Dubai Shopping Festival Comedy Shows

I just hosted the second Saturday night headliner show here in Dubai at the temporary set up called "The Comedy Cafe." It was a sold out show which topped last week's opening weekend where we drew in around 150. Last night we had more then 200 people and had to turn away 50.

I'm the house MC for 4 weeks, the first week had Dean Obeidallah and this last show had Sugar Sammy headlining. Sugar is a Montreal based comic who's real name isn't Sugar as far as I know. All I know about him after working with him twice is that he's Indian, Canadian, funny and we had a good time.

I'm looking most forward to next week the most because its the only show that has 3 comics, the way a show should be. We will have a couple buddies of mine from L.A. coming out that I love, Mike Batayeh and Peter the Persian. I have worked with both a lot but don't know Peter's actual name, pretty sure its not "the Persian."

I'm sure it will sell out again,...inshallah,.....

--ak

I'm in Dubai

I've never seen a city like Dubai, it looks like a future city with mix of Boca Raton, Fl. It's like Vegas if the theme was Miami. I'll show some pictures soon.

I'm here for 4 weekends until Feb.18th, hosting a comedy club on the beach. I hope I can come back to Los Angeles for some time at home, one of these days. I think I'm more comfortable in a hotel room then I am at home? I like it home but there are lots of distractions, I've got a dart board, golf clubs, front porch, back patio, etc...

I'm gonna miss the Super Bowl but I'll watch it out here on delay or 3am.

The Inaguration of President Obama Was 3 Times Better Than Polk's

I was asked a couple months back if I would like to perform at a party in D.C. on 12/19/09, the eve of Obama's swearing in ceremony and inauguration. I accepted immediately even though it didn't pay, it offered a flight, a hotel room and a chance to witness history. I declined to take the hotel room opting instead to stay with my parents who live in Virginia, where I grew up.

Many people know that Washington DC, besides being our nation's capitol and a small city, usually ranks at the top of the list as one of America's murder capitals. They have achieved the title many times over the years like a competitive football franchise that always makes the playoffs, like the Steelers. (I always felt that the math used to average something using the "per-capita" system throws the numbers up making things look worse then it is.) There is no way around the fact that DC is a crime riddled place that could have its own TV drama based around it, which is why this event was that much more amazing.

Nobody I spoke to has ever seen this town, nor any other town this crowded and happy. If a feeling was ever visible to the eye it was this event. I've never been to Times Square on New Years, but I still cannot imagine it being as happy. New Yorkers are eventually going to snap out of a happy moment and remember how to say, "get'da'fuck'oud'a'here."

I read about some other inaugurations and there were some good ones and some bad ones throughout history. As they rank them I would say this was the best, and much better then James Polk's. I mean that one sounded like a fuck'n bore,...seriously.

I'm still pinching myself that its happened.