Ramy Youssef

like you said, at breaking down these really wild statistics or questions and actually making them really poppy and colorful and something that you want to look at before you even know what you're looking at. It just kind of grabs your eye. And I felt there was already kind of this kinship with what she was doing to what I thought was the medium of animation could do for this particular story.

And so, you know, I try to really kind of As much as possible, be in a position of, okay, here's what I know. Here's the larger thing I'm trying to solve. And then honestly kind of like beg people to help me. Just be like, please, please help me. How do we do this? Can we do this together? That's actually how we even got the soundtrack for our show. There's this kid, Moaz Dawad.

And so, you know, I try to really kind of As much as possible, be in a position of, okay, here's what I know. Here's the larger thing I'm trying to solve. And then honestly kind of like beg people to help me. Just be like, please, please help me. How do we do this? Can we do this together? That's actually how we even got the soundtrack for our show. There's this kid, Moaz Dawad.

I mean, I call him a kid. He's my age. But he scored the entire show. from his apartment in Alexandria, Egypt, and would drive into Cairo to find session musicians to fill the pieces that he didn't know. But I had heard like one track of his, and I said, dude, you know, you can do this whole thing. And he was like, no, I can't. And I just kind of begged him.

I mean, I call him a kid. He's my age. But he scored the entire show. from his apartment in Alexandria, Egypt, and would drive into Cairo to find session musicians to fill the pieces that he didn't know. But I had heard like one track of his, and I said, dude, you know, you can do this whole thing. And he was like, no, I can't. And I just kind of begged him.

And then he kind of created this sound that was, you know, unbelievable.

And then he kind of created this sound that was, you know, unbelievable.

um so yeah so the music happened in kind of two parts there's the score of the show and then the other piece of the music was um you know i was doing these voices which i've not done a lot of character work you know i tend to play things even in my stand-up more grounded and conversational and then i got in the booth and i really found these voices and then while i was there

um so yeah so the music happened in kind of two parts there's the score of the show and then the other piece of the music was um you know i was doing these voices which i've not done a lot of character work you know i tend to play things even in my stand-up more grounded and conversational and then i got in the booth and i really found these voices and then while i was there

We were doing the voiceover work in a variety of studios as I was traveling. But one particular studio in Brooklyn had a bunch of guitars there in-house and a piano in-house. And I had played music in high school. I mean, I grew up in the New Jersey emo scene. So we all kind of picked up a guitar and wore tight pants and tried to do that thing for at least everyone had a stint.

We were doing the voiceover work in a variety of studios as I was traveling. But one particular studio in Brooklyn had a bunch of guitars there in-house and a piano in-house. And I had played music in high school. I mean, I grew up in the New Jersey emo scene. So we all kind of picked up a guitar and wore tight pants and tried to do that thing for at least everyone had a stint.

And, you know, so I knew some guitar, but I kind of picked it up and I had just found the voice of the dad, Hussein Hussein. And I was like, you know, what would it sound like if Hussein made music? And this was like between setups and I just started playing. And then I wrote this song kind of spontaneously about Hussein.

And, you know, so I knew some guitar, but I kind of picked it up and I had just found the voice of the dad, Hussein Hussein. And I was like, you know, what would it sound like if Hussein made music? And this was like between setups and I just started playing. And then I wrote this song kind of spontaneously about Hussein.

you know, him at his halal cart and how he, you know, used to be a doctor, but now he can't be a doctor in America and he just has to sell meat. And I wrote this track, Money for the Meat, and then it became this element of the show that, you know, is really, you know, truly one of my favorites. And we kind of, you know, I ended up writing like

you know, him at his halal cart and how he, you know, used to be a doctor, but now he can't be a doctor in America and he just has to sell meat. And I wrote this track, Money for the Meat, and then it became this element of the show that, you know, is really, you know, truly one of my favorites. And we kind of, you know, I ended up writing like

Yeah, Spies in the Mosque, you know, like a Backstreet Boys bop about surveillance, basically. And so, you know, we and then we kind of made an album and added a really funny, like just a fun element. And, you know, I actually was like, I was I was talking, I had this really fun day where I I got to do a bucket list goal of playing basketball with Adam Sandler.

Yeah, Spies in the Mosque, you know, like a Backstreet Boys bop about surveillance, basically. And so, you know, we and then we kind of made an album and added a really funny, like just a fun element. And, you know, I actually was like, I was I was talking, I had this really fun day where I I got to do a bucket list goal of playing basketball with Adam Sandler.

And I was talking to him about. Is he good? He's amazing. I mean, he's great. I mean, he fouls a lot and he's like very aggressive, but he's great. Okay. He'd probably tell you I foul too much too.

And I was talking to him about. Is he good? He's amazing. I mean, he's great. I mean, he fouls a lot and he's like very aggressive, but he's great. Okay. He'd probably tell you I foul too much too.

But I was talking to him about how when I was a kid, you know, hearing his like Hanukkah song and hearing all that music that he made was so wild because it was like out of the pattern of just hearing Christmas songs. And so, you know, and I was telling him about this thing almost in a way like feeling like it felt very exciting to me to kind of get to make these songs.