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Aasif Mandvi on life, fame and the importance of brunch
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Dec 16, 2014
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Aasif Mandvi on life, fame and the importance of brunch
Aasif Mandvi talks to us about life on the Daily Show, and why brunch was so important to his family. His new book is called, No Land's Man.
Cover art for Aasif Mandvi's new book, No Land's Man
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Aasif Mandvi talks to us about life on the Daily Show, and why brunch was so important to his family. His new book is called, No Land's Man.

Aasif Hakim Mandviwala, is known professionally as Aasif Mandvi, the Indian-American actor and comedian.

He made a huge name for himself as a correspondent on the The Daily Show with John Stewart on Comedy Central.  Here he is taking on the issue of voter suppression

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His road to the Daily Show is funny and often surprising. His new book tells the story of how he landed the job, being bullied at a British prep school and how his father's obsession with the American tradition of brunch became a deciding factor on why they moved to the US.

His new book is called, No Land's Man, and he talked to Take Two about it recently.