The Philly Grill: Maz Jobrani

The Axis of Evil comic — and Iran native — hits Helium this weekend. Weekender editor VICTOR FIORILLO gets his thoughts on Jihad Jane, whether or not YouTube is killing standup, and America’s next enemy-in-chief

How was your flight from California? Did you get profiled by the TSA?
 
Strangely enough, it’s the opposite for me. I did a movie called Friday After Next, which did very well in the urban community, so I have a lot of black and Latino fans. And so whenever I go to LAX, there’s always a black or Latino TSA agent who will recognize me. As opposed to being profiled for the wrong reasons, I tend to get VIP treatment. [Puts on his best barrio accent] Are you Moly from Friday After Next? Yeah? C’mon guys, let him through.