Russell Peters

The setup points the reader toward 'You know those Chinese couples, Catherine and Vincent? You have a Chinese name too, Catherine? Is yours as confusing...', then the trigger 'What is it?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'There’s no Mexicans in Canada. You should see how messed up our lawns are. Now, uh… What?', then the trigger 'All of a sudden everybody got sensitive.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’m doing the YMCA over here!” He was like, And everybody was doing it.', then the trigger 'And I saw how much joy was in their eyes.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Just think, you know.', then the trigger 'And I don’t know why the Indian guys just can’t wrap– Indian people can’t wrap their head around my name.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Where the Latinos at? All right, all six of you.', then the trigger 'I don’t know how the hell we’re in California, only six Latinos showed up.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'The security at the airport, the Custom, Immigration, they really need to learn the difference between a terrorist an...', then the trigger 'We’re not the same!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I know how you are. Please, go and buy this. This comes out, buy this one.', then the trigger 'Gotta be a way to make it un-uploadable.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Show him.” “Joon, come here and show Tito Ray your songs.” “Show him. Sing the songs for Tito Ray.” “Go on.', then the trigger 'Do it.” “Do it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I like the Indian names. Do you know what your name means? What– See, he knows what his name means.', then the trigger 'What does it mean, Prab?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I thought they were shooting Fast and The Furious Part 3 or something. Oh, man, and then the brown bastards.', then the trigger 'Look at you, huh?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s the British people’s fault. You guys started it. You went to India first. We didn’t ask you to come over.', then the trigger 'They just showed up.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You know, white folks have been very gracious, and they’ve opened up their borders and let', then the trigger 'the immigrants in, and they didn’t ask questions.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I got an Italian middle name. ‘Cause my parents are from that Italian part of India. [WITH ITALIAN ACCENT] Calcutta.', then the trigger 'You know, that part there.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '‘Cause I don’t know if you’re aware of this now, but England has the largest population of Indian people outside of I...', then the trigger 'They’re all there.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“Go home, you brown bastards!” “Ha!” And they’re mad. They’re mad because there’s so many Indian people in England.', then the trigger 'And that’s not our fault.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Chinese people, where are you? You’re over there? You’re over here too. Look at that. – You Chinese too, bro?', then the trigger 'You looked upset about that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'So, here I count to six. “Uhrana.” “Shura.” “Sureeah.” “Uurah.” “Haibah.” “Shexah!” Shexah?', then the trigger '“Are you Jewish?” You can tell when Chinese people are speaking English.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'White people here. “Russell Peters.” “Oh, okay.” They don’t have a problem with it. They don’t get it.', then the trigger 'They just, “Oh, I don’t care.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is meta-humor with incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Of course I’m… That’s their way. This is how they really think they’re going to find the terrorist.', then the trigger 'It’s by making you not smile.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'All the, like, Chileans and all the, all the, uh, Uruguay and all the soccer countries. You know what I mean?', then the trigger 'We got all them.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Every immigrant, doesn’t matter where they come from.', then the trigger 'They can come from Europe, they can come from Asia, they come from Africa, doesn’t matter.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'What’s your sister’s name? What’s uh… “You sister smells great.” “That’s just Herbal.” “Herbal-joad.” God’s essence....', then the trigger 'I like the Indian names.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And they mean a lot. But they’re really good in India.', then the trigger 'When they come here with those names, it just doesn’t cross over very well.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They were like, They do like this. I was like, “Wow, this guy’s into it.” People were honking their horns.', then the trigger '“Move it!” “Go around, asshole!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Like, I’m from Toronto. In Toronto, there’s a Vietnamese restaurant, called Pho Phuc Lai.', then the trigger 'P, H, O, P, H, U, C, L, A, I.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'We’re a hairy race of people, man. It’s hot as hell in India, and we’re hairy.', then the trigger 'Who the hell came up with that deal?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'One of my black friends came down to hang out with me, and the', then the trigger 'doorman comes up and goes, “Hey, Russell.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You can’t smile. That’s the message we’re sending you. If you can, If you’re traveling, you’d better not be happy.', then the trigger 'I didn’t know, right?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And all those kids get beaten.', then the trigger 'And they’ll all be hanging on the playground, having fun with each other, you know what I mean?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'No, not from the south. See, I’m not one of them. I know what you’re thinking. I’m not one of them.', then the trigger 'Those were converts.