In honor of what may have been the series finale of OUTSOURCED last night, let me quote my favorite Rajiv moment from the episode: Todd: What can I do to help? Rajiv: Do you know where the gift table is? Todd: Yes. Rajiv: Good. Go to it and see if someone gave us a time machine. Todd: I get it. And then set it to before the bachelor party? Rajiv: No. You must go back much further. Go back to
As luck would have it, Rizwan Manji was on my flight home from Dallas, and I met him in the SFO baggage claim. No, really, sometimes these things just happen to me. He invited me to attend the event he had flown in for, a talk with Sanskriti, the South Asian student organization at Stanford University. The talk was moderated by member Elahe Popat, who focused the discussion on his experiences as a South Asian actor. Manji began by recapping
Sometimes Amrie sets aside HER take on TV to let someone else have a go. Sunil is just such a someone else. Formerly of RTVW Online and Mars Investigations, he has multiple Comic-Cons under his belt and is happy to share his love of television with anyone who will listen. Last month, I attended the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival’s panel on Breakout Female Comedians, featuring Anisha Nagarajan, who plays scene-stealer Madhuri on OUTSOURCED. She regaled us with tales
Tonight on NBC, the comedies are tackling Valentine’s Day – take a peek at what’s happening in tonight’s episodes (well, 5 of the 6) and tell me – should I check back in on OUTSOURCED? COMMUNITY Britta befriends a lesbian girl named Paige. PERFECT COUPLES Dave learns that he is nowhere near as cute as his dog during an afternoon hike. THE OFFICE Holly describes the things that make Michael so sexy. PARKS AND REC Ron addresses his overdue book
What? OUTSOURCED is NBC’s new workplace comedy series centered around a catalog-based company, Mid America Novelties, that sells American novelty goods, including whoopee cushions, foam fingers and wallets made of bacon, and whose call center has suddenly been outsourced to India. After recently completing Mid America Novelties’ manager training program, Todd Dempsy learns that the call center is being outsourced to India, and he is asked to move there to be the manager. Having never ventured out of the country,
In NBC’s new comedy series airing Thursdays at 9:30, after THE OFFICE, an American novelty salesman heads to India to head up the outsourced sales department.