1 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:06,005 I am proud of you. 2 00:00:06,089 --> 00:00:07,716 You have removed your laser weapon, huh? 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:09,969 Weapon is to kill, disassemble, make dead. 4 00:00:10,051 --> 00:00:11,219 Unacceptable. 5 00:00:11,303 --> 00:00:14,389 You have made many modifications upon your person, huh? 6 00:00:14,473 --> 00:00:17,267 You have come a long way from the Defense Department prototype. 7 00:00:17,351 --> 00:00:18,477 You betcha. 8 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:19,937 It's the all-new Johnny Five. 9 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:21,438 Just look at these items. 10 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:23,482 You look, but you do not see. 11 00:00:23,565 --> 00:00:26,360 Chilled monkey brains. 12 00:00:29,070 --> 00:00:31,114 - Where are you from? - I am from India. 13 00:00:31,949 --> 00:00:33,951 - Got you covered, Injun. Ha! - Oh! 14 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:36,244 Ooh, somebody's having a party. 15 00:00:36,328 --> 00:00:37,788 Singh, you got any plastic wrap, man? 16 00:00:37,872 --> 00:00:40,582 Yeah, in the back, next to the onions. 17 00:00:40,666 --> 00:00:41,709 Wheeze the juice. 18 00:00:41,792 --> 00:00:43,502 No, no, no wheezing the juice. 19 00:00:43,585 --> 00:00:46,296 - Like I said, it was... - 7-Eleven. 20 00:00:46,380 --> 00:00:49,717 Just be glad I did not buy a turkey Slurpee. 21 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,343 Yoga fire! Yoga fire! 22 00:00:53,220 --> 00:00:55,681 ♪ Some call me the gangster of love ♪ 23 00:00:58,934 --> 00:01:00,769 I'm Raj. I'm a Bollywood producer. 24 00:01:00,853 --> 00:01:03,438 I'm looking for the most delicious thing on the planet. 25 00:02:03,082 --> 00:02:05,250 Do you recognize the girl in this photo? 26 00:02:05,333 --> 00:02:08,754 I believe I remember her, yes. 27 00:02:08,837 --> 00:02:11,506 She was wearing a red sweater. 28 00:02:11,590 --> 00:02:13,425 I drove her to Penn Station. 29 00:02:13,508 --> 00:02:14,551 Is something wrong? 30 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:15,928 Is she okay? 31 00:02:16,011 --> 00:02:17,429 She's dead. 32 00:02:17,512 --> 00:02:18,973 Her body was found in the magazine section 33 00:02:19,056 --> 00:02:20,057 of Barnes & Noble, 34 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,476 propped up to look like she was reading. 35 00:02:22,559 --> 00:02:24,394 My God. 36 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:26,855 Great job! 37 00:02:26,939 --> 00:02:28,440 Thanks so much for having me. 38 00:02:28,523 --> 00:02:30,191 - Sure, we'll be in touch. - Yeah. 39 00:02:31,110 --> 00:02:33,153 - Ravi! - Dev! 40 00:02:33,236 --> 00:02:34,237 - What's up, dude? - What's up, man? 41 00:02:34,321 --> 00:02:35,405 - How's it going? - Chilling, man. 42 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:38,033 Yo, watch out for the debris in there 43 00:02:38,117 --> 00:02:40,201 'cause I just destroyed that scene. 44 00:02:40,285 --> 00:02:42,537 Really? The two lines for "unnamed cab driver"? 45 00:02:42,621 --> 00:02:45,082 Yeah, I crushed it, man. How you been, dude? You look good. 46 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:46,959 - Hey, do you work out? - Not really. 47 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:48,752 So my buddy Anush and I, 48 00:02:48,836 --> 00:02:50,838 we're really close on this pea protein. 49 00:02:50,921 --> 00:02:54,758 It's all natural, non-GMO, fully organic, 50 00:02:54,842 --> 00:02:58,219 Desi-owned, chickpea-based protein. 51 00:02:58,303 --> 00:03:00,014 It's called... 52 00:03:00,097 --> 00:03:01,222 Mumbai Muscle. 53 00:03:01,306 --> 00:03:04,935 A pea protein marketed just towards the Indian weight-lifting community? 54 00:03:05,019 --> 00:03:06,020 Seems a little niche. 55 00:03:06,103 --> 00:03:08,105 If you call a billion Indians niche. 56 00:03:08,147 --> 00:03:09,356 Dude, I'm gonna go grab a coffee at Marlow. 57 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:10,315 You want to meet up? 58 00:03:10,398 --> 00:03:11,942 - Yeah, I'll come after this. - Okay. 59 00:03:12,026 --> 00:03:13,318 Dev Shah? 60 00:03:13,401 --> 00:03:14,903 That's me. 61 00:03:14,987 --> 00:03:17,156 Okay, we have Dev Shah reading 62 00:03:17,238 --> 00:03:19,324 for the role of "unnamed cab driver." 63 00:03:19,407 --> 00:03:21,035 You ready to go? 64 00:03:21,118 --> 00:03:22,786 Yeah, I even took a cab over here to research the role. 65 00:03:24,371 --> 00:03:25,539 I love that. 66 00:03:25,622 --> 00:03:26,915 Okay, let's begin. 67 00:03:26,999 --> 00:03:28,542 Jess? 68 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:30,919 Do you recognize the girl in this photo? 69 00:03:32,171 --> 00:03:33,755 I believe I remember her, yes. 70 00:03:33,839 --> 00:03:34,882 I drove her to Penn Station. 71 00:03:34,965 --> 00:03:36,550 She had a red sweater. 72 00:03:36,633 --> 00:03:37,968 What's wrong? Is she okay? 73 00:03:38,052 --> 00:03:39,594 She's dead. 74 00:03:39,678 --> 00:03:42,097 Her body was found in the magazine section of Barnes & Noble, 75 00:03:42,181 --> 00:03:44,683 propped up to look like she was reading. 76 00:03:47,102 --> 00:03:49,270 My God. 77 00:03:49,354 --> 00:03:51,398 Okay. Thank you, Jess. 78 00:03:51,481 --> 00:03:54,693 I want to try it again, but this time, 79 00:03:54,776 --> 00:03:56,737 we need you to do an accent. 80 00:03:56,820 --> 00:03:58,405 You mean like an Indian accent? 81 00:03:58,488 --> 00:03:59,489 Yeah, yeah. 82 00:03:59,573 --> 00:04:01,116 Uh, you know, I'd rather not. 83 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,701 I just feel kind of weird doing that voice. 84 00:04:02,784 --> 00:04:03,744 Is that okay? 85 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:06,538 You know, Ben Kingsley did an accent in Gandhi, 86 00:04:06,621 --> 00:04:08,916 and he won the Oscar for it, so... 87 00:04:08,999 --> 00:04:11,710 But he didn't win the Oscar just for doing the accent. 88 00:04:11,793 --> 00:04:15,797 I mean, it wasn't an Oscar for Best Indian Accent. 89 00:04:15,881 --> 00:04:17,424 Also, might be strange to play Gandhi 90 00:04:17,507 --> 00:04:20,010 and talk like I'm talking now. 91 00:04:20,094 --> 00:04:23,013 I would argue that the same could be said of this cab driver. 92 00:04:23,097 --> 00:04:27,142 I would argue that that's kind of a weird argument to make. 93 00:04:28,393 --> 00:04:29,644 Okay. 94 00:04:29,728 --> 00:04:32,313 We'll be in touch. 95 00:04:32,397 --> 00:04:33,607 Okay, 96 00:04:33,690 --> 00:04:35,358 but sounds like you won't be 97 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:36,610 'cause of the whole accent thing. 98 00:04:36,693 --> 00:04:37,861 Yeah, no. 99 00:04:37,945 --> 00:04:39,404 Sorry. 100 00:04:39,487 --> 00:04:40,864 All right. 