The Simpsons - Another Armenian Reference (YouTube Link Inside)
Hi,
Guess what? Moe is “Half-Armenian”!
Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G6XpdsHStY
Please keep my name and email private.
Regards,
Sasha
Random Armenian references in pop culture
It's all we got, other than the completely reprehensible Kardashians
Ben Foster has a tattoo in Armenian that he got while filming Here (he talks about it here, toward the end http://www.bullz-eye.com/movies/interviews/2011/ben_foster.htm) and I noticed it while watching Contraband. There was a closeup of the letters TIA in Armenian. WIsh I could find a screenshot of it.
The Canterbury Tales
“Armenia”/”Armenian” is mentioned at least three times in the book; along with other ancient civilizations such as the Assyrians, Egyptians, etc.
Is this a long lost relative of Lando Calrissian?
Khatchadourians are obviously artistic geniuses
Here is a great post on popular technology blog Gizmodo about yet another brilliant artist by the name of Khatchadourian (or some variant).
Another example of horrible, mind numbing programming. I don’t know why I’m posting this - this should definitely be lumped into the almost universal Kardashian ban - but just this once we’ll allow it so I can reiterate that flip-flops are a despicable invention and a nuisance to enlightened society.
Another show (Shameless) shooting scenes in an Armenian convenience store. This can only mean that Armenians have finally monopolized the convenience store market, which means free slurpies for anyone with an “ian” in their name. I’m psyched!
Update:
Here is the full shot of the store:
Apparently that sign says “Haygagan Nbaradoun.” which makes a lot more sense than when I read “Gagan Rado” on the first screenshot.
This one isn’t necessarily a reference to Armenians as it is a profile of Armenians in Calcutta, but the accents and the host in general is too good not to share.
Click through this link and the videos go on for a while:
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/137162/secret-kitchen-armenian-food-in-kolkata.html
via Raffi Sarafian
The whole skit is about an Armenian family from LA - pretty run of the mill “look how funny immigrants are” stuff - but the key moment is the Jay Leno lookalike Yeghish doing a classic rendition of the stansi squat.
Special lunch time edition of random Armenian references. Misuh oor ah indeed.
