February 24, 2025 • 8 mins
Comedian Nazeem Hussain spoke to Clairsy & Lisa about his upcoming stand up tour called “You Paid For This” and also about the ABC show he’s starring in, The Role Of A Lifetime with Amanda Keller & Kate Richie.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Nazim Hussein is coming in May for the you paid
for This tour. He's going to be at the Regal
on the fifteenth and the sixteenth. Tickets are available through
ticket Taking. Azem's with us now, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Good morning morning.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Now is it you paid for this or you or
you paid for this? I'm thinking there's no question this.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Or you paid for this.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
It's all in the delivery.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
So what is it doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I think it's almost like a legal disclaimer, you know.
So it's sort of sort of like preempts any heckling,
any refund or quests. I hope people don't look into
the law around refund you know, because because hopefully it
just discourages people from going.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
It's a disclaimer.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Dotcha. My friends are like you, You're not a bad comedian.
Why are you so worried about it. I'm a dad
of three now I need every dollar to go. Like
this is just a this economy is not sustaining itself
at home, you know, Like I don't know how anyone
survives or gets anything done with three kids. You know,
I've got a three month old now, and you know,
(01:09):
it's just it's just like I'm currently in the car
doing this interview and you know, you know I've been
I've been in the car all day. You're doing an interviews.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
That's your escape, it's your escape room. You mentioned having
the kids, you know, in this role of a lifetime.
This has been a great one that's got so much attention.
On speaking of the ABC Parenting Doctor series, got a
lot of people talking.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Oh, it's you know, it's when it was described to me,
it was it was kind of difficult time to sound
and that you like us. I love the sound of it.
I completely understand the concept, but it wasn't until I
saw on air that I was like, wow, this has
all come together really well. It's sort of like a
comedy factual show, but parenty cap riches in there and
now people, you know, stop me on the street and
(01:56):
genuinely asking me for parenting advice, thinking I'm some sort
of authority and I don't correct them, you know, I'm
out there just giving advice. But no, it was, it was.
It was a great experience. Like Katie is such a
brilliant actress that she you know, there were times she
was playing my wife and you know, I'm the dad.
She's mum and a couple of kids, and you know,
in scenes, you know, would be sharing moments where we're
(02:17):
supposed to act like husband mine and I've been looking
in her eyes thinking I think she like genuinely is
in love with me, you know, and then yeah, and
then you just switched back off, and I was like, oh,
okays an emotional rollercoaster for me.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
I always think that the best way of conveying serious
information is through something that's a bit funny.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well, absolutely, if you can make kids laugh generally don't
really you know, you're going to get some sort of
compliance from them, So you know, I think the same
thing works for adults. Yes, you get people laughing. I
might not agree with you, but at least they're kind
of they're listening, they're computing what he's been said, and
I might do something in their brain.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
For me, it's make the career on laugh.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah, Well you're teaching as well, So there you go,
and you learn.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
And did you learn an him from the show that
you might have even acted out with your three years
from three months to seven.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
The thing is like, it's most of the show is
unrelatable to my childhood, you know, like the broad concept
is if you sweat the don't sweat the small stuff,
then they'll come to you for the big stuff, which
is not the way Brown parents parents, you know, especially migrantparents,
if they if they come to you when they've just
wagged class, maybe they'll and if you don't freak out,
(03:37):
they're going to come to you maybe later when they're
you know, faking their own death for tax purposes. Different
class is like that is a huge thing for you know,
if I skip class, my mom would rather I faked
my own death, or she would say. I remember, like
one time with bullying, you know, like where you know,
the advice out of the show gives us great advice,
but it is it is all center around staying calm,
(03:58):
finding out some information supporting that was not like my
mum when I got bullied, went to the school and
took care of her. Like I remember one time, I
was like too care Yeah. The next day, like the
bullying stopped happening, and I didn't know what had happened.
One week late Friday, afternoon, school finished and I walked
to the school gate and I see my mom standing
there with the bullies from the year level above me,
(04:20):
holding chocolate and lollies in their hands, so she had
to keep these other river bullies on my back. That's
the founding that I had, so you know that wasn't
in the show.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
And he also learned that a car is not just
for driving, it's also for protection.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Something to be experienced.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Tell us about because this is fascinating. This is a
very very big name, Dave Chappelle open opening for Dave Chappelle.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Crowd like, oh, the crowd were absolutely hyped, like so
much to open him around Australia and T thirteen. Yeah,
and it was, you know, that was a dream when
I first met him, you know, I was. It was
backstage at the Palais in Melbourne, and you know, I'm
a chatty guy. I saw him and and and he
was like hey nah, and I actually couldn't put my
(05:15):
mouth opened and I couldn't reply. My manager had to
actually go, hey, Dave, this is Zim's really excited to
meet you. And I just couldn't say and he shook
my head and walked off like this guy the opener.
But like four years later in New York City, I
found myself again opening for him. Just it was it
was like a last minute thing. They just sort of
said as I was walking in and yeah, I know
(05:38):
I saw it, saw me. He remembered my name here,
he remembered all the things that I've been up to,
and the other comedians that were opening for him on
the tour as well had this insane memory. And then
I got performed to this to his crowd. Crowd went nuts.