101 00:04:40,948 --> 00:04:42,241 Bye. 102 00:04:44,701 --> 00:04:45,994 So how'd it go? 103 00:04:46,078 --> 00:04:47,913 Um, I didn't get it. 104 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:49,539 They wanted me to do an accent, so... 105 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:51,499 What, you don't know how to do it? It's super easy, man. 106 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:53,585 I just do an impression of my Uncle Madu. 107 00:04:53,668 --> 00:04:56,213 No, I know how to do it. I just feel weird doing that voice. 108 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:57,464 Do you always just do the accent? 109 00:04:57,547 --> 00:04:59,716 No, I don't always do it, but it's a cab driver. 110 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,969 I mean, I don't think it's a big deal. 111 00:05:02,052 --> 00:05:03,178 Yeah, but isn't it frustrating, 112 00:05:03,262 --> 00:05:06,140 so much of the stuff we go out for is just stereotypes? 113 00:05:06,223 --> 00:05:08,976 Cab driver, scientist, IT guy. 114 00:05:09,059 --> 00:05:11,311 Yeah, but it's not all like that. I mean, look at this. 115 00:05:11,394 --> 00:05:13,272 I just got this one today. 116 00:05:15,565 --> 00:05:18,026 "Pradeep, East Indian man with a spiritual air, 117 00:05:18,110 --> 00:05:20,445 full of philosophical platitudes. 118 00:05:20,528 --> 00:05:22,030 He runs a convenience store, 119 00:05:22,114 --> 00:05:23,949 has a funny Indian accent." 120 00:05:24,032 --> 00:05:25,492 This is not a good example. 121 00:05:25,575 --> 00:05:27,077 Look, I get it. 122 00:05:27,161 --> 00:05:29,288 There probably is a Pradeep who runs a convenience store, 123 00:05:29,370 --> 00:05:33,083 and I have nothing against him, but why can't there be a Pradeep 124 00:05:33,167 --> 00:05:34,918 just once who's, like, an architect, 125 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:37,921 or he designs mittens or does one of the jobs 126 00:05:38,005 --> 00:05:39,714 Bradley Cooper's characters do in movies? 127 00:05:39,798 --> 00:05:41,008 Dude, I think about that too. 128 00:05:41,091 --> 00:05:43,218 I just can't wait for that. I got to work. 129 00:05:43,302 --> 00:05:45,095 And, look, in the meantime, I can do good things 130 00:05:45,179 --> 00:05:46,680 with this Pradeep money. 131 00:05:46,763 --> 00:05:49,348 I mean, I can go donate money to charity. 132 00:05:49,432 --> 00:05:50,976 I can buy cool clothes. 133 00:05:51,059 --> 00:05:52,144 Well, at least they're actually 134 00:05:52,227 --> 00:05:53,895 getting Indian actors to do those roles now 135 00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:55,647 and not going the Short Circuit 2 route. 136 00:05:55,730 --> 00:05:57,482 What's wrong with Short Circuit 2? 137 00:05:57,565 --> 00:05:59,943 They got a white guy to play an Indian guy. 138 00:06:00,027 --> 00:06:01,820 What, the rob-- The robot movie? 139 00:06:01,903 --> 00:06:02,904 With Johnny Five? 140 00:06:02,988 --> 00:06:04,363 Wait, you don't know this? 141 00:06:04,447 --> 00:06:05,991 Wait, which Indian guy are you talking about? 142 00:06:06,074 --> 00:06:07,242 Dude. 143 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:13,332 - That guy's a white guy. - The robot or the Indian? 144 00:06:13,414 --> 00:06:16,168 The Indian guy is a white guy. That's Fisher Stevens. 145 00:06:16,251 --> 00:06:19,046 - They used brownface makeup. - Wait, what? 146 00:06:19,129 --> 00:06:22,632 Yeah. They got a real robot and a fake Indian. 147 00:06:25,552 --> 00:06:27,428 I'm sorry, man. I'm just... 148 00:06:27,512 --> 00:06:29,890 Wow, I'm experiencing a lot of emotions right now. 149 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:33,227 Man, that's, like, one of my favorite Indian actors. 150 00:06:33,310 --> 00:06:35,645 Dude, it still happens. You see The Social Network? 151 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:38,315 Max Minghella plays an Indian guy. 152 00:06:38,397 --> 00:06:41,276 He's white. They browned him up. 153 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:42,819 No, no. I read that he's 1/16 Indian. 154 00:06:42,903 --> 00:06:43,987 Who cares? 155 00:06:44,071 --> 00:06:45,404 If you go back far enough, we're all 1/16 something. 156 00:06:45,488 --> 00:06:46,698 I'm probably 1/16 black. 157 00:06:46,781 --> 00:06:48,367 You think they're gonna let me play Blade? 158 00:06:48,449 --> 00:06:50,327 Did you go out for The Social Network? 159 00:06:50,409 --> 00:06:52,204 Dude, I got the worst agents, man. 160 00:06:52,287 --> 00:06:53,454 I mean, look. Those are extremes, right? 161 00:06:53,538 --> 00:06:54,831 There's stuff out there that's good, 162 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,415 that's not stereotypes, you know. 163 00:06:56,499 --> 00:06:57,667 Are you going out for Three Buddies? 164 00:06:57,751 --> 00:06:58,877 Three Buddies? What is that? 165 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,587 It's this new sitcom. It's open ethnicity. 166 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:02,047 It's just three guys living in New York. 167 00:07:02,130 --> 00:07:04,132 - No accent, nothing. - Can you forward that to me? 168 00:07:04,216 --> 00:07:06,218 - Sure. - I've got to fire my agents. 169 00:07:06,301 --> 00:07:08,178 Oh, I just got a text from Anush. 170 00:07:08,262 --> 00:07:11,723 "I think Mumbai Muscle might be causing me to lactate." 171 00:07:11,806 --> 00:07:13,516 This is-- Dude, this is, like, a code red. 172 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,269 - I got to call him. - Sure. Go. Go for it. 173 00:07:15,352 --> 00:07:16,519 Nush. 174 00:07:18,230 --> 00:07:19,647 Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down. Slow down. 175 00:07:19,731 --> 00:07:21,275 Are you sure it's milk? 176 00:07:21,358 --> 00:07:22,984 Well, dude, don't worry about the investment. 177 00:07:23,068 --> 00:07:25,404 You got to get to the hospital. 178 00:07:25,486 --> 00:07:26,863 He's lactating. 179 00:07:37,707 --> 00:07:40,252 Hey, man, is this business casual? 180 00:07:40,335 --> 00:07:42,462 Am I supposed to wear a coat? 181 00:07:42,545 --> 00:07:44,172 Do I look too casual? 182 00:07:45,173 --> 00:07:47,259 Hey, well, that's what you get when you take a trip to the Bahamas. 183 00:07:47,342 --> 00:07:49,052 That was really great, Dev. 184 00:07:49,136 --> 00:07:51,096 - We'll be in touch. - Thanks so much. 185 00:07:51,179 --> 00:07:52,973 - Dev. - What up? 186 00:07:53,056 --> 00:07:55,058 Dude, thank you so much, man. 187 00:07:55,142 --> 00:07:57,227 - Good looking out. - Of course. 188 00:07:57,311 --> 00:08:00,272 Hey, watch out for the debris in there. 189 00:08:00,355 --> 00:08:01,440 Yeah. 190 00:08:01,522 --> 00:08:02,774 Wait, what? 191 00:08:02,857 --> 00:08:05,193 I'm referencing what you said the other day. 192 00:08:05,277 --> 00:08:06,694 About destroying the audition. 193 00:08:06,778 --> 00:08:08,238 Oh. 194 00:08:08,322 --> 00:08:09,906 Well, that interaction didn't go as planned. 