Aziz Ansari Settles His “Short Circuit” Beef With Johnny Five | CONAN on TBS

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  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2015
  • CONAN Highlight: Aziz has spoken about Fisher Stevens playing Indian in the Eighties robot movie. Now, he hashes things out with the OTHER "Short Circuit" star.
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  • @TheImpossible83
    @TheImpossible83 3 года назад +244

    Dude played an indian so well he fooled a lot of people. He did his job

    • @IDiggPattyMayonnaise
      @IDiggPattyMayonnaise 2 года назад +9

      That was a time when the world wasn't as connected and people didn't know what actually indian people looked or acted like.

    • @TheMisterPokeylope
      @TheMisterPokeylope 2 года назад +21

      @@IDiggPattyMayonnaise - But even Indian folks like Aziz were convinced, so he really DID do fine work. (Love your name BTW)

    • @blackgeekfandom
      @blackgeekfandom Год назад +11

      Aziz did reach out to him instead of trying to cancel him. He did his job as a human.

    • @indiejams9887
      @indiejams9887 Год назад +4

      @@IDiggPattyMayonnaise They do act like that though.

    • @HavokBWR
      @HavokBWR Год назад +7

      @@IDiggPattyMayonnaise He worked with a dialogue coach and went to India... so odds are they kinda do act like that...

  • @bluescluessuperagent
    @bluescluessuperagent 7 лет назад +319

    As an Indian myself, I still love him in that movie

    • @snoqualmiepatkanim
      @snoqualmiepatkanim 3 года назад +8

      Well as a “Reel Indian” (Snohomish) I love him too.
      You know whom told me he was a fraud?
      An “East” Indian MD PhD with his own Pancreatic Research Lab.
      I never felt dumber? Nah, I FELT so dumb, I haven’t bothered figuring out which was the dumbest. Oh well! Still here, haha

    • @TheBehm08
      @TheBehm08 2 года назад +18

      Right? It’s called acting. If people can’t play characters, what can they do

    • @JSTNtheWZRD
      @JSTNtheWZRD 2 года назад +2

      As a person who likes Indian food until it makes me cry, I always thought it was cool too. I grew up in an area of Chicago where it is all Indian - Devon and California, and I never sensed anything negative about it. I always hung out at my Indians friends houses and ask their parents about stuff like who's that elephant guy, what's his story, "oh, Gunpati", and the story is a good one, he could find the right head so put an elephant head on him. There are so many great stories like that, thousands. And I used to chew Pan in gradeschool with the tobacco in the wrap. I dipped pan until I was 30. I used to be able to walk around with the can of loose beetlenut too, the masala in the blue can with the little spoon. Then there was the hard core mix in the banana leaf you bought from any guy behind the counter. I seem to have bad relationships with Muslim Indians though, but love Pakistani people. I don't know why I wrote all this, caffeine I guess sorry. See ya.

    • @projectnerdvana2820
      @projectnerdvana2820 Год назад +1

      I just found out today he's not Indian and I'm from the 80"s!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 So cool for this dude to not be offended tho. When did the world do to hell with all this wokeness!!

    • @XavierKatzone
      @XavierKatzone Год назад

      👍🏻👍🏻❤️

  • @Dalton_Boardman2000
    @Dalton_Boardman2000 Год назад +60

    I hate myself for genuinely expecting the legit Johnny 5 to roll onto the stage. Now THAT would have been amazing!

  • @srod2642
    @srod2642 2 года назад +41

    Fisher stevens was so incredible to play an indian character.

  • @williamworth2746
    @williamworth2746 3 года назад +122

    And the fact that you never realized it wasn't a real indian and it was Fisher Stevens is just Testament to his acting ability. I remember him in the 90s he was great in early edition.

    • @nic-tv4090
      @nic-tv4090 2 года назад +5

      yeah thats great for fisher stevens...kinda sucks that an ACTUAL indian actor never got the opportunity.

    • @rookeealding2803
      @rookeealding2803 2 года назад +10

      @@nic-tv4090 In the 80's they wouldn't have bothered looking, we are trying to change that now.

    • @neosquirrel
      @neosquirrel 2 года назад +7

      @@nic-tv4090 The story is that Fisher was supposed to play a white guy as they mentioned, then got let go when they cast Bronson Pinchot as an Indian Ben. Pinchot himself was fired from the film, and they asked Stevens to come back and do the role as an Indian as Aziz mentioned.

    • @Preservestlandry
      @Preservestlandry 2 года назад

      I absolutely realized it wasn't a real Indian. I was 8 years and lived in a small town without any Indians. It was just so OBVIOUS and easy to figure out. Something was so "off" with him.

    • @famalam943
      @famalam943 2 года назад

      @@nic-tv4090 upset over a person who didn’t exist. There was no actor that lost out. Jesus Christ you’re a cretin.

  • @treetrain
    @treetrain 7 лет назад +40

    That's a good perspective. Talk to eachother, not look for blood, but dialogue. Great to hear that. Sad how rare we do. All the best Aziz

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr Год назад

      Oh yeah cos movie stars are reading posts on youtube. Sure

  • @jonathansledziewski4827
    @jonathansledziewski4827 3 года назад +43

    I'm disappointed the robot didn't come out the curtian yelling "Hello Bozos!"

