Iranian of the Day

farah jaan yes i remember

spitting image. i used to live in the uk too. 'not the nine o clock news' was the best!

i miss the humour, but not the weather for sure... :)

Lame

  Not really that funny.

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"They are not afraid of the ideology alone, but of the detemination and will of the men behind it"

 "I'd rather be hated for w

"ever-laughable, self-demeaning racial jokes"

+sarcasm = a biting humorMakes the owner of the joke a very clever communicator and simply brilliant.

Very Talented Lady :)

I Do Enjoy Her Sense Of Humor - !

Honorary self-deprecation to make a quid

I can't let  go of this blog which is soon to be removed from the top page before expressing my concern over how our comedians feel obliged to please the white audience with their ever-laughable, self-demeaning racial jokes.

Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

VPK

Tofiq?? I am too young for that. I had seen the copies though. My aunt also:)) had the copies and that is where i saw them.for a second i thought you meant "ahangar"/ chalangar which came out the first few years of moomoolution:)

Mash Ghanbar

No problem :-) Now to the real question: what did you think of Tofigh? Does that resonate with your sense of humor. IMHO it was the best of Persian humor.

VPK

Worried? for what.

That is ok though partner, I will Just stick with my slapstick and totally devoid of fun American Sit-coms. Call you what you want.

and i do not Regain anything. Thanks so much for your concern and care.

Mash Ghanbar jan

Don't worry. Just get yourself a few Samad movies and Kaf shows. You'll be fine and regain your humor. 

One thing I really miss is Tofigh. I so much want the old copies from the 60s before it got banned. My aunt in Iran has a whole bunch but threw them away. I was shocked! I had told them to just mail it to me. Will pay for the shipping and everything.

Does anyone here know where to get some? 

VPK

It all depends on The person.  When i turn on the TV and want to watch a comedy i want the jokes and the story to be simple enough so that i can enjoy the 30-40 minutes i am spending in there. Not tos say that i can not comprehend a bit more complex or nuanced version, but rather as a general rule. I mean i don't want to sit down and Think what he or she said and why? If i want that i will just watch a newsreport or an analysis. That to me is comedy,

Not all of them include dirty words.

I used to watch monthy Python and I am sorry... didn't think much of it at all. I guess that means i have lost my Iranian humor and am americanized beyond hope according to our expert Behavior analyst:))

Brilliant...

Just brilliant!

One to be proud of!

Congrats!

Fa faarak

Don't get too excited. You are far from hitting a nerve, what is the matter? buisness so slow out there, you can't wait to score on IC? Not this time precious. Not this time.

Calm down?? Look who is "commanding" whom to calm down. I am cool. You are the one who made a fuss about all of this and made it all about The british and American animosity, and My iranianness and etc... By the way, the last time any american commanded anything against the British, some Behinds were kicked in a major way,. so don't even go there.

I have "lost" my iranian humor? you mean "sense of humor? all because I don't like the british comedy? oh lord. What an accuare guage to make such a judgment by. Leave it to the british to make Judgements on the psycology of the people of this world. And somehow that qualifies me as being "americanized"!! Is it mandatory to take Pych courses before they grant you british citizenship? Seems like those of us who live in Britain consider themselve such huge authorities on always coming up with some kinda of personality diagnostic on the rest of us.

No farah joon joon. I don't take my name as being funny. It is a name. Don't look too much into it. I am not gonna bother with your research proposal, knowing that no matter what i pick out for you, you will be putting it down based on the harsh attitude you have just demonstrated agaist American comedy.

Yeah; enjoy them while sipping on your stale cold tea...

Niloufar jaan please don't take me wrong

I absolutely love American humor. I still can't match Woody Allen's brand of humor with anything British. And indeed Colbert. All i am saying is that one must give credit where credit is due. I can't imagine any nation can take a micky out of their leadership than the wat the Brits do it. Take a look at this the most outrageous British comedy which was so popular when I was staying there long ago.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxApyFKDQAQ

and you are absolutely right in saying the Brits and Iranians sense of humor is much closer than Iranians and Americans.

FR

FR

iranian and british humour are quite compatible, especially when it comes to subtle word plays and innuendo.

but let's not knock american humour too much now. it has its moments too, like colbert...

Peace

Oops! did I hit a raw nerve?

Ghanabr joon you, an Iroonian, seem to care more about American comedy than the Americans themselves!! Or perhaps you think you are cammanding the American fighters against the Brits in York Town again?!! Calm down bro, we are talking about a British-Iranian stand up comedian entertaining a British audience. Generally speaking the British brand of comedy is recognized as the thinking comedy, as opposed to the American physical comedy, across the entire English speaking nations including Americans and Canadians. There are exceptions everywhere but I think you are too Americanized (and have lost your Iranian humor) to grasp, let alone laugh at such political comedy as this:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIXH3-A8zMI

Now search the Net Ghanabar joon ( I suppose you take your name as being funny) and show me an example of "your" American comedy that can beat that! 