195 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:11,116 Good luck, man. 196 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:12,242 All right, man. 197 00:08:14,369 --> 00:08:16,704 Yo, so do y'all think we're gonna be the first generation 198 00:08:16,788 --> 00:08:18,248 to experience the singularity? 199 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:19,416 What's that? 200 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:21,168 Carla was telling me about it last night. 201 00:08:21,251 --> 00:08:23,837 It's the idea of your mind fusing with the Internet 202 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,256 and computers so man and machine become one. 203 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:27,590 Oh, fuck! 204 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:30,218 My agent just emailed me and said I didn't get Three Buddies. 205 00:08:30,302 --> 00:08:32,512 Oh, man, I'm sorry. What happened? 206 00:08:32,595 --> 00:08:34,514 Okay, so just fuck my interesting topic, then, I guess. 207 00:08:34,597 --> 00:08:35,849 Whoa. 208 00:08:35,932 --> 00:08:38,101 I think I accidentally got forwarded an email chain. 209 00:08:38,185 --> 00:08:40,479 I'm not supposed to see this. 210 00:08:40,561 --> 00:08:43,982 The show creator says, "Dev and Ravi are perfect." 211 00:08:44,065 --> 00:08:46,151 Then this executive Joan writes, "Totally agree. 212 00:08:46,234 --> 00:08:48,278 Think we just found our first two buddies!" 213 00:08:48,362 --> 00:08:51,406 Then this guy Jerry Danvers says, "Both really great, 214 00:08:51,490 --> 00:08:52,699 but there can't be two." 215 00:08:52,782 --> 00:08:53,825 Can't be two? 216 00:08:53,908 --> 00:08:55,202 What, can't be two Indian guys? 217 00:08:55,285 --> 00:08:57,620 Isn't that kind of messed up? 218 00:08:57,704 --> 00:09:00,081 Yes, because of racism. 219 00:09:00,165 --> 00:09:01,958 This other person says, "Who do you like better, Ravi or Dev?" 220 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:04,544 He writes, "I don't know. Let's meet them both 221 00:09:04,627 --> 00:09:07,255 and see who can curry our favor, hahaha." 222 00:09:07,339 --> 00:09:09,799 "Curry our favor"? Are you fucking serious? 223 00:09:09,883 --> 00:09:12,886 Damn. Man, if that email got leaked, that person would get fired. 224 00:09:12,969 --> 00:09:14,721 Mm, I don't know. Come on, Denise. 225 00:09:14,804 --> 00:09:17,724 People don't get that fired up about racist Asian or Indian stuff. 226 00:09:17,807 --> 00:09:20,268 I feel like you only really risk starting a brouhaha 227 00:09:20,352 --> 00:09:22,354 if you say something bad about black people or gay people. 228 00:09:22,437 --> 00:09:24,356 I mean, if Paula Deen had said, 229 00:09:24,439 --> 00:09:26,024 "I don't want to serve Indian people," 230 00:09:26,107 --> 00:09:27,150 no one would really care. 231 00:09:27,234 --> 00:09:28,651 They'd just go back to eating the biscuits. 232 00:09:28,735 --> 00:09:30,445 Yeah, but Paula Deen didn't get in trouble anyway. 233 00:09:30,529 --> 00:09:31,863 I mean, she gave some fake-ass apology 234 00:09:31,946 --> 00:09:33,407 and then went back to making fatty foods. 235 00:09:33,490 --> 00:09:35,992 True, but she did have to apologize, right? 236 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:38,078 Like, she had to go meet with Al Sharpton. 237 00:09:38,161 --> 00:09:39,538 I mean, that's kind of the punishment, right? 238 00:09:39,620 --> 00:09:42,582 You got to find Al Sharpton and go have tea with him or whatever. 239 00:09:42,665 --> 00:09:43,791 We don't have a person like that. 240 00:09:43,875 --> 00:09:45,460 Like, who are you supposed to meet with? 241 00:09:45,544 --> 00:09:48,004 Deepak Chopra? The Indian dude from No Doubt? 242 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:49,214 Yeah, like, who's my guy? 243 00:09:49,297 --> 00:09:51,091 Steve Aoki? George Takei? 244 00:09:51,174 --> 00:09:52,426 He's busy with gay stuff. 245 00:09:52,509 --> 00:09:53,676 Who's my girl? 246 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:55,136 Like, Oprah? 247 00:09:55,220 --> 00:09:56,555 Or Beyoncé? 248 00:09:56,637 --> 00:09:59,057 Oh, shit, I got the heavy hitters. Never mind. 249 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:01,393 You know, "curry our favor" is pretty bad, though. 250 00:10:01,476 --> 00:10:03,644 I feel like that would be pretty awesome 251 00:10:03,728 --> 00:10:05,439 on a Huffington Post headline. 252 00:10:05,522 --> 00:10:06,814 I mean, I'd be intrigued. 253 00:10:06,898 --> 00:10:08,066 I'd click the shit out of that. 254 00:10:08,149 --> 00:10:09,443 Leak it, dude. 255 00:10:09,526 --> 00:10:11,778 Private racism becoming public racism 256 00:10:11,861 --> 00:10:14,364 that gets fools fired is so bomb. 257 00:10:14,448 --> 00:10:16,116 All right. 258 00:10:16,199 --> 00:10:18,201 I'll talk to my agent, see what we can do. 259 00:10:18,285 --> 00:10:19,494 That's your big idea? 260 00:10:19,578 --> 00:10:21,621 You're just gonna leak the email? 261 00:10:21,704 --> 00:10:23,706 What are you, a dummy? 262 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:25,959 You've got Danvers by the balls. 263 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:27,919 They've been calling my office all day 264 00:10:28,002 --> 00:10:30,838 trying to set up a meeting so that he can sit down 265 00:10:30,922 --> 00:10:32,632 and apologize. 266 00:10:32,715 --> 00:10:33,925 Shannon, I don't want to go there 267 00:10:34,008 --> 00:10:36,719 and be the Indian Al Sharpton and get some phony apology. 268 00:10:36,803 --> 00:10:40,056 I don't give a shit about the apology. 269 00:10:41,099 --> 00:10:44,644 I mean, I don't care about your feelings. 270 00:10:44,727 --> 00:10:48,940 If this meeting goes well, you get the job, and it's a hit? 271 00:10:49,023 --> 00:10:51,901 I mean, I could show you David Schwimmer's house 272 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:55,863 if you need to see what's at stake here. 273 00:10:55,947 --> 00:10:57,282 I bet it's huge. 274 00:10:57,365 --> 00:10:59,784 He's made so much off Friends. 275 00:10:59,867 --> 00:11:01,661 Well, can't we get him to cast me and Ravi? 276 00:11:01,744 --> 00:11:03,913 Ravi? Who the fuck is that? 277 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:06,416 Is that the other Indian dude? 278 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:09,877 I don't rep him. Therefore, I don't give a fuck about him. 279 00:11:09,961 --> 00:11:12,671 You need to get your shit straight first. 280 00:11:12,755 --> 00:11:14,882 Don't get pissed about one racist email 281 00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:17,676 and let it ruin your career long-term! 282 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:23,891 You know how much racist stuff I've read about black people? 