Joe Rogan
The thing that you find over time is that people understand you. Like, they’ll watch your podcast with Andrew and they’ve seen you guys for hundreds of hours. Yes, they know you right? So, like, when you’re talking, if you say something and if you misstep or if you say something doesn’t turn out to be that they know what you’re trying to do. They know you’re not a vicious person. You’re just trying to be funny.
Akaash
And you’re never going to be perfect. This is the biggest opportunity of my life. I’m going to walk out here and be like, I wish I said that one thing differently.
Joe Rogan
Of course. Did you take any like, you have this defence of Apu, which is a f*cking hilarious bit.
Akaash
Thank you so much man, I appreciate it.
Joe Rogan
It’s so dead on like, why is that offensive? Why is that guy offensive? But does anybody give you a hard time about that?
Akaash
I’m getting some comments, and what I want to delineate, I think, is the word, like, differentiate.
Joe Rogan
Delineate.
Akaash
Thank you. I’m not as smart as I should be, but what I want to differentiate is the difference between your hurt feelings and being oppressed. Your hurt feelings are valid. And if kids made fun of me for it, that’s valid. That hurt. I can go talk to a therapist, but you’re not f*cking oppressed. And that’s what I thought cancelling a pool was. We think we’re oppressed and we’re not at all with that shit.
Joe Rogan
Well, there’s a lot of things going on, right? Like, first of all, there’s a white guy doing the voice.
Akaash
Yeah.
Joe Rogan
What’s that dude’s name?
Akaash
Henry Azaria. The f*cking goat dude, that’s my guy, bruh.
Joe Rogan
He was on. What else was he on?
Akaash
Oh, he’s done accent, he’s in everything.
Joe Rogan
He’s been in a bunch of tv shows, right.
Akaash
He does. He does a hilarious French accent. And along came Polly. That’s so over the top and so ridiculous. But it’s so funny. He’s a guy that just does accents well.
Joe Rogan
You’re allowed to do French people, though. Because it’s like they don’t have extra melanin.
Akaash
They don’t have extra melanin. And I see how it’s worse. But I also.
Jamie
What this guy? The voice?
Akaash
Yeah. That’s so f*cking funny.
Jamie
Are you for scuba?
Akaash
Yeah, dude, it’s so funny. Luben.
Joe Rogan
What is that movie?
Akaash
Along Came Polly. It’s a movie most people hate, but I love it. It’s one of those romantic comedy, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Stiller.
Joe Rogan
But he was in, wasn’t he in a sitcom?
Akaash
Probably. He’s in everything. I understand the context with which The Simpsons was created. It was a show that came out in the late 80s. I didn’t know any Indian actors, much less voiceover actors, to do that voice. So he did it, and then he brought it to life. And I looked at The Simpsons and I said, this is the most three dimensional supporting character in that entire show. Everybody else is a static. Chief Wiggum is static. Mo is completely static. Barney is a drunk loser all the time. A pool is like three dimensional and he evolves more than every character on that show including the Simpsons. He gets married, he loses the business, gains a business, has kids, becomes a father. So like I love that story. That’s a beautiful story. He’s the American dream on that show.
Joe Rogan
Have they completely removed him from the show?
Akaash
He’s gone from the show and I think it’s f*cked because dude Apu if it was voiced by a Brown person Apu is so many of our parents and I mean that in the most respectful way. Like I used to always hear back in the heyday people would say the Simpsons represents every level of society. That’s why the politician is a sleazebag and the billionaire is a corrupt f*ck and Apu, I really thought whether they meant to or not, represented the American dream. He came to this country in search of a better life. He worked hard, he was mostly honorable and he built a f*cking life and that is our parents and we should all be so proud of our parents. And it sucks that a white guy was doing the voice but at the time I don’t think they had an option. He’s doing twelve voices. They just threw him one extra. They didn’t have a budget and then he made it something. So I would say some of the jokes are a little hacky, you can evolve those but you don’t get rid of the guy completely, it was an over correction.
Taken from: JRE #1773 w/Akaash Singh
Joe Rogan Scripts 