This guy is ****ing hilarious. Just watched his stand up “Outsourced” on DVD. He makes fun of asian stereotypes/acents. He’s Canadian of Indian descent.
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does that mean that it was the first time you saw RP? He has been the Desi comic sensation for like 2-3 yrs now … anyway, i saw outsourced ; it was excellent 
Check this out.. i donno if it has got the chinese shopkeeper anecdote… if it doesn’t, check the related videos on youtube.
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RP is awesome, he is coming to Chicago in April so you might see Mr. Genius in the audience as well :) Outsourced was nice DVD but I like that 45 minute clip floating around on various sites much better. Just google Russell Peters and go to Videos and it's the first clip. You'll have tears in your eyes by the time the clip is done. "And you better watch the video, or someone's gonna get hurt real bad"
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he does the best Asian guy..
“Be a man”.. 
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Yea, it was my first time, and I actually got the DVD as a present for Christmas. Never heard of this guy before till last night. Also, I never saw any threads about him here so I figured no body knew about him. So, since last night till now, I have been floating around youtube about his stand-up.
I don’t follow Indian-Pakistani biz that much. Just here and there if there’s something good.
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He had a show in San Francisco and it was aired on COmedy Central.It was damn funny. I have it on my DVR. This guys does best copy of Asian accents.
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This guy’s been out for at least 6-7 years…in Canada at least. I saw him live almost 5 years ago. He was the MC for a Sukhbir concert. Then he had a talk show in London UK for about a year.
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Dude… just put Russell Peters in the GS search bar – there’re at least another two dozen threads on him.
Anyways, 5-6 years ago, this guy used to be funny… but now his ego has outgrown the size of the desi audience that attends his shows. Apparently, he has strict instructions to the management to keep audience quiet or he walks off ! and he’s pretty obnoxious if the audience doesn’t react in a way that he anticipates… this includes him shutting them up even if they’re clapping! an unheard level of insolence in showbiz.
His new material draws boos from the crowds… he still uses his best old jokes in the first twenty minutes of his skit and then switches gears to pick people in the audience and ask them questions… it was very stale the last time I attended his show at YukYuks.
There’re other comedians who use their ethnicity a lot better in coming up with their material… George Lopez comes to mind… there is genuine substance along with sincerity and affection that he portrays in his pieces… and this is direly missing in Peters’ performances.
To top it all off, I know someone who’s had a bad experience with this guy stalking her “cuz of their common ancestry”… haha – not funny!
there’re several other horror stories on the web about his vulgarity and crudeness from waitresses and backstage staff.
I used to be a fan of Peters until a couple of years ago… no more!
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no man, i ain't going anymore (unless u pay for me)... har dafa wohi jokes maarta hai ... i get the deja vu in his shows ... torrents and youtube is good enough to watch him. He even acknowledges all of us downloaders at the beginning of his shows; does it in outsourced too :)
And yeah, the 45 min clip was the best... it doesn't get better than that.
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Said with a punch:
Russell Peters did not rely on YouTube or Google Video to win fans. The stand-up comedian shares with Kajari Bhattacharya his plans for an India tour
I don’t think anyone in the stand-up game can become an overnight success by way of the Internet… I feed off the audience
Just a comedian. That's what you might say of Russell Peters. Mimicking and cracking rehashed jokes does not become Peters. He is today one of America’s finest stand-up comedians and with two seasons of BBC’s Late Night East under his cap, no one doubts his talent. But few are aware of his roots ~ India and more specifically Calcutta.
Peters’ popularity soared in the US after executives heard sound clips from his 2004 Canadian TV special that started making the rounds on the Internet. His acts draw quite a bit on the life of a foreigner growing up in Toronto.
“When I started my career in 1989 there was no Internet or Youtube. Someone put my 2003 Comedy Now on the Internet and things started to get pretty crazy. A lot of comedians have started dumping their stuff on Youtube and Google Video with varying degrees of success. I don’t think anyone in the stand-up game can become an overnight success by way of the Internet… You really can’t compare watching something online to seeing somebody performing live. I feed off the audience, and every audience is different, so every show is slightly different,” says Peters of the importance the Internet plays in the success of a comic artist.
The Anglo Indian was born in Toronto and grew up in Brampton, Ontario. His family moved to Brampton in 1975. Now he lives in Los Angeles. Speaking of his Calcutta origin, he says, “All of my mother’s family, going back to my great grandmother, were born in Calcutta. Even my brother, who’s also my manager, was born in Calcutta. I have uncles, aunts and several cousins who still live in Calcutta.”
While growing up, Peters had his fill of George Carlin, Steve Martin and Cheech and Chong. His taste in comedy on television has changed. “My favourite shows were and are Friends, Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm. They’re all very funny shows. Friends became funny after the third season. Entourage is very real and very accurate to the business, and the guys talk the way real guys talk. I wasn’t a fan of Seinfeld, but I really like Curb. Larry David says and does things that are funny and real.”
Being of Indian origin, he enjoys the support of the community living abroad. “The Indian community around the world has been extremely supportive of me over the last several years and I’m very grateful for that. But so have other Asian communities like the Chinese, Filipino and Pakistani communities. In Canada, the majority of my audience is white Canadians, Europeans and people from the Caribbean.”
Some of the highpoints in Peters’ career are the nominations for Canada’s prestigious Gemini Awards, appearances in Montreal’s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, television appearances in CBC-TV’s Comics!, Club Class on Channel 5 (UK) and two one-hour Comedy Now! specials on Canada’s Comedy Network. In April 2005, he became the first South Asian to headline and sell-out the famous Apollo Theatre in New York City. With 17 years of experience, jitterbugs are still his friends before a show. “I get excited before a show. I’ve been doing this for 17 years now and don’t get nervous anymore. My advice to aspiring stand-up comedians is the same advice that George Carlin gave me: get on stage as much as possible. Some of the comedians people should watch are: Paul Chowdhry (UK), Paul Sinha (UK), Rajiv Satyal (USA) and Vijai Nathan (USA).”
Peters is finalising the Indian leg of his tour. “It will take place in March. I’ll be visiting Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.”
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goshh i luv that guy. hes so good wit all the accents. does ne body kno if hes gonna be down hre in so. cal. like LA area ne time soon..? i missed his show like last month=
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He was ok the first time. Even great. But now, it is the same stale jokes.
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so not worth getting tickets to the next show in Toronto huh?
glad I read this....
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theres another canadian desi comedian, Sugar Sammy, hails from mtl. youtube him