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Welcome to the Sound of Young America. I, of course, am your host, Jesse Ford. About a month or so ago,

we went on a little tour of the East Coast, Philadelphia, and New York City, and our live shows

featured the usual interviews and music, but also stand-up comedy. This podcast is the comedy

from our shows in Philadelphia and New York. And we start with Kumail Nanjiani, might have seen him

on Michael and Michael have issues on Comedy Central, or just the other day in a big profile in

the New York Times. He's a very, very funny man, and he certainly loves his movies.

I do. I have been watching him since I was a little kid. I have, but my point parents were always

quick to remind me that I lived in the real world. I'll give you an example. This is my first memory

of crying. I was five years old. I was watching Ugly Duckling. You guys know, you know, with all the

pretty ducklings, it's so mean that this one ugly duckling. I'm like, who doesn't feel like an

ugly duckling when they're a kid. I remember just like crying, bawling as hard as I've ever bought,

tears down my face, my stomach hurt, just a mess. I went to my mom for comfort to make me feel

better. My mom didn't say, you know, beauty on the outside doesn't matter, Kumail. It's beauty

on the inside that makes a person. She didn't say that. To make me feel better, my mom said,

ducks can't talk. Plus, those ducks don't even exist. Look at that. Someone just drew that. Stop

crying. They're not real. It's a horrible way to handle that situation. My best thing,

you watch like the weirdest stuff that they should not have let me watch. Like, when I was eight

years old, they let me rent the elephant man, which I thought was a superhero movie.

You know, elephant man, he has the strength of 20 man. No, he doesn't. He's just very sad.

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