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    [edit] Police Academy - the series?

    comedycv.co.uk (here) says that Russells has appeared in Police Academy - the Series. Can anyone confirm that. I am unable to find any other sources for this. - Mayuresh 18:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] More info on background

    Do we have more details on his background. For example, do we know if he has any brothers/ sisters. Anything about his education? etc. - Mayuresh 18:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

    All I know is that he has a brother and he mentions that on two of his shows. Jaewonnie (talk) 19:36, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

    [edit] "First" Comedy Special

    Outsourced is /not/ his first comedy special. His first comedy special aired in about '02(or was it '04) on Comedy Network in Canada. This is what got him popular in the first place.

    [edit] POV

    "He explores race in a way that is fresh and creative" -- How POV is that?? That paragraph sounds like it was taken from his website. Can someone fix this page? I would but I don't know anything about this guy. Wikipedia brown 19:23, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

    "...in a way that is rarely offensive and includes many hilarious impressions. He explores race in a way that is fresh and creative. He also has excellent imitations of voices of people of different cultures."

    This is pure opinion. I'm not saying a disagree with what it states but this can not be considered fact. This should be removed.

    It's really POV. I think what he says can definitely be interpreted as *highly* offensive to people who take it seriously. "Indians make shitty slaves." While I personally find it hilarious in context, going up to someone and saying that would definitely get you pegged as a racist. Gruu 01:44, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

    We all know he's joking (except for some parts =P) so it really isnt that offensive unless he uses it in a certain matter. Jaewonnie (talk) 19:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

    [edit] DVD

    Apparently he has his own Comedy Now! DVD, with like four performances in it, as was just told on a commercial (Comedy Network). Should this be mentioned? --Von 09:30, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

    MARCH 23, 2006 - Russell has no part of this DVD, whatsoever...he recorded a DVD that will be released in June, 2006. The DVD that is currently on sale has nothing to do with Russell besides the fact that it's his work...they did not contact him, parts of this DVD are available all over the internet to download...DO NOT buy this DVD, as the proceeds do not go to Russell...check his official website for updates as to when the DVD will be released. --Lfern 19:26, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

    [edit] Sources

    I contacted Russell Peter's management through the official website (Clayton Peters). This was the reply I recieved:


    Thanks for your email.

In answer to your questions, please note:

1) Russell Peters is his real name.  This is our family name, which we
   can trace back through our father who was born in Bombay and his
   father who was born in Madras.  We are Anglo-Indians - a distinct
   Indian community, who's history goes back many generations to when
   the British first occupied India.

British males would inter-marry local Indian women and over time, our
community was formed.  As is the case, when the male is of European
ancestry that the family name became and English or Anglo name.
(Please note that when the female is of European or British ancestry,
the child is Eurasian as opposed to Anglo-Indian).

Anglo-Indians were never regarded by Indians as being Indian and never
regarded as being English, by the English.  Most Anglo-Indian customs
- afternoon tea, a unique diet (curries on one day, roast chicken or
steak on the next), strong social and community bonds - could be more
closely connected to Britain then to India.

Anglo-Indians are Christian (not converts mind you) for generations.
Our first language in the home in India is / was, English.
Anglo-Indians traditionally married fellow Anglo-Indians, due to the
cultural distinctions of this community.

Both of our parents are Anglo-Indian and both of their parents were
Anglo-Indian as well.

Anglo-Indians come in all shades of brown, from dark to blond-haired
and blue-eyed.

Anglo-Indians are a community in decline, some say a remnant of the
Raj, and the community will all but disappear in a generation or two,
due to inter-marriage globally.

Other notable Anglo-Indians include - Engleburt Humperdink, (Sir)
Cliff Richard and Myrna Loy.  Ben Kingsley is of a British mother and
Indian father, and therefore considered Eurasian.


2) Russell is not engaged.  He was engaged once and not to anyone
   named Gloria.  However, we do have an Aunty Gloria, but Russell
   has never considered marrying her.  Russell is very much single
   and now resides in the Hollywood Hills at his new home there.

3) Russell is Catholic, as am I and our mother.  Our father and his
   family were primarily Anglican (Church or England).  Our Christian
   roots go back generations.  However, it's only logical that at
   some point in our family tree, someone was either Hindu or Muslim.

Please feel free to contact me if you require any further
clarification or fact checking on Russell.

Thank you for your interest and your desire for accuracy on this
matter.  These are very important points and we're more than happy to
educate and clarify anyone who's interested.

Kindly forward the link on Russell when the article is complete.


