NEW DELHI: If you’re reading this in India, you’re probably well-versed with Russell Peters, a Canadian-Indian comedian behind the famous “take it and go” and “somebody gonna get a hurt real bad” funnies. Now meet Zaid Ali, Pakistan’s answer to Russell. Ali is a Canadian-Pakistani comedian with his own signature one liners: “kaaaaaar lo” and “maaaaaar lo.”
His videos offer a hilarious insight into the lives of South Asians. Although it is meant to cater to Pakistanis, the videos apply in equal measure to Indians (and Bangladeshis, Nepalis, Sri Lankans…). Several of the videos poke fun at “brown parents” and their hypocrisy/strictness. Others at selfie-obsessed serial wedding attending South Asian girls. Still others draw distinctions between South Asian professionals -- cops, restaurateurs, teachers -- and their “white” counterparts.
Here are some of our favourite funnies courtesy Zaid Ali.
1. How to make any girl quiet
2. Brown people at the movies
3, Types of people during exams
4. Brown parents are always sarcastic
5. When you use a bollywood dialogue in real life
6. Girls doing normal make up versus wedding days
7. Brown parents blame everything on the phone
8. If spiderman was brown
9. When aunties try to get you married
10. Everything in a brown house is for guests
11. How bollywood songs change your mood
12. Brown parents on the phone
13. How brown people go out
14. Brown people during the world cup
15. White police versus desi police
Check out his YouTube channel for more: