How this UAE-based comedian took over the internet
Khaleej Times sits down with UAE-based comedian Shawn Chidiac, aka @myparentsaredivorced to discuss how he came up onto the scene, how his character impersonations developed, and where his name actually came from.
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00:00 There you go, Assalamualaikum, camera one, camera two, camera one, camera two
00:03 Sean Sivak, also known as My Parents Are Divorced and today we're gonna go to a cafeteria
00:09 try some random menu items, item menus, whatever but first we're picking up a very special guest
00:17 Assalamualaikum, you need menu?
00:20 Hello, Assalamualaikum
00:23 Waalaikumussalam
00:24 You know like Kim Kardashian when she comes in she's like Marhaba
00:27 Marhaba
00:29 Ana is me
00:31 Ana is me, Kim Kardashian
00:33 Kim Kardashian
00:35 Hi Sean
00:37 Seat belt please, Madam
00:39 Okay, so we are going to, where are we going, Sean?
00:41 We're going to Antal cafeteria
00:43 Yeah, I know we've done this a little differently, guys
00:45 We have Sean here from
00:47 Khalil's Times interviewing Yasmin
00:49 From My Parents Are Divorced
00:51 Please don't interview me
00:53 Do you know the effect that your like
00:55 Instagram handle has on people when I say to them
00:57 Hi guys, do you know My Parents Are Divorced?
00:59 Have you ever thought about that?
01:01 I didn't until it started happening
01:03 But what was
01:05 Has there been like multiple situations that happened with you
01:07 Or is that like a one off thing?
01:09 Yeah, like no, it happened two days ago when I went
01:11 I was in the office and I said
01:13 Hey guys, do you know My Parents Are Divorced?
01:15 And everyone was like whoa, whoa, whoa
01:17 Okay, what, you wanna talk about it?
01:19 Like what's, I'm like no, no
01:21 The guy, the comedian, the Instagram handle
01:23 And then he's like
01:25 What's the name of the comedian on the Instagram handle?
01:27 And they were like oh no
01:29 Or like some of them knew you
01:31 The best story I've had of that so far
01:33 Was a guy, so there's the owner of a company
01:35 I'll reserve names
01:37 But the owner of the company
01:39 Had a meeting with his team and he basically wanted to bring me in
01:41 For a campaign
01:43 So he sat down and it was basically like
01:45 Before the rest of the team came in
01:47 So this guy, let's call him person A
01:49 And Arbaab, so Arbaab walks in and he sees person A
01:51 He's like, do you know My Parents Are Divorced?
01:53 And he's a very stoic, very serious face
01:55 He's like, I wasn't mentally prepared for that
01:57 But I thought he was finally opening up to me
01:59 And he thought that they were connecting
02:01 So he looks at him and he goes like
02:03 Are you okay? My Parents Are Divorced too
02:05 And I'm happy you talked about this
02:07 And he was like no, no, no
02:09 The guy started opening up
02:11 He didn't start opening up but he started saying
02:13 My Parents Are Divorced too and I went through a tough time
02:15 So I know how it feels, do you wanna talk about it before the meeting?
02:17 And he was like
02:19 No, no, no, no, the guy on Instagram
02:21 And the
02:23 Like seeing them reenact the story for me
02:25 Was like the most prizing thing
02:27 And you could never anticipate that that would happen
02:29 It's just supposed to be a name, you didn't think that it would actually happen
02:31 Also you got some nice swirls going on with you
02:33 Oh okay, thank you so much for letting me know
02:35 I thought you were doing it on purpose
02:37 No, no, we're not doing that
02:39 For some reason
02:41 It just came out, My Parents Are Divorced
02:43 I used to make these jokes a lot with my friends
02:45 They would miss me out or something
02:47 Like who wants to order whatever and I'd be like what?
02:49 And they'd be like, these stupid jokes
02:51 It's the most unique Instagram handle, what can I say?
02:53 Thank you, it's hard to be unique
02:55 In a world that's saturated with everyone
02:57 Trying to not be unique
02:59 100%, so Sean you do a lot of
03:01 Character impersonations
03:03 You do so many character impersonations
03:05 That I don't actually know
03:07 Where you're from
03:09 For one time I thought you were Egyptian
03:11 Then I thought you were, where are you from?
03:13 That's a secret
03:15 Are you never gonna tell?
03:17 It's out, there are videos of me saying it
03:19 But this is definitely the biggest platform
03:21 So I'm just not gonna say it
03:23 Because I want a bit of mystery
03:25 Guys, guess in the comments below
03:27 Like, subscribe and share
03:29 You know this one's like the fish eye
03:31 Yeah, everyone's gonna see your nostrils
03:33 My pores and everything
03:35 Can I guess where you're from or is that bad?
03:37 You can guess but I won't say if it's right or wrong
03:39 Okay, you're Palestinian
03:41 Okay
03:43 I see where this is going
03:45 So tell us a bit about your journey
03:47 Of how you started
03:49 Did this start...
03:51 When my dad cheated on my mom, yeah
03:53 I don't know how PG we're allowed to go here
03:55 You get what you pay for
03:57 You know, the Instagram handle
03:59 Everything aligns
04:01 So we can't say anything
04:03 Did you start off as a comedian
04:05 A stand-up comedian or how did this all start for you?
04:07 It started with
04:09 Like jokes with my mom at home
04:11 Single parent
04:13 Angry Arab woman vibes
04:15 She's a serious woman
04:17 Best content
04:19 I used to grow up watching a show called Mind Your Language
04:21 Which makes me feel like
04:23 I'm like 100 years old now
04:25 It's a great show
04:27 Don't worry about it
04:29 Age, ethnicity, race, all of the above
04:31 We're not talking about that today
04:33 They're all information accessible on the internet
04:35 But I like the deep dive
04:37 I like when people go in a little bit further than just like a video
04:39 Okay, fine
04:41 And it just started with me
04:43 Hearing the accents on that show
04:45 Have you watched it?
04:47 Mind Your Language
04:49 They're trying to learn English to get citizenship
04:51 It's an old British show
04:53 And there's basically people from all over
04:55 There's a Spanish guy, there's an Indian guy, there's an Asian woman
04:57 There's a mix of characters
04:59 And the funniest thing is that
05:01 The accents are quite thick
05:03 And they're meant to be very on the nose
05:05 Stereotypical
05:07 So hearing those accents and doing them for my mom
05:09 From work, and I said the joke
05:11 Like I said the line from one of the Indian characters
05:13 And she kind of looked at me and she like smirked a little bit
05:15 She didn't really laugh or smile
05:17 But the crack in her
05:19 Stoic face
05:21 Changed everything for me
05:23 And I was like, this is it, this is the moment
05:25 And so from there I kind of wanted to
05:27 Start
05:29 Pursuing something that could make her laugh
05:31 Not just like smile
05:33 So I started learning accents
05:35 And it's just like a song, you know, you hear it and you know the lyrics
05:37 And I started to repeat it
05:39 And eventually I started to get better at it
05:41 And then she would start to call her friends
05:43 To come like watch me do it
05:45 Like we're in the house, they're having coffee
05:47 And she's like, come here, entertain us
05:49 So I would be there
05:51 Like you know, dance monkey dance
05:53 And I would do the jokes for her
05:55 And I started seeing that there was like some positive reaction
05:57 And then I started to like really enjoy
05:59 Like my friend group was super diverse
06:01 Had a lot of Indians, a lot of Filipinos
06:03 A lot of Iranians, a lot of
06:05 All sorts of Arabs
06:07 So all the accents that I pick up are people that I grew up around
06:09 And
06:11 It basically started to transition
06:13 Into videos when a friend of mine
06:15 Kept on repeating each time
06:17 Like he's like, you need to post these
06:19 Because I used to take snapchats and send it to my friends
06:21 And so he's like, just save
06:23 The ones that you already have
06:25 And just put them so you can watch them
06:27 And so some friends were like, yeah, I want to show my mom this video
06:29 I want to show my grandma this video
06:31 Which is so weird because when I actually meet
06:33 Grandmas, like their family
06:35 When I go to their family house
06:37 And then I'm doing an accent and I see them and I'm like, hello
06:39 It's such an awkward, like how do I behave
06:41 How do I behave, am I in character
06:43 Or am I not in character?
