Ramy Youssef

And it's the kind of thing you can only do in animation. Yes. Yeah. Okay, let's hear it.

And it's the kind of thing you can only do in animation. Yes. Yeah. Okay, let's hear it.

And it's the kind of thing you can only do in animation. Yes. Yeah. Okay, let's hear it.

Do I detect a very slight Lou Reed influence in that? There is.

Do I detect a very slight Lou Reed influence in that? There is.

Do I detect a very slight Lou Reed influence in that? There is.

Yeah, okay. And I want to point out again that that was my guest Rami Youssef singing on that song. Is that your guitar also?

Yeah, okay. And I want to point out again that that was my guest Rami Youssef singing on that song. Is that your guitar also?

Yeah, okay. And I want to point out again that that was my guest Rami Youssef singing on that song. Is that your guitar also?

Good for you. And that was an excerpt from Rami Youssef's new animated series, Number One Happy Family USA. You started out in college studying political science and I think economics as well. I'm not sure where that came from considering where you've ended up. But how did you go from that to comedy?

Good for you. And that was an excerpt from Rami Youssef's new animated series, Number One Happy Family USA. You started out in college studying political science and I think economics as well. I'm not sure where that came from considering where you've ended up. But how did you go from that to comedy?

Good for you. And that was an excerpt from Rami Youssef's new animated series, Number One Happy Family USA. You started out in college studying political science and I think economics as well. I'm not sure where that came from considering where you've ended up. But how did you go from that to comedy?

It seems to me the stand-up comedy world is so different than what the life of a faithful Muslim would look like. Because, you know, I don't know what circles you traveled in, but you think of stand-up comics, first of all, of, you know, just being on the road all the time. and having really bad eating habits and drinking a lot.

It seems to me the stand-up comedy world is so different than what the life of a faithful Muslim would look like. Because, you know, I don't know what circles you traveled in, but you think of stand-up comics, first of all, of, you know, just being on the road all the time. and having really bad eating habits and drinking a lot.

It seems to me the stand-up comedy world is so different than what the life of a faithful Muslim would look like. Because, you know, I don't know what circles you traveled in, but you think of stand-up comics, first of all, of, you know, just being on the road all the time. and having really bad eating habits and drinking a lot.

So were there parts of your life, especially early on, when you probably had less control of your life early on when you started in stand-up? Even things like, is it five times a day? Yeah. Yeah, praying five times a day as a young comic on the road.

So were there parts of your life, especially early on, when you probably had less control of your life early on when you started in stand-up? Even things like, is it five times a day? Yeah. Yeah, praying five times a day as a young comic on the road.

So were there parts of your life, especially early on, when you probably had less control of your life early on when you started in stand-up? Even things like, is it five times a day? Yeah. Yeah, praying five times a day as a young comic on the road.

I'm sure there were some very inopportune times that you wanted to pray and you were on like a bus or a plane or doing a set. How do you manage that? Do you have to make certain compromises?

I'm sure there were some very inopportune times that you wanted to pray and you were on like a bus or a plane or doing a set. How do you manage that? Do you have to make certain compromises?