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Post by or2az » Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:17 pm

Spenser: For Hire
TV series (season 2 episode 18)
Robert Urich, 1987
Filming location: Chinatown, Boston, Massachusetts
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Mako- Japanese American actor
AKIRO the wizard in the CONAN movies

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Post by Barticle » Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:53 am

Thanks, Steve, for this nice addition with pics.

From a distance I keep thinking that's Chevy Chase on the right in the first image.

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Post by Barticle » Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:45 pm

Here's a random media appearance - an odd pic of a mahjong parlour on the cover art of a new EP in my Bandcamp music feed (German artist and record label).

https://thenotwist.bandcamp.com/album/ship

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Post by Barticle » Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:46 am

Mahjong appears in a 2019 episode of The Flash with some flashy gold-backed tiles.
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Post by Barticle » Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:27 pm

I found a nice table in a Chinatown gang hideout in the video game Watch Dogs 2.
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Post by Barticle » Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:24 am

Here's a two-player game of "penny mahjong" in season 2 of Lethal Weapon. (2018)
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She caught him cheating with tiles in his boot. (ouch!)
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Post by Barticle » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:09 pm

Here's a quick mention in the first episode of superhero series The Boys. (2019)
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Post by Barticle » Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:22 am

A difference of opinion in season 3 of Bob's Burgers. (2012)
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I only just started watching so I have 200 episodes to ketchup ;) on.
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I know the feeling!
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Post by Barticle » Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:45 pm

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Tohai (2013) is a live-action series based on a manga about a high-school student drawn into an underworld of gambling.
Just spotted that Amazon Prime Video has both seasons of this, listed under the translated + original title - "Frozen Tiles TOHAI".

It has the original Japanese dialogue but English subtitles. Seems to have a good focus on the tabletop action (so far).
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Post by Barticle » Thu May 06, 2021 7:44 pm

Mahjong with the girls, but not the eponymous Good Girls in the NBC show. (2020)
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Post by Barticle » Thu May 06, 2021 8:52 pm

Two spots in one day!

I thought it was cool that "The Renter" in this recent TV ad has a Chun keyfob...
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...but then she ends up playing. :D
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Post by Barticle » Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:02 pm

A visit to a clubhouse in Chinatown in Amazon Prime's Goliath. (2016)
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The mandatory mahjong tables add to the oriental flavour of the set.
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Post by Barticle » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:07 pm

A folding table in the new kung-fu video-game Sifu. (2022)
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Post by Barticle » Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:13 am

A three-player match observed in the video-game The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki. (2021)

Not playable, I think.
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Post by Barticle » Mon Apr 18, 2022 8:59 pm

A rather shabby MJ set in the Android pawnshop game, Dealer's Life 2. (2020)

I was able to flip it to a collector for a $200 profit!
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