283 00:11:23,975 --> 00:11:26,060 Sexist stuff about women? 284 00:11:26,144 --> 00:11:28,563 If I forwarded all of those emails and got people fired, 285 00:11:28,647 --> 00:11:30,023 I'd be working here by my damn self. 286 00:11:30,106 --> 00:11:31,232 Don't fuck this up! 287 00:11:33,151 --> 00:11:34,861 I'm trying to get this money, Dev. 288 00:11:34,944 --> 00:11:36,279 I'm trying to get this money, 289 00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:38,823 I'm trying to get this Friends money, and you fucking it up. 290 00:11:38,906 --> 00:11:40,325 I'm not trying to fuck up your Friends money. 291 00:11:40,408 --> 00:11:43,077 You better not fuck up my Friends money. 292 00:11:43,161 --> 00:11:44,871 Right over here. 293 00:11:44,954 --> 00:11:46,080 Quite a view. 294 00:11:46,164 --> 00:11:47,666 Yeah, it's a nice office, right? 295 00:11:47,748 --> 00:11:51,002 Much better than the spot I had when I interned at Nickelodeon. 296 00:11:51,085 --> 00:11:55,006 I was just watching your audition again this morning. 297 00:11:55,089 --> 00:11:57,551 "Damn! That's where they put the baseball?" 298 00:11:57,634 --> 00:12:01,262 You, sir, are a funny man. 299 00:12:01,346 --> 00:12:03,848 Thanks. Appreciate it. 300 00:12:03,931 --> 00:12:05,433 All right, let's not beat around the bush. 301 00:12:05,517 --> 00:12:08,895 I am truly sorry for the email. 302 00:12:08,978 --> 00:12:13,608 It was a really stupid joke I never should have made. 303 00:12:13,692 --> 00:12:15,776 Look, I'm happy to meet with you, 304 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:18,363 but let's not kid ourselves. 305 00:12:18,446 --> 00:12:20,156 These apologies are always phony. 306 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,367 You wrote that email. You made your shitty joke. 307 00:12:22,450 --> 00:12:24,285 The only thing that's changed is, I caught you, 308 00:12:24,369 --> 00:12:26,162 so we don't really need to do this. 309 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:28,915 This is tough. I mean, I don't know what to say. 310 00:12:28,998 --> 00:12:31,376 I wish you could just... 311 00:12:31,459 --> 00:12:32,793 get to know me a little bit better. 312 00:12:32,877 --> 00:12:35,630 I'm not who you think I am. 313 00:12:37,549 --> 00:12:39,384 You like the Knicks? 314 00:12:42,011 --> 00:12:43,054 Whoa! 315 00:12:47,808 --> 00:12:49,227 You ever sat courtside before? 316 00:12:49,310 --> 00:12:50,895 No, I do Go-Gurt commercials. 317 00:12:50,978 --> 00:12:52,439 I don't run a TV network. 318 00:12:52,522 --> 00:12:55,400 When I was a kid, I used to love to go to Knicks games. 319 00:12:55,483 --> 00:12:57,444 Never thought I'd be sitting courtside. 320 00:12:57,527 --> 00:12:58,695 This is insane. 321 00:12:58,777 --> 00:13:00,905 I can't even believe they let people sit this close. 322 00:13:00,988 --> 00:13:04,451 I mean, what's to stop Jerry Ferrara from just tackling a player? 323 00:13:06,578 --> 00:13:08,246 - Hey, you hungry? - Yeah. 324 00:13:08,329 --> 00:13:10,998 I got you. Hey, order of nachos here. 325 00:13:20,091 --> 00:13:22,343 What the fuck? Did you see that? 326 00:13:22,427 --> 00:13:24,345 That kid just ate one of my nachos. 327 00:13:24,429 --> 00:13:25,430 Are you serious? 328 00:13:25,513 --> 00:13:27,181 Yeah! He just ate one. 329 00:13:27,265 --> 00:13:29,058 Ugh, this kid is the worst. 330 00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:31,311 I would have given anything to do something this cool when I was little. 331 00:13:31,394 --> 00:13:33,480 He's just sitting here on his phone. Now he's stealing nachos. 332 00:13:33,563 --> 00:13:35,106 They got one of these kids at every game. 333 00:13:35,189 --> 00:13:36,815 - Courtside brats. - You know what? 334 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:38,485 - I'm gonna say something. - Yeah, go get him. 335 00:13:38,568 --> 00:13:39,986 Hey. 336 00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:41,237 You take one of my nachos? 337 00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:42,489 Yeah. 338 00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:44,365 Those are my nachos. 339 00:13:44,449 --> 00:13:45,575 So? I wanted one. 340 00:13:45,659 --> 00:13:47,994 Yeah, but you can't just steal people's nachos, okay? 341 00:13:48,077 --> 00:13:49,954 You realize how lucky you are? You're 12 years old. 342 00:13:50,037 --> 00:13:51,539 You're sitting courtside at a Knicks game. 343 00:13:51,623 --> 00:13:53,166 You didn't earn this. 344 00:13:53,249 --> 00:13:55,710 I had to suffer through a minor racial trauma to get here. 345 00:13:55,794 --> 00:13:57,796 All right, Sam. 346 00:13:57,878 --> 00:14:00,715 Looks like your dad's not gonna make it to the game after all, 347 00:14:00,799 --> 00:14:03,217 but he says happy birthday, and he'll see you at home. 348 00:14:05,094 --> 00:14:06,845 Hey, buddy. 349 00:14:06,929 --> 00:14:08,598 He said I can take you to the toy store afterwards 350 00:14:08,682 --> 00:14:10,975 and buy you anything under $2,000. 351 00:14:11,058 --> 00:14:13,520 No, that's all right. Let's just go home. 352 00:14:13,603 --> 00:14:16,189 Hey, hey. Do you want the rest of the nachos? 353 00:14:16,272 --> 00:14:18,941 I'm sorry. Happy birthday. 354 00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:20,901 Oh, wait. 355 00:14:20,985 --> 00:14:22,779 Just one. 356 00:14:26,157 --> 00:14:28,326 I mean, come on. 357 00:14:28,409 --> 00:14:30,995 There's no way I could have known that was his situation. 358 00:14:31,078 --> 00:14:32,872 You know what? 359 00:14:32,955 --> 00:14:34,499 Let's go check out the VIP suite. 360 00:14:34,582 --> 00:14:36,376 - Yeah. - Let's go. 361 00:14:36,459 --> 00:14:38,461 Hey, what do you say, buddy? 362 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:39,920 - You thirsty? - Yeah. 363 00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:41,798 All right, let's get you situated. 364 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:43,341 Thank you, darling. 365 00:14:43,424 --> 00:14:44,925 - Here you go. - Nice. 366 00:14:45,009 --> 00:14:46,803 - Oh, are you a seafood guy? - Yes. 367 00:14:46,886 --> 00:14:49,096 All right, well, you got to get your hands on this shrimp. 368 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:50,807 - It's fantastic. - Jerry Danvers. 369 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:51,766 - Hey. - My man. 370 00:14:51,850 --> 00:14:53,476 - There he is, Busta! - How are you? 371 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,102 - How are you, sir? - Great. Good to see you. 372 00:14:55,186 --> 00:14:57,856 Hey, this is Dev Shah, hilarious actor. 373 00:14:57,938 --> 00:14:59,858 He's gonna be a big star any day. 374 00:14:59,940 --> 00:15:01,568 - Cool. - How you doing, brother? 375 00:15:01,651 --> 00:15:02,694 Pleasure to meet you. 376 00:15:02,777 --> 00:15:04,362 Yeah, good to meet you too, Busta Rhymes. 