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    Kal Penn chimes in on White House job

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You may remember him from the hit movie franchise Harold and Kumar or that's suicidal doctor Cutler from the fox TV series -- At cal and -- many when he took a Hollywood sabbatical to work.

For the Obama administration.

Now he's back in Tinseltown keeping himself busy both in film and public service.

And the Hollywood actor and former associate director of the office of public engagement to the White House joins us right now what is the office of public and yet.

But not -- -- office of public engagement is the the outreach arm of the White House so they're tasked with you know sort of the to a conversation the president had this this idea that unit wants to at least -- two way conversation between the American public and went so Susan.

Policy it's it's more prevalent -- crisis we -- -- come over to me go over talk to those people and tell what I wanna say yeah basically because I think historically that he's -- the -- public liaison.

I think it goes back to the Nixon administration and then.

You know depending on the administration it was either.

You know business focus store or.

Social focused but but this I think was was across the board was the influence -- -- -- -- -- -- were like wow this you know Hollywood actors really successful wants to go worked in the White House.

And one of the most amazing things you find out about work and there is on your first night what happened.

Personally you know work until about 11 o'clock and I'm hungry and I'm thinking that watched enough west wing and have enough friends who worked in the Bush Administration that I know what I can do I get to order food now.

-- you can order delivered what else.

It's it's again security regulations immediately texted -- buddies in the former administration what you guys did not tell -- we can't.

Program -- is that why you left.

-- -- -- -- -- With the adjusting the coffee and MS Judy but I'm also interested in how you got -- -- do it a background check and you say you had to list all of the job I've got -- Well in all of that at anyone who works there has the same same background check I have actually wasn't working on nuclear issues and answers like that but he still list everything you've you don't get -- -- jobs have been fired from and I got fired from two sitcoms back in the day.

Because the executive producers didn't think it was funny and often -- -- like I have to be truthful -- of these FBI -- it was back projects I just wrote fired yes.

Reason not being funny enough.

I think you're being funny right there yeah.

Like what's the deal with this I just.

On -- the -- -- you've got a movie out right now it's a very Harold and Kumar 3-D Christmas folks if you haven't seen it yet here's a little snippet of this.

Funny guy.

It is all right yeah right I rolled it but it.

Was a that was used to treat -- you -- my -- You just took my trees and 19 -- -- herald does a perfectly self portrait.

That was a perfectly so we'll -- Coming wound up with -- Christmas tree yes yes heralded.

Of course of course is why the -- I think is -- -- again and this is also -- treaty but I think that for this that these types of movies have been.

So kind of frivolous and fun and of the kinds of movies you wanted to see with your friends and as far as comedy goes you know this is not avatar -- is not.

That is not the -- special -- I think otherwise you know you should see this if you wanna see Christmas trees coming out that you we'd ride the bonfire on fire if you -- -- falling from buildings absolutely right looks it looks great all right.

Now you have a video game as well that his family friend media everywhere I had the -- program hurled -- him.

Differently so that what -- brave men origins and you know when -- night it was kind of talking to these guys about the game what struck me about it was it wasn't that kind of -- up violent video game.

I'm actually personally not a lot of not a fan of those and I like the kind of stuff that's really well designed sizzle hand drawn -- that they essentially feed into a computer and an intimate.

So I thought that was -- -- -- that the graphics are amazing in and so that that the games out now and it's.

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By the way thanks for watching this at the White House IE you know lovers' stuff that photo is a full morning -- -- that the western thank you to our.

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