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I will drop my shirts off, and then she’ll count them, and I’ll count along with her. So I learned, right?', then the trigger 'I did it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And one more kid will face that way.', then the trigger 'And there’ll be three kids doing back flips while he’s driving on the street.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Oh my God, my Indian torrent is acting up. “30-seat plane.” We all go through it.', then the trigger 'So I get on board this little plane.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“Yes, good evening, I’m from England.” “Ha!” “I’m from England.” “Ha!” Sometimes English people are OK,', then the trigger 'but sometimes they get very arrogant, the English.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Vietnamese people, you can tell when they’re speaking English, you can tell they’re Vietnamese ’cause when', then the trigger 'they speak English, they speak it really fast.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I was mixed. We don’t know when the mix happened. It just happened. We’re a long line of us.', then the trigger 'Indian people are the worst.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'When I say ‘Asian,’ people don’t go… [IMITATES INDIAN MUSIC] We’re Asian too, man.', then the trigger 'When God was making Asians, he made two types of Asians.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You’ve very graciously let immigrants into your country. I mean, you know, the country you took. You know, but whatever.', then the trigger 'You know what I mean?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s the new rule. You’re not allowed to smile. This is their way of fighting terrorism.', then the trigger 'This is how they’re gonna catch the terrorists.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Anybody here from England? Any British people in the house tonight? Oh, look at that. Nice, you imported your white m...', then the trigger 'Nice job, sir.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'We have them so scared to notice anything of color, that they’re afraid to describe things accurately now.', then the trigger 'I was working at this comedy club.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Ah!” How long have you been in America for? Twelve, thirteen years?', then the trigger 'And you guys met in England, obviously, because he’s a brown man.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Ha ha!” That’s it. They don’t care. They just… “Hey, look.', then the trigger 'Another white guy.” White people, it’s OK to be proud of yourselves, you know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They have hair they don’t want now, [IMITATES ELECTROLYSIS] It’s gone! They’re removing it from their assholes now.', then the trigger 'How hairy were your assholes before this?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“Mom, dad, where are you from?” “China.” “What part?” “Downtown.” “Downtown China.” “Okay, Catherine?', then the trigger 'No more question.” Can you speak Mandarin or Cantonese or anything?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'White parents are very direct. They want their kids to something?', then the trigger '“Hey, Steve, come here and clean up your room.” They tell you right away.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s it?” Now it’s like, “Wow, you made it.” We have three kids. Nice, little beige babies. Nice, good job, huh?', then the trigger 'Indian women are good.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'They took it and made it theirs, you know what I mean?', then the trigger 'We all did the Macarena, but white people took it to another level.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'There are certain songs. The chicken dance. That’s the white people’s song, man. You know the chicken dance.', then the trigger '[HUMMING THE CHICKEN DANCE] You losers!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s where the problems kick in, you know what I mean? You can’t salsa and do the running man.', then the trigger 'It just doesn’t look right, alright?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '‘Cause um… Because I’ve gotta talk to you about your parenting skills.', then the trigger 'Every time I see it on the news, I got really irritated.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'We expire quicker than other people.', then the trigger 'And after 25 hours on a plane, I was thoroughly expired.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'So I sit down.', then the trigger 'The guy goes “You ready?” I go, “Yeah.” It’s a picture, and I’m a happy guy, so I figured, alright.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I was walking down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, and there was this nightclub playing this song.', then the trigger 'And they were playing it really loud.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Asians will do it. “Oh, I’m Chinese.” “You’re Chinese?', then the trigger 'Where are you from?” “I’m from Kung Chao.” “I’m from Ow Bay.” “Oh, you go.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'What if Hardik and Sukhdeep became best friends? You’re a Punjabi, you know what I’m saying.', then the trigger 'You guys cross the line with us as well.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“Oh, God, ooh, ahh!” “Aah!” “What a delightful feeling! Oh my God! Ah!” “That is smashing! Aah!” “Ooh, aha!', then the trigger 'Oh!” “Oh my God, I’m arriving!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Indian parents aren’t afraid to kill their kids if they have to, you know what I mean?', then the trigger 'We’re the second largest population in the world.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'I uh… But, before that? Uh, East Canton. – Hong Kong? – And you too? You don’t know.', then the trigger 'You just accepted it at face value?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'All six of you. You full Latino? What are you? He does this. That’s how you cut him. What are you?', then the trigger 'What’s your mix?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.