Judd Apatow’s next movie, Funny People, is kind of about comedians, and while he was filming it, he held a concert called A Night of Funny People, featuring people like Patton Oswalt and Sarah Silverman (probably my two favorite comics, along with Zach Galif.), and reportedly used some film from the concert in the movie.  Today’s news is that some clips of Aziz Ansari’s performance, where he did a character named Randy, have hit the web. And they’ve even started a Randy website (laughyourdickoff.com) as part of their viral marketing.

[Update: the clip I was originally talking about was this one, but the video kept autoplaying so I took it down]

I know I’m a grouch and a hater about a lot of things, but I’d like to think I’m pretty open when it comes to comedy.  But a lot of people whose opinion I usually respect find this Randy character utterly hilarious, and I… I just don’t see it. It’s not unfunny, it just doesn’t do anything for me, kind of like the comedic equivalent of the Foo Fighters (go ahead and yell at me for that one too).  Plus he keeps breaking character.  Is that what’s funny about Randy?  That he’s a character who constantly breaks character?  Nonetheless, I’m posting some clips in case you guys enjoy it.  In the meantime I’ll just continue to stand here, frowning at my lawn and wondering why you never call.

[via CHUD]