'The Qu'osby Show': Aasif Mandvi Makes Muslim 'Cosby Show' Pilot On 'Daily Show' (VIDEO)

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Could a lovable Muslim sit-com family change America's perception of Muslims? Perhaps, but probably not the one you're about to see.

On Thursday night's "Daily Show," Aasif Mandvi followed Katie Couric's advice and created a pilot for a Muslim version of "The Cosby Show," the show that "cured racism against black people" as Mandvi put it. The result? "The Qu'osby Show"

In the entertaining segment below, Mandvi does his research and ends up starring as the patriarch in the pilot. While he hopes the show will prove that Muslims can be regular Americans, his test pilot audience doesn't exactly buy it. It turns out, "stereotypically" is the only way in which people want to see Muslims portrayed. You'll know what we mean when you hear one person's "Uncle Rahim" idea.

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Comments

[tapeatsbill]

12:14 PM on 02/22/2011

Religious satire - just the best. LMAO. "Nest week a special visit from the prophet Mohamed. NO NO NO! Too good.

[rich3324]

07:37 PM on 02/20/2011

Did they have to go far to find the dumbest focus group ever?

[naschkatze]

05:33 PM on 02/20/2011

Eh.

[Gigity]

09:54 AM on 02/20/2011

Love the Daily Show, hated these. Just not funny.

[GraniteSkyline]

09:20 AM on 02/20/2011

Sadly, if there ever were to be a Muslim Cosby show it would have to be done on Comedy Central. Major networks would all be too chickenshit to put it on the air.

[DailySplit]

06:35 AM on 02/20/2011

Canada is way ahead of you: Little Mosque on the Prairie

[aznurse]

03:04 AM on 02/20/2011

how did he get Christane Amanpour to do the intro voice?

[Artemis Chastity]

12:36 AM on 02/20/2011

I just cannot believe that some people have THAT much of a skewed understanding of a culture.
The scriptures of Judaism, Islam and Christianity are the same.
It's pathetic.

I'm astounded that these are my fellow countrymen. It's embarrassing that the rest of the world gets to see this.

And I ADORE the fact that the Daily Show is constantly misinterpreted.
Although, when I think about it for a longer period of time, it makes me sad to know that the population is actually that slow.
or lacking in the fulfillment of their potential- to coin a euphemistic phrase.

[pigomatic]

05:38 PM on 02/20/2011

Um, it's satire. Are you familiar with the concept? (That's a satirical comment.) (Unless it's sarcastic; sometimes I can't tell the difference.)

[eddw88]

11:13 PM on 02/19/2011

LOLROTF!

[bsmkchan]

09:22 PM on 02/19/2011

The skit was supposed to make fun of Kaitie Couric's bad comment. But instead there are people at the right (Big Hollywood) who took the skit seriously and thought the skit was making fun of average Americans. And the editor in chief John Nolte at Big Hollywood website actually called Jon Stewart a B*got because Mr. Nolte himself could not get the joke.

[tjconkster]

08:59 PM on 02/19/2011

If this were to be picked up...RepubliCorp/Republican Tea Party heads would explode....

[nsgo123]

07:32 PM on 02/19/2011

That was some damn funny! I love the Daily Show!

[CamBrown99]

04:41 PM on 02/19/2011

That was brilliant!

[Tyi Michael Tunstall]

03:58 PM on 02/19/2011

They should make it into a real show LOL

[BlackJAC]

03:55 PM on 02/19/2011

The trick to pulling this off for real would be to simply do a standard-issue family sitcom with the occasional reference to Islam.

[bsmkchan]

09:24 PM on 02/19/2011

Have you watch a little show called "Little Mosque on the Prairie"? I has only been on TV for 5 seasons.

[eddw88]

11:12 PM on 02/19/2011

LOL!

Very funny!

[sursum korda]

11:22 AM on 02/20/2011

That show may be a prequel. Calgary the most conservative city in Canada just elected a Muslim mayor to tend the needs of her 1.5 million citizens. Life imitating art?