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Information on Jackie Clips
| May 18, 2000 - Jackie Chan appeared on the David
Letterman show. After Jackie took the time to deliver a standard
kick to David's head (reminiscent of the kick to Conan O'Brien's head a
while ago), the two got down to discussing some of Jackie's injuries
from his movies. Many people have been critical of David because
of his style of interviewing. This was a concern of mine several
years back when Jackie first started showing up on American talk
shows. It is David's way, and it should just be accepted as
so. David repeatedly invites Jackie back to his show and they do
exploit the language barrier, but it is all as it should be.
People tune in to the show to see David and his guests. For the
regular viewers, this is all part of the norm. If you still find
yourself disgusted by the interview, take the time to look up the Howard
Stern interview of Chris Tucker for Rush Hour. Again, the
interview is par for the course for the show, but dedicated Jackie fans
are likely to be offended.
The clip used for this article came from the David Letterman Show and aired on CBS. |
| May 19, 2000 - A small commercial appeared on Galavision
(one of the many Spanish channels available on satellite and through
cable) as I was ripping through the channels on my television. My
daughter had just mentioned that there was a game called futbol in
Mexico, but that it was actually soccer. I was excited to see how
interested she was in the foreign culture and almost as a matter of
proof, Galavision happened to be airing a program on it. When I
tuned in, however, I found that commercials were airing. As if the
shock of hearing my daughter talk about a foreign culture wasn't enough,
here was a commercial on a foreign language channel talking about a
movie starring international superstar Jackie Chan!!
The clip used for this article came from the Galavision television network. |
| May 13, 2000 - Jackie Chan is to appear on Saturday Night
Live as the host along with Kid Rock as the musical guest. This
screen is taken from the tail end of the prior weeks show. This is
a major undertaking for Jackie who is not necessarily known for his
prowess at the English language. Jackie has gone to great lengths
discussing his problems with the English language through stories of his
real experiences. Some of the stories included meeting the queen
of England, ordering breakfast, standing in an elevator, the Oscar's,
and even going so far as to call it "Jackie-English".
Jackie is more or less coming of age in America and his appearance as
host on this show should be considered a milestone in his achievements.
The picture used for this article came from the television show Saturday Night Live!. |
| Date Unknown - As ever-growing evidence of Jackie's
success in the American market, his name has become more and more common
to the general public. Mentions have showed up on shows like The
Simpson's, Men in Black cartoon, and Who wants to be a
millionaire. These shows have distinctly varied viewers ranging
from children to adults. I cannot remember another individual that
has come from the International community that has been marketed and
remarketed in so many different ways and with so much success. It
should be noted that since the Men in Black cartoon airs on the WB
network and Jackie has a cartoon coming up on that network that it only
makes sense that they plug Jackie's upcoming show.
There were a couple of clips used for this article. One is of The Simpson's and the other is the picture of Dana Carvey's question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. |
| May 19, 2000 - In what should have been an exciting day
for Jackie Chan fans, there was very little happening. Jackie had
been slated to appear on the Good Morning America (a.k.a. The Carley
Simon Show) and the Regis and Kathy Lee Show. Neither appearance
happened and reminds me of similar happenings during the Rush Hour
promotion. In what I would call similar to bait and hook tactics,
television listings of GMA all showed Jackie listed as one of the
guests. In "anticipation" of catching a glimpse of the
internationally renowned martial arts superstar many fans tuned
in. It is unknown just how many fans and families of fans had two
hours of their time wasted. What does all of this have to do with
Lucy Liu in a Revlon commercial? Besides being your typical
hottie, Lucy gets the part of princess in Jackie's movie Shanghai
Noon. The commercial aired during GMA.
The clip used for this article aired as a commercial during the popular morning show Good Morning America. |
| Date Unknown - I have to give the utmost credit to MTV
for their continuing support of Jackie Chan. Their lifetime
achievement award is probably the ice-breaker for his career.
There can be little doubt that they have played a serious role in
presenting him to the portion of the American public that is the most
receptive of him. Jackie has appeared in several awards shows (as
recipient and announcer), Celebrity Deathmatch, MTV's Fanatic, and has
also guest hosted a couple of shows (such as the Ass-Kicking
videos). His recent appearance on TRL will be followed by an
upcoming show called Biorhythms.
This clip contains a small portion of the show TRL that aired on MTV. |
| Date Unknown - This little piece of news stands as
another reminder that Jackie is a ground breaking international
star. He is mentioned as being the first Chinese star to be fitted
for the wax!
This clip aired on Fox News! |