This is my first comedy special, Bring Back Apu, and it truly is special to me. Because somewhere along the line, South Asians started trying to cash in on victimhood currency. Complaining about cartoon characters, people mispronouncing our names, and God knows what else.
But we were raised better than that. Our parents, grandparents, uncles and aunties taught us dominate everything we do, just like they did when they made it here. And it is our privilege to carry that tradition forward. So it's time to end all the victim sh*t and taking our identity back.
I hope you enjoy
Akaash
LET’S GO BHAI 🇮🇳
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Bluuueeewwww cheeeewwww!!
Lets goooo !!!
This shit was hilarious. He definitely deserves a Netflix special but make that shit a full hour.
im one of the Patreon assholes and im just sad that this is only 20 percent , pure gold 20 minutes but still I wished there was more. Akash and Andrew the future of comedy 🚀
Congrats Akaash!
Love you guys! Thanks for letting me know about this.
Ayeee Breaking Points in the building 🔥🔥🔥
Saagar, is like this Texas Indian is speaking my language
Breaking points brought me here
Happy to see BP here!
As an indian i love the ending bro So many are forgetting their roots and becoming entitled even here back in india.
Yes, the most entitled are the gujju baniyas scamming the entire country in the name of nationalism.
I liked the ending too!
@@ThinnkTwicce yeah bro It's always good to progress but to look down on your roots and forget your place,that's just becoming more foreign than Indian.
It really is enlightening hearing about an entire other culture that has existed in america longer than I have existed that I had little knowledge and no education about. After more years on this planet I've only learned more things that I am grateful for, and wish I had learned earlier in school. The united states education system really skimps on the whole cultural diversity aspect of the whole thing, and I think that is debilitating to the youth of this country.
@@pavelmedbery3055 I agree we should be taugh about other cultures and made aware of their existence. While making sure no culture is held up higher than others. Cultural brainwash is ruining the future generations and it's ruining culture. Because culture is all about being unique and It's important knowing why things are the way they are in your region
It's like Speedy Gonzales, they tried to take him off TV until the Mexican American community said "dude, we love Speedy Gonzales"
One thing the "cancel Apu" crowd seems to miss is the fact that Apu seems to be the only character in The Simpsons that actually enjoys his job...
Even had a whole song about how he needed the Kwik-E-Mart when he was fired once. He loves his job, he was successful, a good husband, good father and a stand up citizen and yet he was the one who was removed...
Woke whites and perpetual victims never want to see someone loving happily
Ok, now I want him cancelled.
the brain dup short essay about it is really fucking good.
You want the guy who apologized to Homer after Homer was an asshole cancelled? The man who sold Bart Simpson a Squishee made entirely of syrup? The vegan who gave Lisa some hope when the rest of the world teased her for not eating meat? They had a whole episode on immigration that told us all that if you support deportation you're getting rid of one of your best neighbors. Getting rid of him was some real short sight.
Bro Apu is like one of the only stable and reasonable adults on the entire show...
He does have his shit together better then anyone in the show lol.
I also liked how the jokes about Hinduism were mainly about the American characters being dumb or ignorant. My favourite Apu moment was when Homer is...being weird about Apu's Ganesha statue, and Apu, in a very dignified and firm way, says: "Please do not offer my god a peanut." The joke isn't "Ooo, weird foreign religion!" it's "Americans are ignorant about world cultures."
Exactly he was wise empathetic and no comedy with his in it was of negative intent.
And Barney when he's sober
@@ds698 I mean, maybe compared to Burns. But I'd rather be with Apu then Homer. What? He tries to squeeze some extra cash from time to time because his shop is failing? There are worse things.
This dude is spot on. It isn't white privilege, it's western privilege. I would drink toilet water in the U.S. before I drank tap water in the Philippines or Brazil. Not because of racism, but because of facts.
true
There is the privilege he described and there is also white male privilege which is more subtle.
Cistern, or bowl?
As a Brazilian i concur
Will you really drink Toilet Water 😂😂
"I don't deserve shit, I get what I earn, I eat what I kill. How quickly we lost that disgusts me, and we need to cut that shit out." - Akaash Singh Preach bro. Every American should feel this way, no matter what you were born into. Be grateful that we have the opportunity to try and get something. That in itself, is more than most get. So get the fuck out there and earn it.
Apu was: - College graduate - Able to earn his American citizenship. - A volunteer firefighter - A vegetarian and made Lisa a better one by telling her not to judge people. - The only playable character in Hit and Run outside of the Simpsons family - A complex character - A good character I would have rather they re-cast Apu than just get rid of him.
Exactly... Compare that to groundskeeper Willie and the depiction of Scotsmen.
Why even re-cast him?