06:45 Like how do you behave when you say some outlandish things online
06:47 And then you meet them
06:49 Because some of my videos aren't obviously
06:51 Kosher, yeah, the most PG
06:53 Always halal but never PG
06:55 Yep, that's what it is
06:57 So that's the weird balance, but anyway
06:59 So I said, okay, I'll put them on my Instagram
07:01 I created an Instagram and just posted them online
07:03 And then that kind of took its own life
07:05 And I posted super inconsistently
07:07 I've been doing it for like six years now
07:09 But no one knew about it, no one really cared about it
07:11 But when you consistently start posting
07:13 That's when people started to see it more
07:15 But the thing is, you blew up like last year, right?
07:17 Or am I just late to the game?
07:19 This year, but I've been doing this since like 2016
07:21 A lot of people who do characters and impersonations
07:29 They are inspired by people they meet in real life
07:31 Or like they have a cousin, a friend, or whatever
07:33 Your characters are very specific
07:37 Are they based on anyone you know?
07:41 They're not
07:43 So none of the characters are based on specific people
07:45 But it's a combination of different people I grew up with
07:47 People I've shared moments with
07:49 Stereotypical things
07:51 Very uniquely attributed characteristics
07:53 To people I've met along the way
07:55 And I've traveled to
07:57 A lot of the places I've done accents of
07:59 I've traveled to
08:01 In India specifically, I've been to India a few times now
08:03 And I love it
08:05 I've been to, not too south, but my next trip I'm planning to go south
08:07 I've been to the north, I've been to the east, I've been to the west
08:09 And I've picked up the different
08:11 You've picked up the different dialects
08:13 Not just the dialects
08:15 It's the
08:17 People stereotypically for an Indian accent
08:19 They always assume there's a head bob
08:21 When you do Indian, they're like "Oh, it's like..."
08:23 But it's not, I mean it's there
08:25 But it depends
08:27 It's not side to side, it depends on
08:29 What you're asking, there's a cadence
08:31 To it, you know?
08:33 If you're being asked a question and they're listening, there's a small
08:35 It's almost like a figure eight
08:37 There's different nuances
08:39 Sorry, that's the word
08:41 Nuances of a character that you pick up just by being around people
08:43 And I love that
08:45 I love to feel like I can belong to many groups
08:47 And I think this is maybe something of wanting
08:49 Acceptance deep down
08:51 And just being a part of different groups and picking up the little nuances
08:53 Makes you feel like you're a part of something bigger than yourself
08:55 Which I really enjoy
08:57 Community is a very important thing, that's what I love
08:59 It's a mixture of all these different people
09:01 That I've met
09:03 I love that
09:05 Persian Prince character I have is based off a lot of
09:07 Farzad?
09:09 Farzad
09:11 So he's a mixture of a lot of people that I grew up with
09:13 And then how deep
09:15 Does their character development go?
09:17 Do you know Farzad's
09:19 Likes and dislikes?
09:21 For sure, 100%
09:23 But it's not nothing I prepare
09:25 It's something that just happens
09:27 What does he like? Does he like attention?
09:29 He likes money
09:31 Obviously
09:33 He likes gold
09:35 He is golden
09:37 He is tala, this means golden in Farsi
09:39 Attention
09:41 I don't like, but I have
09:43 It's not a problem
09:45 Money, I also like
09:47 So if you want to give me money, I take from you
09:49 Okay, so all of it
09:51 He likes everything
09:53 But it's something you figure out as you do
09:55 What does he not like?
09:57 Problem, headache, don't break my head
09:59 Don't serve food slow
10:01 Don't derive it slow
10:03 Don't be slow around me
10:05 But also don't go too fast
10:07 If you talk too much
10:09 You break my head
10:11 You have to find the balance
10:13 But also, I figure it out as I'm on the spot
10:15 I don't know how far it goes
10:17 All I know is that
10:19 These are real human beings who live in my head
10:21 And they're figuring out themselves
10:23 Just as they're coming to life
10:25 You must have practiced with someone
10:27 Was there anyone you did improv with?
10:29 No, you can't practice something like this
10:31 It doesn't make sense
10:33 Has anyone ever been offended by what you're doing?
10:35 In entertainment, you probably know this better than anyone
10:37 You can sneeze and someone's going to be offended
10:39 And so especially when you indulge
10:41 When you double time
10:43 Your investment into doing
10:45 These accents and characters
10:47 And these personas
10:49 You're definitely going to enlarge
10:51 The possibility of people getting offended
10:53 Now, ironically
10:55 Whoever has been offended
10:57 Or would be offended
10:59 Most likely don't come from the countries I'm from
11:01 Because if you read comments
11:03 Really?
