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AZIZ ANSARI FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS SERIESIt’s just as possible that the show won’t be a spinoff at all (which could impact who’s involved with the show), but a wholly separate series in the same comedic vein as “The Office.” Instead, the show could potentially be a “planted spinoff,” in which characters are first introduced on “The Office” before moving on to the new series (think “Mork & Mindy,” which morphed from one episode of “Happy Days”). Still, it’s looking more likely that the show may not be a spinoff in the traditional sense.ĭespite early speculation that at least one “Office” character will segue to the new show, that’s unlikely at this point. Beyond that, the network, studio and producers continue to keep the new show under wraps and won’t yet comment on show specifics. You know, they'll just be like, are you guys psyched to be here?. And it's just, like, anytime you go see a rap show, they, like, hit that thing way too much. "A lot of DJs and hip-hop artists, when you see them perform live, they will have this reggaeton horn sample," Ansari says, before letting fly a pitch-perfect horn impression. In the movie, Randy's act is augmented by a DJ who punctuates each joke with a horn blast or a stuttering, elongated recording of Ansari shouting his character's name ("RA-RA-RA RAAAAAAAAAAANDY!") "Every time I've done comedy in, like, traditional comedy clubs," Ansari says, "there's always these comedians that do really well with audiences but that the other comedians hate because they're just, you know, doing kind of cheap stuff like dancing around or doing, like, very kind of base sex humor a lot, and stuff like that." AZIZ ANSARI FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS MOVIEIn the Judd Apatow movie Funny People, Ansari played a stand-up comic named Randy whose act, he says, was modeled on some of his peers. AZIZ ANSARI FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS FULLHis stand-up act includes an extended riff about his cousin Harris, and on Parks and Recreation, his character changed his name to Tom Haverford from Darwish Sabir Ishmael Ghani, which Ansari says is the full name of another cousin.Īnsari has acted in MTV's sketch series Human Giant, and he played the part of a xenophobic fruit vendor in HBO's Flight of the Conchords. In January 2010, he released a stand-up CD and DVD - Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening - out through Comedy Central.Īnsari's comedy frequently ropes in members of his family. You know, I may as well have just been, like, a fat kid."īut Ansari has moved on to become more than just another "tan white kid." He started doing stand-up comedy as an undergraduate marketing major at NYU and, eight years later, he's now playing opposite comedy queen Amy Poehler as the lovable office tool on NBC's workplace comedy Parks and Recreation. ![]() "When people hear that," Ansari says, "they immediately think, wow, that must have been horrible." But, as Ansari assures Terry Gross, "for the majority of the time, I may as well have been just a really tan white kid. Of Indian descent, comedian Aziz Ansari was born and bred in Bennettsville, S.C., where he was the only non white student in his high school. This interview was originally broadcast on February 4, 2010. This week on Fresh Air, we're marking the year's end by revisiting some of the most memorable conversations we've had in 2010. Comedian Aziz Ansari won the Jury Award for "Best Standup" in 2006 at HBO's U.S. ![]()
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