Peter the persian, the self proclaimed comedioligist is a blast. Born in Tehran “the Denver of the Middle East”, Peter spent most of his young life in Iran before moving the United States to persue his higher education. Having majored in Political Sciences and earned his JD, Peter is both a practacing lawyer and a professional comediologist in his current how town of Los Angeles and you can usually catch him as a regular at the Comedy Store.
Peter’s favourite comedy sets include a lot of satirical comedy which he delivers with mastery, I literally could not stop laughing the first time I watched this clip:
Maz Jobrani is a very intelligent comic. He likes to build up his jokes really well and delivers fierce punch-lines. Honestly, Maz seems to be an over-worked actor having a long list of roles on both big screen and small screen shows in different dramatic and comedic situations. Maz is born in Tehran, Iran and he grew up in California. After starting a degree path for a PhD in political sciences, Maz had an epiphany during a conversation with a 60 year old coworker (who never got to see his dreams come to fruition) and returned to his passions of theatre and acting.
Drawing material from oddities in both the political parties in the United States and in Iran (during the Bush / Ahmedinajad darama) Maz put together his best known material on both figures …
As with many other Middle Eastern American comedians, Maz is now working towards giving back to his community both in Iran and to the immigrant Iranian population wherever they reside, in this interview Maz talks about his work and his ambitions …
After breaking all box-office records at the Edinburgh Festival and then going on a forty date sell-out tour across the UK, this is Omid's greatest show, recorded live at The Long Palladium captured in all its glory.