hari

Hari Kondabolu is a highly-accomplished stand-up who discusses race and class in a manner that is both funny and enlightening. He’s performed on numerous shows including Jimmy Kimmel, Live at Gotham and John Oliver’s New York Standup Show. He has his own Comedy Central Presents special and hosts a live monthly talk show with his younger brother Ashok, a member of the hip hop group Das Racist. He also has academic roots and earned his Masters in Human Rights from the London School of Economics. A few weeks ago, Hari sat down with us in the hot, cat-filled Wrestling Team apartment to discuss NHL ‘96, hack jokes, mean people as the root of comedy, high school stand-up, Comedy Cellar soda, a tentative comedy career, writing politically with a punchline, silence and Manoj appearing years before Randy. Plus we debut our new segment “What’s your pathology?”

Danny and Chris are joined on the Monday show by comedian Phoebe Robinson.
Danny creates a fake Facebook page for Miracle on the Hudson pilot Sully and feels
pangs of regret when people fall for the hoax. The crew argues over the blurry line
between what constitutes an act of heroism and what hinges on sadism.
Comedian Hari Kondabolu expresses his aversion to comic legend Jackie Mason
and reveals he is against telling rape jokes, a major part of Chris’s repertoire.
Matt McCarthy, the red-bearded Verizon guy, admits he is completely apathetic
towards scones, and defends the honor of America against Danny, who questions
the logic behind the Boston Tea Party-which he describes as a “waste of tea”-and the
American Revolution as we know it. All this and much more on The Friday Show!