Aaron Aryanpur is an American stand-up comedian, artist, and voice actor from Dallas, Texas.
[5][1][6][7] Growing up, he was a fan of comedians who addressed social issues, including George Carlin and Bill Hicks.
In 1998, he created the university's mascot Temoc, a flame-haired anthropomorphic comet originally named "Blaze.
Jeremy Hallock of the Dallas Observer has noted that Aryanpur's style, typified by long-form stories with an "impeccable sense of rhythm", avoids the lack of edginess associated with family comedy by "capturing the anger and frustration that goes with the territory while making it hilarious".
[14] He usually does not focus on his ethnicity in his comedy,[15][16] although he has stated that "One of the reasons I wanted to do stand-up at the beginning was to give voice to that [Iranian-American] part of myself.
"[1] Critic Amy Martin of TheaterJones has stated that Aryanpur's comedy gains an extra level due to his "ability to be serious.
... Relaying his everyman frustrations with dry, precise humor, Aryanpur's thought-provoking observations convey clever wordplay and logical twists.
"[3] In 2002, he was invited by fellow comics Raj Sharma and Paul Varghese to join their Indians at the Improv tour, a first for Indian-American stand-ups.
[21] The newspaper noted that his success has helped the city as a whole, saying "Aryanpur is one of the reasons why Dallas has a comedy scene.