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Aziz Ansari Settles His “Short Circuit” Beef With Johnny Five | CONAN on TBS
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As an Indian myself, I still love him in that movie
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
Right? It’s called acting. If people can’t play characters, what can they do
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.
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!!
👍🏻👍🏻❤️
I hate myself for genuinely expecting the legit Johnny 5 to roll onto the stage. Now THAT would have been amazing!
🥰
Dude played an indian so well he fooled a lot of people. He did his job
That was a time when the world wasn't as connected and people didn't know what actually indian people looked or acted like.
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise - But even Indian folks like Aziz were convinced, so he really DID do fine work. (Love your name BTW)
Aziz did reach out to him instead of trying to cancel him. He did his job as a human.
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise They do act like that though.
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaise He worked with a dialogue coach and went to India... so odds are they kinda do act like that...
Fisher stevens was so incredible to play an indian character.
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.
yeah thats great for fisher stevens...kinda sucks that an ACTUAL indian actor never got the opportunity.
@@nic-tv4090 In the 80's they wouldn't have bothered looking, we are trying to change that now.
@@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.
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.
@@nic-tv4090 upset over a person who didn’t exist. There was no actor that lost out. Jesus Christ you’re a cretin.
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
Oh yeah cos movie stars are reading posts on youtube. Sure
I'm disappointed the robot didn't come out the curtian yelling "Hello Bozos!"
That wasn't Johnny Five, it was Johnny Minus Five!
LOL
Call him James -5
More like ÷5
That was Johnny Two at best
that was charlie 7
Anyone noticed the head size difference between Conan and Aziz Ansari? LOL
I can't unsee it now
+Altruistic It makes it seem like Aziz is really far away.
Check out the size difference between Aziz and Andy @3:17
damn it
Conan like 6'8
Johnny 5 with budget cuts
Johny 5 with a face lift.
Johnny 5 from Wish.com
Lol too right.
"we should look for dialog and understanding" Yes. it's become out of control.
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 The Pal robot was also used in a series called The Wizard where the robot was called Henry
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.
i was hoping for the rl johnny 5....
+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.
+shizlnit Johnny 5 is ALIVE!!
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.
+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.
+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.
Although Fisher Stevens played a caricature of an Indian man, I don't find it a cancelable offense
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.
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
Spoiler alert: Jumbo's Clown Room is a strip club.
Is it a real strip club?
Fun fact, Courtney Love used to dance there.
So they call it a burlesque club because it’s not a nude stop club. Bottoms and pasties.
Pretty sure thats J5's actual voice actor. Tim Blaney.
I think you're right! Super cool if they actually got Tim.
Ben sounds like apu from the Simpsons
can we also discuss why Vincent Kapoor in martian, clearly an indian role, was played by a black guy.
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.
@@Azizopolis Or Khan in the Star Trek remake
@@gilroyopinion or khan in the original he was a spanish actor playing a indian charactor.
That is so true. Why?
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.
I'm not ashamed to say I have no idea what Jumbo's Clown Room is. People of CZcams, help me understand the joke!!
strip club
That's it? Hmm, not much of a joke even when you know what Jumbo's Clown Room is.
+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!
its a black strip club in LA. like really black. its awesome
+BigHeavy Shoe lmao "like...really black."
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. ❤
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
spoilers
+phxtonash
duuuuude, spoiler alert
+phxtonash Betrayed*
He didn’t die
Gotta show Aziz some love. He's incredible! So smart and so epic! thanks for posting this!
+0ThePixalGamer0 Why must people like you exist?
+SlothGiraffe So that Isis has a reason to kill us.....
+Meme Notyou So you'd be fine with an Indian guy playing Blade, yes?
Meme Notyou Damn, a whole paragraph...
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.
Master of None was one of the best series i have seen in recent time
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
interestingly that is actually the prototype of number 5...
The fact they could get a hold of that is crazy!
@@IamJustTheBiscuityOfTheSeaity oh?
@GAMP: Destroyer of Liberalism ah ok continuity ... from sc2 but still... i would have loved to the original
Same, this was a sad joke on their guest b/c they couldn't get any real Short Circuit 2 actors for the show.
a nice surprise seeing you here
0:22 Fan Correction / released 1988
Came to say exactly this
The voice was Johnny 5 at least
I am standing here besides myself!😂
For those who don't know what Jumbo's Clown Room is... It's a strip club. You're welcome!
Had no idea, but I figured.
A more flamboyant one at that. lol
WTF?!!!!
That's not Johnny Five!!
Never noticed how much Conan laughs like Johnny Five till now.
No joke, I had the same exact unfortunate revelation a couple of months ago. One of my favorite movies growing up.
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.
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
Say “Syke”!
You had 5 years to say the magic word.
History rewards you a Dunce Cap.
Yay you, everyone’s a winner this “century”
I’m still laughing at you.
Say something else funny!
Please and thank you. Haha!
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.
I'll be damned if they actually got Tim Blaney to voice this... version of Johnny Five.
It sounds so much like him...like I can't tell if it is him or not.
One of my favorite movies. Man I had no idea he wasn't Indian......
