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Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?

http://www.ted.com A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, standup comic Maz Jobrani riffs on the challenges and conflicts of being Iranian-American -- "like, part of me thinks I should have a nuclear program; the other part thinks I can't be trusted ..."
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@4Shia That I could ... ( 2 weeks ago by SoCalDualSport)

@4Shia That I could agree with. It was not a good audience and Maz is Great!

@SoCalDualSport Yes ... ( 2 weeks ago by 4Shia)

@SoCalDualSport Yes I know :)

boring crowd vs. ... ( 2 weeks ago by jengkiesville)

boring crowd vs. great comic

i loled at that ... ( 2 weeks ago by alenav100)

i loled at that last commercial! XD

@ksduji No, no not ... ( 2 weeks ago by Peacefulhumanbeing)

@ksduji No, no not white people but Cold English people! No offense but English in general are cold. Not all of course...

This was hilarious! ... ( 2 weeks ago by sireofzelda)

This was hilarious!!! Sad that the audience wasn't great.

The audience for ... ( 2 weeks ago by ArtemisCho)

The audience for TEDtalks is always on the quiet side. It's just their way of showing respect by not being too loud so that the speaker can be heard. Also, speakers have a limited amount of time on stage, so allowing him to finish what he wanted to say is them being polite.
You are all assuming this is at some comedy club. =/ This is TEDtalks! It's for presentations on issues in today's times. (or future ideas) He was selected to speak here, not many get that privilege.

Hilarious! ( 2 weeks ago by rexelliz)

Hilarious!

the audience is ... ( 2 weeks ago by ysfbomba)

the audience is from another planet but a few of them are from earth thank you God :)

He told all these ... ( 2 weeks ago by imasonfree)

He told all these jokes on the Laugh Factory videos...I don't know which one is first. But, he is definitely a 'recycler'.

@imasonfree Name ... ( 1 week ago by GooshtGaming)

@imasonfree Name one comedian who is not. What you see is the variety but in reality a comdian with one 'act' goes around and performs it around different places. If you want to criticize, please do so with some knowledge.

so silly ( 1 week ago by DSFTCH)

so silly

Wow. I thought the ... ( 1 week ago by Nionicle)

Wow. I thought the audience was pretty dang responsive... Everyone else is thinking they are cold? I am pretty sure a good portion laughed at every joke. =)

he is good ( 1 week ago by eafanboyssuck)

he is good

@BaykanOnTube @ ... ( 1 week ago by crudhousefull)

@BaykanOnTube @ksduji You guys have got it wrong. The crowd's actually not used to laughing at stereotypes. This is TED. These guys are some of the few whites that are actively fighting stereotypes, poverty, racsim, sexism. You name it, they're doing it.

HILARIOUS!! ( 1 week ago by MrAmirr76)

HILARIOUS!!

I could tell that ... ( 5 days ago by Groudie101)

I could tell that this crowd was full of White Americans even if I was blind. They wouldn't find this funny but they'd laugh at the crap that comes out of Kathy Griffin,Whoopi Goldberg, Dane Cook and Sara Silverman's anus..They'd probably laugh at Carrot Top's jokes!. If the jokes aren't on a double digit IQ level that DOES require even a low level of sophistication and world knowledge(politics,geography,etc) then they won't laugh. I'm not saying it's genetic. I think it's a cultural thing.

Brilliant :-) ( 4 days ago by MonoCabron123)

Brilliant :-)

british people ... ( 3 days ago by TabbyAngel2)

british people dont want to laugh to show their ugly teeth, that's why they aren't laughing.

@Groudie101 And ... ( 3 days ago by nickrod32)

@Groudie101 And fucking fart jokes... thats all they can understand

this man is great. ... ( 3 days ago by borze86)

this man is great. everbody does his/her thing their own way. his way (actually the way of many good comedians) of making people aware(!) of conflicts and prejudice, while making them laugh is so positive i lack the proper words.
i guess this is what people call "the good fight".
honest admiration of a human being believing in peace, harmony and a lot of laughs along the way!

@Groudie101 lmaooo ... ( 2 days ago by shubroto81)

@Groudie101 lmaooo they aren't american whites u are wrong. This is a english crowd.

@imasonfree All ... ( 1 day ago by aquaphoenixx)

@imasonfree All comedians have a set of material that they use repeatedly. They can not come out with new hilarious jokes for every show that they attend. Just because you have internet and you have watched a lot of their shows doesn't mean that others have. It is normal to keep telling the joke as much as you can. Later on they will replace them.