They loved it, and in my brain mid performance, I
was like, oh no, I'm the opener. You're not supposed
to do better than the comedian that's coming on. He
(05:58):
was like, I've really smash here. I've got it like
I'm doing too well, and then he comes on and
then just takes it to like another level. But that's
actually crowd was.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
At least Dave Chappelle didn't then think you were just
a mimact, because that's by.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
The end of the two hour age, you worked up
enough carriage to actually have a chat.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Hey. Well, like I was hanging out there afterwards with
the alf party like Bradley Coopuls there. I was talking
to some you know, and then at four am he
comes up to me and he pushes to us everyone.
He goes, hey, everyone, this is NAS. Every time I
come to Australia. I always get him to open for
me and it's only come up. But he was very
(06:37):
very generous.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
That's very cool.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
It's a tough game you're in. Were not in comedy,
but I was, like I've told Lisa before, I was
like enough on a trip to New York to sneak
my way with some tickets into the Jimmy Fallon warm up.
When they're practicing. They're working the jokes in a very
cold studio, so no one falls asleep. So we're in
there for about an hour and he's working the jokes.
But I turn around and there's a group and a
cluster of about twenty very nervous young gag riders hoping
(07:04):
that they're hoping will laugh at their joke. There's a
lot of pressure on there to try and be funny,
and those people work it looking out of it.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yeah, and at least if you're if you've got joke writers,
if a joke doesn't work and just blame one of
the kids.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Yeah, well that's that's what Helen was doing.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Well. They make the room really cold as well, so
apparently the encourages laughter if two warms while people sit back.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
I don't want people getting sleepy.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
One room at them. Yeah. The Melbourne Town Hall has
this one room called the Council Chambers, which looks beautiful
and it's real comfortable where they have council you know,
council sittings and seats are spread out and they actually
have band using that room because it just doesn't work
for comedy. People just get relaxed and so comedian will
come up with their best jokes and they will four
flat and then the next hour would just be horrible
(07:50):
and it'll be bad for performer and audience because they're like,
why is anybody laughing? There's no vibe and they're just
bad using it. There's a shortage of rooms that they's
all about the room and have people with there and look,
I'm looking for joke riders if anyone subject you know, women, what.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
We are looking forward to seeing. You paid for this
at the Regal in a climate controlled venue because because
you are confident in your content material, your.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Material prepared, yeah and ready to go.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
And of course if you call Nazim you will get
a recorded message from David saying, hey, you've called Nars.
Tickets tickets are ticket lovely to catch up with you
nars
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Please please tell us the next two is called Life
from My Car, See you in My
Nazim Hussein is coming in May for the you paid
for This tour. He's going to be at the Regal
on the fifteenth and the sixteenth. Tickets are available through
ticket Taking. Azem's with us now, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Good morning morning.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Now is it you paid for this or you or
you paid for this? I'm thinking there's no question this.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Or you paid for this.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
It's all in the delivery.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
So what is it doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I think it's almost like a legal disclaimer, you know.
So it's sort of sort of like preempts any heckling,
any refund or quests. I hope people don't look into
the law around refund you know, because because hopefully it
just discourages people from going.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
It's a disclaimer.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Dotcha. My friends are like you, You're not a bad comedian.
Why are you so worried about it. I'm a dad
of three now I need every dollar to go. Like
this is just a this economy is not sustaining itself
at home, you know, Like I don't know how anyone
survives or gets anything done with three kids. You know,
I've got a three month old now, and you know,
(01:09):
it's just it's just like I'm currently in the car
doing this interview and you know, you know I've been
I've been in the car all day. You're doing an interviews.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
That's your escape, it's your escape room. You mentioned having
the kids, you know, in this role of a lifetime.
This has been a great one that's got so much attention.
On speaking of the ABC Parenting Doctor series, got a
lot of people talking.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Oh, it's you know, it's when it was described to me,
it was it was kind of difficult time to sound
and that you like us. I love the sound of it.
I completely understand the concept, but it wasn't until I
saw on air that I was like, wow, this has
all come together really well. It's sort of like a
comedy factual show, but parenty cap riches in there and
now people, you know, stop me on the street and
(01:56):
genuinely asking me for parenting advice, thinking I'm some sort
of authority and I don't correct them, you know, I'm
out there just giving advice. But no, it was, it was.
It was a great experience. Like Katie is such a
brilliant actress that she you know, there were times she
was playing my wife and you know, I'm the dad.
