A Desi Family in
Hollywood Raajeev’s Comedy Corner by Raajeev Aggerwhil
My eldest son wants to be a filmmaker. I tried to steer him towards the family business, tech support. I told him, “Son, film editors need tech support.” I was concerned how he would be able to make any money. I said, “Make sure you don’t make any porn … without a plot. 50 shades of gray did good. Billion shades of brown will be even better.” I love doing comedy. One of the hardest parts is that every time you do a comedy show, you have to take out all the jokes that didn’t work. Before one of my shows, my son told me, “What are you going to do? Just stand there for five minutes?” Because of my love for comedy, I even tried getting my younger two kids into comedy. They would fight all the time at dinner. “Dad, if I wrote the premise, and he wrote the punch line, who’s joke is it?” I said, “Why don’t both of you try the joke. And if it gets a laugh, the joke is mine. If it doesn’t get a laugh, it’s your mom’s.” My kids don’t like doing comedy. It’s weird, they will do the opposite of what I tell them. I push them towards comedy and their grades suddenly improve. “Dad, I don’t continued on page 76 Saathee.com
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