11:05 So I have this skit where I do this Indian father and son
11:07 Where the father's always disappointed
11:09 And the son's just over it
11:11 If you read the comments
11:13 I open up my DMs
11:15 It's a lot of people from India
11:17 Going like, this is too accurate
11:19 No way, they like it
11:21 I can do a lot of accents
11:23 But I don't do them
11:25 Because I can't, not perfect them
11:27 But I don't know the nuances of it
11:29 For example, I grew up with a friend of mine
11:31 He's Nigerian, but he didn't have a very strong Nigerian accent
11:33 Nor did his parents
11:35 So I don't know the nuances of how someone from Nigeria
11:37 Would behave
11:39 So I don't feel like I have the right
11:41 To create a persona from that
11:43 However, if I did
11:45 I would be happy to, because I want to make sure
11:47 It's somewhat appropriate
11:49 In terms of like
11:51 It's all appropriate if people know that you've
11:53 Given the time to respect
11:55 The culture, right?
11:57 It's obviously, imitation can be considered
11:59 Insulting, it could be considered
12:01 Offensive
12:03 Or anything like that
12:05 So for example, in the case of Nigerians
12:07 If I knew all the nuances of how they behave
12:09 And how they speak, then I could
12:11 Do justice to the persona
12:13 It's basically like acting
12:15 And if you're acting right
12:17 The blow is lightened a little bit
12:19 Right, got it
12:21 But yeah, so that's basically
12:23 The gist of it, when people see that you've
12:25 Taken time to absorb a culture
12:27 To absorb the nuance
12:29 To learn a little bit
12:31 I think it ends up being a little bit more
12:33 It shows consideration
12:35 It also hits harder, you know?
12:37 You get your point across, you get the character across
12:39 Everyone's happy. When did you start doing stand-up then?
12:41 Was it like a natural progression?
12:43 I started in
12:45 2017
12:47 I did
12:49 Shows back to back for about
12:51 Two weeks, I had one show that was
12:53 My best show in terms of
12:55 Progression, it still needed
12:57 A lot of work, but
12:59 It was the best show I did at that time
13:01 And I kind of got bullied out of
13:03 Comedy because I was a bit young and I didn't have
13:05 A lot of character in me
13:07 To sustain
13:09 Criticism, I guess, but it wasn't even constructive criticism
13:11 It was just like... It was like heckling and stuff?
13:13 Not heckling, it was like
13:15 So I finished the show, it was great
13:17 I went to Table of Comics and I asked
13:19 Can you guys give me some pointers, what can I do?
13:21 Because they were kind of like the OGs of comedy
13:23 At the time, so I was asking them out of respect
13:25 What would you recommend, what do you think I should do?
13:27 They pooped on me
13:29 And I didn't have the charisma to come back from that
13:31 So I kind of hid in my little shell
13:33 And I stayed off, and there was a lot of life
13:35 Happening to me at the time
13:37 And when life lifes, it really puts you
13:39 When life lifes are super life
13:41 Yeah man
13:43 Do you know the video of the guy surfing?
13:45 He was like, "I need to go to the sh..."
13:47 You know that video? Oh my god, just insert
13:49 It's hilarious
13:51 You get the best barrels ever dude
13:53 You pull in and you just get spit
13:55 Right out of them
13:57 And you just drop in and just smack the lip
13:59 Drop down
14:01 And you just say, "Bahhh"
14:03 And then after that, you just drop in
14:05 But yeah, so I for my own reasons
14:07 Stepped away from it, then my insecurities started to build up
14:09 To a point where it weighed
14:11 Much more than my ambition to continue doing comedy
14:13 Got it
14:15 As well as content was very inconsistent
14:17 I would do it once every
14:19 Month or two I'd post the video
14:21 And then I decided that I really wanted
14:23 To get back, because stand up comedy was always
14:25 The dream, but it takes a lot of courage
14:27 How do you get the courage back?
14:29 Because the scariest thing is not when you first
14:31 Get up on stage
14:33 It's when you get
14:35 The anxiety, someone puts you down
14:37 Someone poops on you, and then you're like, "No, I'm
14:39 Getting back up and I'm gonna do it"
14:41 That's the hardest part, how did you find the courage?
