567 - The Time I Spent In Saudi Arabia with Comedian Alonzo Bodden (Happy 9th Anniversary Story Worthy!)

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Comic Alonzo Bodden (Who's Paying Attention? Young Turks, Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me) went to Saudi Arabia to perform stand-up comedy and found out he was not permitted to talk about politics, sex, drugs, religion or literally, anything from his act! So now what? Listen to this super interesting story about performing in the Middle East with the talented Alonza Bodden! Watch Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show on YouTube anytime! https://bit.ly/39OoTdw With your host Christine Blackburn and comedian Blaine Capatch, writer Danny Zuker and many more talented people like Wayne Federman, MaryLynn Rajskub, Melissa Peterman, Ed Crasnick, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Greg Proops! Four comedians spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true 1 or 2 minute story on the topic they land. The "expert judges" comment and everyone laughs their ass off. Story Smash sold-out consistently at the Hollywood Improv for 3 years. It's a blast! Check out the Story Smash website here- https://www.storysmashshow.com The Story Worthy Hour & 1/2 Of Power is now once a month on the third Sunday at 5:00pm PST, at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank California! Watch 7 true hilarious stories in 1 hour! More info on the website- https://www.storyworthypodcast.com Please follow for free, rate, and review Story Worthy on Apple Podcasts here- http://apple.co/1MceZ2Q It really helps. Follow Christine and Story Worthy on Social Media- Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/storyworthy/ Twitter-https://twitter.com/StoryWorthy Facebook- https://facebook.com/StoryWorthy/ ?and at ChristineBlackburn.com. Thanks guys! Christine

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1:23.9	Today on the show, comedian Alonzo Bowden talks about performing stand-up in Saudi Arabia.
1:31.0	Haram means forbidden.
1:33.5	Everything's forbidden.
1:35.5	No politics, no sex, no drugs, no religion, no cursing.
1:42.1	My joke was, my punchline for every joke is haram. Two women walked in,
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