We all know that one guy or girl that obnoxiously repeats movie lines and stand up lines over and over again in a loud obnoxious voice, and even puts it on as a facebook or MSN status as if to declare to everyone his originality, cleverness and hipness.
A prime example of this is Russell Peters jokes. The man is an absolute genius and his style of humor is impeccable and his jokes make sense and are insightful.
One of the main reasons he got so big was because of his viral video, yeah that one from Comedy Central, where he does all the accents and makes fun of “take some bong”. We all know that one. That video floated around on the internet till it became a big hit sometime back in 2005.
Back in 2005 when I first watched the video, I laughed till I cried. I remember all the jokes:
“Aay we are Indian and we are gaaay!”
“I love women too much to get married!”
“…we have our own motherland. England!”
“Chinese people and Indian people cannot do business with each other”
etc etc etc
We all have our favorite lines from that video. And to this day I still find myself letting out a chuckle whenever i watch it. His facial expressions are priceless. And another thing is that you find yourself going,”That’s so true” so many times throughout the video. That, my friends, is the mark of a reall stand up comedian. He makes you think. His jokes are a reflection of society. They reflect you and me. So what Russell Peters does is he lets us laugh at ourselves. And when you learn to laugh at yourself, then your mind opens up, and with an open mind you can pretty much find peace in anything. Cheesy but true.
Alright alright, so back to the topic. So what’s my gripe all about? It’s about people that are still doing Russell Peters jokes and expect you to laugh and think they’re funny and shit.
Last week, I was smoking a cigarette and chatting shit with this Indian dude from school. And then he starts telling me Russell Peters jokes like they were his own. He starts going,” …blah blah God played a joke on us Indians, puts us in the hottest place on Earth and covers us with hair blah blah”.
Dude thought he was really funny and original. And it sorta turned into an awkward situation when he saw that I wasn’t dying from laughter and praising his excellent sense of humor.
Here’s the thing. It was really funny back in 2005, still kinda funny in 2006, a little less funnier in 2007. NOT funny anymore in 2009.
So dude, that Russell Peters video you recently found on youtube and found so damn funny? We’ve all seen the video and heard the jokes ages ago so don’t embarrass yourself by thinking you found a gem that none of us know about. I’m not trying to say that i’m a real hip dude and know every new thing that comes along, it’s just that its reached a real high level of annoyance and makes it awkward for everyone when you have to force yourself to laugh for the sake of politeness.
Stop fucking doing Russell Peters jokes. It’s not funny anymore. Maybe in another 20 years or so when everyone’s forgotten about it, it’ll be funny again but for now, just please shut your damn pie hole.