14:43 Or what made you, what inspired you?
14:45 I think I
14:47 Gave myself a period where I deserved
14:49 Leniency from myself, where I deserved
14:51 To not be my worst critic
14:53 And then I reached the point where I started
14:55 To feel like, okay
14:57 You're taking it for a ride now, like you gave yourself
14:59 The period to recover, now you're just hiding
15:01 Because stand up was always the dream
15:03 And the Instagram and TikTok and
15:05 YouTube and all the social platforms were meant to be
15:07 A stepping stone, when it became
15:09 Now the platform itself
15:11 And then I started to realize in the last show
15:13 Before I ended up not doing anything anymore
15:15 I didn't have any followers, I had like 2,000 followers at the time
15:17 But the show was packed with people coming to support
15:19 So I realized that it has to go hand in hand
15:21 I have to learn how to make content
15:23 I have to learn how to do stand up
15:25 And I think that Danielle is better at making content than I am at stand up
15:27 But I enjoy stand up more because it's a direct
15:29 You have to love what you do
15:31 There's no running away from it also
15:33 Do I make you laugh now or not?
15:35 That's the reality
15:37 Reaction
15:39 Not reaction, what's the word?
15:41 Validation
15:43 This is number one, you are brain
15:45 Listen, and I haven't even eaten yet
15:47 You are brain number one
15:49 So it's that validation, it's instant validation or instant rejection
15:51 And that's the best way to
15:53 Really like
15:55 Face
15:57 It's basically the idea of who you are in your mind
15:59 Versus who you are in reality
16:01 And that immediate response allows you to test that
16:03 Immediately
16:05 And as someone with all the A's and D's put together
16:07 ADH, you phrase them together, I have it
16:09 Why are all comedians like this?
16:11 All the ADHD's are in the
16:13 Probably some deep rooted form of trauma
16:15 That no one wants to acknowledge
16:17 But when you, as someone like that
16:19 You end up wanting immediate results
16:21 Do I pass the test or do I fail the test?
16:23 Do you like me or not?
16:25 Yeah, it's like, come on, let's do it
16:27 Because I can move on faster to the next thing
16:29 And the older I got, the more I started to care
16:31 Not care less, but I started to prioritize
16:33 My own opinion of myself more than others
16:35 Which is still not the case
16:37 I still look for validation externally
16:39 Otherwise, I don't know
16:41 Do you think that will ever stop for a comedian?
16:43 Do you think that will ever stop?
16:45 It'll change, it doesn't stop but it forms something else
16:47 Like when, yeah
16:49 Do you, you know
16:51 I guess work bigger crowds
16:53 When you're on a bigger stage
16:55 I think it's your own mental development
16:57 Where you reach a point where you're, okay, I'm not trying to get validation
16:59 But I'm trying to tell a story
17:01 I want to communicate a message
17:03 So right now for me, it's in between two
17:05 I want to communicate a message, I want to entertain people
17:07 I want to make people happy and smile
17:09 Because it's hard for me to laugh for some reason
17:11 You mean when someone makes a joke
17:13 You're just like, uh
17:15 No, it's not that, I'm entertained easily
17:17 I'm not made to laugh easily
17:19 Oh, okay, got it
17:21 If that English makes sense, let it make sense
17:23 I don't think it does but I think
17:25 You're basically like
17:27 You understandation how I speak
17:29 I'm not understandation but I will go with
17:31 So, if someone was to get on stage right now
17:33 Because there's a lot of these amateur comedians
17:35 Getting up on stage and kind of giving it a go
17:37 What do you want to, what do you tell them?
17:39 Don't, don't, don't
17:41 Because sometimes you won't get a laugh
17:43 And sometimes it's going to be awkward
17:45 And it's going to be a dry room, tough crowd
17:47 What are you going to do?