  • @Altruistic00
    @Altruistic00 8 лет назад +179

    Anyone noticed the head size difference between Conan and Aziz Ansari? LOL

    • @StephenSchaal
      @StephenSchaal 8 лет назад +27

      I can't unsee it now

    • @ender003
      @ender003 8 лет назад +16

      +Altruistic It makes it seem like Aziz is really far away.

    • @mizzou19
      @mizzou19 8 лет назад +12

      Check out the size difference between Aziz and Andy @3:17

    • @janiecekeys4765
      @janiecekeys4765 8 лет назад +3

      damn it

    • @cliffdavis9618
      @cliffdavis9618 6 лет назад +2

      Conan like 6'8

  • @kingkazma3246
    @kingkazma3246 7 лет назад +146

    That wasn't Johnny Five, it was Johnny Minus Five!

  • @quadrant2005
    @quadrant2005 8 лет назад +22

    The robot is called the PAL robot it was built by Eric Allard and the robot is what got him the job of building the robots for the Short Circuit films, The PAL robot was created for an expo in Japan in the 80s

    • @quadrant2005
      @quadrant2005 8 лет назад +2

      +quadrant2005 The Pal robot was also used in a series called The Wizard where the robot was called Henry

  • @danyelperao
    @danyelperao 8 лет назад +152

    Johnny 5 with budget cuts

  • @user-zh8kd9vk3m
    @user-zh8kd9vk3m Год назад +10

    They we're really great movies. Short Circuit 2 is my all time favorite movie as a kid. Holding Out for a Hero on Short Circuit 2 was a special scene in cinema history.

  • @viscountalpha
    @viscountalpha 8 лет назад +43

    "we should look for dialog and understanding" Yes. it's become out of control.

  • @roteschwert
    @roteschwert Год назад +23

    Although Fisher Stevens played a caricature of an Indian man, I don't find it a cancelable offense

    • @Dalton_Boardman2000
      @Dalton_Boardman2000 4 месяца назад +2

      It's very similar to the Robert Downey Jr effect. Sure the joke is offensive but the character is so fleshed out and well played It's hard to be genuinely angry.

    • @helenl3193
      @helenl3193 3 месяца назад

      Noone said it should be. The point Aziz was making when he first spoke about it, and in his show, was that if white actors get to play even the non-white parts then it's even harder for actors of colour to get any opportunities.
      He never wanted the actor cancelled, he wanted Hollywood to be more open to giving opportunities to actors of colour

  • @EccentricGrump
    @EccentricGrump 8 лет назад +49

    Spoiler alert: Jumbo's Clown Room is a strip club.

    • @24ktgoldenboy
      @24ktgoldenboy 4 года назад

      Is it a real strip club?

    • @brokencandy1797
      @brokencandy1797 4 года назад +2

      Fun fact, Courtney Love used to dance there.

    • @bobbywhitewolf
      @bobbywhitewolf 3 года назад +1

      So they call it a burlesque club because it’s not a nude stop club. Bottoms and pasties.

  • @casketking00
    @casketking00 8 лет назад +170

    i was hoping for the rl johnny 5....

    • @shizlnit
      @shizlnit 8 лет назад +11

      +casketking00 Last I heard there was only one of the original movie props left and its privately owned and isn't even in functioning condition.

    • @Gayestskijumpever
      @Gayestskijumpever 8 лет назад +9

      +shizlnit Johnny 5 is ALIVE!!

    • @ifitworksproductions
      @ifitworksproductions 8 лет назад +5

      None of the real J5s are currently functional. However, this lesser version (named PAL) was actually built by the same guy, a couple of years before J5.

    • @Dirtfire
      @Dirtfire 8 лет назад +7

      +ifitworksproductions so the real Johnny 5 is in a coma. I think I've seen good replicas of J5 on youtube. Maybe I'm wrong. I'll look again.
      Anyway, this was an awesome segment. Loved that movie.

    • @ifitworksproductions
      @ifitworksproductions 8 лет назад +7

      +Dirtfire Pretty much. The last I checked, the best condition J5 was on display at the Academy of Motion Pictures museum, and a few of the stunt versions were on display in other museums as well. The gold version is in storage at Disney.
      As for replicas, there is only one decent complete replica I know of, in Europe. There are quite a few people (myself included) working on their own replicas. It is a slow and expensive process.

  • @samuraimaster99
    @samuraimaster99 8 лет назад +55

    can we also discuss why Vincent Kapoor in martian, clearly an indian role, was played by a black guy.

    • @Azizopolis
      @Azizopolis 5 лет назад +11

      In the film the character points out that his mother is a Baptist (I assume she's African American). But you are right; they shoehorned that fact in just to explain the casting choice when it could have easily been a South Asian actor.
      If you want another blatant example of this - check out "2010: The Year We Make Contact" (1984); they got a white actor to portray Dr. R. Chandra, an Indian character in the novel.

