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Subplot of Discovering Talent

Doing Something for Charity

Kevin decides charity would suit him, adopts a daughter from Africa, and discovers she comes with opinions of her own.

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#356. Meet Shukri

March 25, 2010

CECE: Kevin, this is SHUKRI, the daughter you adopted.
KEVIN: Yes, yes, great... Wow, you are... as advertised.

SHUKRI: Hello.
KEVIN: So... welcome to the U.S.! You need some food? Was there much to eat in the slums of Chad?

SHUKRI: I wouldn't know. I spent most of my youth in Paris modeling.
KEVIN: Oh. Great! Anyway, I'm hungry. Who wants sushi?

SHUKRI: Ooo... I know a great sushi place near here on La Brea...
KEVIN: You're a... FUNNY kind of impoverished, aren't you?

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#357. The ol’ Edo mansion

March 26, 2010

KEVIN: Now that I've adopted you, you'll be staying at the ol' Edo mansion...
SHUKRI: Your home is very modest.

KEVIN: It has 30 rooms.
SHUKRI: Yes, but in Chad, I lived in a gargantuan palace made largely of precious stones.

KEVIN: So you weren't, like, one of these POOR orphans?
SHUKRI: Oh no, no... my family has wealth beyond belief.

KEVIN: Well... cool. By the way, clothing is extremely OPTIONAL here.
SHUKRI: It is so cute that this furniture is not pure rhodium...

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#358. Playdate

March 27, 2010

PETER: Hey Kevin, brought over Keith for a playdate with your new adopted kid from Africa.
KEVIN: Oh cool... HEY SHUKRI!

SHUKRI: What is it, Kev-y? I was just readying your oil massage.
KEVIN: Shukri, this is Keith.
KEITH: WHOA.

SHUKRI: Hello, Keith.
KEITH: WHOA.

PETER: So now... she's your... DAUGHTER?
KEVIN: ...-ish.
KEITH: WHOA.

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#359. Enrolling in school

March 28, 2010

KEVIN: Hi, I'm here to enroll my new adopted daughter in school.
ELLEN: SHUKRI?
SHUKRI: ELLEN!

ELLEN: Shukri and I were at Oxford together.
KEVIN: You went to OXFORD?

SHUKRI: Yes. I took my degree in Economics.
KEVIN: Oh...

KEVIN: So you probably don't need to enroll in this high school.
SHUKRI: No.
ELLEN: And actually it's an elementary school.

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#361. On TV with Shukri

April 7, 2010

JILL: We're here with popstar Kevin Edo and his newly adopted African daughter/lover.
KEVIN: Hi Jill. We're here to plug my new single.

SHUKRI: And to promote my exercise video: FIERCE BY FAMINE.
JILL: GREAT!
KEVIN: An EXERCISE VIDEO? You've been in the US for 72 HOURS.

SHUKRI: I also have a McG movie in pre-production, Jill.
JILL: BUSY GIRL!
KEVIN: When did this HAPPEN? Thursday afternoon?

SHUKRI: And I'm happy to announce the release of my first sex tape.
JILL: She's a TRIPLE THREAT!
KEVIN: You did a SEX TAPE? WithOUT me?!

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