Mo Amer was new to America when he was nine years old and his brother took him to see his first standup show. From that point on, he knew what he wanted to do with his life. Then at age 17, he took advice that helped him map out his entire career. Mo talks with Marc about his love for Houston, its diversity, and its comedy scene. He also explains how he’s honoring his family and his Palestinian heritage in his Netflix series Mo and why the show had to be told from his personal perspective.Click here to submit a question for an upcoming Ask Marc Anything bonus episode on The Full Maron. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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All right, let's do this. How are you? What the fuckers? What the fuck buddies? What the fuck Nicks? What's happening? How's everybody holding up? How are you doing? How's that thing you went to see? What's going on with that thing on your hand? I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you lost your job. How are you doing with all the insanity weather-wise?
How are you doing with the snow, the floods, the fires? How are you doing with all the insanity that's going on culturally, politically? What's happening? Are you holding it together? Are you eating correctly? Try to stay engaged in a way where you can manage it. Try and be realistic and adapt and figure out how to move forward because as old Hunter said,
In a generation of swine, the one-eyed pig is king. And that is, that's diplomatic in terms of, you know, where we're at now. But old Hunter knew what he was talking about. Gonna go back and read some of those books. So, I don't know, man. Today I'm here. I'm here. And I'm aware. And I'm trying to figure out a way through, day to day, figure out how I can help, what I can do. Who needs help?
How can I help them? That kind of stuff. Being charitable, being decent, being respectful, having tolerance, having empathy. Stay on top of it, will you? Stay on top of it. Today, actually, I get to have a real conversation about real global things with Mo Ammer. He's a comic with two stand-up specials on Netflix. He was a cast member on the series Rami.
He's got his own series on Netflix called Mo, which is now in its second season. And it's terrific. You know, I welcome and I completely consume and learn from television series created by artists who are of a certain background that is not necessarily contextualized culturally. Good examples are Sterling Harjo and Rami Youssef. These are things, the world of The Reservation,
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