece of cake and humble pie
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