Bassem Youssef

Because I started that. And the only reason that I could is to continue. I don't know what else to do. I don't want to go back to medicine. I don't want to do that. And I don't know. And bit by bit, bit by bit, I started to kind of like be better, be better, be better.

And I was at a certain time a year ago, a year ago, this is where I started to kind of like hone the craft and kind of sell more tickets and sometimes even sell out some shows and sometimes sell a theater. So like it was going and the money was flowing and it was good. And then I was like, why didn't, I wanted faster, I wanted more, I wanted now, I want Netflix deal or whatever.

And I was at a certain time a year ago, a year ago, this is where I started to kind of like hone the craft and kind of sell more tickets and sometimes even sell out some shows and sometimes sell a theater. So like it was going and the money was flowing and it was good. And then I was like, why didn't, I wanted faster, I wanted more, I wanted now, I want Netflix deal or whatever.

And I was at a certain time a year ago, a year ago, this is where I started to kind of like hone the craft and kind of sell more tickets and sometimes even sell out some shows and sometimes sell a theater. So like it was going and the money was flowing and it was good. And then I was like, why didn't, I wanted faster, I wanted more, I wanted now, I want Netflix deal or whatever.

And then the Piers Morgan thing happened and then I blew up. And then suddenly I'm selling out everywhere. And it's like, ah, if those people came, if the war happened two years ago, I will not be ready. So now they come to the show, and by the way, my show had nothing to do with the October 7th. My show is my thing that I've been crafting and working on.

And then the Piers Morgan thing happened and then I blew up. And then suddenly I'm selling out everywhere. And it's like, ah, if those people came, if the war happened two years ago, I will not be ready. So now they come to the show, and by the way, my show had nothing to do with the October 7th. My show is my thing that I've been crafting and working on.

And then the Piers Morgan thing happened and then I blew up. And then suddenly I'm selling out everywhere. And it's like, ah, if those people came, if the war happened two years ago, I will not be ready. So now they come to the show, and by the way, my show had nothing to do with the October 7th. My show is my thing that I've been crafting and working on.

You know how difficult it is to do the first hour the hour that I've been working on for five years. And it's all my personal story, all about what happened to me in Egypt, me as an immigrant coming here to the United States, finding Trump as a president, finding myself in the middle of a gun rally, finding myself in the middle of a bombing, kind of like talking about how I got my citizenship.

You know how difficult it is to do the first hour the hour that I've been working on for five years. And it's all my personal story, all about what happened to me in Egypt, me as an immigrant coming here to the United States, finding Trump as a president, finding myself in the middle of a gun rally, finding myself in the middle of a bombing, kind of like talking about how I got my citizenship.

You know how difficult it is to do the first hour the hour that I've been working on for five years. And it's all my personal story, all about what happened to me in Egypt, me as an immigrant coming here to the United States, finding Trump as a president, finding myself in the middle of a gun rally, finding myself in the middle of a bombing, kind of like talking about how I got my citizenship.

It's all like funny stories, like my origin story. So they come in and they expect October 7th and all this is my personal story, but it's good and it kills and they love it. It's like if that kind of like blew up in America happened to me two, three years ago,

It's all like funny stories, like my origin story. So they come in and they expect October 7th and all this is my personal story, but it's good and it kills and they love it. It's like if that kind of like blew up in America happened to me two, three years ago,

It's all like funny stories, like my origin story. So they come in and they expect October 7th and all this is my personal story, but it's good and it kills and they love it. It's like if that kind of like blew up in America happened to me two, three years ago,

I'm telling you, one of the funniest thing, a guy, I was in Dubai, and like a TV anchor came to me, Basim Youssef, he flourishes during revolutions and wars.

I'm telling you, one of the funniest thing, a guy, I was in Dubai, and like a TV anchor came to me, Basim Youssef, he flourishes during revolutions and wars.

I'm telling you, one of the funniest thing, a guy, I was in Dubai, and like a TV anchor came to me, Basim Youssef, he flourishes during revolutions and wars.

So when I was doing the English first, I was, I actually had good jokes, but I was missing the delivery because the cadence and the music and the rhythm is different. The way that an English speaking American member of audience will receive it, it will be different than how I receive it. The energy, everything's different. So when I kind of like got it, I didn't know how to switch back to Arabic.

So when I was doing the English first, I was, I actually had good jokes, but I was missing the delivery because the cadence and the music and the rhythm is different. The way that an English speaking American member of audience will receive it, it will be different than how I receive it. The energy, everything's different. So when I kind of like got it, I didn't know how to switch back to Arabic.

So when I was doing the English first, I was, I actually had good jokes, but I was missing the delivery because the cadence and the music and the rhythm is different. The way that an English speaking American member of audience will receive it, it will be different than how I receive it. The energy, everything's different. So when I kind of like got it, I didn't know how to switch back to Arabic.

Because here's the thing, with English stand-up comedy, you have a huge library. You have like a legacy. You have like years and years and years of people doing comedy. But in Arabic, it's very new to us. And most of the Arabic stand-up comedy, especially in Egypt, is very tamed. This is kind of like, imagine the stand-up comedy scene in American 1960s before Lenny Bruce.