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

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4.7 • 1.4K 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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0:13.6	I'm Greta Johnson. I'm Tricia Bobita
0:18.1	and from W be easy in Chicago this is Nurdett.
0:21.2	Coming up comedian Maizjibrani tells us why he won't play terrorists on TV,
0:24.8	but he will play Disney villain Jafar.
0:26.9	Listen, I don't mind playing bad guys.
0:28.1	I would love to play bad guys.
0:29.4	Like, I don't want to play terrorists.
0:31.4	It's a difference I think.
0:33.0	And then we mark the moment in history when Helen Keller met Anne Sullivan the miracle worker.
0:38.0	That and your nerd confessions on Nurdette.
0:40.0	Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.
0:42.8	Make it snappy, nerd!
0:47.8	Nirds!
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0:50.6	Nurd!
0:51.9	I'm Greta Johnson, I'm Tricia Bobita and you're listening to Nurdett.
0:56.0	Maus Jabrani just came out with a memoir called I'm not a terrorist but I've played
0:59.8	one on TV. He's a founder of the Access of Evil Comedy Tour and he moved from Iran to the US when he was just six years old,
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