@@mbii7667 I’d rather keep Hank in the role, but have Apu just gone is even worse.
@@TrueBackLash For me it is kind of werid a white guy is voicing an Indian character, but I wouldnt call it racist lol.
@@Ash-uf4fv I think back then, the show’s casting picked who they thought was best for the role. That’s the thing I’ve always liked about voice acting, through infliction and performance alone, a good v/o could make you believe that they were any character. I think I’m one of those folks who liked the cast as they were but the folks they brought in to re-cast the roles (including the late Russi Taylor’s roles) are top tier talent. To just outright cancel Apu was just a shame.
Apu was one the smartest guys on the show, he had 8 kids, a lovely wife, a firebird car, a business owner, has a doctorate in computer science, takes his religon seriously (when homer mocked him about it..Apu was still VERY polite about it.), he's friends with Sir Paul Macartney, builds his own furniture, has a great singing voice, and he's seen as a THREAT???
He is threat because Aziz Ansari said so. And was voiced by an Italian American.
I mean it's weird he's working in a convenient store with a CS degree dough
He's not a "threat", some Indian guy found it offensive that he was voiced by a white guy and not an Indian. Isn't acting supposed to be pretending to be people that you're not, ESPECIALLY voice acting? Doesn't matter, get rid of him or the liberals are gonna boycott your show.
@@SpiritGear He owns said store. He's saving thousands a month by not hiring another employee.
I wish I was Apu
That voting booth joke made me laugh so hard I started tearing up, this is amazing.
I thought he was gonna tell a school shooter joke with that lol
I don’t want to turn this political, (no judgement intended), but in the first two minutes, he explained the rise of Trump.
@@sovitaseng5519that's sadly/ comically where we all went. But he went deeper. 😂😂😂😮😢
He solved racism with racism. 😂
THATS MY GUY !
Native american here, i can confirm that we actually LIVE in the blockchain, we only appear when someone throws a single piece of trash on the ground 💀💀
Bro LMAO
😅😂💀
"Name one thing a white guy isn't allowed to have?" "An opinion." Lmao. Truth.
Its because for the last couple of centuries their opinion has been enforced as the norm.
@@dipyaman93 Welp doesn’t mean their opinions shouldn’t be heard all of a sudden lol
@@dipyaman93 That's not a white thing. The powerful always pushed their views on the weak. By your words, that means the Chinese have no right to speak their opinions either. Oh wait... it's ok to be racist toward white people, because they have light skin or something. Racist.
Tutsi are not asking for reparations from the Hutu, neither any other descendants from slaves people in Africa.. Are the " white" special when it comes to guilt and eternal punishment? More" whites "never had slaves and many of them had their own ancestors traded as slaves. There are even a the ethnic Slavic. We are Not" white " we are Spanish, French, Germans, South Africans, Nigerians( just as example)... And you can get a punch on your face in many of those places if you go with..." You black/ white" forget about " feelings" out of the USA universe.
@@dipyaman93 right, because the rest of the people in the world; white females, blk, brwn, yllw, red sat around and did nothing/said nothing for the last couple of centuries, right? Can you please pretending this bs is true and stop being disrespectful to my ancestors?
LETS GO BABYYY
YESSSIRR
Let’s GOOOOO!!!!
Where tf is this week’s episode though
@@TheReactionCouch it's on SoundCloud. Usually there before everywhere else, only audio.
#Akaashmedia
6:22 "The Washington Redskins' mascot isn't too offensive, it's not offensive enough." Native American here: 100% agree. The mascot wears a ceremonial head dress, but where's his bow?! I want to see the Redskins open their games with a dude in full costume dancing around a real wood fire ringed in stones sending historically accurate smoke signals with messages like: "The warriors approach" and "The war party gathers" before the players come running out onto the field! I legit want to see this. Every. Game.
What's interesting is the history behind the name and the mascot.
I am Navajo, Apache Mescalero and Chumash If they did that I would watch football.
This guy needs a comedy special ASAP.
HOW has he not already??
I’m soooo stoked about this!! Let’s go!
Stoked is a white word.
@@robbiesharp311 stoked is our word you can say hyped
@@jacebeleren9682 😂
@@robbiesharp311you vato’s are loco.
Respect for putting out a tight 20 as an independent special instead of selling an hour "special" to a streaming conglomerate. A special should be special, and this work of art exceeds the criteria.
I think if he could of or when he can he will sell to Netflix or whoever. Akaash just ain’t at that level yet in their eyes. Sucks for them because they could of got great content from him for a lot cheaper than it will be next time around. I can’t wait to see my guy on Netflix in the next couple years.
