Russell Peters - India Made Me Feel Canadian Standup Comedy

Step into the hilarious world of Russell Peters as he shares one of his most relatable and entertaining bits yet—his unforgettable experience traveling to India. In this uproarious performance, Russell dives into the identity crisis that ensues when visiting your parents' homeland doesn't go quite as expected. With his trademark timing and sharp cultural insights, Peters explores what it truly means to belong—and how India made him feel more Canadian than ever.

Whether you're first-generation, second-generation, or just love comedy that breaks barriers, this stand-up piece will have you laughing while nodding along. Russell’s ability to tackle cultural nuances with wit and charm makes this one of his most memorable routines. Get ready for a rollercoaster of laughs that only he can deliver. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh man, good to be here. My name is Russell Peters.
I meased Indian. Wooh oh man, I'm happy to be
back home. Man. Back in Canada. January, I had a
chance to go to the Motherland. I'm Indian, so I
went to England. And I'm kidding. I went to India.

(00:23):
It's the same thing, and you got to go to India. Man.
All my life, I've been walking around, I've been doing
these jokes and saying about how I meased Indian and
how things are different from me, and you guys do this,
and I do that because I'm Indian and I'm so
different and blah blah blah. And then I realized I
was born in Canada. I guess that makes me Canadian.
But I never really felt Canadian until January. I went

(00:47):
to Indian. I'm on the plane and I'm going, Man,
am I Indian? I can't wait to go to India.
I'm so Indian. Wait till I go to India. Then
I realized people in India don't walk like this. And
I'm on the plane. We arrive in Bombay at the
airport and I'm like, open the doors, man, I'm Indian.
I'm so Indian. I'm gonna show these Indians how to

(01:08):
be Indian. They opened the doors to the plane. I
turned Canadian so fast. The hell is that smell? It
was me twenty six hours on a plane. You'd stink too, man,

(01:29):
I smelled so bad. People on the streets of India
walking up think, oh, bloody head, you Canadians stink. I
got to meet my uncle there too, man, My uncle.
My uncle thinks he's cool, right. He thinks he knows
what we do in North America because he watches American movies.
That's a really bad way to learn about anybody's culture.

(01:51):
Could you imagine, like if your white guy studied Indian
movies and thought he knew about us. I know, he
watches all these Indians. He's a nice looking Indian girl
walking down the street. He's walking this friend. He goes, hey, hey, fellows,
hold on, I'm gonna go talk to that Indian girl. No, no,
it's okay, I watch Indian movies. Excuse me. My uncle

(02:24):
tried to show off when he met me. Right, We're
driving around India and he's trying to be cool, right,
So some guy cuts him off. He goes, hey, hey,
go to the hell I said, uncle, that's the wrong finger. Man.
Never mind, he knows where he has to go, the
son of the Viva Italia. That's what I'm saying. Really,

(02:50):
I'm just I'm just kidding. I love a time man.
Time people were cool as hell. I felt bad for
you during that World Cup. All the Italians got upset.
They were don't talk everybody. I'm set, Tony, get the
camera away from anybody trying to dance over here. I

(03:13):
think Italian community should be proud that you made it
to the World Cup, man, I was. I was disappointed
that Indian never made it to the World Cup. You
know how hard it is to kick a ball straight
with curly toad shoes on? Do you have any bender?
I'm open. I'm oping the port's going over there. I

(03:35):
like it. Tian people, man, tiny people are cool. That
was talked with their hands. I love them. And you
see what I'm saying, this guy, what what the hell?
And Italian? I was in this? I don't know what
the hell? Don this mean? What the hell? In Italian?
I know, but we're on TV, so this means what
the hell? Now? All right? What the hell? You know
what this means? An Indian? You want to eat, you

(03:57):
want to eat? Imagine like an Italian guy going into
an Indian restaurant. Hey, what the hell, Hey, Bobby body,
Buffy is over there. I used to date a Chinese girl. Man.
I love Chinese people too, man, because you know they're
Asian and I'm Asian. Any Chinese? Who are you here?

(04:23):
I love Chinese people, man, I used to you got
a date of Chinese girl? Their hype? Man, that was
That was good? Man. Wouldn't have been wicked though. If
we got serious, picture that a Chinese girl an East
Indian guy, we can have like the baddest convenience store
on the block. Man. Can you imagine if we got married,

(04:45):
picture that a Chinese girl an East Indian guy. Could
you imagine our wedding? Don't how much rice would have
been there? Man. Nobody'd be allowed to throw it at
the bride and groom either. Our parents would just freak
out halfway through. What the hell are you doing? Don't
wasting the food. I I told you not to invite
white people to the wedding. They throw the bloody food around.
Let's go to their weddings and throw a mask potatoes

(05:06):
at Damn you guys have a lot of fun. Thank
you very much to Stay Brown. Hello Hu Nan Palace.
I was wondering what kind of food you specialize in. Oh,
it is Chinese food. Okay. My wife is very Italian.
We have a little baby now too. It's very exciting.

(05:26):
Now I have a year and a half old daughter.
Thank you. You're a warm bunch of people. Ah all right,
I'm not gonna bore you.