Comedian Maz Jobrani and when Helen Keller met her 'Miracle Worker'

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Maz Jobrani explains why he stopped taking terrorist TV parts but agreed to play Jafar, then shares insights on everything from telling jokes in Middle East to getting his kids to sleep. We travel back in time to the moment when Helen Keller met 'Miracle Worker' Anne Sullivan. Oh, and there's a faaaaabulous X-Files nerd confession.

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0:28.0	Listen, wherever you get your podcast.
0:32.6	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:33.4	I'm Tricia Bobita.
0:36.5	And from WB. BeEZ in Chicago, this is Nerdette.
0:42.0	Coming up, comedian Maz Jabrani tells us why he won't play terrorists on TV, but he will play Disney villain Jafar.
0:43.5	Listen, I don't mind playing bad guys.
0:44.7	I would love to play bad guys.
0:46.8	Like, I don't want to play terrorists.
0:48.0	It's a difference, I think.
0:53.0	And then we mark the moment in history when Helen Keller met Anne Sullivan the Miracle Worker.
0:55.3	That and your nerd confessions on Nerdette.
0:57.8	Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.
1:03.0	Make it snappy, nerd.
1:04.0	Nerds!
1:04.3	Nerds! Nerd!
1:08.0	I'm Greta Johnson.
1:09.2	I'm Trisha Bobita.
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