That robot looks nothing like johnny5 I bet the real Johnny 5 was watching this and was like that looks nothing like me
ahh ... i miss johnny 5 :-D i love Fisher Stevens' work. my favorite of his work probably Hackers
The best thing he ever did was date 'Batman Returns' era Michelle Pfeiffer!
I caught this guy once starring at me (directly making eye contact) while eating a sandwich XD
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.
He was in the movie Hackers also.
This interview looks like a Lord of the Ring's Peter Jackson CGI between Conan (Gandalf) and Aziz (Frodo) .
What are you even talking about?
+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.
+Funkake I thought he was referring to bad cgi because Aziz looks nothing like a hobbit and Conan looks nothing like Gandalf.
Matthew Barber I'm pretty sure he was just referring to the size difference.
Didn't the company that wants to remake Short Circuit contact Fisher Stevens to possibly reprise his role as Ben?
I hope
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.
@@StealthBumblebeeOctane95Z28 thanks.
@@johnlemus7921 You're welcome.
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).
they still had the robot rabai XD
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.
So I had to look up Jumbos Clown Room lol
That's the robot from the final episode of The Wizard. His name is Henri. Not Johnny 5, that was Short Circuit.
That thing is from the TV show " The Wizard ".
Short Circuit 2 >>>>>>> EVERY comedy today
Why do I always laugh when Aziz Ansari is being interviewed?
I just now realized that was Fisher Stevens ... How long has it been since I've seen that film
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 🤣
That robot was well made and sounded exactly like Johnny 5. I would love to here the story behind that.
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.
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
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.
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.
@@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?
Such a great show!!
Movie ?
The simpsons ripped off Fisher Stevens for Apu.
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.
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?
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.
What's next, only Danes can play Hamlet?
@@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.
@@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.
seems youtube is having trouble..cant get this video to play
Both movies are on Showtime right now.
this water bottle is dripping too much bacon grease
That wasn't Johnny Five, this just looked stupid.
Thomas Blue I know, we want the original!!
I think this robot is for the reboot
They could have at least try to make the head look similar to the original design
time stamp to when no 5 shows up, pls
video not playing..
Aziz MCCHRIS is so pissed off that you stole his voice
Well I thought that Steven's role as an Indian was tasteful and respectful of the Indian people.
/s
That moon.....
My God. It is Fisher Steven's. Mind blown! Never knew.
Who voiced Johnny Five in the skit? Sounded pretty close to the original...
Yeah, he did!
+Benbot Right? Especially the line "that is offensive!" That timbre and pitch melody is totally uncanny!
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!
+Craparella Smørrebrød Doesn't sound like the original voice at all to me.
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.
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"
WOW I was today years old when I learned that fun fact.. I loved that movie when I was little.
More quality material from Conan. /s
he is the RUSSIAN GUY FROM LOST!
That’s not racist. It’s only peoples imagination and opinion.
Johnny-5 looks like he is made from a old Furby and sounds like Tom Servo.
The robot looks like the original Johnny 5 had a kid with either Tom Servo or Crow T. Robot
why does Conan look so huge and Aziz like a small child!?!
Through the magic of acting and makeup Fisher Stevens and the production fooled Aziz and myself for YEARS!
I like the original Johnny five. The prop that came out upon introduction looked scary as hell .
Guys, check out Good OL' Boy, it's a great Indian movie
Come on. That was a perfectly fine thing, and they had to throw it under the stupid bus with that last bit.
*Wow... Is this a premise for a reboot of Short Circuit starring Aziz Ansari?*
i love 80s movies
Give Fisher Stevens an Oscar’s.
Is Mindy Kaling real?
Jumbo’s Clown Room!
Only been there once but left me with one of the most bizarre and hilarious memories ever!!!
That's not Johnny-5, that's a toaster in Johnny-5-face
That representation of Johnny 5 is blasphemy 😕
Yeah what was that, some sort of mutated Segway?
LOS LOCOS KICK YOUR ASS LOS LOCOS KICK YOUR FACE LOS LOCOS KICK YOU INTO OUTER SPACE!
+Jokester The Mighty It's... it's a mitsubishi!
+Jokester The Mighty INPUT! MORE INPUT!
Yeah that movie was filled with racial sh#t lol
Mind blown, I always thought he was an Indian actor. That's insane.
One of my favorites to this day
"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.
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.
The show is PACKED with PC-mind control.
Not johnny 5 from 'short circuit'. Robot is from series 'the wizard', episode 19, 'h.e.n.r.i. viii'
Fisher Stevens?I always thought that the actor portraying Benjamin Jahveri was Hank Azaria.
"Johnny five that's really ignorant!"
He's from the 80's.
He joined a gang.
Why are you surprised?
❝Los locos kick your ass. Los locos kick your face. Los locos kick your balls INTO OUTER SPACE!❞
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.
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?
That imposter robot was interesting. Not how I remember him. And I’m watching it right now
i was waiting for Andy to say something.
He looks like a Hobbit next to Conan. I'm saying he's little.
+Rotcod Oh, I thought you implying he had hairy feet and an inclination towards an agricultural lifestyle.
He can't play a hobbit. That would be racist.