Outtakes: Sohrab Forouzesh

Performance Revue

Timestamps

02:00 – What have you been doing since the pandemic started?

• Origami, Yoga, Star Trek, Reading, Weed

02:58 – Sending Packets to Late Night Shows

• Mentions of SNL

03:41 – Pitching Ideas in the Writer’s Room vs. Performing a Stand-Up Set

04:00 – “If you can pitch, but can’t write, you’re still useful”

06:01 – “A good producer will cut a good joke just because it doesn’t fit in the show”

07:05 – “Conan’s people are smart as shit”

• Mention of Masturbating Bear, Triumph the Insult Dog

08:48 – “I’ve got a political science degree”

• Mentions of Ed Towns

09:40 – “[Ed Towns] thinks I’m a hack”

10:39 – “How many pounds ago did you buy it [the speedo]?”

• Mentions of Miami, Seattle, Cubans

12:25 – “A lot of good music is from Olympia”

• Mentions of NOFX, Nirvana, Aberdeen, Portland, Oregon

12:55 – A Brief Summary of the Northwest

• Mentions of Uwajimaya, Kurt Cobain, Heroin

16:36 – Chicago vs. Seattle Restaurants

• Mentions of Thai, Bhutanese, Japanese, Vietnamese Cuisine

• Bourgeois Restaurants Mentioned: Alinea, Schwa, Elizabeth

• Mention of Badass, Enterprising Chef: Iliana Regan

20:43 – The Impromptu Hobo Tasting Menu Sketch

• Mentions of Chase Bank, Escape Rooms

23:11 – The Origin of the Fez

• Mentions of Shriners, Turkey

23:51 – “A lot of cool shit doesn’t happen to me”

24:26 – “I don’t like political jokes”

25:22 – From Maz Jobrani to Bill Hicks

• Mentions of ‘Better Off Ted’, Persians, Russel Peters, ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, Doug Stanhope, Doug Benson, Bill Hicks