Aziz Ansari: Not on Seal's radar

I’ve never been to a real comedy show before. In college we had Steve Hofstetter come and do a set but that doesn’t really count. So I was really excited last night to go to the Wilbur Theater and see Aziz Ansari.

Brig actually saw him 2-3 years ago and got a picture with him after the show. One of the first things he said last night in his act is how he doesn’t do that anymore. He’s too big. Well, when you sell out 4 shows in Boston -- 2 last night and 2 more tonight -- then I have to agree.

He had all new material and most of it was right on target. It was sexual, it was familial, there was namedropping and there was hilarity. Still, to me, the funniest part was when he was talking to an audience member about how the guy proposed to his wife and was completely riffing off the guy’s answers. It was comedy perfection.

I give 2 big thumbs up and recommend going to a show if you can find any tickets. There’s just something about laughing with a big group of people that’s way better than watching Friday Night Stand-Up on Comedy Central.

Movie Review: 30 Minutes or Less

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson

McBride plays a slacker who needs some money. He and his cohort Swardson devise a plan to kidnap a pizza boy (Eisenberg) and strap a bomb to him. They tell Eisenberg if he robs a bank for them they will disarm the bomb and let him go. Eisenberg enlists the help of his childhood friend Ansari to assist in the heist. With the stakes so high a violent ending is almost inevitable.

The plot is ridiculous but humorous. However, it becomes downright depressing if you are unable to block out the fact that this really happened to someone and it didn’t end well.

The 4 leads all have their funny moments but McBride takes the cake. The movie has laughs but never really gets beyond the “OK” to “Average” range.

3 out of 5