Call Me Russell: Inside the Outside

by Russell Peters

Overview

The unvarnished life story of stand-up comedian Russell Peters: up close and personal, poignant and entertaining

Russell Peters performs to sell-out stadium crowds around the world, poking fun at race, culture, his immigrant family, and anything else he sets in his sights on. In this candid memoir, he chronicles his life from humble beginnings as a scrawny, bullied, brown kid with ADD growing up in an immigrant family in Canada through his remarkable rise to become one of the world's most beloved, top-earning comics. He has been called Indo-Canadian, Anglo-Indian, South-Asian, South-Asian-Canadian, and, of course, totally hilarious, but in this book you will meet the real Russell Peters, both the comic and the man. You can call him Russell.

• Charts Russell Peters' incredible rise to become one of the biggest standup comics in the world today
• Shares personal details and stories, from heartfelt memories of Peters' family and childhood to his experience with prejudice, trade secrets about the business of comedy, and life in Hollywood
• Includes more than 100 photographs, including many never-before-seen images from Peters' family albums

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118283530
Publisher:	Trade Paper Press
Publication date:	04/05/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Russell Peters is a global comedy star and Internet sensation. His YouTube clips have been viewed over 75 million times, and he has performed to sold-out crowds at Madison Square Garden, the Sydney Opera House, and London's O2 Arena, where he set a new attendance record. The Atlantic calls him "the man who put Indian comedy on the map," and he is famous for observational humor about race, class, and culture. In 2009 and 2010, he was on the Forbes list of top-earning comedians in the United States, along with Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld.

Clayton Peters is Russell's brother and manager. He lives in Oakville, Ontario, with his wife, Emma, and their dog, Zoe. He commutes between Russell's live dates globally and Los Angeles, and oversees all aspects of his brother's career.

Dannis Koromilas is an acclaimed screenwriter and co-creator/producer of the police drama The Bridge. He is presently developing the Cold War television series REVOLUTION '68. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two sons.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1

Part 1. Family Matters

1. Call Me Russell 9

2. Dad Wanted a Girl 25

3. Someone Watching Over Me 35

4. The Brothers Peters 57

Part 2. Made in Brampton

5. I Like to … Cook? 89

6. One Word: Paki 107

7. A Nineteen-Year Old Smart-Ass 113

8. I Dig Chicks 119

Part 3. Get Up, Stand-Up

9. George Carlin 135

10. Top of the Heap 143

11. L.A. Times 159

Part 4. On the Road

12. That’s Our Russell 183

13. England … Aaaah!! 187

14. South Africa 197

Part 5. Full Circle

15. Vernon Forrest R.I.P. 209

16. Motherland 215

17. Royally Punk’d 223

18. Next? 229