Let's say you're Kal Penn. Actor. Blogger. Hero to young South Asian Americans and stoner comedy afficiandos everywhere. You're trying to oil the publicity machinery of a film based on the novel of Pulitzer Prize winning hottie Jhumpa Lahiri while shooting the Harold and Kumar sequel. What better way to use your clout than to bring the arthouse and fart-house crowds together with a small series of mock interviews?

The first guest-stars SNL's Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. Nam-a-sake indeed:

Next, as long as you're in the Deep South, why not solicit a review of the film from a bunch of KKK members?*

*In case you're wondering, these are not members of the actual Ku Klux Klan.**

** Apparently there are some readers of the Namesake's official blog who think it's too soon to make fun of the KKK. To those sensitive types, Mr. Penn offers some context to articulate his comedic position.

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