377 00:15:04,445 --> 00:15:06,197 Hey, so what are you up to? 378 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,658 Just finishing the album. Staying busy. 379 00:15:08,742 --> 00:15:10,618 As a matter of fact, I just recently recorded 380 00:15:10,702 --> 00:15:13,079 a couple of tunes that I need you to check out. 381 00:15:13,162 --> 00:15:14,497 How about we do some dinner next week? 382 00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:15,790 Yeah, for sure. 383 00:15:15,874 --> 00:15:17,458 - Hey, great to see you. - Take care. 384 00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:18,710 Pleasure to meet you as well, brother. 385 00:15:18,793 --> 00:15:20,628 - Yeah, you too. - All right, cool. 386 00:15:23,423 --> 00:15:25,800 All right. How the fuck do you know Busta Rhymes? 387 00:15:25,884 --> 00:15:26,926 Oh, Trevor? 388 00:15:27,009 --> 00:15:28,720 Oh, I've known him for years. 389 00:15:28,803 --> 00:15:30,555 He and I are invested in the same company. 390 00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:33,349 They make high-end cell phone batteries. 391 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:36,519 Listen, I got to say hi to a colleague of mine. 392 00:15:36,603 --> 00:15:37,604 I'll see you in a bit. 393 00:15:37,687 --> 00:15:39,647 - All right. Do your thing. - Yeah. 394 00:15:48,989 --> 00:15:50,533 Hey, excuse me, Bust. 395 00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:52,201 You mind if I ask you something real quick? 396 00:15:52,285 --> 00:15:53,411 Yeah, what's up? Sure. 397 00:15:53,494 --> 00:15:56,289 - So you know Jerry a little bit, yeah? - Mm-hmm. 398 00:15:56,372 --> 00:15:57,874 I might go into business with him-- 399 00:15:57,957 --> 00:15:59,876 Oh, so you're getting ready to invest 400 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:02,295 in the battery company as well, huh? 401 00:16:02,378 --> 00:16:03,671 I personally think you should, 402 00:16:03,755 --> 00:16:05,381 because you see this phone right here? 403 00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:07,842 I ain't have to charge this bitch in the last six months. 404 00:16:07,926 --> 00:16:09,886 Shit is incredible. 405 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:11,471 Yeah, wow, that's really impressive, 406 00:16:11,554 --> 00:16:13,556 but it's actually not about the battery thing. 407 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,308 It's an acting thing. 408 00:16:15,391 --> 00:16:16,935 He wants me to maybe be in one of his shows, 409 00:16:17,017 --> 00:16:19,562 but, um, I saw this email he sent 410 00:16:19,646 --> 00:16:21,940 where he said something kind of racist. 411 00:16:22,064 --> 00:16:25,025 He may have been joking, but I'm not really sure. 412 00:16:25,109 --> 00:16:26,360 What'd he say? 413 00:16:26,444 --> 00:16:30,615 He said that he wanted to see if I could curry his favor. 414 00:16:30,698 --> 00:16:32,492 Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 'Cause Indians eat curry? 415 00:16:32,575 --> 00:16:34,452 - Mm. - I mean, that's some disrespectful shit. 416 00:16:34,535 --> 00:16:36,788 - Mm. - Kind of fucked up, bro. 417 00:16:36,871 --> 00:16:37,997 Yeah. 418 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,500 I mean, so he's bringing you to the game 419 00:16:40,583 --> 00:16:42,335 so he can butter you up. 420 00:16:42,418 --> 00:16:45,379 Looks like to me, he's trying to curry your favor. 421 00:16:45,463 --> 00:16:46,547 That's what's up. 422 00:16:46,631 --> 00:16:49,258 So what do you think I should do? 423 00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:50,802 This is what I think. 424 00:16:50,885 --> 00:16:52,887 You know, you're a minority trying to coming up in the game. 425 00:16:52,971 --> 00:16:54,848 You know, you got a rare opportunity, 426 00:16:54,931 --> 00:16:57,976 especially because you got the leverage in this situation. 427 00:16:58,058 --> 00:17:00,520 I don't think you should play the race card. 428 00:17:00,603 --> 00:17:02,438 Charge it to the race card. 429 00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:03,690 Feel me? 430 00:17:03,773 --> 00:17:05,608 - Yeah. - Good. 431 00:17:05,692 --> 00:17:07,276 Good luck. 432 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:09,111 I'm gonna fuck with some of this shrimp. 433 00:17:09,195 --> 00:17:10,112 Nice. 434 00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:11,405 Holla. 435 00:17:15,284 --> 00:17:16,327 So did you have fun? 436 00:17:16,410 --> 00:17:17,745 Oh, that was insane. 437 00:17:17,829 --> 00:17:20,665 Thank you so much for bringing me. 438 00:17:20,748 --> 00:17:23,793 Hey, can we be real for a second? 439 00:17:23,877 --> 00:17:26,004 Your email had a bad joke in it, right? 440 00:17:26,086 --> 00:17:27,505 I get it. 441 00:17:27,588 --> 00:17:29,382 You take anyone's emails or whatever 442 00:17:29,465 --> 00:17:30,633 and you put them under a microscope, 443 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:32,886 you'll find something offensive. 444 00:17:32,969 --> 00:17:34,637 But, to me, the bigger issue is, 445 00:17:34,721 --> 00:17:37,807 why can't there be two Indian people in the show? 446 00:17:37,891 --> 00:17:39,350 You know, why is it me or Ravi? 447 00:17:39,433 --> 00:17:40,977 Why can't there be two? 448 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,562 Okay, look, I'll be frank with you. 449 00:17:42,645 --> 00:17:45,481 If I do a show with two Indian guys on the poster, 450 00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:47,734 everyone's gonna think it's an Indian show. 451 00:17:47,817 --> 00:17:51,070 It wouldn't be as, you know, relatable to a large mainstream audience. 452 00:17:51,153 --> 00:17:53,531 Yeah, but you would never say that about a show with two white people. 453 00:17:53,614 --> 00:17:55,491 Every show has two white people. People don't say that. 454 00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:57,035 People don't watch True Detective and go, 455 00:17:57,117 --> 00:17:59,328 "Ooh, there's that white detective show." 456 00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:00,663 You know? 457 00:18:00,747 --> 00:18:02,999 But just to be clear, that's not me, okay? 458 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:04,000 That's the public. 459 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:05,835 Jerry Danvers, you know, 460 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:08,922 would love to see two Indian people on a show. 461 00:18:09,005 --> 00:18:11,340 Who cares? Right? 462 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:15,344 But, you-- We're just not at that point. 463 00:18:15,428 --> 00:18:17,346 Well, what if we tried, you know, 464 00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:20,349 with me and Ravi, and we just see what happens? 