@@badabing2302 fuck all that. Netflix doesn't define comedians. You act like it's winning an Emmy. Akaash clearly likes having the freedom of speaking the taboo, and him posting on KZhead let him do it how he wanted and that's why we're watching. While I do hope he gets paid, I hope he never sells out and always keeps it real
@@hollywooddc1708 I can understand your arguments, but I think having a Netflix special kinda legitimizes you wether we like to admit that or not honestly. Also you get more outreach if you are on Netflix too.
@@johnlewis8934 I disagree. at most Netflix has just become some empty corporate paycheck that you've become mainstream. Like NBA players today getting fat contracts is more about how many shoes they sell and IG followers they got. Netflix also got Amy Schumer and Hasan Minhaj, signing fat contracts for just being popular and they suck shit. There's so much prime talent that don't have mainstream Netflix specials now. Congrats if he does get a special and it leads to movie deals or sitcoms, but as a fan it don't make a difference to me one way or the other as long as he's staying 💯 and he's still on air
@@hollywooddc1708 It would be great if Akaash got a Netflix special, not because he needs them to prove he’s funny - he’s funny without them - but just because it would mean him getting a shit ton of their money and more people seeing him.
I sincerely appreciate you. You're going to be one of the comedic golden just like Richard Pryor like Eddie Murphy, I sincerely pray that you get the recognition that you damn well deserve. I just lost my father last night and you are providing me a lot of comfort. Thank you for making me laugh through my tears
Take care of yourself 💓
Take care
I’m glad I tuned into JRE for this ep. And love all these new KZhead specials
Same, got to know him from there a few mins ago.
Me too, this was hilarious.
What is the song from 0:15 - 0:30 ??
Loved the message at the end 👏 👏 👏
I don’t know man, I knew of him because of Andrew S (who is hella funny) & Flagrant 2 where Akaash spends most of the show laughing at Andrews jokes. I was not impressed by him on the JRE, he was not an entertaining or inspiring guest, seemed waaaay out of his league.
Thank you for representing us right veer ji ❤️🔥
Indian chappele
2 out of a few billion ain't bad rusty Peterson only half counts cause hes a Canadian so 1.5.
All around, im never disappointed with this man, always on point making me laugh and some real shit mixed in there. Definitely deserves his success.
What’s crazy is that some ppl will check this out, and b like: “See, these kinda attitudes enable more racism.” When it fact, it’s doing quite the opposite. Keep going bro, ur stuff is incredible!
Yeah it’s like people complaining about Blazing Saddles using the N word too much and not realising the film is mocking racism to a serious degree.
Love it. Apu was my hero growing up, serious! Awesome special, the white privilege bit and the ending minute are especially great 👊🏽
Apu was one hard working mother fucker. What a terrible sterotype.
And now we have an Indian dude, doing an impression of a white dude, doing an impression of an Indian dude... Impression-ception.
Great channels collide.
That ending was fucking 🔥🔥🔥. Needs to be on billboards and a Super Bowl commercial
Love you bro. also I've request for you : Please talk with Dr. Tess Lawrie ( Cochrane reviewer ) and how WHO's sponsored meta analysis on Ivermectin was botched up by UNITAID funding of 40 Million dollars and how they changed the conclusion of Dr. Andrew Hill's meta analysis, who was so pro Ivermectin and then flipped within a week.
I always respected Apu's hustle, he was an honest,hard-working man, even as a kid, i could see that
Dont forget he had a rooftop oasis that included a whole ass Paul McCartney.
you know it was a bitch made woke comic that got Apu cancelled? Loved Akaash saying this about apu, but was hoping he woulda roasted that woke hack
As a white boy I never thought Apu was a character to be laughed at. He’s a friend of the Simpsons that just happened to be Indian. He’s an Indian stereotype but isn’t every single person on that show a stereotype of something
Apu has the best episodes. Songs too
theres literally two different episodes about how hes the best guy in springfield and it bothers the other men...apu was the shit
That message at the end screams louder than a siren. Thank you sir, needed to hear that.
this guy said "my asshole gets more vitamins than the average african adolescent" 😂😂 Im dying ☠️☠️☠️
“U know what they called the Korean kid at my school?… Chinese!!” Lol. That was one of the best 1 liners in the whole set. Akaash on 🔥🔥
The entire country of Peru endearingly referred to its president, Alberto Fujimori, as "El Chino."
Yo I am Korean and I laugh so hard because that happened to me hahaha!
Any Latino that isn’t Mexican can relate to this.
@Rodrigo Barraza Just like the N-word in the US, I guess.
they called ours wong ching, which was fucked up because his name was kevin
Sooo excited for this special to have dropped. Akaash, we are truly seeing a star rising before our eyes. Continue to excel and be great. Love you brother.