    • @gilroyopinion
      @gilroyopinion 5 лет назад +5

      @@Azizopolis Or Khan in the Star Trek remake

    • @sharpe227
      @sharpe227 4 года назад +3

      @@gilroyopinion or khan in the original he was a spanish actor playing a indian charactor.

    • @MC-gt6yp
      @MC-gt6yp 4 года назад

      That is so true. Why?

    • @jordangeer8964
      @jordangeer8964 4 года назад

      Andy Weir mentioned this in an AMA. Basically they tried to get an Indian actor (a specific one, I don't remember who) and then at the last minute they couldnt get him so they gave it to Chitwel (?) Because he could learn and nail the part on limited time and budget.

  • @enkenbrandt
    @enkenbrandt 6 лет назад +14

    Pretty sure thats J5's actual voice actor. Tim Blaney.

    • @fiftyfiveseventy
      @fiftyfiveseventy 2 года назад

      I think you're right! Super cool if they actually got Tim.

  • @jamieallen8613
    @jamieallen8613 8 лет назад +20

    Ben sounds like apu from the Simpsons

  • @phxtonash
    @phxtonash 8 лет назад +14

    Aziz looks more like Fisher than that thing looked like Johnny 5. When I found out ,years ago, about dude not being Indian I felt betraid but I was just a kid. Plus I gotta say I loved that movie, it made me cry when johnny 5 died

    • @HoneyMike
      @HoneyMike 8 лет назад +7

      spoilers

    • @fetB
      @fetB 8 лет назад +11

      +phxtonash
      duuuuude, spoiler alert

    • @ShadowFire1985
      @ShadowFire1985 8 лет назад +6

      +phxtonash Betrayed*

    • @kohl403
      @kohl403 6 лет назад

      He didn’t die

  • @JustinDueck53
    @JustinDueck53 8 месяцев назад +6

    He studied the culture and was as respectful as he could be. It’s not his fault people have become so easily offended. Love the films and love Fisher Stevens. ❤

  • @richardmarchiafava3904
    @richardmarchiafava3904 5 лет назад +6

    The voice was Johnny 5 at least

  • @TheNovelty8theory
    @TheNovelty8theory 6 лет назад +7

    I am standing here besides myself!😂

  • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863
    @yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863 5 лет назад +31

    For those who don't know what Jumbo's Clown Room is... It's a strip club. You're welcome!

  • @itskevinjustkevin
    @itskevinjustkevin 7 лет назад +31

    You know could have been nice if they use the Original Number 5 animatronic from the 1986 movie if they can yank him out of retirement or they can borrow one from some guy who recreated the Telemetry suit and everything, I'm just saying it would be nice to see number 5 again.
    Edit: lol jumbos clown room

    • @BoshMind
      @BoshMind 6 лет назад +5

      interestingly that is actually the prototype of number 5...
      The fact they could get a hold of that is crazy!

    • @itskevinjustkevin
      @itskevinjustkevin 5 лет назад

      @@IamJustTheBiscuityOfTheSeaity oh?

    • @itskevinjustkevin
      @itskevinjustkevin 5 лет назад

      @GAMP: Destroyer of Liberalism ah ok continuity ... from sc2 but still... i would have loved to the original

    • @Telerian3
      @Telerian3 4 года назад

      Same, this was a sad joke on their guest b/c they couldn't get any real Short Circuit 2 actors for the show.

    • @junkstewy6990
      @junkstewy6990 2 года назад

      a nice surprise seeing you here

  • @CallsignJoNay
    @CallsignJoNay 8 лет назад +178

    I'm not ashamed to say I have no idea what Jumbo's Clown Room is. People of RUclips, help me understand the joke!!

    • @dowarnette
      @dowarnette 8 лет назад +48

      strip club

    • @CallsignJoNay
      @CallsignJoNay 8 лет назад +45

      That's it? Hmm, not much of a joke even when you know what Jumbo's Clown Room is.

    • @DeathBlade674
      @DeathBlade674 8 лет назад +43

      +Callsign: JoNay It's a strip club that's known for being really disgusting. I know that doesn't sound like a lot, considering strip clubs, but it's just awe-ingly gross. I'd recommend going!

    • @bigheavyshoe
      @bigheavyshoe 8 лет назад +9

      its a black strip club in LA. like really black. its awesome

    • @JPFr3sh
      @JPFr3sh 8 лет назад +15

      +BigHeavy Shoe lmao "like...really black."

  • @AdamKossifer
    @AdamKossifer 8 лет назад +205

    Gotta show Aziz some love. He's incredible! So smart and so epic! thanks for posting this!

    • @Babytronians
      @Babytronians 8 лет назад +15

      +0ThePixalGamer0 Why must people like you exist?

    • @adamgriffin
      @adamgriffin 8 лет назад +5

      +SlothGiraffe So that Isis has a reason to kill us.....

    • @Babytronians
      @Babytronians 8 лет назад +1

      +Meme Notyou So you'd be fine with an Indian guy playing Blade, yes?

    • @Babytronians
      @Babytronians 8 лет назад +3

      Meme Notyou Damn, a whole paragraph...