Thank You,
Clayton Peters


    I don't really think you are allowed to publish personal mail on the internet unless both the sender and reciever have agreed.K-man-1 20:35, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

    There is no law against it, however it can't be used as a citation.--Crossmr 05:30, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Video Links

    I know the article says "official", but i can find no link to them from his site, and all the "official" links point to other sites. Are we sure we're not advertising pirated stuff? Storkk 13:19, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

    I'm going to wait a couple more days, and if nobody responds, i'll remove the links as unencyclopedic (not to mention piracy-oriented) information. If they are legitimate, please respond, since i can't find anything. --Storkk 00:22, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

    I think the videos are legit because he refrenced them in his stand up in new york and joked about kit. Although he did refer to people downloading them as downloading bastards.

    [edit] Russell's full name

    If anyone can find russell's full name in any site, please put it as a reference, as a person called 65.49.251.20 refuses to believe this and keeps reverting. ~ EmeZxX 10:07, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

    Sorry, never mind, I found some... ~ EmeZxX 10:35, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
    Okay it appears this person still reverts his middle name, even after citing sources. ~ EmeZxX 08:43, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

    Russell Dominic Peters Jaewonnie (talk) 19:41, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

    [edit] Added 2 categories

    Added 2 categories Indian Christians and Anglo-Indian.--71.30.188.223 03:53, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

    Category:Catholic comedians is at present for comedians who are known for their Catholicism or whose humor involves Catholicism to a degree. It's even possible, if unlikely, that a non-Catholic could be placed in the category if their humor revolves enough around Catholicism and Catholic culture. (For example I'd considered adding the atheistic Julia Sweeney because of several specials she has done, but admittedly decided against it due to possible confusion) It has this strict definition in part because it was nearly deleted. I'm uncertain if this individual fits the category as it is currently defined.--T. Anthony 15:10, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

    Catholic comedians? you are serious? Where s the Catholicism? I would write racist comedian. He offends chinese, africans, italians, jews... and honestly speaking, he's everything but a catholic comedian. Jack 00:57, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Quotes

    We should add quotes to his shows! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Trax91 (talk • contribs) 09:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC).

    [edit] Ethnicity wording

    There seems to have been a small-scale edit war over the wording of Peters' ethnicity. Could an admin decide definitively whether he is Anglo-Indian, Indo-Canadian, Anglo-Canadian, White, Indian, or otherwise? Yavoh 02:14, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

    He is definitely anglo-indian. See first para of his faq. - Mayuresh 18:25, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] ACC Ticket Sales/Ticket Sales across Canada

    Here's the source. http://newsblaze.com/story/2007032313240200003.cc/topstory.html Excuse me if I'm bitter, the users of Wikipedia have been irking me to no end lately. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.11.239 (talk) 00:57, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

    thanks! This has been now used as citation - Mayuresh 18:23, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Parents' birthplace

    An ip address just changed his father's birthplace. I can't find that information in the cited bio. Can anyone else? Yavoh 18:30, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

    That can't be confirmed. His mother is from calcutta, that can be confirmed from the press article on his site (see citation link). But his fathers origin cannot. I am reverting it for now. -Mayuresh 13:38, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Toronto

    I think there should be some mention in this article about how everybody famous in Canada nowadays seems to be from Toronto (or within several hours drive thereof, ie: South-Central Canada). It's like Canada has become some banana-republic -- one gigantic massive central metropolis, containing a large per-cent age of the nation's population ...

    ... surrounded by a million square miles of jungle and rednecks.

    Canada is now like Peru or Chile or Ecuador; there's .. like .. the biggest city? And the 2nd biggest city just a couple hours away? In a country of 9 million square kilometres? And then nothing else ..

    Pretty sad actually. I mean, Russell Peters is fabulous and I love his comedy (I too am from an 'ethnic' background), but more and more, Canada is becoming centred into South-Central Canada, "Upper and Lower Canada", the Quebec-City-Windsor urban corridor of Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec.

    With the rest of Canada simply being "hewers of wood and drawers of water". (Even though it's that hewing and drawing of natural resources in the hinterland that puts food on the table of Canadians; not friggin blackberries).

    Unlike the United States.

    Where 40 states have auto factories (ours are all concentrated within 4 hours of Toronto). And where America's space program is spread throughout its hinterland (ours is in Montreal, just a scant few hours from Toronto). And Hollywood is thousands of kilometres from New York, the biggest city (ours is in the biggest city). I could go on but I won't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atikokan (talk • contribs) 04:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

    As much as I'd love to engage in this debate, my editorial sensibilities are stopping me. So the answer is no, I don't think it should be mentioned in this article (or any other). Random89 20:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)