Here because of your interview
Gadddmamn, you hear that ending? Dude should be a motivational speaker....
Love you too brother!
@@akaashsinghcomedy Bidet supremacy
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The Mascot joke was a ride! I did NOT see where he was going with that. And it was gold.
Nobody deserves shit, work for it, strive for it and fucking get get it!!
“You didn’t let them say anything, and then one guy showed up and said everything” That killed me.
because, it's partially true.
Yep and he was the best president the usa had in the past few decades. Yea hes a nut but the best of the worst
@@mk-ld8ih I dunno man, the others may have been sinking the ship but at least they knew, D.T was shooting blind.
killed you and a lot more xD
I’m liberal and tried to explain this to my liberal friends how their pc culture was pushing people into supporting him out of spite. Of course nobody would listen to me
Here’s another one: Apu was a consistent voice of reason. He wasn’t a simpleton in a minstrel show, he was somebody whom many characters turned to for advice because he was knowledgable on a number of topics and one of the few stable adults around. That’s why I knew most of the people complaining about him probably hadn’t actually seen much of him in action. He owns a convenience store? That’s a harmful stereotype? I’m busting my ass working minimum wage (or less) at one of the few jobs in this shitty border town I’m qualified to do (options are severely limited when you don’t know Spanish), owning a convenience store sounds like a DREAM!
My man ran a successful business
@@TheRandompaint He certainly did, but that is the most obvious thing about him if you ask me. Akaash mentions it, and other commenters have. Hell, they actually made a point of highlighting it in ON THE SHOW, in the episode where he gets married. All of the single guys at a bachelor auction were losers whom none of the women wanted to bid on, and somebody pointed out that Apu had a lot going for him (including the business). He’s more than his business, though, which is my point. He has a Ph.D in computer science, which is how he ended up in America in the first place, to pursue a doctorate (which he also earned).
@@TBustah very true, I guess I'll (maybe you too) never know how it effects indians and Indian Americans since I'm not one. I'm just sitting here trying to think of other Indians in cartoons amd can't think of one
@@TheRandompaint It’s true that we can’t tell other people how to feel, but stereotypes are just what the show DOES. If I were Indian, I think I’d be more offended if they DIDN’T do a little ribbing, like they thought I couldn’t take a joke like everyone else the show pokes fun at.
@@TheLargeHardonCollider so true LHC😂 as a Jew I absolutely love mort and whenever Jews appear in the cartoon.
RIP Apu, his character was hilarious and even all my Asian friends loved him.
DUUUUDE!!! The ending about not deserving crap but having to work for it made me a fan for life!!!! I totally agree with that, nobody owes us anything and if you want something in life you definitely have to work for it and earn it! Nobody is going to just give you handouts for free, especially with that demanding and entitled attitude that so many people these days walk around with!
Akaash went too hard with that ending speech. Really resonated with my mexican heart 🇲🇽 . My mom came here with nothing, has been working ever since I can remember, then one day got deported, guess what she did when she got back? Got right back to work. Unstoppable, let's get it. Make it happen.
Not gonna lie, as a Mexican, that ending speech made tear a little bit.
@@CalixtoSalinas hell yeah
It's funny that super woke Mexican Americans and racist white Americans both seem to believe that it's impossible for Mexicans to succeed in America. Meanwhile, I'm driving around in the real world seeing Mexicans working hard, running businesses, raising families, and rising up.
@@jonhanson8925 usually leftist liberals that also think black people are too stupid to get an id to vote and that their are more than two genders.
Ahuevo carnal. Real ones understand the struggle.
The last speech - after the ending - really fundamentally expressed my feelings on current immigrant culture in the United States better than I've ever seen anyone else do before. I'm not Indian - my parents came from central Mexico, but the speech at the end fully encompasses every problem I've seen in second generation immigrant communities I've seen.
But why have kids if you just want them to struggle?
@@moonbasemonkmode441 So only super rich, insanely happy and healthy people can have kids now?
@@moonbasemonkmode441 how out of touch are you that you equate struggle to not being handed things in life. Your ignorance is painfully obvious
@@moonbasemonkmode441 1. Third world countries aren't very keen on abortions. You do the nasty you're stuck with it. 2. Life is beautiful
@@hedroxladimon321 which he generation are u from ??
Apu's "thank you come again" lives rent free in my mind. Its how i learned to do an indian accent tbh.
There are only handful of stand up comedians I like in my lifetime and Akaash just entered the list.
been hitting refresh on youtube the past two days to see when this was dropping
Sameeee
Saaaammme
This was spicy and made my day As a SE asian dude, I'd be mad AF if they cancelled our stereotypical characters
I hate woke terms like SE Asian. It was the orient forever. And that term described the exact same thing! And the only reason they got rid of it was because "colonizers" used that term. ...As told to us by the NEW woke colonizers, who are doing it more than the British empire ever could.