She's mum and a couple of kids, and you know,
in scenes, you know, would be sharing moments where we're
(02:17):
supposed to act like husband mine and I've been looking
in her eyes thinking I think she like genuinely is
in love with me, you know, and then yeah, and
then you just switched back off, and I was like, oh,
okays an emotional rollercoaster for me.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
I always think that the best way of conveying serious
information is through something that's a bit funny.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well, absolutely, if you can make kids laugh generally don't
really you know, you're going to get some sort of
compliance from them, So you know, I think the same
thing works for adults. Yes, you get people laughing. I
might not agree with you, but at least they're kind
of they're listening, they're computing what he's been said, and
I might do something in their brain.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
For me, it's make the career on laugh.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah, Well you're teaching as well, So there you go,
and you learn.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
And did you learn an him from the show that
you might have even acted out with your three years
from three months to seven.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
The thing is like, it's most of the show is
unrelatable to my childhood, you know, like the broad concept
is if you sweat the don't sweat the small stuff,
then they'll come to you for the big stuff, which
is not the way Brown parents parents, you know, especially migrantparents,
if they if they come to you when they've just
wagged class, maybe they'll and if you don't freak out,
(03:37):
they're going to come to you maybe later when they're
you know, faking their own death for tax purposes. Different
class is like that is a huge thing for you know,
if I skip class, my mom would rather I faked
my own death, or she would say. I remember, like
one time with bullying, you know, like where you know,
the advice out of the show gives us great advice,
but it is it is all center around staying calm,
(03:58):
finding out some information supporting that was not like my
mum when I got bullied, went to the school and
took care of her. Like I remember one time, I
was like too care Yeah. The next day, like the
bullying stopped happening, and I didn't know what had happened.
One week late Friday, afternoon, school finished and I walked
to the school gate and I see my mom standing
there with the bullies from the year level above me,
(04:20):
holding chocolate and lollies in their hands, so she had
to keep these other river bullies on my back. That's
the founding that I had, so you know that wasn't
in the show.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
And he also learned that a car is not just
for driving, it's also for protection.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Something to be experienced.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Tell us about because this is fascinating. This is a
very very big name, Dave Chappelle open opening for Dave Chappelle.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Crowd like, oh, the crowd were absolutely hyped, like so
much to open him around Australia and T thirteen. Yeah,
and it was, you know, that was a dream when
I first met him, you know, I was. It was
backstage at the Palais in Melbourne, and you know, I'm
a chatty guy. I saw him and and and he
was like hey nah, and I actually couldn't put my
(05:15):
mouth opened and I couldn't reply. My manager had to
actually go, hey, Dave, this is Zim's really excited to
meet you. And I just couldn't say and he shook
my head and walked off like this guy the opener.
But like four years later in New York City, I
found myself again opening for him. Just it was it
was like a last minute thing. They just sort of
said as I was walking in and yeah, I know
(05:38):
I saw it, saw me. He remembered my name here,
he remembered all the things that I've been up to,
and the other comedians that were opening for him on
the tour as well had this insane memory. And then
I got performed to this to his crowd. Crowd went nuts.
They loved it, and in my brain mid performance, I
was like, oh no, I'm the opener. You're not supposed
to do better than the comedian that's coming on. He
(05:58):
was like, I've really smash here. I've got it like
I'm doing too well, and then he comes on and
then just takes it to like another level. But that's
actually crowd was.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
At least Dave Chappelle didn't then think you were just
a mimact, because that's by.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
The end of the two hour age, you worked up
enough carriage to actually have a chat.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Hey. Well, like I was hanging out there afterwards with
the alf party like Bradley Coopuls there. I was talking
to some you know, and then at four am he
comes up to me and he pushes to us everyone.
He goes, hey, everyone, this is NAS. Every time I
come to Australia. I always get him to open for
me and it's only come up. But he was very
(06:37):
very generous.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
That's very cool.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
It's a tough game you're in. Were not in comedy,
but I was, like I've told Lisa before, I was
like enough on a trip to New York to sneak
my way with some tickets into the Jimmy Fallon warm up.
When they're practicing. They're working the jokes in a very
cold studio, so no one falls asleep. So we're in
there for about an hour and he's working the jokes.
But I turn around and there's a group and a
cluster of about twenty very nervous young gag riders hoping
(07:04):
that they're hoping will laugh at their joke. There's a
lot of pressure on there to try and be funny,
and those people work it looking out of it.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yeah, and at least if you're if you've got joke writers,
if a joke doesn't work and just blame one of
the kids.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Yeah, well that's that's what Helen was doing.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Well. They make the room really cold as well, so
apparently the encourages laughter if two warms while people sit back.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
I don't want people getting sleepy.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
One room at them. Yeah. The Melbourne Town Hall has
this one room called the Council Chambers, which looks beautiful
and it's real comfortable where they have council you know,
council sittings and seats are spread out and they actually
have band using that room because it just doesn't work
for comedy. People just get relaxed and so comedian will
come up with their best jokes and they will four
flat and then the next hour would just be horrible
(07:50):
and it'll be bad for performer and audience because they're like,
why is anybody laughing? There's no vibe and they're just
bad using it. There's a shortage of rooms that they's
all about the room and have people with there and look,
I'm looking for joke riders if anyone subject you know, women, what.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
We are looking forward to seeing. You paid for this
at the Regal in a climate controlled venue because because
you are confident in your content material, your.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Material prepared, yeah and ready to go.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
And of course if you call Nazim you will get
a recorded message from David saying, hey, you've called Nars.
Tickets tickets are ticket lovely to catch up with you
nars
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Please please tell us the next two is called Life
from My Car, See you in My
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