Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?

http://www.ted.com A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, standup comic Maz Jobrani riffs on the challenges and conflicts of being Iranian-American -- "like, part of me thinks I should have a nuclear program; the other part thinks I can't be trusted ..."

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[BaykanOnTube]

That crowd was horrendous. Maz you are awesome.

[ksduji]

maz is great , but the crowd is just weirddddddddd cold cold white people .......

[MrAmirr76]

HILARIOUS!!

[crudhousefull]

@BaykanOnTube @ksduji You guys have got it wrong. The crowd's actually not used to laughing at stereotypes. This is TED. These guys are some of the few whites that are actively fighting stereotypes, poverty, racsim, sexism. You name it, they're doing it.

[eafanboyssuck]

he is good

[Nionicle]

Wow. I thought the audience was pretty dang responsive... Everyone else is thinking they are cold? I am pretty sure a good portion laughed at every joke. =)

[DSFTCH]

so silly

[GooshtGaming]

@imasonfree Name one comedian who is not. What you see is the variety but in reality a comdian with one 'act' goes around and performs it around different places. If you want to criticize, please do so with some knowledge.

[imasonfree]

He told all these jokes on the Laugh Factory videos...I don't know which one is first. But, he is definitely a 'recycler'.

[ysfbomba]

the audience is from another planet but a few of them are from earth thank you God :)

[rexelliz]

Hilarious!

[ArtemisCho]

The audience for TEDtalks is always on the quiet side. It's just their way of showing respect by not being too loud so that the speaker can be heard. Also, speakers have a limited amount of time on stage, so allowing him to finish what he wanted to say is them being polite.

You are all assuming this is at some comedy club. =/ This is TEDtalks! It's for presentations on issues in today's times. (or future ideas) He was selected to speak here, not many get that privilege.