They tried to kill Speedy Gonzales but failed
WTF South East Asia if further away from the Orient than Washington to Moskau. Idk about the colonizer stuff but calling SE Asia or India as “Orient” makes no sense 😂
@@binskee677 Nearly no one in the 20th century used the term "orient" to refer to India. In some crazy old writings where they didn't know anything east of where things were it was. It's a perfectly useful word, and those insisting on it's disuse are doing so under the auspices of the worst ideology in human history. I have zero concern for what megalomaniacs think.
@@sirellyn i don't care if it's been used or not, i just can't comprehend an example where it has to be used in my head.
For all the times Latino kids heard "arriva,arriva,andale,andale" in school, and we didn't get offended. Speedy Gonzales NEVER offended us!!
"You didn't let them say anything, then one guy showed up and said *EVERYTHING*" insane line
This was the best comedy special I’ve seen in a long time. And I totally agree with your take on Apu, as another Indian who grew up in the US in the 90s.
why dont we agree nobody speaks like that. Thats a made up accent you can search any native indian or pakistani bengali speaking English in street interviews or any indian sportsman and celebrity. Than you will get idea what is indian accent and its definitely not that so called indian accent where you speak unclear words while indians are known for speaking clearly and correct english. The only one who miss pronouns words is you. I've heard your accents none can understand what you are saying not even youtube translating tool
You must be re*arded
Its the same with us Latinos and Speedy Gonzales
That message at the end could apply to all first-generation Americans. We got it easier than our parents and there’s no excuse for us not to take it to the next level💯
It's objectively not true that we have it easier than them. Cost of college is higher, wages are lower, etc.
That’s certainly not true a lot of first generation Americans are born into poverty ridden neighborhoods, born to uneducated parents with literally no guidance besides their parents which in most cases is terrible
@@Yusuf1187 you need to get this idea out of your head that college is the only way to make it. There are multiple pathways to get good money, it may not be something you like but its there. The real question is if you really want to make it out of your situation you got to overcome obstacles. Just like Akaash said, no one owes you anything. You have to work. Many people have been successful without college and many people have been failures with college. It depends on hard you are willing to work.
@@edwardoesparza1807 If what you are saying is true then they (parents) could have worked hard back in their own country and made it there why migrate to a new country to work hard ?
Fuckin whiners right under your comment. Proving your point.
For a solid 19 minutes and 20 seconds I was dying of laughter. Then my eyes got wide af for that soapbox at the end. I agree, but damn, chill man lol.
You are too good akaash, watched your one short video and now addicted to your videos, so proud of u😂🎉🇮🇳
Growing up in South America, Apu was such a kind and wise, role model character. I remember when Liza went vegetarian, and Apu was so understanding, wise and stern.
great episode. one of the all time greats. season 7 i believe
Back when the simpsons mattered and nobody liked lisa. Now everyone IS lisa
@@krotchlickmeugh627 Holy crap. You're correct
@@krotchlickmeugh627 facts
Finally we’re definitely clowning him on the Patreon comments for being late All jokes aside I’m so hyped for this
Walk into a voting booth 😂...maybe im too dark but why i expect him to say "a school"???😂😂😂
That’s where I thought he was going with it too, but that twist was even better
Bruh not gonna lie that rant at the end was epic Not sure, but I think you’re my favorite comedian now But at least I’ll probably binge watch all your stuff because of that and have a ton of respect for you which actually says a lot
Apu and Willie are probably the most respected foreign characters for simpsons, Willie is a true man when it comes to his home and Apu owns a business while providing for his family like any good man
Exactly. I was born in the early 90s and I grew up on these guys. Willie taught kids to be proud of their heritage, to stand tall, proud and strong. And Apu taught kids the value of hardwork. Sure he made mistakes but he owned up to it instead of ignoring them.
"grease me up woman!" Lol😅
@@slanetroyard92 even if you hate your heritage, DAMN SCOTTS! THEY RUINED SCOTTLAND!
Yes.
Every single Scottish person does it!
It was only a matter of time before Akaash got recognized. He's earned it 👏
If I was religious, I would pray for him to get the recognition he deserves, because this was genuinely impressive. Didn’t hold back because he was afraid of offending people, just keeping it real. I’m glad I heard about this, he’s upper echelon
Totally agree with you on this you should pray for angry and spiteful people. That's what a real man of God does. If you carry anger it's you that suffers not the one who upsets you. Sending love to you and your family. You are growing. Be confident but fry to be more humble. You have helped me with my anxiety by reminding me to wake up and help myself and others. Bless you
Great comedy as always Never filled out a form that asked "Are you a white male"
“One guy showed up and said everything!” Haha dude you hit it on the nail. You are genuinely funny my friend!
