Everything you need to know about Hong Kong. Each Monday local comedian Vivek Mahbubani and Egyptian comic Mohammed Magdi dive into something great about the city.
Episodes
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
As we gear up for Dr. Jason Leong's sold out shows this Saturday at PMQ, there are so many moving parts to producing a comedy show, one of those parts is the light fixtures and their position on the ceiling. Turns out, you can't just get up to the ceiling via a Scissor Lift if you wanna adjust the lights yourself, you need a certificate! So, we took the training and we are now officially certified, only within PMQ premises!
In other news, Vivek is performing a show in a movie theater for some reason, then we get in an argument about his lack of sense of adventure and reluctance to going on roller coasters, then Mohammed asks what it would take to get Vivek to do the world's highest bungee jump in Macau
Get tickets to the Backstage Comedy live shows here: https://linktr.ee/backstagecomedy
Get tickets to Mohammed's show in Singapore on June 20 here: https://masala20june.peatix.com/
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Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
If you have been living in Hong Kong fore more than a few months, there's a very high chance you received one of those "recruitment" Whatsapp messages asking you to complete a survey or offering you a part-time online job for easy money, and if you thought "well, that's too good to be true" you are correct. It's a scam. Luckily Hong Kong comedian Garron Chiu took it upon himself to not only expose the scam but also scam the scammers back! And it was as glorious as it sounds. He joins us this week to tell us all about it. We are also joined by special guest Annie Louey. Annie is an Australian standup comedian and the co-host of China tonight on ABC News Australia!
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Get tickets to Mohammed's show in Singapore on June 20 here: https://masala20june.peatix.com/
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Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
Our hosts Vivek Mahbubani and Mohammed Magdi have combined experience of more than 30 years in live performance, and when it comes to Hong Kong venues they have a lot to say. We go through all kinds of performance venues this city has to offer, a bit of their history, what they have to offer and what is wrong with them, then we get into the really weird ones. Did you know there was a venue in Sai Kung that had a public pathway cutting right through it?
Get tickets to June 8 show at Basehall in Hong Kong: https://t.ly/n-iv
Get tickets to Mohammed's show in Singapore on June 20 here: https://masala20june.peatix.com/
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Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
Vivek's viral video continues to blow up on Instagram and with that came a lot of wanted attention, some unwanted attention and some bizarre interactions. Vivek got accused of stealing the joke from someone, only to find out the person he's accused of stealing from is himself! Mohammed to return to Singapore for a headliner show next month and we announce a bunch of new cool stuff coming up!
Get tickets to Mohammed's show in Singapore on June 20 here: https://masala20june.peatix.com/
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Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
We are back after a quick one week break and we have a stacked episode this week with our guest comedian Ollie Horn. Fresh off performing two headliner shows in Hong Kong, we catch up with Ollie on his transition to a fulltime plus-size person and a fulltime pro comedian. Mohammed and Ollie remember the one time Mohammed performed in Fukuoka, Japan with OIlie then Mohammed went to the wrong airport, missed his flight then somehow missed his flight again and Vivek shares how he tripled his IG following (from 6K to well over 20K now by the time you're listening to this) with one simple hack.
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Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Kavin Jay is one of the biggest standup comedians in Asia and the star of the Netflix special "Everybody Calm Down". We catch up with Kavin ahead of his Hong Kong show at PMQ and we cover everything from comedy politics, to how he thinks Hong Kong has changed since his last visit then we get into the details of what the hell happened at Crackhouse Comedy Club in Kuala Lumpur that caused the Malaysian government to shut it down and permanently ban its owner from ever holding any (!!) business license in KL.
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Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
This week we have a classic Ho Ho Hong Kong episode with our OG hosts Vivek Mahbubani and Andy Curtain. Recoded in Melbourne, Vivek and Andy talk everything Melbourne Comedy Festival related and the bright future lying ahead for the Asian wave of comedians.
Check out Andy's podcast This one friend here: https://apple.co/40Xee8a
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Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Vivek speaks with Doctor-turned-comedian Jason Leong from Malaysia during his Melbourne stop of his Brain Drain World Tour 2023. They discuss how Jason keeps evolving his comedy career after having 2 Netflix specials that he suspects were sold wayyyy below market value and why Vivek will never pick Jason up from the airport despite being his Hong Kong show's producer. Catch him live in Hong Kong on 17 June 2023 by getting your tickets at https://HongKong.JasonLeong.My on or after 18 April 2023 when tickets are on sale despite this episode coming out on 17 April 2023....because timing is everything in comedy, unless you're working with IT in the ticketing department.
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Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Back in 2019, Andy Curtain and Vivek Mahbubani started this very podcast you know and love. In 2021, Andy moved on to do bigger things like running tours for the biggest comedy stars on the planet, and he also moved on to do cooler things like being in a viral video talking about Zac Effron's sex life. We catch up with Andy on how his life has been in his home country of Australia, the state of live entertainment in a post-Covid world and we riminess about moving from Shanghai to Hong Kong to build The Riff comedy club.
Check out Andy's podcast This one friend here: https://apple.co/40Xee8a
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Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Vivek heads off to Melbourne for a big run at the Melbourne International Comedy festival with his new Cantonese show "I'm funnier in Cantonese 呢個廣東話好笑D?!" and before he flies we catch up on his latest gig hosting the AIDS Concern gala, "treating yourself" to a first class MTR ride and we try to answer the age-old question, do you really work out at Pure if you don't let people know you work out at Pure?
Tickets to Vivek's Cantonese show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival here: melbourne.funnyvivek.com
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