Kal Penn’s character committed suicide on last night’s episode of “House, M.D.,” and if you’re really going to bitch and moan about me not writing “spoiler alert” first, then you need to either watch your programs the night that they air or realize that it’s not like any character besides House matters on “House.”
Anyway, it turns out that Penn asked to be written off the show so that he can go work for President Obama. He spoke about the move to EW’s Michael Ausiello.
I understand it was your decision to leave House. True?
KAL PENN: Yes. I was incredibly honored a couple of months ago to get the opportunity to go work in the White House. I got to know the President and some of the staff during the campaign and had expressed interest in working there, so I’m going to be the associate director in the White House office of public liaison. They do outreach with the American public and with different organizations.
Penn’s specific assignment will be working with the Asian-American and arts communities. It’s a pretty cool move, but I don’t see why his character had to die. Why does every healthy character on TV just die when the actor leaves the show. Why not, “Hey, I got a job in a different city and I’m moving”? That happens all the time. Or the character could just disappear without a word, and then it could come out that his buzzkill ex-girlfriends kept tracking him down and looking for child support. C’mon, who hasn’t gone through that before?
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Huh. So a guy with almost no political experience, and who only sounds really good when he’s reading a script gets moved into the White House? That never really happens does it?
Call me old fashioned, but I would rather have seen this scenario.
House: Dr. Kutner where are you going?
Still shot of Dr. Kutner: (in dubbed voice) I have to go now, my planet needs me.
Note: Dr. Kutner died on the way back to his home plane
Certainly never happened with Ronald Reagan.
They should have had Harold come by for a White Castle road trip.
And … scene!
Goddamnit. I haven’t started season 5. Dick move, sir. Dick fucking move.
Jeremy – here’s another spoiler…Darth Vader is Luke’s dad.
Did he blow himself up like a good terrorist?
I’m just starting this history of the Second World War. No one tell me how it turns out!
Short answer Otto Man. America…. FUCK YEA!!!!!!!!
Ottoman – Reagan had two terms as Governor of California before he ran for President, little more experience then the current office holder and yes the Allies won WWII. Oops, sorry for the last spoiler.
Yeah, Reagan had experience. So did Gopher from the Love Boat… and Sonnny Bono… and Foghorn Leghorn from Law & Order.
But please keep telling celebrities to shut up. It’s adorable.
I think Foghorn Leghorn cartoons are some of the best ever made.
For fuck sake, he isnt going to be president. He is going to be in charge of the Asian-American arts community, which most likely involves showing asian women that there are other ways of being on film besides staring in “Big dicks in little China” or something like that.
Well… I guess I’m just gonna stick to knock-knock jokes, and ripping off scenes from “The Simpsons” from now on.
The rise of Taj indeed!
/don’t give me that look
“… if you’re really going to bitch and moan about me not writing ‘spoiler alert’ first, then you need to either watch your programs the night that they air or realize that it’s not like any character besides House matters on ‘House.’”
I wasn’t going to bitch and moan, but then you made me feel like an asshole for having a job that requires me to be at work when that show airs.
So: *complaint* Go fuck yourself. */complaint*
“I work, dammit”: You are a little bitch. Don’t read a blog about TV shows if you don’t want to know dumb ass.
So: Go Fuck Yourself, sir. This aggression will not stand, man.
Foghorn Leghorn always had problems with the debates:
“I say, I say, I say boy…I don’t like no darn tootin faggots”
Hey, Sac-Town, maybe you should go fuck YOURself! hahaha
Just because you’re okay with a spoiler doesn’t mean the rest of us want to be ambushed with the ending to a whole fucking season you piece of shit fagett. If this was real life, you and me’d be having a fist fight right now. I’m not saying I’d win, but man. Shit this is serious, son.
Damn, this shit just got real.
It’s not about me being “ok” with it. It’s my problem with the obvious contradiction of reading a site about the latest news on TV shows and then being angry when the spoiler is released to you and your follow-up surprise and dismay (Fail).
By the way, if you are going to throw around homosexual rhetoric and fighting words, you might as spell it correctly (re: FAGGOT as opposed to your FAGETT (REALLY?)).
So he commits career suicide so on the show the writers have him commit suicide brilliant
@buddy reaperton:
Oh be nice!