@Robert Slack who asked you? Lol
@Robert Slack no he’s not 🤣 I’ll put my entire life savings and everything I have in investments down on a bet that he isn’t going to be touched. The man is untouchable.
@Robert Slack he said everything, stupid stuff and sometimes warranted stuff. Point is that people voted for him in relief of being gagged. My dad has to give speeches to his department about trans identity despite it not going with his religious beliefs at all. He can work with people and be cordial but he has to swallow his faith for the firm. The company he works for is historically not supposed to be political at all, but corporate culture is starting to obligate it. It’s stuff like this that frustrate people enough to vote for a guy like Trump.
@Robert Slack My guy, please just stop. Surely you should know by now there are no winners in a KZhead comment section 'debate'.
@Robert Slack Conspiracy theorist needs more tin foil.
Jesus Christ. That might be the best 20 minutes of comedy I've heard in a decade.
His crowd work is almost unmatched
@@kevinfry1850 a fair weather fan? As in I only like comedy when it's good? Yes.
Are you Japanese, love anime
@@nammi895 You are already dead! lmfao
Jesus has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Just found this video and first time I heard this guy.....oh man this dude is amazing!! Not only funny but his views on the end of the video. Everyone needs to hear that!
I love how quiet the room got when he was mocking the "check your privilege" line.
Apu was the only Non-Simpson playable in Simpsons Hit and Run. An entire towns worth of characters and they had to narrow it down to him says a lot about his character and why they chose him to represent the brand in a now classic video game.
And he even helps out the other characters in other levels. At worse he tries to stop cletus from selling roadkill for meat.
"I get what I earn, I eat what I kill" hit me like a fucking brick
I recently revealed the genders of my two girlfriends. It got a lot of hate and now has 30 times more dislikes than likes. I am really sad that people can be so mean. Sorry for using your comment to talk about my problems, dear bre
10:22 My school called my only Asian classmate “Asian”. Me, I followed that ignorant trail for a bit in elementary school. HOWEVER, I am proud to be the first dude to change that “name” to asking the dude’s real name. I asked what’s your name, because Asian does not sound right in 7th grade. The dude said his name was “Raymond”. From then on I will never forget that moment because everyone started calling him Raymond. All it takes is actually trying to learn about what was taught in school on the races because sympathizing over what happened can make ignorance fade over time. As long as push comes to shove. We can make right, and do right. We just have so many more wants In life that we silently choose the “wants” over the needs etc.
This is one of my new favorite specials of all time
Here cause of his interview with Saagar. Already became a fan of his. Someone had to stop the onslaught of progressive Indian American comedians.
🙏🏽🙏🏽
Saagar is dope and this special is lit!
progressive is fine, its the reactionary, performative wokeism that's annoying
@@jwilli726 I agree. Esp coming from petty ones like Hari Kondabolu, Aziz Ansari.
@@travelator3035 Hasan Minhaj
every now and again someone who's actually keeping it real makes it into the public eye, and i have to say, it feels fucking refreshing.
Bro the last part inspired me. We indians work hard and thats what is our birthright. We dont deserve even respect, we earn that bitcchhh too.
That ending is powerful beyond measure. Wow. I came for the laughs but was absolutely blown away by that. G’s up, my guy.
Smart comedy. He basically attacked me with the part about not being able to walk up a flight of steps and about to lose my foot, but I laughed through the pain because it was funny as fuck.
You and I both better laugh our asses over to a treadmill or we ain't gon' be here for Akaash's next special.
It's okay to be fat...long as you're vaccinated :D
I was just about to comment this. Apparently smart comedy isn’t funny but here he is
Good that you laughed through it. Hope you get best health.
@@theskyisteal8346 DO IT FOR APU! Hell yeah!
Damn bro, no joke, those last 30 seconds or so gave me literal chills. My dad came out here from Peru in '85 with $20 and a drug addiction. He overcame all that and gave us a life that we sometimes take for granted. Most of us lose that hunger cause everything gets catered to us. My dad did his best to teach me that lesson and to always remember that nothing in this life is given but earned. RIP dad 🙏 Great job man and thanks for the upload
Well said👏
your jokes aside, that last part has become so incredibly true, it literally hurts
I absolutely wanna go to this guy's show. He is one of the few comedians who GENUINELY make me laugh.
Lol the cheap toilet paper gets me thinking about the owner too.
Akaash is so reserved on Flagrant. I come here to check him out and he's a freakin BEAST! Was not expecting to go that hard and that dark lmao.
