Hasan Minhaj's dad once hilariously destroyed him over a high school cheating scandal

The savagery.
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Caitlin Welsh
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Hasan Minhaj's dad once hilariously destroyed him over a high school cheating scandal
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Hasan Minhaj makes everything funny, whether he's explaining fuckboys to Tan France or roasting an absent Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Now we know where he gets it: His dad is a straight-up savage.

On The Tonight Show, he joined Jimmy Fallon for the refreshingly straightforward stand-up segment "Storytime". The theme: embarrassing parents.

Minhaj tells the story of how he stole a homework answer sheet from his teacher's desk, and decided to photocopy it and sell it to other kids. His rationale? "He'll never know it was me -- he's not going to guess the Indian kid did it!"

But crime doesn't pay, of course, and so when he got caught, his dad was called in. After "the longest 45 minutes I've ever had in my life", his dad showed up and absolutely dragged him to hell -- as only a dad can.

It's beautiful. Stick with it.

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Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin is Mashable's Australian Editor. She has written for The Guardian, Junkee, and any number of plucky little music and culture publications that were run on the smell of an oily rag and have since been flushed off the Internet like a dead goldfish by their new owners. She also worked at Choice, Australia's consumer advocacy non-profit and magazine, and as such has surprisingly strong opinions about whitegoods. She enjoys big dumb action movies, big clever action movies, cult Canadian comedies set in small towns, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Replacements, smoky mezcal, revenge bedtime procrastination, and being left the hell alone when she's reading.


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