17:49 So, there was a comic
17:51 His name was Arno
17:53 When I did my first set ever
17:55 He told me something that I think resonates
17:57 And will resonate with me for the rest of my life
17:59 He said, don't let the good shows get to your head
18:01 And don't let the bad shows get to your heart
18:03 And I understood what he said
18:05 But I didn't feel it until I really went through it
18:07 Where you're going to get a heckler
18:09 You're going to get the silence
18:11 And then he also, he followed through
18:13 With silence is good, silence means they're listening
18:15 So if you can't make a person laugh
18:17 At least you're holding their attention
18:19 Yep, exactly
18:21 And that for me
18:23 I think
18:25 Maybe people won't consider it profound
18:27 But I found it extremely
18:29 No, it's super helpful
18:31 Because then you're like, okay, that means don't
18:33 Don't attach yourself to anything, good or bad
18:35 Yeah, so that's hard, the practice of that
18:37 Is the hardest thing, the idea of it is very easy to digest
18:39 Because I said it to you, I don't know if you've done standup
18:41 But you accepted it immediately
18:43 No, but I've been on stage before and I'm saying before
18:45 And sometimes when you have a bad show
18:47 You're not getting that feedback
18:49 Yeah, it happens
18:51 And so that basically hits a second nerve
18:53 Where now you question, okay, cool, I can digest that idea
18:55 But how do I practice it
18:57 But yeah, so in that sense, the only thing to practice
18:59 Is just keep doing it
19:01 Like repetition, as bad as repetition can feel
19:03 Like as uncomfortable as it is
19:05 At the same time
19:07 You will always have
19:09 You'll have to do it
19:11 It's not really like a choice
19:13 Hi, okay, so the plan is
19:21 We're going to order
19:23 You want to give us two minutes and then we'll go
19:25 Thank you so much, okay, thank you
19:27 The key to knowing if a cafeteria is good
19:29 Is how flexible is the menu
19:31 Does that mean
19:33 This is good
19:35 How long it's been out in the sun for
19:37 How many times it's been used
19:39 It smells like a chicken zinger
19:41 Which is good
19:43 So we got some Jazira juice
19:45 We got Cornish juice, Jamiara juice, Lexus juice
19:47 Burj juice, Hafeez juice
19:49 Cornish juice, Korduda
19:51 Nari Nari
19:53 Hibah special
19:55 Mazboot
19:57 Yeah, just right
19:59 Would you ever like act?
20:03 I would love to act, yeah
20:05 Now that I quit my job
20:07 I'm really going to pursue
20:09 So the content is always going to remain
20:11 Like the short skits, I want to keep short skits
20:13 But in parallel I want to start investing
20:15 Into more mediums of entertainment
20:17 Acting, stand up, music
20:19 A lot
20:21 Would you ever start a series?
20:23 You should start a series with one character
20:25 All in the works
20:27 The only thing I'm missing is people who want to be in them
20:29 And people who can help me shoot and edit them
20:31 So you know
20:33 Sometimes use your network
20:35 Yeah, so I'm planning on doing open mic nights
20:37 Where I'm hosting it
20:39 And anyone can come
20:41 If you want to try your hand at open comedy
20:43 It's not a bad name
20:45 Open comedy
20:47 So if you want to do open mics, you just have to send me a DM
20:49 I'm going to organize a website where you can register and make it a lot more
20:51 You know, neat and tidy
20:53 But until then, I'm going to organize it the way I have
20:55 So far, which is just manual entry
20:57 I'm potentially looking at
20:59 Long term contracts with
21:01 Venues to do stand up more
21:03 Recurrently and longer form skits
21:05 For sure, so I want to get onto the YouTube
21:07 Trend and you should
21:09 It's a great way, I've been watching YouTube since it came out
21:11 In like 2005, 2006
21:13 I've been on the channel for a long time
21:15 Platform
21:17 Everyone has YouTube channels
21:19 So I've been watching a lot of YouTube when I was
21:21 Growing up, even now
21:23 Sometimes I prefer it to streaming platforms
21:25 Depending on what I'm in the mood for
21:27 So I want to get involved in that
21:29 What is the best comment someone's ever sent you
21:31 On Instagram, about your comedy?
21:33 A comment?
21:35 I don't, actually there is a particular
21:37 Comment, but it's more the DMs that
21:39 People are a bit more intimate with
21:41 So comment, someone said
21:43 Or DMs actually, it could be both, it could be any
21:45 So for the comment, there was someone who said
21:47 You're this generation's Charlie Chaplin
21:49 Which I literally, I don't read comments
21:51 I'm too insecure for comments
21:53 Because I watched the podcast with Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan
21:55 Talking about how they don't read comments
21:57 And if he doesn't read his comments, I'm not
21:59 If Dave Chappelle can't tell the comments
22:01 Who am I?
