Well you know, sometimes you just need to do something different.
It all started when I first met Mustafa at the final of the 2019 Show Me the Funny competition up in Galway. It was a great night for a competition. Full house, and the crowd was up for it. I was second up on the night. I crushed my set. If I do say so myself. And that is all you can do in a competition. But it was a great night. The comedians had all brought their A game. Mark O’Keeffe was up after me and he tore the place apart, ended up winning the whole damn thing. Well deserved too. Mustafa was up later in the night and yet again another great set, which earned him a second place spot. But besides that Mustafa and I got to chatting a bit and figured we kind of liked each others comedy. The start of it.
So over the course of the year, we ended up gigging together at a few venues around Ireland. Each time having a great laugh at each others comedy and then having a good laugh messing with each other after the gigs. Slagging can be hell you know.
Then after a gig in Cork, Mustafa suggested that maybe we should team up and produce a comedy show. “The Muslim and the Redneck” That was his idea. So you know who to blame. First thought, this could end up get us into some trouble…so ya, let’s do it.
So that is where we are at. Working on producing a show. We know we can be funny on our own. But trying to combine. Tough work. But we are getting there. Mostly we spend our time trying to think of stereotypes of each others back rounds. And then wondering how can we turn that on it’s head. We call it research, but mostly we are still just slagging each other. So who knows… As long as I can avoid pissing off the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. We might just do something funny as hell.
The Muslim and The Redneck 