    • @adamgriffin
      @adamgriffin 8 лет назад +2

      SlothGiraffe Yeah your joke went way over his head, but I got it. Still upset with how that show ended, thought he was getting on the plane to chase her down in Japan not make Pasta lol.

  • @BrandonJay1983
    @BrandonJay1983 8 лет назад +8

    0:22 Fan Correction / released 1988

  • @smeghead666
    @smeghead666 4 года назад +3

    Never noticed how much Conan laughs like Johnny Five till now.

  • @Raptormon132
    @Raptormon132 7 лет назад +15

    WTF?!!!!
    That's not Johnny Five!!

  • @yung_broccolini
    @yung_broccolini 8 лет назад +69

    Master of None was one of the best series i have seen in recent time

  • @jamesgameing36
    @jamesgameing36 4 года назад +10

    That robot looks nothing like johnny5 I bet the real Johnny 5 was watching this and was like that looks nothing like me

  • @DLCOrganization
    @DLCOrganization 3 года назад +7

    I'll be damned if they actually got Tim Blaney to voice this... version of Johnny Five.

    • @Pally356
      @Pally356 2 года назад

      It sounds so much like him...like I can't tell if it is him or not.

  • @ionmushroom
    @ionmushroom 8 лет назад +4

    No joke, I had the same exact unfortunate revelation a couple of months ago. One of my favorite movies growing up.

  • @aaronbiglow6573
    @aaronbiglow6573 3 года назад +3

    One of my favorite movies. Man I had no idea he wasn't Indian......

  • @joeblough261
    @joeblough261 Год назад +4

    I remember thinking he was Indian as a kid, and I'm half Indian, but when they show clips of it now, while he's mostly convincing, there are clear failures in his accent that stick out, and I'm surprised I missed them them. But I was only 12 so maybe that was part of it. I'll have to ask my dad if he knew he wasn't Indian, maybe they knew and even told me but I just don't remember.

  • @johnlemus7921
    @johnlemus7921 8 лет назад +10

    Didn't the company that wants to remake Short Circuit contact Fisher Stevens to possibly reprise his role as Ben?

    • @theragingcreeper9040
      @theragingcreeper9040 3 года назад

      I hope

    • @StealthBumblebeeOctane95Z28
      @StealthBumblebeeOctane95Z28 Месяц назад +1

      He actually retired that role as it was actually an controversial whitewashed role against India back in the 80s. He still loves his very own Short Circuit work. But he would never do Ben never again. Fisher Stevens wants to respect all of India now. Same with Hank Azaria of The Simpsons.

    • @johnlemus7921
      @johnlemus7921 Месяц назад +1

      @@StealthBumblebeeOctane95Z28 thanks.

    • @StealthBumblebeeOctane95Z28
      @StealthBumblebeeOctane95Z28 Месяц назад

      @@johnlemus7921 You're welcome.

  • @davidcespedes1512
    @davidcespedes1512 8 лет назад +18

    This interview looks like a Lord of the Ring's Peter Jackson CGI between Conan (Gandalf) and Aziz (Frodo) .

    • @matthewbarber6946
      @matthewbarber6946 8 лет назад +3

      What are you even talking about?

    • @crandberry
      @crandberry 8 лет назад +2

      +Matthew Barber He was commenting on the size difference. Aziz is very short compared to Conan, and he was saying that it was similar to the Lord of the Rings.

    • @matthewbarber6946
      @matthewbarber6946 8 лет назад +2

      +Funkake I thought he was referring to bad cgi because Aziz looks nothing like a hobbit and Conan looks nothing like Gandalf.

    • @crandberry
      @crandberry 8 лет назад +4

      Matthew Barber I'm pretty sure he was just referring to the size difference.

  • @CountOfMonteFisto
    @CountOfMonteFisto Год назад +2

    This is crazy 'cuz I just watched Short Circuit 1&2 and the whole time I kept thinking that Johnny 5 sounded like Aziz Ansari 🤣

  • @miamifiction
    @miamifiction 6 лет назад +1

    That thing is from the TV show " The Wizard ".

  • @SchneiderStudios
    @SchneiderStudios 8 лет назад +4

    I caught this guy once starring at me (directly making eye contact) while eating a sandwich XD

  • @IMaximusDMI
    @IMaximusDMI 5 лет назад +53

    If an actual Indian was convinced that he was an Indian actor in the movie doesn't that give weight to the actual performance and makeup artist?
    I always thought he was Indian too. Its not something I questioned.

    • @darienvillarreal7828
      @darienvillarreal7828 4 года назад +4

      He was a kid.... also let a black kid see Robert Downey Jr. in blackface and I’m 100% sure they will not question his race

    • @sibsbubbles
      @sibsbubbles 4 года назад +1

      Nor did I. And it's not like it was super mean stereotyping or that it made "Ben" look of lesser value in any way. With anyone dropped into an unfamiliar culture, he was sort of naive, but lovable. Same could be said for an American dropped into Indian culture, too. I thought Stevens made a super lovable character with Ben. After Johnny in both movies, Ben was my next favorite. Later after the success of Better Call Saul, I liked what Michael McKean brought to the 2nd movie as...well...sort of a Jimmy McGill type character that comes to eventually befriend the robot. Could take his character as stereotyping East Coast people as all shady swindlers if we wanted yet nobody batted an eye at that one.

