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Hari Kondabolu on Making Peace With Hank Azaria, Still Feeling Conflicted About ‘The Simpsons’ and Not Being Afraid to Tell Dad Jokes

When Hari Kondabolu was promoting his most recent stand-up special, Vacation Baby, he recruited an unlikely new friend to help get the word out: Hank Azaria.

For anyone familiar with Kondabolu’s career, the joke was delicious — and a long time coming. In 2017, Kondabolu made The Problem With Apu, a documentary that expressed his frustration with The Simpsons’ portrayal of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the lovable Indian immigrant who operates Springfield’s Kwik-E-Mart.

Five Episodes of Kids’ Cartoons That Really Stirred Things Up

Most of the time, children’s cartoons are a pleasant enough way for a kid to pass a bit of time and allow their parents to get some stuff done. There’s an enormous spectrum of them out there — shittily-made, production-line shows that offer nothing of any value at one end, and beautifully produced, emotionally rich shows at the other. Sometimes, though, whatever the quality and intent of the show being made, something ends up not quite working, and not quite working in a way which upsets, horrifies or endangers people. Like…

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