Recently... Before he was a wild boy.
They kinda shut him down on the show if you notice. I wonder if it's some internalized racism that crew had toward him
I’m here because of the Joe Rogan podcast - a very enjoyable conversation, and this man is funny. Fiercely courageous as well.
Same. Brilliant stuff. Spot on
Me too brother. Very funny human. Say what they will about Joe Rogan, but he gives oxygen to some really funny people that I, and a lot of others wouldn’t have known about.
@@chrislilburn9929 he introduces me to people i would of never heard about. good stuff.
Holy shit, glad the algorithm showed me your special. Funny as shit and sending some straight up facts. Well played my dude. Excellent stuff.
Growing up Apu taught me soo much about Indian culture and people, they need to bring him back
This shit was hilarious. Happy to see him winning but wish this shit wasn’t so short. Hoping for an hour special from our guy soon.
That’s the nicest compliment you could possibly give. We want more!
Nobody watches specials past about 20-30mins according to statistics.
@@matthewkrahn3 i do
@@matthewkrahn3 A lot of us do. Don't believe everything you read!
@@matthewkrahn3 you might be right about some of these other comics because they just can’t bring more than 30min of funny. Akaash ain’t one of those comics. Dude is crazy talented… bet he could put out a special where he just roasts the audience and it would be 🔥. I’m hoping to see his little ass live in Ontario, Ca.
20 minute set that was better than most hour specials. Laughed the entire time and respect for the Apu jokes and for saying white folks can laugh too. Him and Schulz are way too underrated. Love to see Akaash live if he makes it out to CO.
Because its way easier to make a solid concise 20 than an hour.
@@Peapodzilla dude it was so tight man! EVERY SINGLE JOKE EVERY SINGLE LINE was perfect! Truly a master of his craft
So true, we need to learn to agree to disagree politely and be civil with each other
Your crowd work and stand up is great! You're funnier on your own.
My guy Akaash is fuckin killin it bruh. Im so happy for you! You about to blow up!
Yeah I feel like he’s gonna be big
Hes not "gonna blow..up ..he's gonna disappear !" -A.Singh He speaking TRUTHwhich is dangerous in a world full of lies!
bro representing the whole indian community to world.. hell yeah bro...! you killing it...
You South Asians and your "bros" and "sirs", man.
@@rippspeck that's the entirety of Asia, I believe.
Apu?
@@rippspeckisn’t that just the world?😂
He's not funny. He laughs at everything his boss says. And its 'hey look at me' laugh and its sad and pathetic. He got mad at a person in the audience cause he, himself, wasnt funny.
i agree with everything except the toilet thing, we do have toilets literally everywhere. even the rural areas after 2014
This is literally one of the best things I’ve seen on the Internet in a long time
Literally the only bad thing about this special is that it’s too short. Loved it, laughed the whole time. You killed it!
Meanwhile, kids in Africa 😅 kzhead.info/sun/pNqmn9lsZ2OopX0/bejne.html
Aakash! Big love from INDIA bro! You make us proud!!! Thanks for releasing this entire clip. You SLAYYYYYED!! 👌
Yes!
Yep. A full hour on Netflix would be good
@@fecnde Hell yeah!
Oh we watching this today
On repeat! 20 minutes is not enough of this 💎
First time I watched one of your videos and I am happy I did! Respect and love from Greece!!!
Oh! this guy is too good! Funny and quite deep thinking! His judgement skills are out of the world!
My only issue was that it was too short. We need more Akaash!
That's what women tell him after sex....both sentences....in that order. LOL
That, and the audio quality from set to set could have been done better.
@@rushforce33 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Some parts had way too many cuts imo. Love the material. Absolutely fucking hilarious. But. The section taking about fat people and vaccines had so many cuts
@@rushforce33oh please, don’t project your issues onto this legend
"Not offensive racist" is going to be my go-to statement for everything offensive now on 😂
Dude- the timing of this guy is fucking PERFECT. The way he allows his jokes space to breathe before nailing the punch line; the audience is laughing before he's even made the point that they already know is coming. Can't wait to see more, cause this is some A level comedy
What's really funny is that most of the non major franchise convenience stores in Springfield Oregon, are owned by three separate families. All three families are originally from India. Springfield Oregon is the official city that the Simpsons town is based on.
Damn Akaash, the end was a mic dropping game changer for me. My family is from kerala, India. They come here broke and barely spoke English. I tell my friends and cousins similar things that you expressed. If our parents who barely spoke English, made it America with no money and worked hard to give us a better life, we should be doing the same, if not better. You're 100% right, we don't deserve shit. Go get it. Preach brother.