    • @TheKhela89
      @TheKhela89 4 года назад +2

      As a guy from an Indian background myself I give full credit - the performance was great. I think the issue/hurt feelings come from the fact its always been hard to find roles in movies and tv when you're from our background (though this has really increased in the last decade or so). Plus a lot of the roles are stereotypes e.g taxi drivers or doctors so hearing a non-indian took that role means one of the limited number was taken away. I can't wait until the day more strong roles are given to Indian background actors - we may even end up having an American Indian version of Denzel in some badass roles! Still full credit the performance in Short Circuit was great.

    • @RonJDuncan
      @RonJDuncan 3 месяца назад

      @@TheKhela89 To be fair, there probably wasn't a big pool of Indian actors to hire from in Los Angeles. Most were probably in Bollywood or London in the UK. By that point, who would have been hired in the 80's for the role, especially for a lower budget movie that put a lot of money towards the robot?

  • @the-NITRON
    @the-NITRON 8 лет назад +2

    they still had the robot rabai XD

  • @BoyAditya
    @BoyAditya 8 лет назад +4

    ahh ... i miss johnny 5 :-D i love Fisher Stevens' work. my favorite of his work probably Hackers

    • @markvandamme8004
      @markvandamme8004 8 лет назад

      The best thing he ever did was date 'Batman Returns' era Michelle Pfeiffer!

  • @davemanning9385
    @davemanning9385 7 лет назад +4

    So I had to look up Jumbos Clown Room lol

  • @chucho_qmp
    @chucho_qmp 8 лет назад +109

    I would TOTALLY watch a "Short Circuit" remake starring Aziz Ansari, if it was done like "21 Jump Street" (self-referential, meta, hilarious) ... that. would. be. aweeesome.

    • @snoqualmiepatkanim
      @snoqualmiepatkanim 3 года назад +4

      Remind me NEVER to watch any TV / Movie show you would EVER suggest
      That’s the dumbest take I read on the internet today... granted, mathematically, 50% of peeps are dumber than you, but I haven’t been looking in the dumb circles for small brains, so sue me? Haha
      You’re funnier than Aziz tho,
      Hahahaha

    • @snoqualmiepatkanim
      @snoqualmiepatkanim 3 года назад +2

      Say “Syke”!

    • @snoqualmiepatkanim
      @snoqualmiepatkanim 3 года назад +1

      You had 5 years to say the magic word.
      History rewards you a Dunce Cap.
      Yay you, everyone’s a winner this “century”

    • @snoqualmiepatkanim
      @snoqualmiepatkanim 3 года назад +1

      I’m still laughing at you.
      Say something else funny!
      Please and thank you. Haha!

    • @WR3ND
      @WR3ND 2 года назад +2

      Yeah, I think Aziz gets it in this clip and could get into the style of the movie. It shouldn't be too over the top being self aware, just a bit tongue in cheek. The original was like that too. Remember, the "Indian" character's family is originally from Pittsburgh, not India.

  • @TheRealUnderCap
    @TheRealUnderCap Год назад +1

    I am really impressed with Johnny 5’s new look, since after the good old days in the 1980’s robotic culture, since the Go-Bots and Transformers.

  • @sontohartono
    @sontohartono 3 года назад +1

    That's not Johnny-5, that's a toaster in Johnny-5-face

  • @JessicaChastainFan
    @JessicaChastainFan 5 лет назад +5

    Short Circuit 2 >>>>>>> EVERY comedy today

  • @scorpionz44
    @scorpionz44 8 лет назад +5

    this water bottle is dripping too much bacon grease

  • @WDDragneel
    @WDDragneel 8 лет назад +1

    This Johnny Five looks like a giant Furby skeleton....

  • @richiemandina5305
    @richiemandina5305 5 лет назад +1

    That's the robot from the final episode of The Wizard. His name is Henri. Not Johnny 5, that was Short Circuit.

  • @NerdyMeathead
    @NerdyMeathead 7 лет назад +4

    Aziz MCCHRIS is so pissed off that you stole his voice

  • @chrisklecker
    @chrisklecker 5 лет назад +47

    To this day I honestly do not have a problem with Fisher Stevens playing the role he played in the movie. He brought such levity and spirit to a screenplay that I don't think Ally and Steven could have carried on their own. He brought a childlike atmosphere with a character that was so innocent and fun. I never thought the character stupid. I honestly thought he was kinda of a smart ass always cracking jokes. And the fact that he played the character as not having fully grasped the english language I thought was fine. I think we are getting a little to off putting about roles that were not meant to be mean, but were meant to have heart. Maybe Aziz was offended, and he says the term "black face" like it was racist, but no one is talking about Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder where he went full on black face, or roles played by an actor that are supposed to be from another country. Is it what acting is about. Fisher Stevens was PERFECT in the comedic timing of this character. I can't think of an actor back then that could have pulled it off.

