You know him from his daily radio show on Real 92.3, and he has established himself as the biggest and most hilarious personality on the Los Angeles airwaves. Now, Big Boy is expanding to give viewers YouTube-exclusive content: vlogs, pranks, celebrity interviews, the famous Luther Luffeigh phone taps, and more.
Russell Peters dropped by the neighborhood to speak with Big Boy about his “Act Your Age” world tour, growing up on hip-hop, breakdancing, and meeting Prince Charles at a charity event.
The comedian recalls telling controversial jokes on his Toronto radio show, he reveals his “Mt. Rushmore” of hip-hop, and he comments on Jay Z’s Roc Nation brunch. Plus, he discusses Biggie, LL Cool J, and the time Chuck D surprised him on a plane. Watch the full interview exclusively on BigBoyTV.
Watch Russell Peters perform stand-up live in Long Beach on June 17 and San Diego on June 18.
Rusell Peters: Russell Peters is a global comedy rock star, actor and Internet sensation. His YouTube clips have been viewed more than 60 million times, and he has performed to sold-out crowds from Toronto’s Air Canada Centre and New York’s Madison Square Garden to the Sydney Opera House and London’s The O2 arena, where he established a new attendance record. Over the course of his 20-plus-year career, Peters has headlined comedy festivals throughout North America, won a Gemini Award, hosted The JUNO Awards twice and garnered an unprecedented global following.
Peters has appeared on Showtime, Comedy Central, HBO, NBC, CBS, CBC and CTV. His DVD releases, Russell Peters: Outsourced and Red, White and Brown, have sold more than 300,000 copies. In 2009 and 2010, he was listed on the Forbes list of top-earning comedians in the United States, along with Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld.
Peters’ first book, an autobiography titled Call Me Russell, was a number-one bestseller. He has done USO tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Greenland and Pearl Harbor, on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the HMCS Winnipeg, and has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Lopez Tonight. Peters also adds movie star to his resumé, with film work including roles in Source Code and Breakaway, and stars in The Indian Detective.
Peters has built an entire career on his “outsider” status as an ethnic minority, specializing in comedy that pokes fun at subjects of race, class and culture, often drawing on his own life. He’s well-known for his impersonations and mastery of accents (his website’s tag line is “Some Material May Offend Your Heritage”), and the characters that pepper his act.