Stupidest shit I heard in my life. Just because your parents had it hard doesn’t make it okay to be racist to us. We should not be shamed for standing up for ourselves. He should have the balls to say that to everyone, not just desis.
@@shinyguy1 that was not his point. Successful people has a particular mentality, "I should not expect others to hand me things, if I need to succeed I need to work hard". And in today's society people use "I deserve things" just to be lazy.
@@ashs5612 pointing out inequities that Indian Americans face is not asking for handouts. I understood the message just fine. Indians don’t even bitch about that shit. You also ignored how I said he only directed it to Indians, not everyone. Because in all honesty, there’s groups who get shit handed to them and it’s not Asians. Affirmative action makes us have to do better than all races, even whites. So advocating for equal standards is not asking a handout, it’s asking for an even playing field. As Asians we are constantly shamed for standing up for ourselves and this is an embodiment of coping with that. He’s just being a pussy who is saying what whites and blacks want to hear. Keep in mind England fucked Indians but we don’t get special treatment there like blacks and Hispanics get in America. Calling out any Asian group for complaining is insane, we do it the least. This message should be directed to black people and women.
@@shinyguy1 you sound like a cry baby. Let your mommies teets go and you'll eventually grow into a man.
what podcast was it from??
I think The Simpsons handled the whole “Apu thing” really badly. As a “white dude”, I completely agree with Akaash. Apu was actually one of the richest characters who developed and gave a different perspective and it’s a shame the (somewhat justified) criticism was so narrow only looking at the “glass half empty”. For example, it was Apu that introduced Lisa to vegetarianism and the different views of Hindu culture. So now we don’t have that anymore, because his accent is “offensive” (and there are tons of bad accents on the Simpsons!) Yes, his character was a lazy stereotype in the early days in particular, but ALL the characters in The Simpsons are stereotypes - it’s kinda the whole thing about the show. It’s a parody of America at large. Just like almost everything in life there is a relevant Simpsons reference for this. Remember when Marge went on an anti cartoon violence crusade which ended up with the “Itchy and Scratchy Show” getting literally canceled. The lesson from that episode was “one person can make a difference, but they probably shouldn’t”
I was always personally offended by the Barney accent after I saw the video they took
Apu is a bait and switch character. He starts off as "the indian convenience store guy", but that's surface level. You start to learn a lot about him, like how he's a volunteer firefighter. Like how he's apparently good friends with one of the original Beatles(RIP)
I'm still waiting for the controversy to erupt over Scottish (Groundskeeper Willie), Italian (the Italian chef), Mexican (Bumblebee Man), etc, stereotypes. The problem with outrage and cancel culture is that it lacks nuance or consistency. It's always just a bunch of bored children (and yes, some may chronologically adults, but emotionally they are still children) jumping on whatever is the current fashionable social media outrage bandwagon.
@@buckaroobonsaitree7488 what video?
@@paulw5039 to be fair, no one asked for Apu to be cancelled and he wasn’t cancelled. Hank Azaria made a personal decision to stop doing the voice. That’s it. TBH, my issue is that one persons viewpoint is not necessarily understanding the full picture. Unfortunately most issues are complex and multi dimensional and you need people of good faith from different perspectives who want to have a discussion and actually understand what’s going on. That’s why I say the Simpsons handled it so badly, because the character and the show style are defensible, they just didn’t bother to engage and explain and try to persuade the audience
The worst thing about the me too movement is the name. The # sign is actually called the pound sign. So # me too should be read "pound me too".
The ending .... we don't deserve anything .... spot on ... Today's victim mindset needs to understand that you have to fight to earn everything. Do hard work.
Bro the last minute of the vid caught me off gaurd and despite not being part of an immigrant family it fired me tf up. I love the comedy and I love everything you stand for, glad I came across you on flagrant... supporting people like you is the best thing we can do right now 🙌🏼💯 keep crushing g
People like you🤔 🤨😉😂
@@MeestahJones I can't tell if you're joking, but if you aren't what you said is fucked up.
@@MeestahJones Not exactly certain what passive agressive political point you were trying to make. But it seems to me that you were trying to label Jacob as some sort of racist by saying people like you.... which is what race baiters always do... rather than, I don't know, give somebody the benefit of the doubt and maybe just think Jacob meant "people who say uncomfortable truths/things others don't like hearing" rather than pulling the psuedo race card. But you go ahead and do you race baiter.
Great comedy, and a great message. Everybody should aspire to that kind of ideal, immigrant or not. Be the kid everyone wants to copy off of, not the one doing the copying.
the whole special was funny as hell, and the ending was just straight facts!! Akaash man, you killed it!
Genius! So glad someone still have the balls where it should be
The ending rant though 👏👏👏👏👏👏