    • @nic-tv4090
      @nic-tv4090 2 года назад +11

      RDJ was supposed to be satire but what no one is willing to examine is since it wasn't like fisher stevens was a huge name..why NOT just hire an Indian actor? Since the character was so thoughtful and smart and funny why not give that OPPORTUNITY to shine to an actual indian actor?

    • @neosquirrel
      @neosquirrel 2 года назад +7

      RDJ's character was deliberately ignorant of his skin color swap and the film itself blatantly calls it out--it's a reference to things like this when they cast other actors to play roles with different skin colors as an opportunity to be "bold" or "daring". Take for example the film "Soul Man", featuring the rising star actor C. Thomas Howell as a young white guy who takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to acquire a scholarship into an African-American university.
      The movie was widely panned as blackface and in poor taste, and it brought down Howell's career entirely (he was relegated to b-movie status after the role).
      Fun fact: when RDJ's character says he won't drop character until after the DVD commentary, he meant it! RDJ stays in character throughout the DVD commentary and as promised, drops it at the end of the film.
      It wasn't designed to be edgy, it was meant to shine a light on the stupidity of Hollywood's film industry on taking good ideas and losing sight entirely of what they were trying to accomplish in the first place, and the A-listers of the industry were on-hand to make this film about it.

    • @alphanerd7221
      @alphanerd7221 Год назад +1

      What's next, only Danes can play Hamlet?

    • @chrisklecker
      @chrisklecker Год назад +2

      @@nic-tv4090 Aziz made that clear. They offered Fisher the role but then told him they changed the character to Indian and if he could pull it off? Granted they hired Brosnon Pinchot but the dailies were not good according to the producer and director. My guess is Brosnon went way overboard with the role, whereas Fisher brought a human aspect and was more grounded. He did say in an interview he was more into method acting at the time. He didn't go into the role wanting to do a stereotype. He traveled to India and tried to pull together a voice and character, with a voice coach.
      The 80s were not like it is now. Globalism definitely has made it easier for international stars to make it big in Hollywood. In the 80s you didn't have a lot. The international stars usually came to Hollywood to make it big. Fisher was young, inexperienced and it was a different time back then. Even Aziz stated Would he do it today? No need. There are a LOT of Indian actors out there known and most likely able to fill that role.

    • @nic-tv4090
      @nic-tv4090 Год назад

      @@chrisklecker but look at what your saying..it doesn't make any sense. The reason they were AGAINST hiring an actual Indian actor is Indian actors don't have a name anyone recognizes.... then they hire a white actor who doesn't have a household name to play the character. So clearly getting a hot young celebrity in the mid 80s wasn't that much of a criteria. Ultimately that decision was rooted in ethnic/racial exclusion in any case. For all of fisher stevens good intentions he BENIEFITTED from racial exclusion because he got a job that helped him make a career. You guys are the probably the same people who rail against affirmative action, all the while ignoring and doing mental gymnastics to excuse or downplay the VERY REAL affirmative action type instances (and there are MANY) that have benefited white people in this country since the beginning. An unknown NOT household name Fisher Stevens got to have the type of job and more importantly OPPORTUNITY that an actual Indian American actor (and there were some in the US at that time) didn't get. And you all are okay with it.

  • @cookinkid
    @cookinkid 3 года назад +1

    Gosh Andy is such a big baby 🍼

  • @jashajain911
    @jashajain911 2 года назад

    Movie ?

  • @DeadlyDanDaMan
    @DeadlyDanDaMan 7 лет назад +4

    People saying that it's racist to cast a white guy playing an Indian. Yet, not even an Indian person could tell that the actor wasn't actually Indian....so tell me again how exactly that is racist? Actor's are hired to play roles, and that actor did a very good job at playing his role, and wasn't disrespectful to the race as a whole in any way whatsoever.

    • @GizmoMaltese
      @GizmoMaltese 7 лет назад

      Because it's stupid. Just hire an Indian actor. There are good Indian actors. There are very few roles for Indian actors in the first place. You have a role but you give it to a white guy and have him pretend to be Indian. But no problem with that in your mind. What if you were an Indian actor?

  • @billybowden311
    @billybowden311 8 лет назад +3

    Why do I always laugh when Aziz Ansari is being interviewed?

  • @SplitSpine85
    @SplitSpine85 2 года назад +1

    Johnny 5? That's Jimmy 1 😂

  • @jasonhare8540
    @jasonhare8540 2 года назад

    I just now realized that was Fisher Stevens ... How long has it been since I've seen that film

  • @kp1flush
    @kp1flush 2 года назад +14

    That robot was well made and sounded exactly like Johnny 5. I would love to here the story behind that.

  • @CraparellaSmorrebrod
    @CraparellaSmorrebrod 8 лет назад +4

    Who voiced Johnny Five in the skit? Sounded pretty close to the original...

    • @blammers
      @blammers 8 лет назад

      Yeah, he did!

    • @CraparellaSmorrebrod
      @CraparellaSmorrebrod 8 лет назад +1

      +Benbot Right? Especially the line "that is offensive!" That timbre and pitch melody is totally uncanny!

    • @Autotrope
      @Autotrope 8 лет назад

      Was number 5 voices by the same guy that voiced Big Bird on Sesame Street? I don't think it was the same guy in this skit but it was very close!

