Episode 002 DRIVE – Usama Siddiquee: “Every joke has to have a corpse.”

Usama Siddiquee is a standup comic and light-speed comedy host. His high-energy comedy style and turbo-riffing can be seen all over the U.S., and he's a "made man" at New York Comedy Club in Manhattan. He wrote about himself, "Usama Siddiquee is a Bengali-American stand-up comedian and actor based in New York. He’s the kind of comic you want to follow right now, so you can totally gloat to your friends about how you were totally into him before he got huge. And then they’ll get really jealous of your impeccable foresight and superior taste." This would be so, so irritating if it weren't dead-on accurate and abundantly apparent to everyone who sees him perform. He was most recently the 1st place winner of the 2016 Laughing Devil Cup Comedy Festival in New York; the 1st place winner of the 2015 Yonkers Comedy Festival as well as the 1st place winner of the 2015 Make Me Laugh Albany Comedy Festival. He was also featured this year on both FusionTV and Huffington Post. This episode is frenetic and hilarious, frothing with the fervor all three comics share for stand up, peppered with philosophies of success. You'll laugh while they tear each other to stereotype shreds; and you'll come away wondering, "Just how skinny IS Usama? How bald is Jeff? What is the point of Harrison?" Featured bits in this episode: - Louis CK - The Post Office (HBO Special: Shameless, 2007) - Usama Siddiquee - Usama in the airport - John Mulaney - Drag Queens (The Top Part, 2009) - Arj Barker - <3 (LYAO Live, 2010) Special thanks to Louis CK, John Mulaney, Arj Barker, and (as always) Salt ‘N Peppa for all of our definitely fair use. And lastly... Follow Usama on: instagram: @UsamaBinLaughin twitter: @UsamaBinLaughin Facebook: facebook.com/usamastandsup Website: www.usamastandsup.com Episode link: https://www.letstalkaboutsets.com/episode-002-usama-siddiquee-every-joke-has-to-have-a-corpse/