But for goodness sake ask my permission first.
My name is Mustafa Saed and I have been a standup comic and improv guy for the last 7 years or so, looking desperately for my big break so my family will respect me again.
Stand up comedy is my side hustle, with my grown up job being a GP Locum, having studied medicine to stop my parents from disowning me. I sometimes like to combine my worlds by teaching improv and comedy workshops to other doctors. This has appeased my parents into thinking I am a medical specialist
I first met Dakota Mick at the finals of the comedy competition Show me the Funny 2019 in Galway. I hope you brushed over the subtle brag. I had already befriended him on Facebook and enjoyed his provocative posts on politics which led to many a constructive chat on how Dakota Mick didn’t have a clue about anything.
Dakota stood out in the competition, with his distinctive rural American accent. He was also very funny and the audience enjoyed his easy going style. While I write, rewrite and rehearse, Dakota Mick sounded like he was talking to the audience and he got big laughs. All the other comics were also laughing and applauding, while I secretly wanting him to fail. Leave me alone. Its competition.
Over the next year we bumped into each other on Irish comedy ‘road’ and ran jokes past each other, talked smack about other comics and complained not being booked for more paid gigs. We toyed about with idea of a double act and came up with the name “The Muslim and the Redneck” although the graft and travel involved in being a grafting beginning comic (few are taken seriously before the 10 year mark) meant that it was difficult to collaborate and get the project really moving,
Come February of 2020 the Coronavirus Pandemic caused a devastating loss of life, a crippling economic downturn and cataclysmic closing of bars and comedy clubs all over the world. With a burning desire to gain the approval of others we decided to put all our efforts into the project.
This blog is a diary of how two middle-aged technophobes bumble their way through social media to try and promote and produce sketches and a comedy show at a time their co-morbid conditions are forcing them to stay at work.
The Muslim and The Redneck 