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| Pass notes, No 3,242: Kal Penn | Pass notes, No 3,242: Kal Penn |
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| Age: 35. | Age: 35. |
| Appearance: Familiar. | Appearance: Familiar. |
| It is, isn't it? Now where have I seen him before? Was it yesterday, as a speaker at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina? | It is, isn't it? Now where have I seen him before? Was it yesterday, as a speaker at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina? |
| Nooo … Was it on the campaign trail for Barack Obama back in 2007? | Nooo … Was it on the campaign trail for Barack Obama back in 2007? |
| No, not that either … Or maybe you served with him on Obama's National Arts Policy Committee in 2008? | No, not that either … Or maybe you served with him on Obama's National Arts Policy Committee in 2008? |
| No, no, I think I would remember that. Or have you seen him striding through the corridors of power in his capacity as associate director of the Office of Public Engagement? | No, no, I think I would remember that. Or have you seen him striding through the corridors of power in his capacity as associate director of the Office of Public Engagement? |
| What does he do there? He liaises between young Americans, particularly the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and the arts. | What does he do there? He liaises between young Americans, particularly the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and the arts. |
| Then no, I don't remember him there either. Mainly because I've never left Chiswick. So why do I almost feel as if I know him? Wait – could it be the 37 episodes of House he appeared in as Dr Lawrence Kutner? | Then no, I don't remember him there either. Mainly because I've never left Chiswick. So why do I almost feel as if I know him? Wait – could it be the 37 episodes of House he appeared in as Dr Lawrence Kutner? |
| Of course! Or the three Harold and Kumar films he did. As Kumar. | Of course! Or the three Harold and Kumar films he did. As Kumar. |
| Ah, yes. But … wait a minute. Is that why Dr Kutner otherwise totally inexplicably killed himself at the end of season five? He had got a job offer from the White House? Yes! After Kal Penn – or rather Kalpen Modi, to use the birth name he has readopted for his political career – put in sterling work on the campaign trail in between Harold and Kumaring, Obama offered him the associate directorship in early 2009. He said yes, so it was sayonara Dr K. | Ah, yes. But … wait a minute. Is that why Dr Kutner otherwise totally inexplicably killed himself at the end of season five? He had got a job offer from the White House? Yes! After Kal Penn – or rather Kalpen Modi, to use the birth name he has readopted for his political career – put in sterling work on the campaign trail in between Harold and Kumaring, Obama offered him the associate directorship in early 2009. He said yes, so it was sayonara Dr K. |
| Can they do that? He's the president of the United States. He can do pretty much whatever he wants. That's why it's such a popular job. | Can they do that? He's the president of the United States. He can do pretty much whatever he wants. That's why it's such a popular job. |
| No, I meant actors. Can they just kind of jump back and forth between acting and politics like that? Let me introduce you, my friend, to the year 2012. You can barely put a cigarette paper between politics and showbusiness these days. | No, I meant actors. Can they just kind of jump back and forth between acting and politics like that? Let me introduce you, my friend, to the year 2012. You can barely put a cigarette paper between politics and showbusiness these days. |
| Really? What are all the ugly people going to do now, then? A question for another time, I think. | Really? What are all the ugly people going to do now, then? A question for another time, I think. |
| Do say: "Dude, I'm feeling very connected to both my elected head of government and the arts right now!" | Do say: "Dude, I'm feeling very connected to both my elected head of government and the arts right now!" |
| Don't say: "So, when's the next Harold and Kumar coming out?" | Don't say: "So, when's the next Harold and Kumar coming out?" |
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