22:03 But occasionally my mom will screenshot one
22:05 And she'll send it to our family, "Look Sean, what they said"
22:07 That's so nice
22:09 That was a very sweet comment, that made me really
22:11 Because I loved watching him growing up
22:13 Charlie Chaplin was one of my favorite things growing up
22:15 So to be compared to something like that is ridiculous
22:17 Especially when you don't have the best image
22:19 Of yourself, it's always nice to have
22:21 Something that positive, and it's a unique comment
22:23 I've never received something like that
22:25 You're talking about the insecurities and stuff
22:27 Do you think comedy
22:29 Is a coping mechanism all the time?
22:31 Oh my god, yes
22:33 If not for you, for someone else
22:35 So sometimes you do comedy for yourself
22:37 That connects with other people
22:39 But comedy is a coping mechanism
22:41 In every positive way
22:43 So there's comedy
22:45 That people just use to entertain
22:47 Some people use it to make themselves feel better
22:49 But in any sense, it is meant to cope with whatever's going on
22:51 Natural disaster happens
22:53 And you can slip in a good joke that's timed well
22:55 You can alleviate the whole situation
22:57 Like what's a "situation"
22:59 It's a new language
23:01 We're making "situation" look into my brain
23:03 So for example
23:05 There was a guy who passed away
23:07 And he recorded an audio
23:09 Of him knocking in his coffin
23:11 And saying "Let me out!"
23:13 "What are you doing?"
23:15 What do you mean, after he passed away?
23:17 No, not from beyond the grave
23:19 He knew he was dying
23:21 So he pre-recorded something
23:23 And he put a speaker in his coffin
23:25 And his family knew it was going to happen
23:27 So when he was being lowered into his grave
23:29 The audio played, and he started singing a song
23:31 And he made it entertaining
23:33 And the video has everyone laughing
23:35 And you can see that some people are crying even harder
23:37 Because of
23:39 His essence, it was there
23:41 And that's the thing
23:43 That's a perfect example
23:45 Of a very serious scenario
23:47 That is immediately lightened
23:49 And it's as if the person is immortalized forever now
23:51 In that idea, in that moment
23:53 So you have the depth and weight of that
23:55 Which is the coping mechanism
23:57 And you have the coping mechanism
23:59 If something happens to me
24:01 I like to make a joke out of it
24:03 Because that makes it more digestible for me
24:05 Some people sit and journal and meditate
24:07 I journal, I keep this with me
24:09 I do my writing when I have something to do
24:11 You write your jokes in here?
24:13 No, I don't write jokes
24:15 All the stuff I've done in the last shows I've ever done
24:17 I've been prepared
24:19 Where do you think comedy is going to go next?
24:21 Do you think people are going to be doing more pre-recorded stuff?
24:23 Or are you thinking people are going to be doing more live shows?
24:25 Both
24:27 People missed, since COVID
24:29 People have jumped back to the opportunity to do things in person again
24:31 Yeah
24:33 Which is nice because it was lacking that
24:35 Yeah
24:37 Because people kind of got used to it
24:39 Like even shows, theaters, plays, everything kind of started to die out a little bit
24:41 But now people are craving that in-person action
24:43 Our food is here
24:45 Our food is here
24:47 Khalid's time
24:49 Shout out to the gang
24:51 The podcast that you do
24:53 Is it real?
24:55 Is it real?
24:57 No, it's two people who are really there doing a real podcast
24:59 No, I understand
25:01 But the things you say are so nonsensical
25:03 To the point
25:05 That reaction is all good
25:07 What do you mean?
25:09 It makes no sense
25:11 It makes no sense
25:13 To maybe someone with no IQ
25:15 Yes
25:17 It makes no sense
25:19 To the point where it's a relief
25:21 I'm like so relieved when I watch it
25:23 Because I'm like, oh I don't have to think
25:25 I'm not trying to listen to something
25:27 That I have to think of
25:29 It's mind-numbing
25:31 Yeah
25:33 Anyway, the podcast isn't real, but I have a real podcast
25:35 Which is called Product of a Failed Marriage
25:37 Amazing
25:39 Hey, perfect timing, look at that
25:41 Thanks Shaitaan for wanting us up
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