To me, the trick is not how can I make people laugh. It is, how can I make people laugh in a different way.
Vir DasI did theatre in the U.S. because there, content-wise, it's very light. In India, theatre tends to get preachy.
Vir DasI've been reading a lot of books on history, and watching a lot of educational TV. Wikipedia too, even though it is not reliable.
Vir Das