Hell Yeah: They're making Eddie Huang's memoir Fresh Off The Boat into a TV show

Nahnatchka Khan will write and produce the comedy for ABC.

Man, this news makes my day. If you enjoy the mad musings of New York chef/restaurateur/provacateur Eddie Huang, you'll be pleased to know that his memoir Fresh Off the Boat is being adapted into a TV sitcom. For real: Nahnatchka Khan Immigrant Family Comedy With Jake Kasdan Lands At ABC As Put Pilot.

Nahnatchka Khan, creator of now-canceled (but very funny) Don't Trust The B--, will write/executive produce the single-camera pilot for ABC. Based on Huang's own childhood, the show will be set in the 1990s and will focus on an immigrant Chinese family that moves to Orlando. (How can you look at that book cover and not laugh?)

I see much potential for hilarity and good stories. The trick will be striking the right balance of nostalgia, immigrant humor and Huang's unmistakably original voice.

Warren Furutani is not taking your s#*t

Skirmish breaks out on California State Assembly floor.



Even without any kind of context, this is an awesome photo. Assemblyman Warren Furutani being restrained on the California State Assembly floor? Badass. Seriously, he looks like he wants to kick somebody's ass. And indeed, there was reportedly some kind of skirmish that went down yesterday: Skirmish breaks out on Assembly floor during budget debate.

It apparently started when Assemblyman Don Wagner of Irvine likened a portion of the Democrats' budget plan, a plan to eliminate redevelopment agencies, to a "Tony Soprano" insurance scheme -- a remark that did not go over well with Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, who happens to be Italian American. Here's video of the exchange (at the 2:45 mark):