Comedian Ramy Youssef Returns with ‘More Feelings’

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

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Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 24 March 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

This weekend, comedian Ramy Youssef released a powerful and personal new HBO special, More Feelings.

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of our first talk, we begin with a phone call with Ramy (5:35). Then, we dive into our talk from 2023, discussing the third season of his Hulu show Ramy (32:59), a timely scene from the show (35:46), and the questions that shaped it (39:37). Then, we walk through his coming of age as a first-generation Egyptian-American in New Jersey (42:28), his early forays into film (47:07), and the sketch inspired by his life-altering Bell’s palsy diagnosis (48:25).

On the back-half, we discuss Youssef's television debut in the sitcom See Dad Run (59:00), how he found his “essence” as a performer (1:00:54), and the politics of his stand-up comedy (1:03:50). To close, he describes the influences behind Ramy, from The Carmichael Show to Curb Your Enthusiasm (1:08:25), a philosophy that guides his work (1:14:58), and the future of the series (1:21:36).

For questions, comments, or to join our mailing list, reach me at [email protected]. This conversation was recorded at Spotify Studios in Los Angeles.

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0:27.5	wherever you get your podcast. Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm standing for go, actor, writer, and director, Rami Yousaf.
1:17.0	I first sat down with Rami last spring where he was campaigning around season 3 of his self-titled show Rami available on Hulu.
1:27.0	Since then you may have seen him in poor things alongside Emma Stone and Willem to foe,
1:32.0	or perhaps his work in The Bear, where he directed that great episode in season
1:36.3	two where Marcus, played by Lionel Boyce, is learning how to make pastries in Copenhagen while living on a boat, which is either the best month of
1:46.8	someone's life or the absolute worst. And if you watch that episode, it's somehow both,
1:52.0	and it's a testament to Rami's talent as a filmmaker,
1:55.7	that the team at the Bear actually brought him in, which is pretty rare for them, to direct that episode
2:02.4	of season two. The creator of that show is a man
2:05.6	named Christopher Storer. He directs most of The Bear and he also is the
2:11.0	director behind Rami's latest HBO special More Feelings.
2:16.0	That comes out this Saturday, March 23rd. By the time you're listening to this, it is out.
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