you have one of three choices you either become a doctor, an engineer or a disappointment. so i kind of went to kind of follow the predictable route as a doctor, and then when the arab spring happened, so many people kind of went into this kind of existential crisis, and i found myself doing youtube videos that i never thought it would go anywhere. and then suddenly, i m offered to host a comedy show, and i was a big fan ofjon stewart, but i thought that will not be more than a hobby. and then this is kind of like one in a million chance where it s like, oh, dreams do come true! so maybe i willjust go into that. so. hang on, you make it sound, bassem, like you just fell into it, you became the sort of accidental comedian. yes. but you ve also said some very interesting things. i mean, at one point, i think during the height of your fame,
i actually went into medicine not liking it very much, but i always joke about the fact that in the middle east, we go into.you have one of three choices you either become a doctor, an engineer or a disappointment. so i kind of went to kind of follow the predictable route as a doctor, and then when the arab spring happened, so many people kind of went into this kind of existential crisis, and ifound myself doing youtube videos that i never thought it would go anywhere. and then suddenly, i m offered to host a comedy show, and i was a big fan ofjon stewart, but i thought that will not be more than a hobby. and then this is kind of like one in a million chance where it s like, oh, dreams do come true! so maybe i willjust go into that. so. hang on, you make it sound, bassem, like you just fell - into it, you became the sort of accidental comedian. yes. but you ve also said some