FR

sharp shapi!

she's always a joy to watch. 

british humour is superb!

She is clever funny,

If you don't get it then there you are.

Shahparak, ignore the stuff here. Unless you say what you mean and not mean what you say and not do a Bob Hope, American audiences don't/won't get it.

They love you in your country UK and if you ever come here to the US, talk to Maz Jobrani and keep the jokes simple!!

Mash Ghanbar

I am no fan of Britain. However their comedy is often quite funny. I love Monty Python and really get a laugh out of it.

American "slapstick" is also funny to me. However their sit-coms suck. Worse are some of"stand up"  American comedians. My friends made me watch one and the degree of dirty words was shocking. Guy was making up for lack of talent by dirty words: not funny.

Farah rusta

The american brand of humor may at times be tasteless and uncanny, but it sure beats the "dry" and supposedly thinking!! humore that passes of as comedy by the british. Based on what i have seen from her, she is going overboard and puts too much emphasis on thinking in her comic routines. That takes the whole element of fun and casualness out of the deal. Remember, people go to the show to hear Jokes not a routine political analysis by Allisster so and so on BBC. You are confusing commentary with comedy show.

We are the one WITH WMDs!

I found this one the funniest. Well, actually.  I am not surprised she does not come across as funny to the Ameircan audience, after all they are not used to "thinking" humor!

Iranian stand-ups should play less on self-denigrating "cultural" jokes and more on and the host country's cultural mindset.  

Any ways, Good Luck Shappy, though I prefer your humor to your politics.

FR

Noosh e joonesh

Lovely - Funny woman wıth lovely ınsıghts on the mıxed cultured status.  Let's not forget all ınsıghts are personal and subjectıve. And i thınk both Shappı and Payvand have theır own brands of genıus. I fınd ıt utterly unfaır that accomplıshed chıldren of the Icons are always expected to maıntaın the same professıonal qualıty as theır parents. Shappı's world has been very dıfferent than her father's and she does one heck of a job reflectıng that ın her humor... she cracks me up every tıme i watch her on yourtube : )

Congratulations and good for her

If any of you think that you can "play that flute" any better ... go ahead and stand up in front of a live audience ... and try not to wet yourself!

NOPE!!

چرا بعضی ها فکر میکنن که همه چیز میتونه ارثی باشه؟

خود هادی خرسندی خدای طنز و نکته سنجی ست! من از سال ١٣٥١ با نوشته هاش تو مجلّهء فردوسی تحت عنوان «عنقریب» مریدش بودم ولی.....

نه پیوند و نه شاپرک برای سلیقهء ایرانی مطلب ندارن! خدا به انگلیسی ها ببخشتشون (-:

OHHHHHH, Poor little girl

Yes, Iranians started....

Lets cry, lets take it personal and kiss her wounds... Akhei.... 

Calm Down, pls and thank u... These are an opinion....Like her father is Funny, she is super boring,.... like saying Britney spears is not entertaining....

don't take it personal.... we didn't say she is bad or good...

neither we thought this is a "khale Khale bazi"... this is opinion on an artist... not her personal this and that... when she shares it, she has a goal, that goal does not intrigue some audience...like us here... I understand you are her friend, try to support.... "don't cry Argentina" would be a good background music though...

May you live a long and prosperously happy life

Shaaparak jaan, may you live a long and prosperously happy life.

Seeing that the crowd is being a bit tough on you here, my dear,
I wanted to let you know that I and the likes of me really enjoy your highly-rich-in-nuance comical rhetoric that oozes with your unexpectedly ballzy wit, and find you a gem amongst those who have chosen the very difficult job of making people think and smile…

Noush…

Also, I was floored by the realization of the intensity of the courage that it took for you to be ok about the picture that your audience would create in their minds when they hear you say “I keep inviting people to come on my face!”

I don't find her funny

but have heard a few good lines from her. One of them (I think it was her) was this one:

"I do not understand when people call someone mixed race. Children of two people with different skin complexions cannot be called mixed race. Mixed race to me is someone like, em, a mermaid"

She forms a good role model for young Iranians.

I am from Britain and I

I am from Britain and I don't find her funny at all. She is not in the same league as lots of other comedians and she often re-cycles the same jokes which are not funny in the first place.

She is funny for British People

British Humor only, very dry humor, may be some Jewish humor(very dry)...don't think Americans find her funny...or Persians/Iranians for that matter...

I have a lot of respect for

I have a lot of respect for her father but does anyone actually find her funny?

Be honest.