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Hello and welcome to films to be buried with. My name is Brett Goldstein. I'm a comedian, an actor, a writer, a director, a postcard artist, and I love films. As Claudia Rankine once said,

The world is wrong. You can't put the past behind you. I was just telling my friend Charlie Kaufman that,

and then he went off and wrote internal Sunshine of the spotless mind. It makes you think,

doesn't it? Well, yes, Claudia, yes. Every week I invite a special guest over. I tell them they've died,

then I get them to discuss their life through the films that meant the most of them. Previous guests include Barry Jenkins, Kevin Smith, Sharon Stone and even red blambles. But this week, we have the brilliant comedian, Mr. Hassan Minaj. Head over to the Patreon at patreon.com forward slash Brett Goldstein where you'll get an extra 15 minutes of chat with Hassan where we talk beginnings and endings. He tells me a secret. You get the whole episode uncut, ad free and as a video. Check it out at patreon.com forward slash Brett Goldstein. Episode 10 of shrinking season two is now available in Apple TV. Get caught up on all episodes. You'll fucking love it. So, Hassan Minaj is a two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian. You might know him from The Daily Show or his show Patriot Act. You might know him from his many Netflix specials. He's got a brand new Netflix special off with his head, and it is excellent.

You should all watch it. We never met before, but we recorded this on Zoom a few weeks ago. He was an absolute joy, and I really think you're going to love this one. So that is it for now. I hope

you're all well, and I very much hope you enjoy episode 329 of filmsms to Beuried with.

Hello and welcome to Films to Be buried with.

It is me, Brett Goldstein, and I am joined today by an actor, a writer, a daily shower, a stand-uper, a podcaster, a hero, a legend, and a brand new Netflix special this week.

He's here. Can you believe it? He's right in front of me. Please welcome to the show. It's the brilliant.

Hassevinaj!

Thank you. How are you? I'm doing great, man. Thanks for having me. This is going to be so fun. This is how we meet now. This is how we meet people, isn't it? This is how we meet people. This is the only way. Yeah. Let's talk about your special, shall we, since I watched it today, and it's excellent.

How long were you making that? How long were you touring that?

How long did it take? You know, I was working on it. I've been working on it for about two years. But it takes me about year, year and a half to kind of get it where I think it needs to be. And then, and then I'll go on tour for about, yeah, nine months to a year. Okay. There's like a touring year. For me, I love finishing. Finishing a tour is the best. You love the end to you. I love, there's this, there's this beautiful moment where if you go to, you know, Brett's website and he goes, I'm on tour.

And you're always adding, you're adding a second, third, and fourth show. But if I were a fan of yours and getting a ticket on the road, may I recommend if you see an act about a third of the way into their tour, there is, in my opinion, this beautiful alchemy where the set, it's almost like a relationship.

It's still new enough, but there are these moments that have like really calcified in a very

beautiful sort of way. And it's that perfect combination of the new, the exciting new and

unknown. And the like, this is not an acoustic B-Sides album.

This is going to be something really, really special.

How much did you change in the last, say, three months, if any?

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