Dave Davies
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Well, here, you open this, and then you pull out a little stool. You've got a little portable store there. So it begins with you engaging this fellow. Let's listen.
Well, here, you open this, and then you pull out a little stool. You've got a little portable store there. So it begins with you engaging this fellow. Let's listen.
Well, here, you open this, and then you pull out a little stool. You've got a little portable store there. So it begins with you engaging this fellow. Let's listen.
And that is Mo Ammer making a sale in the series Mo, which premieres on Netflix tomorrow. You know, we hear you speaking kind of the Texan version of English, which I will say I grew up in South Texas. I recognize that accent. You used that to connect to people, I guess, lots of times growing up, didn't you?
And that is Mo Ammer making a sale in the series Mo, which premieres on Netflix tomorrow. You know, we hear you speaking kind of the Texan version of English, which I will say I grew up in South Texas. I recognize that accent. You used that to connect to people, I guess, lots of times growing up, didn't you?
And that is Mo Ammer making a sale in the series Mo, which premieres on Netflix tomorrow. You know, we hear you speaking kind of the Texan version of English, which I will say I grew up in South Texas. I recognize that accent. You used that to connect to people, I guess, lots of times growing up, didn't you?
So you did sell knockoff stuff on the street. This is a real thing.
So you did sell knockoff stuff on the street. This is a real thing.
So you did sell knockoff stuff on the street. This is a real thing.
That's how it worked. Imagine you develop some kind of skills for reading people and communicating that probably helped in stand-up when you got to that.
That's how it worked. Imagine you develop some kind of skills for reading people and communicating that probably helped in stand-up when you got to that.
That's how it worked. Imagine you develop some kind of skills for reading people and communicating that probably helped in stand-up when you got to that.
And when it's time to close things up and split too, I imagine.
And when it's time to close things up and split too, I imagine.
And when it's time to close things up and split too, I imagine.
You know, we mentioned earlier that your family left Kuwait and ended up in Houston. Tell us a bit more about that. Your family was in Kuwait, had a comfortable life. And then the first Gulf War happened, which was Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait. How much do you remember of that departure?
You know, we mentioned earlier that your family left Kuwait and ended up in Houston. Tell us a bit more about that. Your family was in Kuwait, had a comfortable life. And then the first Gulf War happened, which was Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait. How much do you remember of that departure?