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.
Tags: Bill Stones, Russell Peters
May 26, 2009 at 10:01 am |
hehehehe….
Russell Peter’s jokes … absofreakinglutely cool!
Agree with you completely bro.
Somebody imitating his jokes … sooo NOT cool!
June 1, 2009 at 2:14 am |
Yep, that about sums it all up. haha. That would’ve been a good title to this post. Thanks for stopping by, Mr.Sandman.
May 27, 2009 at 8:05 am |
Out here, people don’t even try to pass off his jokes as their own but they openly quote Russell Peters – how much they love him. It’s all the people who try to show off their westernized life who do it because they think liking Russell Peters is so western and civilized and smart. The same goes for Southpark, Family Guy (even though I LOVE family guy!) – I hate it when people like them to show off their knowledge about TV shows that doesn’t come on regular Indian TV. Another annoyingly overdone joke that’s not funny anymore – all ‘Achmed terrorist’ type jokes. And it would seem the Western world just can’t get tired of it.
hehe I’m being pissy today!
June 1, 2009 at 2:40 am |
Yeah well we all get pissy once in a while. It’s a good way to keep from losing your sanity, i spose. haha. With the Russell Peters thing, I guess it’s because of the fact that he’s about the only cool Indian guy around. I mean how many seriously cool Indians (vais) can you name off the top of your head? Not to offend anyone, but “vais” as a general rule aren’t really known for their trend-setting in the pop-culture realm. Basically vais are uncool. Period! So therefore, by identifying themselves with Russell Peters and doing his jokes is their only passport to some semblance of hipness or coolness in a western sense of the word hence the overdone jokes. Am I over-analyzing this? haha anyway, Miss J-Sha, thanks for dropping in. Have a very excellent day and try not to get too pissy today.
May 27, 2009 at 11:19 am |
Any of you guys seen the movie’The Party’ where Peter Sellers did all these real Indian stuff? Absolutely hilarious. Russel peters IS Indian, so his doing Indian stuff is only being himself, but Peter Sellers is not Indian and his Indian accent take offs and head shaking, I thought were really funny. But then, it was years ago, don’t know if I’ll still find them funny now.
June 1, 2009 at 3:19 am |
I love Peter Sellers. He’s a classic. But what makes Russell Peters so versatile is his ability to do a variety of accents; Indian, Chinese, Italian, British, Canadian, American, African and even Spanish. He also does the body language and gestures that go with each culture and he’s fully aware of all the idiosyncracies of not just the culture but the sub-culture of the culture. It’s almost as if he knows all the inside jokes of all these different cultures, so everybody finds it easy to relate to him. This type of understanding and familiarity only comes from being open-minded, multi-cultured, and having a genuine interest in racial and ethnic diversity. But definitely, without people like Peter Sellers to set the benchmark and pave the way, we wouldn’t have performers like Russell Peters today. haha, alright Dr. Feelgood, have a “groovy” day and thanks for stopping by. Cheers!