Comedy Central aired The Roast of James Franco last night and two themes quickly emerged: these roasters really like Indian and gay jokes. (To his credit, Ansari called out the gay jokes during his set.)
And his response to the Indian jokes? “I think it’s cool that some of you guys were able to travel back in time to 1995 for those Indian jokes you did. That’s so cool, man! Those stereotypes are so outdated, my god.” You can also find it on Tumblr.
Here’s what some of the comedians had to say about Ansari about the roast:
Roastmaster Seth Rogan: “This thing is literally Hitler’s wet dream, in all honesty. It’s got Jews, gays and whatever Aziz is.”
Sarah Silverman: “Speaking of brownish people, Aziz Ansari is here. I have been a huge supporter of Aziz for years and for only the price of a cup of coffee. By the way Aziz can’t stay all night, he’s gotta get back in the cupboard.”
Bill Hader as “The President of Hollywood”: “Aziz, you’re welcome, I admire how you’ve never taken the stereotypical Indian roles. I just want to tell you that if you did, you would make so much more money. If you came out here right now with crossed eyes playing a sitar, I would fall on my ass laughing.”
Natasha Leggero: “Aziz is only in show business because he’s too ugly to be a genie. My third wish, Aziz is that you stop screaming your punch lines. I saw your special. If I wanted to get yelled at by a humorless Indian, I’d read a magazine in 7-11. No, they love Aziz in India. He was recently awarded India’s highest honor – soap.”
Below is a sampling of some of the tweets about the #FrancoRoast.
https://twitter.com/rilaws/status/374733937672601600
https://twitter.com/Ramou/status/374739891734986752
Aziz Ansari putt everyone in there place about stereotypes tonight on the #RoastofJamesFranco
— daniel huff (@huffy92) September 3, 2013
@azizansari killed the #FrancoRoast – he said people went back to 1995 for those Indian jokes. Ha! Schooling em.
— Sharda Sekaran (@ssekaran) September 3, 2013
Gotta hand it to @azizansari for calling out on the indian and gay jokes at #FrancoRoast http://t.co/Sq6kcyhnqY
— Imtiaz Miah (@miah_man) September 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/Lights_Please_/status/374747599250935808
I'm in favor of any and all "Indian in the Cupboard" references. #FrancoRoast
— Jared McNett (@TwoHeadedBoy98) September 3, 2013
Jonah was fat, seth rogens jewish, sarah looks like a man, aziz is indian, andys new shows gonna suck, and francos gay #FrancoRoast #recap
— B-wOrK (@ThEnAmEsBwOrK) September 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/rilaws/status/374742233896845312
whats so funny??