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FRESH OFF THE BOAT: PHILLIP GOLDSTEIN (TV)

Summary

One in this comedy series, inspired by the memoir by chef Eddie Huang, about a Taiwanese immigrant family and their attempts to build a "perfect" American life in 1990s Florida.

In this episode, Jessica firmly denies Eddie's pleas to attend a Beastie Boys concert, lamenting his refusal to be "a good Chinese boy" with more traditional preferences. Later, he is pleased when he is assigned to be a "first-day friend" to a new student of Chinese descent, but he quickly finds that he and the preppy Phillip Goldstein, who was adopted by Jewish parents, have nothing in common. Despite their obvious dislike for one another, their teachers continually pair up the "best friends" for class activities. Elsewhere, Louis holds interviews to replace Mitch, who has taken a "lateral position" at Golden Saddle, and is delighted when genuine cowboy Wyatt arrives and accepts the host job.

Jessica immediately begins fawning over "perfect" Phillip, and Eddie turns his resentment to his advantage by claiming that Phillip, too, wishes to attend the Beastie Boys concert, thus changing Jessica's mind. Louis quickly realizes that Wyatt is "a little too perfect" and agrees to hire Mitch back, but finds that he cannot bring himself to coldly fire his new employee. Over dinner with the Goldsteins, Eddie is surprised when Phillip goes along with his lie about the concert; Phillip then reveals that he wishes to attend a matinee of "Les Misérables" on the same day and needs Eddie's help in circumventing the rules of Shabbat, to which his family strictly adheres. Jessica refuses to be Louis' "bad cop," and his attempts to practice "firing" Evan and Emery fall flat. Phillip decides to bail on Eddie's concert upon realizing that Shabbat ended by the conclusion of "Les Miz." A shocked Jessica scolds him for breaking his word, realizing that he is not a "good Chinese boy" after all. She then grudgingly takes Eddie to the following night's Beastie Boys concert, and Eddie bonds with a fellow student over their love of the group. Elsewhere, Louis eventually finds the right incentive to provoke Mitch into firing his "co-host." Includes commercials and promos.

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: November 30, 1999 8:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:30:02
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: 122287
  • GENRE: Comedy
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Families; Chinese Americans; Asian American Pacific Islanders Collection
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 2015-2020
  • COMMERCIALS:
    • TV - Commercials - "Cinderella" motion picture
    • TV - Commercials - "Home" motion picture
    • TV - Commercials - "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" home video
    • TV - Commercials - Apple watches
    • TV - Commercials - Chevrolet automobiles
    • TV - Commercials - Hulu video streaming service
    • TV - Commercials - McDonald's restaurants
    • TV - Commercials - Metro PCS cellular services
    • TV - Commercials - PetSmart stores
    • TV - Commercials - Purina Beyond natural pet food
    • TV - Commercials - Staples stores
    • TV - Commercials - Trivago hotel booking website
    • TV - Commercials - Wonderful Halos mandarins
    • TV - Commercials - Yoplait Greek 100 yogurt
    • TV - Promos - "Black-ish"
    • TV - Promos - "Dancing With the Stars"
    • TV - Promos - "Forever"
    • TV - Promos - "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
    • TV - Promos - "Last Man Standing"
    • TV - Promos - "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
    • TV - Promos - "Once Upon a Time"
    • TV - Promos - "Repeat After Me"
    • TV - Promos - "The Chew"
    • TV - Promos - "The Goldbergs"

CREDITS

  • Nahnatchka Khan … Executive Producer, Created by
  • Melvin Mar … Executive Producer
  • Jake Kasdan … Executive Producer
  • Kourtney Kang … Co-Executive Producer
  • Keith Heisler … Supervising Producer
  • Matt Kuhn … Supervising Producer
  • Eddie Huang … Producer, Inspired by the book by, Narrator
  • Justin McEwen … Producer
  • Rich Blomquist … Producer
  • Megan Mascena … Co-Producer
  • Kyle Weber … Associate Producer
  • Dana Klein … Consulting Producer
  • Sanjay Shah … Consulting Producer
  • Phil Traill … Director
  • Jeff Chiang … Writer
  • Eric Ziobrowski … Writer
  • Craig Wedren … Music by
  • Danny Brown … Theme Music by
  • Randall Park … Cast, Louis Huang
  • Constance Wu … Cast, Jessica Huang
  • Hudson Yang … Cast, Eddie Huang
  • Forrest Wheeler … Cast, Emery Huang
  • Ian Chen … Cast, Evan Huang
  • Paul Scheer … Cast, Mitch
  • Parker Young … Cast, Wyatt
  • Jillian Armenante … Cast, Nancy
  • Noel G. (see also: Noel Gugliemi) … Cast, Hector
  • Albert Tsai … Cast, Phillip Goldstein
  • Prophet Bolden … Cast, Walter
  • Dylan Garza … Cast, Troy
  • David Goldman … Cast, Principal Hunter
  • Brady Tutton … Cast, Brock
  • Carol Avery … Cast, Mrs. Goldstein
  • Bob Glouberman … Cast, Mr. Goldstein
  • Stephanie Nash … Cast, Mrs. Kranzer
  • Chet Grissom … Cast, Mr. Dunn
  • Misty Monroe … Cast, Shauna
  • Heather Brooker … Cast, Mother
  • Erica Dominguez … Cast, Woman
  • Willow Geer … Cast, Hippie Woman