465 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:21,642 Or... 466 00:18:21,726 --> 00:18:23,185 let's just put you in the show, 467 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:25,646 make a hundred episodes, get a huge syndication deal, 468 00:18:25,730 --> 00:18:28,190 and you make 50 to 75 million dollars 469 00:18:30,234 --> 00:18:31,819 Oh, shit. 470 00:18:31,903 --> 00:18:33,696 That's that Schwimmer money. 471 00:18:36,783 --> 00:18:37,992 - Yo! - What's up? 472 00:18:38,076 --> 00:18:39,535 What up? 473 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:41,829 I assume this jacked Indian dude you brought is Anush? 474 00:18:41,913 --> 00:18:43,247 - 'Sup? - Yeah, man, hope you don't mind. 475 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:45,165 - Brought Nush with me. - Of course. 476 00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:46,960 The original Mumbai Muscles? I'm honored. 477 00:18:47,043 --> 00:18:49,003 Hope everything's okay after the whole lactating scare. 478 00:18:49,087 --> 00:18:50,088 I'm good, man. 479 00:18:50,170 --> 00:18:53,299 So, man, we got to talk a little business, 480 00:18:53,382 --> 00:18:54,425 if you don't mind giving us a little... 481 00:18:54,508 --> 00:18:55,509 No, that's cool, bro. 482 00:18:55,593 --> 00:18:56,970 I'll just do some burpees over in the kitchen 483 00:18:57,053 --> 00:18:57,971 till you guys are done. 484 00:18:58,054 --> 00:18:59,138 Perfect. 485 00:19:01,766 --> 00:19:04,852 So talk to me. 486 00:19:04,936 --> 00:19:06,020 You sat down with Danvers? 487 00:19:06,104 --> 00:19:08,481 - Mm-hmm. - What did he say? 488 00:19:08,564 --> 00:19:10,650 I brought up that whole "there can't be two" thing, 489 00:19:10,733 --> 00:19:13,820 and honestly, seems like he just wants one of us. 490 00:19:13,903 --> 00:19:17,031 They just don't want two Indian dudes starring in a sitcom. 491 00:19:17,115 --> 00:19:18,825 What-- Why? 492 00:19:18,908 --> 00:19:20,618 Look, man, Indians just aren't at that level yet. 493 00:19:20,701 --> 00:19:23,162 Yeah, there's more Indians popping up every now and then, 494 00:19:23,245 --> 00:19:24,914 but we're like set decoration. 495 00:19:24,998 --> 00:19:26,582 We're not the ones doing the main stuff. 496 00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:28,292 We're not fucking the girls and all that stuff. 497 00:19:28,375 --> 00:19:29,627 We're just not there yet. 498 00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:31,712 There can be one, but there can't be two, you know? 499 00:19:31,796 --> 00:19:33,923 Black people just got to "there can be two" status, 500 00:19:34,007 --> 00:19:35,174 you know? 501 00:19:35,257 --> 00:19:37,259 Even then, though, there can't be three, 502 00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:39,303 'cause then it's, like, a black show 503 00:19:39,386 --> 00:19:40,596 or a black movie. 504 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,723 Indians, Asians, gays: 505 00:19:42,807 --> 00:19:45,267 there can be one, but there can't be two. 506 00:19:45,351 --> 00:19:49,396 But, you know, there's two gay dudes in Will & Grace. 507 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,107 No, just Sean Hayes. Jack. 508 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:52,692 No, there's two gay dudes in that show. 509 00:19:52,775 --> 00:19:53,693 Who? 510 00:19:53,776 --> 00:19:55,528 Will! The lead dude. 511 00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:57,363 The show's about him. He's gay. 512 00:19:57,446 --> 00:19:58,781 Really? 513 00:19:58,865 --> 00:20:00,158 Guess I never saw the show. 514 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:01,408 Wow, that was in the '90s. 515 00:20:01,492 --> 00:20:02,702 Props to Will & Grace team. 516 00:20:02,785 --> 00:20:04,370 Two gay dudes on Modern Family. 517 00:20:04,453 --> 00:20:06,330 All right, I get it! There can be two gays, all right? 518 00:20:06,413 --> 00:20:08,290 Progress exists. Shout-out to gays. 519 00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:11,585 I'm sorry, I got to stress eat or something. 520 00:20:11,669 --> 00:20:13,629 - You got any new pastas in there? - Yeah, yeah. 521 00:20:13,713 --> 00:20:15,673 Bucatini. It's in the Tupperware. 522 00:20:15,756 --> 00:20:18,551 Watch out for that guanciale. It's delicious. 523 00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:20,178 Ooh, what about this spaghetti? Can I have this? 524 00:20:20,260 --> 00:20:21,345 That ain't spaghetti. That's bucatini! 525 00:20:21,428 --> 00:20:22,722 It's a thicker noodle, dummy. 526 00:20:22,805 --> 00:20:23,973 Yo, Nush, you want some spaghetti? 527 00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:25,099 Get those carbs away from me, man. 528 00:20:25,183 --> 00:20:26,225 You know it's my kryptonite. 529 00:20:28,644 --> 00:20:30,688 All right. 530 00:20:30,771 --> 00:20:32,314 Let's talk next steps. 531 00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:33,941 What are we thinking? 532 00:20:34,025 --> 00:20:35,526 Next steps? I don't know. 533 00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:37,277 I don't think we can leak the email anymore. 534 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:41,281 I'm just gonna say this: 535 00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:43,117 you're being a bit of an Uncle Taj. 536 00:20:43,201 --> 00:20:44,202 An Uncle Taj? 537 00:20:44,284 --> 00:20:45,411 Yeah, Uncle Tom, Uncle Taj. 538 00:20:45,494 --> 00:20:46,704 Oh, come on. 539 00:20:46,787 --> 00:20:48,164 Why would you be protecting this guy? 540 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:49,456 Because he took you to a basketball game? 541 00:20:49,540 --> 00:20:51,167 Dude, I'm not protecting him. Look. 542 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:52,418 He still wants to cast one of us. 543 00:20:52,501 --> 00:20:53,794 That'd be a huge deal. 544 00:20:53,878 --> 00:20:55,546 If one of us was on that show, 545 00:20:55,629 --> 00:20:59,759 playing an Indian character that was well-rounded and had some depth, 546 00:20:59,842 --> 00:21:03,512 that isn't just some ethnic prop that they cut to to just go, 547 00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:05,973 "Welcome to the [gibberish]," that's huge, okay? 548 00:21:06,057 --> 00:21:08,059 Hold on. 549 00:21:08,142 --> 00:21:09,227 Oh, it's my agent. 550 00:21:09,309 --> 00:21:11,270 Hello? 551 00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:13,022 Hey, is there any update on Three Buddies? 552 00:21:13,106 --> 00:21:15,191 Yes, that's why I'm calling. 553 00:21:15,274 --> 00:21:16,483 Look, here's the latest. 554 00:21:16,567 --> 00:21:19,028 Danvers loves you, but look, 555 00:21:19,112 --> 00:21:20,571 he's going with somebody else. 556 00:21:20,654 --> 00:21:21,864 What? Who? 557 00:21:21,948 --> 00:21:23,657 Another Indian guy. 558 00:21:23,741 --> 00:21:26,035 Some stand-up comedian named Hemanth. 