    • @Replayability
      @Replayability 8 лет назад

      +Craparella Smørrebrød Doesn't sound like the original voice at all to me.

    • @gabrielbennett5162
      @gabrielbennett5162 5 лет назад

      Original voice actor for Johnny Five was Tim Blaney. Don't know if this was him here, but if not, it was a passable impression.

  • @chadhartsees
    @chadhartsees 3 года назад

    I believe that's another Eric Allard robot. I also think that head was used in the opening sequence of the first movie (the eye camera shot).

  • @DavidFlores
    @DavidFlores 8 лет назад +1

    Such a great show!!

  • @ddrummer1821
    @ddrummer1821 4 года назад +6

    why does Conan look so huge and Aziz like a small child!?!

  • @ACNC1
    @ACNC1 3 года назад +4

    The simpsons ripped off Fisher Stevens for Apu.

  • @TrenchMan93
    @TrenchMan93 6 лет назад +1

    Could they not get a replica of Johnny 5?

  • @BuckNaked2k
    @BuckNaked2k 2 года назад +1

    Back in '86 no one in the US had ever seen an Indian!

  • @d-rockpain4250
    @d-rockpain4250 4 года назад +8

    Someone please make a short circuit 3 with cameos. Aziz handled this so well, and Fisher Stevens acted so well, that even Aziz was fooled. lol I was too. Now they can act together ((Fisher as a white guy (different character)) and insert Aziz comedy. Just a Cameo, so Aziz can be unnecessarily mean to him, and people are like "whoah whoah, why are you so.mean to this old guy?"
    Aziz:" he knows"

  • @emilywhy
    @emilywhy 8 лет назад +9

    In another article I read about this Aziz Ansari called Fisher Stevens 'misguided'. I don't think that's fair. He's an actor. He did research. He did his job. He made a young Aziz believe that character was actually Indian. Isn't that what an actor should do? Isn't that the ultimate compliment? If there was anything offensive about his role then it was only offensive when Aziz discovered Fisher was white. And why did he seek out the actor to complain? Why not the writers, director and producers?
    He himself played a character called Tom Haverford. Why didn't he fight for an Indian name? Because he's an actor and you don't turn down a role.

    • @markvandamme8004
      @markvandamme8004 8 лет назад +4

      The whole point of Tom Haverford's name was he changed his real name 'to fit in'. Its directly talked about in Parks and Rec and shows how there still are people who decide they need to 'Americanise' their name to fit in to corporate roles - or at least they still believe this, even knowing that no multinationals would decide not to hire someone based on their name.

    • @YourMajesty143
      @YourMajesty143 5 лет назад +1

      The point isn't about fooling viewers into believing a role, it's about ensuring that there is diversity in a field that's already saturated and dominated by white actors. Bc of casting agents who were brave enough to hire minorities, we now have more breakout stars from Asia/India. Imagine how much genius talent and star-worthy depictions we've missed bc we've excluded certain racial groups from cinema. It's important that Aziz wrote a story that exposed his frustration bc it creates dialogue and awareness. And when that happens, people are more likely to better reflect on decisions that they'd initially be insensitive to, like hiring minority talent.

  • @RichardX1
    @RichardX1 11 месяцев назад

    The robot looks like the original Johnny 5 had a kid with either Tom Servo or Crow T. Robot

  • @hellacoorinna9995
    @hellacoorinna9995 Год назад +1

    3:45
    "How come you don't sound like an Indian?"
    "That's not really ignorant."
    So he's admitting it's a good question.

  • @ReelMeurik
    @ReelMeurik 4 года назад +9

    Sorry Aziz, but "Ben" wasn't the main character in either of the films. Johnny Five was the main character in both films, and Steve Guttenberg was the main (human) character of the first film while arguably, Michael McKeen was the main (human) character in the second film.

    • @XKS99
      @XKS99 Месяц назад

      Ben was not exactly a side role either. I would call him a supporting character.

  • @ufotofu9
    @ufotofu9 7 лет назад +9

    Well I thought that Steven's role as an Indian was tasteful and respectful of the Indian people.
    /s

  • @danwoodward1527
    @danwoodward1527 2 года назад +1

    I was hoping J5 would have parted the curtain and said “hey lazer lips, your mama was a snowblower”

  • @ndroidrage
    @ndroidrage Год назад

    He was in the movie Hackers also.

  • @Thomas__Blue
    @Thomas__Blue 7 лет назад +38

    That wasn't Johnny Five, this just looked stupid.

    • @chrislycan2495
      @chrislycan2495 7 лет назад +2

      Thomas Blue I know, we want the original!!

    • @Ilovemovies917
      @Ilovemovies917 4 года назад

      I think this robot is for the reboot

    • @rupertsadevil
      @rupertsadevil 3 года назад

      They could have at least try to make the head look similar to the original design

  • @itsfriday9139
    @itsfriday9139 8 лет назад +4

    he is the RUSSIAN GUY FROM LOST!

