Humorous Jordanians, Relaxed Saudis, Laid-Back Iranians, Flying Cows.......
I was shocked to discover there have been two comedy festivals in Jordan over the past two years. Yes in surly Jordan. Somehow I missed both, but I believe I probably did not miss much. Perhaps Dick Cheney was the guest of honor; he would add a sense of humor to that place, and I am serious about that. To me,a humorous Jordanian sounds as improbable as a relaxed Saudi (only the royals are supposed to relax over there, and not all of them take advantage of the exclusive right). As for Iran and the mullahs…… I give up.
"This should be seriously hilarious! The stars of the Axis of Evil comedy show Aron Kader, Dean Obeidallah, Maz Jobrani, and Ahmed Ahmed will join a great group of comedians from around the world to perform live at the Amman Stand-Up Comedy Festival, a 4-day event that will be held between 2 – 5 December 2008 at Al-Hussein Cultural Center……”
“Amman Hosts Second Stand-Up Comedy Festival This December…. “ 2009
“Yesterday I went to the second night of the Amman Comedy Festival that was organized by the Greater Amman Municipality and it was a great show! First of all, just entering the place makes you feel like a VIP, with all the people smiling at you and telling you to have a great night. Not something you see in Amman everyday. They started right on time, and we were sitting in the very first row, practically on stage that each stand up would make jokes about the people in the row (a married couple and a lady with 3 kids in particular became the targets of maaany jokes!). Dean Obeidallah from the Axis of Evil did a great job in hosting the show and Nemr Abou Nassar and of course Maz Jobrani were the funniest…....”
I stopped reading. By then I knew how it went. Better luck next time; perhaps changing the venue would help.
Cheers
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