559 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,412 I guess Danvers hadn't seen all of the I.A. auditions, 560 00:21:28,495 --> 00:21:30,081 and he changed his mind. 561 00:21:30,164 --> 00:21:32,041 Are you fucking serious? Another Indian dude? 562 00:21:32,125 --> 00:21:34,210 I'm sorry, man. We'll find you something. 563 00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:36,170 Oh, I got an audition for you 564 00:21:36,254 --> 00:21:38,380 for a part on Blacklist 565 00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:41,467 for an Indian guy who runs an Indian buffet 566 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:43,343 where James Spader eats at. 567 00:21:43,427 --> 00:21:44,929 I don't want to do that shit! 568 00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:46,889 Yeah, I wouldn't do that shit either. 569 00:21:46,973 --> 00:21:47,974 All right, I'll call you later. 570 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:49,100 All right, holla! 571 00:21:50,017 --> 00:21:51,852 What happened? 572 00:21:51,936 --> 00:21:54,105 They're casting some dude named Hemanth! 573 00:21:54,188 --> 00:21:56,523 Hemanth? Nush, you know a Hemanth? 574 00:21:56,607 --> 00:21:58,234 Nah, I don't know him, bro. 575 00:21:58,317 --> 00:21:59,526 Who the fuck is Hemanth? 576 00:21:59,610 --> 00:22:01,154 I don't know. Some stand-up comic from I.A. 577 00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:02,989 - God! - All right, fuck this dude. 578 00:22:03,072 --> 00:22:04,157 We're leaking the email. 579 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,532 You know who we need to call? 580 00:22:05,616 --> 00:22:06,659 Nush's friend Prashanth. 581 00:22:06,742 --> 00:22:07,868 Yo, you remember Prashanth? 582 00:22:07,952 --> 00:22:09,036 Prashanth! 583 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:10,746 Yo, Prashanth runs all the Indian stuff 584 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,123 for this advocacy group. 585 00:22:12,206 --> 00:22:13,499 You remember that popchips commercial? 586 00:22:13,582 --> 00:22:15,126 Oh, you mean when the Kutch went brownface? 587 00:22:15,209 --> 00:22:16,585 I remember that shit. 588 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:18,420 These guys blew that thing wide open. 589 00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:22,842 Not only did the Kutch show up to their office and apologize, 590 00:22:22,925 --> 00:22:24,927 he gave them a shit ton of popchips. 591 00:22:25,011 --> 00:22:26,262 Oh, popchips are great, man. 592 00:22:26,344 --> 00:22:28,346 They're like little popadams. 593 00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:30,516 Yeah. Let's do it. 594 00:22:30,599 --> 00:22:32,101 Let's get a bunch of Indian people 595 00:22:32,185 --> 00:22:33,936 tweeting all sorts of mean shit at this dude. 596 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:35,521 So should I switch to kettlebells, 597 00:22:35,604 --> 00:22:37,273 or are we making moves? 598 00:22:40,776 --> 00:22:42,111 Hey. 599 00:22:42,195 --> 00:22:43,445 You guys Dev and Ravi? 600 00:22:43,529 --> 00:22:44,905 Hey, what's up? Dev. 601 00:22:44,989 --> 00:22:45,990 - Great to meet you guys. - I'm Ravi. 602 00:22:46,073 --> 00:22:48,201 I'm Rick Romero. I'm the director here at the center. 603 00:22:48,284 --> 00:22:49,660 I'm so glad you guys got in touch with us. 604 00:22:49,743 --> 00:22:51,329 We'd love to help you out. 605 00:22:51,411 --> 00:22:54,707 But, um, listen, some bad news. 606 00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:57,543 We actually had to let Prashanth go recently. 607 00:22:57,626 --> 00:22:58,919 Oh, that sucks. 608 00:22:59,003 --> 00:23:00,921 There just wasn't enough Indian stuff coming in, 609 00:23:01,005 --> 00:23:03,341 and he was just kind of sitting around a lot. 610 00:23:03,423 --> 00:23:06,384 Good for Indians in general, bad for that specific Indian. 611 00:23:08,428 --> 00:23:10,514 Still on the to-do list, huh, Redskins? 612 00:23:10,597 --> 00:23:13,142 Oh, yeah, man, I don't know what else to do. 613 00:23:13,226 --> 00:23:15,102 That's been on the docket since, like, '94. 614 00:23:15,186 --> 00:23:18,064 Yeah, seems like it should have been one phone call, right? 615 00:23:18,147 --> 00:23:20,274 "Hey, that's a racial slur. You mind changing that?" 616 00:23:20,358 --> 00:23:22,109 "No! Not at all." 617 00:23:22,193 --> 00:23:24,402 Yeah, I got pretty cocky last year when it got some traction. 618 00:23:24,486 --> 00:23:26,822 I even made a mock-up. 619 00:23:28,074 --> 00:23:29,616 Cool. 620 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:31,160 What is that? 621 00:23:31,244 --> 00:23:33,495 This is my pitch for what they should change the name to: 622 00:23:33,579 --> 00:23:35,998 the Washington Breadsticks. 623 00:23:36,082 --> 00:23:37,375 Is this real? Are you serious? 624 00:23:37,457 --> 00:23:39,417 Yeah, I mean, it sounds like Redskins. 625 00:23:39,501 --> 00:23:42,046 Listen closely. Breadsticks. Redskins. 626 00:23:42,129 --> 00:23:43,381 Breadsticks. Redskins. 627 00:23:43,463 --> 00:23:44,924 It just makes sense. 628 00:23:45,007 --> 00:23:47,176 Yeah, I don't know if it does. 629 00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:48,510 It doesn't, no. 630 00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:52,390 What is the best way for us to stir shit up about Danvers? 631 00:23:52,472 --> 00:23:54,767 - Yeah. - Oh, we've done this kind of thing before. 632 00:23:54,850 --> 00:23:57,477 The first move is a press release from us, 633 00:23:57,561 --> 00:24:00,647 followed by an email blast to our entire user base. 634 00:24:00,731 --> 00:24:02,691 How many people are in the user base? 635 00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:05,319 Forty thousand, and trust me, 636 00:24:05,403 --> 00:24:07,738 they get pissed about anything. 637 00:24:07,821 --> 00:24:10,074 Can I just say something real quick? 638 00:24:13,202 --> 00:24:17,373 Um... these are baguettes. 639 00:24:17,455 --> 00:24:19,457 These are mozzarella sticks. 640 00:24:21,377 --> 00:24:23,170 Where are the fucking breadsticks? 641 00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:27,300 Hey, cheers, man. 642 00:24:27,383 --> 00:24:28,884 Yeah, to me screwing myself over 643 00:24:28,968 --> 00:24:30,552 and possibly never working again. 644 00:24:30,636 --> 00:24:32,721 No. Hey, you are a hero, man. 645 00:24:32,805 --> 00:24:34,265 You're doing this for the greater good. 646 00:24:34,348 --> 00:24:36,350 To the greater good and to Johnny Five. 647 00:24:36,434 --> 00:24:38,518 - He's alive. - And to Bobby Jindal. 648 00:24:38,602 --> 00:24:40,062 I think that dude's got a chance. 649 00:24:40,146 --> 00:24:42,856 I disagree with literally everything he says, but... 650 00:24:42,940 --> 00:24:44,233 nice to see a brown guy out there. 651 00:24:44,317 --> 00:24:46,360 Yeah. 652 00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:52,532 Hey, Shannon. What's up? 653 00:24:52,616 --> 00:24:55,828 So... interesting development. 