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Aziz Ansari | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #617

2025-10-15 Comedy
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Aziz Ansari Explores Directing 'Good Fortune,' Family History, and The Weight of Early Career Validation

Discover the chaotic realities of producing a studio film through Aziz Ansari’s experience directing Keanu Reeves amidst strikes and injuries, contrasted with illuminating personal stories about finding community in the Deep South.

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  • Directing Good Fortune involved major production halts due to the writer strike and an on-set knee injury for star Keanu Reeves [00:20:08].
  • Ansari shares moving anecdotes about the profound kindness his Indian immigrant parents received in small-town South Carolina, highlighting community bonds over societal division [01:01:04].
  • The conversation contrasts the direct, pure control of stand-up comedy with the complex, high-stakes variables of collaborative filmmaking [00:26:41].

This discussion navigates the recent challenges in filmmaking and the deep personal history Aziz Ansari holds regarding his family’s integration into the American South. Readers gain insight into the creative control (or lack thereof) necessary in large productions and why shared communal experiences build essential bonds in the comedy world.

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Aziz Ansari is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and filmmaker. His new movie “Good Fortune” is in theaters Oct. 17th. Aziz joins Theo to talk about writing and directing his first film, the mystery of mini anamalia, and how his family found community in the south when he was growing up. Aziz Ansari: https://www.instagram.com/azizansari/ ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ Prize Picks: Go to https://prizepicks.onelink.me/ivHR/THEO and use code THEO to get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! NBA Tip Off Max Discount: Steph Curry 99% Off - More Than 0.5 Point on PrizePicks. Acorns: Go to https://acorns.com/THEO to sign up and get your $20 bonus investment. Quo: Go to http://quo.com/theo for 20% off of your first 6 months. Perplexity AI: Ask anything at https://pplx.ai/theo and download their new web browser Comet at https://comet.perplexity.ai/ ------------------------------------------------- Music: “Shine” by Bishop Gunn Bishop Gunn - Shine ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: [email protected] Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers Producer: Trevyn https://www.instagram.com/trevyn.s/ Producer: Nick https://www.instagram.com/realnickdavis/ Producer: Andrew https://www.instagram.com/bleachmediaofficial

Top Comments (10)

@shanegreene6398 2025-10-15

Thanks for having our fbi director on.

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@LoganNerd 2025-10-15

How on earth did the topic of miniature horses come up and Lil Sebastian was not mentioned…

1.8k 41 replies
@nb-wp2qz 2025-10-15

His voice literally sounds like he's doing a Aziz Ansar impression.

1.1k 35 replies
@cfitz741 2025-10-15

Cut the AC I don’t wana lose Aziz 😂😂😂

885 8 replies
@lauszg 2025-10-15

“It’s not my story to tell” proceeds to tell the story 😂😭

775 14 replies
@rootbeer420 2025-10-15

The world smallest horse is some parks and rec lore 😂 with lil Sebastian

570 5 replies
@defffffest 2025-10-16

I met Aziz as an intern over 10 years ago and he was very kind to me when everyone else looked past me. I'll always be grateful for that.

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@TheWacBoyz 2025-10-15

Theo: “I bet she’d [your sister] be so proud of you”. Aziz: [takes a deep breath] “oh…” You could just tell Aziz felt so many emotions, rushing in all at the same time. Appreciation that Theo could hold his personal feelings, with such gentle compassion. Together with the feeling of missing his sister who he lost so young. Such a touching moment in time we got to witness.

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@Nareshramakrishnan 2025-10-19

Theo tearing up when Aziz got choked up about his lil sis shows what kind of a sweet person he is. Forever a fan of Theo over here. Love from Malaysia.❤

152 7 replies
@samworrell5202 2025-10-15

Theo saying those mini donkeys look mixed nearly killed me

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