Mohaned Comedian

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Quinnin Cantara picks one O six.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
Hey, I got mohanaed Alshiki for you.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Awesome.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Right here come mohand drawn with Quinn and Cantara.

Speaker 3 (00:09):
Sir, welcome, Hello, Hi Mohanad. I worked really hard to
crush your name, mohaned hel Shiki. How did I do bingo?

Speaker 2 (00:21):
You nailed it. If I if I could give you
a prize right now, I would.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
You're a New York based comedian.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
But you kill in Portland. Why do you kill in
Portland but you're based in New York.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Well, I started doing comedy in Portland, Oregon. It's kind
of like my phone base. I've I've been, I've just
done me there for five years.

Speaker 3 (00:41):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (00:42):
So, Mohannad, I'm reading about your your situation. You're you're
from ben Ghazi. You you you fled BEng Ghazi and
but you hosted a radio show in ben Ghazi and
your jokes caused such a turmoil that they burned the
radio station down.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
Is that real?

Speaker 2 (00:59):
It is what hundred percent reels? Yeah, they that's how
That's how you do it. You know, you're too funny
that they that they're like, this station does not need
to exist.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
It's a dream of ours.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
You take it as a compliment.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, oh my god, of course. Yeah. I have been
chasing that. I've been chasing that high ever since.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
So are you Are you welcome back? Well ben Ghazi?
Have you back?

Speaker 2 (01:28):
I have not been back in almost eleven years, so
I actually have no idea. Uh, definitely if I ever
visits back in the future or whatever. Not doing a
radio show. That's it. We're done here.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
Mohana El Shiki's stand up is out. He's got a
special called No Need to Address Me. Find it on
Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play YouTube.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
And he knows our buddy Bill.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
Hey, yeah, so you do you work for Wait? Wait,
don't tell me.

Speaker 1 (01:57):
I do.

Speaker 3 (01:58):
Yes, we just had Bill Curtis on this week. Do
you ever bump into Bill. He's a nice guy.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yes, yes, yes, I love really such a fantastic guy.
What an amazing voice.

Speaker 4 (02:07):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
You guys ever go drinking together?

Speaker 2 (02:11):
I wish? I mean that would be cool.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
I don't know what that Wait, wait, don't tell me
people if they hang out or not?

Speaker 3 (02:18):
Do you guys?

Speaker 1 (02:18):
Poundstone just goes home?

Speaker 3 (02:20):
Do you guys hang out after?

Speaker 4 (02:23):
So?

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Did it? Base in Chicago and I'm in New York.
So when I go to Chicago. I do hang out
with you.

Speaker 3 (02:29):
And Pundstone still on that show.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
Yeah, she's a speak one's guess. I think she was
honored like maybe two weeks ago.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
You want to know something, mohanted she sleeps on the floor.
She sleeps on the floor, doesn't have a bed.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
That is, I did not know that. I've only known
about the cat.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
What about the cat? I don't know that one.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
She gets a lot of cats.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
Got a crazy case finished and unhealthy amount you think.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
I here's the thing. I have five myself. There's no
such thing as an unhealthy amount.

Speaker 3 (03:04):
I don't know about that, Mohanna. And I need your
cat names. Let's have your cat name here we go.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, so like that are Una Tuny, Princess, Benito and Mustard.

Speaker 3 (03:17):
Perfect.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
That's amazing cat name.

Speaker 4 (03:20):
The Portland Mercury calls him the undisputed genius of comedy.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
It's hard to live up to that kind of stuff.
I mean, I mean that's high praise.

Speaker 4 (03:28):
Man.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Oh my god. A lot of people have been trying
to dispute me ever since.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Uh, that's hilarious.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
They have not been successful. I'm still holding strong.

Speaker 4 (03:41):
But we will say and is uh you can't there
once to know he's Libya sunny this time of year.

Speaker 3 (03:45):
Yeah, what's been guys? What's the weather in Van Guards
the Mediterranean?

Speaker 2 (03:50):
It's well be like rainy now and it's disgusting.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
Okay.

Speaker 3 (03:57):
What about your families? Your family here or there?

Speaker 2 (04:01):
And my family is there? My family is in Libya.
They don't live in being Gas anymore. They live in
Triple in the capital, but they're still on Libya.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
Do they like you to? I mean they like what
you do? Is it weird to them?

Speaker 2 (04:13):
They like? They like what I do the second I started,
you know, using my money to buy them stuff because
we always supported you.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
I can't I can't remember how long ago you said
you were there. We were there round years ago.

Speaker 4 (04:30):
So not just just okay, so you left after the
ben Ghazi stuff.

Speaker 3 (04:35):
Well he doesn't know what the ben Yazi stuff is?

Speaker 4 (04:38):
Do you know what?

Speaker 3 (04:41):
You know what it is?

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah, it's a big guys and stuff. I feel like
you're probably pretty much talking about the.

Speaker 1 (04:45):
Infacy now, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (04:47):
But when your buddies say the ben Gazi stuff, it
probably means something else, right, It's like stuff you go there.

Speaker 1 (04:54):
And watch at hey Mohannas Mohannad. No matter what country you're.

Speaker 3 (04:58):
In, brahaned el Shiki, good luck with the special, will
watch for it. No need to address me. Thanks Pal,
Thank you so much.

Speaker 1 (05:08):
Nice to meet you man. Take care