654 00:24:55,911 --> 00:24:57,871 Danvers is dead. 655 00:24:57,955 --> 00:24:58,872 What? 656 00:24:58,956 --> 00:25:00,582 He had a heart attack. 657 00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:02,835 I don't think you should leak that email. 658 00:25:02,918 --> 00:25:04,128 Are you serious? 659 00:25:04,211 --> 00:25:05,796 Yes, I'm serious. 660 00:25:05,879 --> 00:25:08,132 That would be a very fucked-up practical joke if I wasn't. 661 00:25:08,215 --> 00:25:09,925 Look, things are happening fast. 662 00:25:10,009 --> 00:25:11,760 Joan Erickson is the new head, 663 00:25:11,844 --> 00:25:13,846 and they're deciding on pilots this week, 664 00:25:13,929 --> 00:25:16,932 and they're wanting to meet with you tomorrow. 665 00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:19,059 All right, let me call you back later. 666 00:25:19,143 --> 00:25:21,061 It's time to get this Friends money. 667 00:25:21,145 --> 00:25:22,646 Okay? Bye. 668 00:25:22,729 --> 00:25:23,814 Dude, what happened? 669 00:25:23,897 --> 00:25:25,983 You get a callback on that Arby's spot? 670 00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:28,486 Holy shit. 671 00:25:28,568 --> 00:25:30,363 Jerry Danvers is dead. 672 00:25:31,655 --> 00:25:33,282 Wait, but is it the same Jerry Danvers? 673 00:25:33,366 --> 00:25:34,908 Yes, Ravi, 674 00:25:34,992 --> 00:25:38,912 the only Jerry Danvers relevant to our situation, that one, 675 00:25:38,996 --> 00:25:40,247 is dead. 676 00:25:40,331 --> 00:25:41,999 He had a heart attack. 677 00:25:42,082 --> 00:25:43,583 Damn. 678 00:25:46,628 --> 00:25:48,047 But that's how we roll, dog. 679 00:25:48,130 --> 00:25:50,548 Those racist motherfuckers die, and we take over! 680 00:25:52,134 --> 00:25:53,052 Yeah. 681 00:25:53,135 --> 00:25:54,636 A guy just died. 682 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:56,763 I'm not giving you a high five. 683 00:25:59,808 --> 00:26:02,269 First off, I just want to say I'm so sorry 684 00:26:02,353 --> 00:26:04,021 to hear about Mr. Danvers. 685 00:26:04,104 --> 00:26:05,563 Thank you for saying that. 686 00:26:05,647 --> 00:26:06,773 We all miss him. 687 00:26:06,857 --> 00:26:08,566 It's been a rough couple days. 688 00:26:08,650 --> 00:26:10,403 I can't even imagine. 689 00:26:10,486 --> 00:26:13,406 Now, I wanted to meet with you because, while we loved Jerry, 690 00:26:13,489 --> 00:26:15,533 he was a little bit more conservative in his style 691 00:26:15,615 --> 00:26:16,658 than the rest of us. 692 00:26:16,742 --> 00:26:17,868 For example, Three Buddies. 693 00:26:17,951 --> 00:26:20,371 That was his show. He loved it. 694 00:26:20,454 --> 00:26:22,831 The rest of us thought it was a little bit too traditional, 695 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,666 so we won't be moving forward with it. 696 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:27,378 Oh, that sucks. 697 00:26:27,461 --> 00:26:29,880 Well, if you didn't want to meet with me about Three Buddies, 698 00:26:29,963 --> 00:26:31,382 what did you want to chat about? 699 00:26:31,465 --> 00:26:33,675 I'm a huge fan of you and Ravi both. 700 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:36,262 I saw Jerry's emails, and I started thinking, 701 00:26:36,345 --> 00:26:38,055 "You know, why can't there be two Indian actors 702 00:26:38,138 --> 00:26:39,557 on one network show?" 703 00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:42,142 I mean, that's ridiculous and offensive. 704 00:26:42,226 --> 00:26:43,643 I want to do a show with you and Ravi both. 705 00:26:43,727 --> 00:26:45,145 I think there can be two. 706 00:26:45,229 --> 00:26:47,273 Yes! That's what I've been screaming, boo! 707 00:26:47,356 --> 00:26:48,482 Let's do it! 708 00:26:48,566 --> 00:26:50,109 Now that I'm in charge, 709 00:26:50,192 --> 00:26:53,404 I want to focus on fresh and innovative ideas. 710 00:26:53,487 --> 00:26:54,905 I'm all about that. 711 00:26:54,988 --> 00:26:57,699 So I just bought the rights to Perfect Strangers. 712 00:26:57,783 --> 00:26:59,285 - Huh? - I want to do a complete reboot. 713 00:26:59,368 --> 00:27:00,953 And I want you and Ravi both. 714 00:27:01,036 --> 00:27:03,205 Think about it: one character is an Indian man. 715 00:27:03,289 --> 00:27:04,664 He was born and raised in America 716 00:27:04,748 --> 00:27:06,333 and totally assimilated. 717 00:27:06,417 --> 00:27:09,336 And then his cousin comes from India and has to stay with him. 718 00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:10,963 It's a fish-out-of-water story. 719 00:27:12,798 --> 00:27:14,925 Okay. 720 00:27:15,008 --> 00:27:17,010 Um... 721 00:27:17,094 --> 00:27:19,179 yeah, that could be interesting. 722 00:27:19,263 --> 00:27:21,807 I think you'd be perfect for Srikumar, the immigrant. 723 00:27:21,890 --> 00:27:23,559 You're willing to do an accent, right? 724 00:27:23,641 --> 00:27:24,602 Wait, what? 725 00:27:24,684 --> 00:27:27,146 Well, we cast Ravi as the American guy, Darren. 726 00:27:27,229 --> 00:27:29,398 He refused to do an accent to play Srikumar. 727 00:27:29,482 --> 00:27:31,317 He seemed pretty adamant about it. 728 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,236 So he's Larry, and you want me to be Balki? 729 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:35,946 Like, I'm Indian Balki? 730 00:27:36,029 --> 00:27:37,990 Yeah. Isn't this great? 731 00:27:38,073 --> 00:27:40,200 Well, let's reboot another one of the TGIF shows. 732 00:27:40,284 --> 00:27:41,619 What about Family Matters? 733 00:27:41,701 --> 00:27:42,995 I could be an Indian cop. 734 00:27:43,078 --> 00:27:44,246 You never see an Indian cop 735 00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:45,705 in real life or on TV. 736 00:27:45,789 --> 00:27:47,665 That's groundbreaking. 737 00:27:47,749 --> 00:27:49,251 Why won't you do an accent? 738 00:27:49,335 --> 00:27:50,710 I don't want to play a stereotype. 739 00:27:50,794 --> 00:27:52,004 It's offensive. 740 00:27:52,087 --> 00:27:53,213 But you've done it so many times. 741 00:27:53,297 --> 00:27:56,592 Your IMDb page is a list of Indian stereotypes: 742 00:27:56,674 --> 00:28:01,597 gas station clerk, IT guy, guy in crowd with Indian accent. 743 00:28:01,679 --> 00:28:03,641 I get a shot at the Schwimmer money, 744 00:28:03,723 --> 00:28:05,267 and now you get a conscience? 745 00:28:05,351 --> 00:28:06,810 That was the old Ravi, okay? 746 00:28:06,893 --> 00:28:09,271 That was before the Short Circuit 2 revelation! 747 00:28:09,355 --> 00:28:11,148 What's wrong with Short Circuit 2? 748 00:28:17,363 --> 00:28:19,239 That's a white actor. 749 00:28:19,323 --> 00:28:20,698 They used brownface makeup. 750 00:28:20,782 --> 00:28:23,118 Like the popchips commercial? 751 00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:28,081 Is Mindy Kaling real?