  • @Trakker1985
    @Trakker1985 10 месяцев назад +2

    "can you do Indian? which is an insane question"
    I mean, it's not, he can do Indian. He did it so well people had no idea for decades. There are probably still people today that have no idea lol

    • @Whytho3678
      @Whytho3678 3 месяца назад

      Are you Indian?

    • @unwavery
      @unwavery 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Whytho3678are you saying Aziz isn't? Watch the clip, bot.

    • @Whytho3678
      @Whytho3678 2 месяца назад

      @@unwavery are you stupid? I asked clear as day, what I asked, try again but try harder

    • @Whytho3678
      @Whytho3678 2 месяца назад

      @@unwavery are you dumb? I asked what I asked. You're adding more that doesn't exist, Try again but try harder

    • @Whytho3678
      @Whytho3678 2 месяца назад

      @@unwavery Are you blind? I asked what I asked, CLEAR AS DAY, Do you want to try again?

  • @Fifty32
    @Fifty32 3 года назад +1

    Thats not Johny 5, It is PAL.... also made by Eric Allard too

  • @Gargoyle_Guy
    @Gargoyle_Guy 8 лет назад +8

    Come on. That was a perfectly fine thing, and they had to throw it under the stupid bus with that last bit.

  • @rwdplz1
    @rwdplz1 4 года назад +14

    "You see that stuff, and it's like oh my god, like that' horrible, it's racist..."
    Actually as a kid, just like you, I just enjoyed the movie. Still do, those movies were awesome.

    • @jedijones
      @jedijones 4 года назад +5

      When Harrison Ford played a Russian in K-19: The Widowmaker did it mean he was prejudiced against Russians? Nope. Same thing here. To quote Jon Lovitz, it's ACTING.

  • @connorstandingready6312
    @connorstandingready6312 2 месяца назад

    When your mom says you have Johnny five at home

  • @jimb1453
    @jimb1453 Год назад

    Stripped a giant Furby of its skin and stuck it on wheels “Here’s Johnny Five!!!” 😂

  • @infiltrator7777
    @infiltrator7777 3 года назад +4

    That’s not racist. It’s only peoples imagination and opinion.

  • @rotcod2886
    @rotcod2886 8 лет назад +3

    He looks like a Hobbit next to Conan. I'm saying he's little.

    • @Apotheosis_44
      @Apotheosis_44 8 лет назад +4

      +Rotcod Oh, I thought you implying he had hairy feet and an inclination towards an agricultural lifestyle.

    • @rochat
      @rochat 8 лет назад +3

      He can't play a hobbit. That would be racist.

  • @JR-ez3zd
    @JR-ez3zd Год назад +1

    There are pissed off people who can't get Fisher Stevens canceled!

  • @Dmc1184
    @Dmc1184 8 лет назад

    seems youtube is having trouble..cant get this video to play

  • @viper18221
    @viper18221 6 лет назад +8

    That representation of Johnny 5 is blasphemy 😕

    • @afrolund80
      @afrolund80 2 года назад +2

      Yeah what was that, some sort of mutated Segway?

  • @eyesonthey
    @eyesonthey 3 года назад +6

    Through the magic of acting and makeup Fisher Stevens and the production fooled Aziz and myself for YEARS!

  • @Jeremy-si7jq
    @Jeremy-si7jq 8 лет назад

    Johnny-5 looks like he is made from a old Furby and sounds like Tom Servo.

  • @rueman84
    @rueman84 Год назад

    I like the original Johnny five. The prop that came out upon introduction looked scary as hell .

  • @jasonhale1011
    @jasonhale1011 8 лет назад +4

    *Wow... Is this a premise for a reboot of Short Circuit starring Aziz Ansari?*

  • @jokesterthemighty227
    @jokesterthemighty227 8 лет назад +9

    LOS LOCOS KICK YOUR ASS LOS LOCOS KICK YOUR FACE LOS LOCOS KICK YOU INTO OUTER SPACE!

    • @jokesterthemighty227
      @jokesterthemighty227 8 лет назад

      +Jokester The Mighty It's... it's a mitsubishi!

    • @adj789
      @adj789 8 лет назад +1

      +Jokester The Mighty INPUT! MORE INPUT!

    • @mikophilo348
      @mikophilo348 8 лет назад

      Yeah that movie was filled with racial sh#t lol

  • @neonknightlights
    @neonknightlights 8 лет назад

    video not playing..

  • @mark23a
    @mark23a 3 года назад +2

    This is the guy who killed Apu from the Simpsons right?

  • @nicosouthside
    @nicosouthside 8 лет назад +4

    Is Mindy Kaling real?

  • @IronLegionnaire1
    @IronLegionnaire1 3 года назад +7

    "Johnny five that's really ignorant!"
    He's from the 80's.
    He joined a gang.
    Why are you surprised?

    • @AvangionQ
      @AvangionQ 2 года назад

      ❝Los locos kick your ass. Los locos kick your face. Los locos kick your balls INTO OUTER SPACE!❞

  • @SMILEY.45
    @SMILEY.45 6 месяцев назад

    "I am sporting a huge woody for you Newton Crosby"

  • @wavyjohn5957
    @wavyjohn5957 6 лет назад

    My coach calls me Johnny five never knew what it meant lol