Aziz Ansari – Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening (standup comedy)

There aren’t a lot of comics who can spin a funny bit out fraudulent thread counts in sheets, or use a Mighty Ducks 2 reference to land a killer punchline. But Aziz Ansari can pull it off. Familiar to TV viewers from his supporting work on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, Azari’s first stand-up special, Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening, is a little dodgy at first–the comic seems nervous, speeding through a bit, his pace a touch off. But he ultimately finds his groove, aided to no small degree by the enthusiastic response of his warm audience.

Ansari first came to national prominence as a cast member of the MTV sketch series Human Giant, and that show’s offbeat sensibility permeates his act; he’s a goofy surrealist who likes to play with structure and undermine expectations. He wields non-sequiturs like weapons (at one point, he mouths the horrifying line "I’m just sayin’, I coulda fucked that kid," and it’s one of the biggest laughs in the show) and tosses off pop culture references with varying degrees of obscurity–he talks about Facebook and Craigslist, but also about Cold Stone Creamery, Willow, and MTV’s Next. Of the latter, he notes "Some of the shows on the network [MTV] are not my cup of tea… mainly because I don’t like huge pieces of shit in my tea."

Once Ansari gets rolling, his timing is sharp and his delivery is punchy; the material is occasionally weak, but his wide-eyed intonations and skillful inflections helps sell some of the weaker jokes. Towards the end of the 55-minute special, he talks gleefully about his burgeoning semi-celebrity, which has led to uproarious encounters with Kanye West, Jay-Z, and R. Kelly ("a brilliant R&B singer-slash-crazy person"), and the sheer joy of hanging out with his heroes is infectious.

For the encore, Ansari takes on the persona of Randy, the unfunny stand-up he portrayed (briefly) in Judd Apatow’s Funny People, explaining to the audience that he wanted to do the kind of special Randy would do. The result is a terrific parody of the excesses of 90s stand-up, as Randy is brought out on stage by a DJ and hip-hop dancers, prancing around the stage and "making it rain" before spouting ten or so minutes of bad sex material and faux toughness ("You ’bout to get dealt with"). It’s a hilarious wrap-up to a solid stand-up spotlight.

Tracklist:
1. Gay Rights [Explicit] 2:58
2. Sheets [Explicit] 2:34
3. CVS [Explicit] 1:06
4. Getting The Sniffles On A Flight [Explicit] 0:34
5. Craigslist [Explicit] 2:12
6. My Random Roommate [Explicit] 2:55
7. Getting Recognized In New York [Explicit] 0:40
8. Walking With Dinosaurs [Explicit] 1:21
9. Simple Man Cruise [Explicit] 1:48
10. My Cousin Harris [Explicit] 1:36
11. Harassing Harris On Facebook [Explicit] 3:59
12. Are White People Psyched All The Time? [Explicit] 0:57
13. MTV’s Next [Explicit] 3:34
14. The J-1 Waiver [Explicit] 0:44
15. Using My BlackBerry While Driving [Explicit] 2:02
16. Bonnaroo [Explicit] 1:28
17. Cold Stone Creamery [Explicit] 2:06
18. Something Cool To Say To M.I.A. [Explicit] 0:40
19. A Night Out With Kanye West [Explicit] 4:01
20. Kanye West Vs. Darwish [Explicit] 2:11
21. R Kelly: The Pied Piper Of R&B [Explicit]
22. Raaaaaaaandy [Explicit] 9:32
File Info:
Size: 98mb
Source: mp3
Album: Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening
Host: Hot File
Parts: 1x98mb