Hey, I'm Sam Jay, this is Vir Das,
and you are watching Playback.
The show where I watch comedy with comedians.
I honestly believe this show has desensitized me.
I'll be like, "What's appropriate to say out loud?"
Vir Das, we know you from Netflix specials,
touring the world, and actually one of
my favorite shows, Whiskey Cavalier.
So, it's very dope to have you here.
-Thank you for having me. -Yeah, man.
Right now we're going to watch your special, Losing It.
This is like us watching, like, our school
high school report card.
Let's get into it.
You, America, just have to do with religion...
what you have always historically done so well
with foreign food.
Just combine it and make your own stupider
American version of it.
A new religion of peace where Muslims and Christians
can come together and pray in harmony.
Ladies and gentlemen, Chrislam.
-I look good. -You do look good.
What I would love to know is, how did you pick the outfit?
Because it's jazzy as fuck.
So, you can't go wrong with a suit.
This is like my dad's training, but he's like,
"Look, you're a brown man with a beard,
and you're traveling the world. Dress well."
OK, OK, I respect that.
It's just as simple as that, you know what I mean?
-No, I get that. -So, like,
I'm traveling at an airport, I look good.
Just in case there's a cavity check around the corner.
Or some... Yeah, just in case something goes down.
-Yeah, right. -Sure.
And then, that's like an Indian thing
it's called a kurta.
And I wanted something Indian,
because I was shooting in the US,
and I was like, I don't want it to seem like I--
Yeah, you had to still rep your shit.
-Yeah. -A hundred percent.
See, this looks like a little bit of a mini skirt.
-Doesn't it? -It does.
But then also a little like Blade.
-Like you just might go... -Yeah, with the...
Fuck some vampires up.
Or just fuck vampires.
Which would be a much better show.
You do look like you might fuck vampires.
And there's great festivals in Chrislam, guys.
There's Eid-ster.
You just hide chocolate goats in the garden.
So much fun. So much fun.
There's Shukriya-giving...
Where you stuff a turkey into a burqa.
And my favorite festival, guys... Halal-oween
See, 'cause like right there, you could tell when a comic's
a little pleased with their own bit.
I like how uncomfortable they are.
'Cause it's combining Christianity and Islam.
And no matter who you are in the crowd at that moment,
you are not on board with what I'm saying.
Right. And you feel it.
And when you're up there and you feel it, you're like...
"Mm, yeah, I'm being naughty up here."
You know, you're running a bit
and you know you wanna
make the audience uncomfortable, right?
-Yeah. -And you've done that,
but you don't have, like, a really strong comeback
-at the end of the thing. -Right.
That to me is the most exhilarating part.
There you won't smile, but now here I know,
"OK, I'm going to make you really uncomfortable,
but I have something."
Like, I brought something in my back pocket.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -But the best part
is like when you're in the club
and you don't have that comeback.
Oh, yeah, 'cause that's when you're fighting.
That's when you're on the wall. That's when you're doing it.
That's gotta feel like when NBA players go
and they play at the Rucker.
And they're just like, "Bro, this is just ballin'.
We just gonna dunk, we just gonna shoot."
And that's my favorite part of the process,
is just not knowing what that is.
That's when you're just bringing it from the hip.
Yeah, this is just cash.
But there might be a day in your life
when you need to go to therapy,
when you need help and that's OK.
Maybe you have a loss. Maybe you have a heartbreak.
Me, I did a movie called Mastizaade.
Oh, fuck.
So, yeah, this is what I wanted to talk to you about.
Doing bad movies.
And you starred in the movie.
We did this, like, sex... Like American Pie.
Yeah. Oh, OK, OK.
Like an adult comedy where it's all about sex.
So, it was set up to be bad from the beginning.
Absolutely.
It's one of those where we all read the script and we're like,
"OK, how much am I getting paid?
OK, yes. No, this is a brilliant line."
-It's not great, but... -Right.
Look, we're a big country. There's 1.3 billion people.
Right, it's like people will watch this.
Some people will watch this, right?
So, like, if I'm walking down the street in India,
just the average guy who's, like, you know, on the street,
knows me from this shit.
They need it. It's like their Porky's.
They need that. The people need that.
-Yeah, they do. -You did a good service.
We have 1.3 billion people,
I'm responsible for at least two million of those people
-with my movie. -Right.
I'm their Barry White.
Who is the India Barry White?
Like, what are, like, Indians listening to,
to get in the mood to be freaky?
We don't need anything to get in the mood.
-Nothing? -We are fucking
like we never met anybody outside.
Really?
We're just like...
Do... Do you guys fuck to music? Is that a thing?
-Yeah. -Or is that...? OK.
-Who doesn't fuck to music? -White people.
-No. -They don't.
Or sometimes when they do it's, like, Incubus.
Incubus?
-Who fucks to Incubus? -White people.
I would pay to watch somebody fuck to Incubus...
There's a lot of white people in this room,
and you guys are being very quiet.
What do you fuck to?
Yep, like, forget this stuff. Let's talk about that.
What do you fuck to? Nothing?
-No music? -No? Not even like
ocean sounds or something?
Nothing? See!
Sounds of the rainforest.
-In the background. -That's wild.
OK.
...I went on my first world tour, I saw the entire world.
I went... Yeah.
Would you like to know
what 33 countries in the world have in common?
Would you like to know, yeah?
I have now masturbated in all 33 of those countries.
This is a dick joke, which--
I really enjoyed it though, 'cause it made me think about
how many places I've masturbated.
I was like, "Whoa, I didn't realize
-that was an accomplishment. -Yeah, you know, but...
This is the one thing that every critic picked up on.
Like critics don't jack off?
I got critiqued the first time...
A month ago, I did Soho in London,
-and it was my first time. -It's a good room though.
-It was great. -Yeah.
But it was my first time being, like, truly reviewed.
They for sure were like,
"Nah, this is not our cup of tea."
You know how you get back at them?
You find members of their family who are single,
and you fuck them to Incubus.
Good night, thank you so much, San Francisco.
-Vir, it was dope hanging out. -Thank you.
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Wait, I have an idea. OK, so, just look
-straight into the camera. -Yeah.
-All right, and say namasté. -Namasté.
(in Hindi) - Please subscribe.
(in Hindi) - Or...
(in Hindi) - ...else...
(in Hindi) - ...you're a dumbass.
Yep. You're going to get a billion subscribers tonight.
I don't know what I said, but if it was at all racist...
No, you said, "Subscribe or you're a fucking idiot."
Word. Exactly. Do that.