#165 - How Comedians Get Ready for Major Festival Shows

We wrap up our run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024 and we sit down to debrief and reflect on the past couple of weeks. Annie and Mohammed's show "Too Haram To Handle" received 3 reviews and they are all wildly different from each other. We go through them one by one, including a review we never read before the episode recording.    Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Follow Annie Louey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annielouey/ Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/

As we enter the last week of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, We seize the opportunity of having so many of Asia's top comics in one room, and we record what will most definitely go down in history as our biggest episode ever, featuring five guests! Daniel Fernades (IND), Dr. Jason Leong (MAL), Annie Louey (AUS), Qam Haziq (SIN), and Jacky Ng (SIN)   Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Follow Daniel Fernandes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/absolutelydanny/ Follow Dr. Jason Leong on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjasonleong Follow Annie Louey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annielouey/ Follow Jacky Ng on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackyngcomedy/ Follow Qam Haziq on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qamshot/ Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/

Recorded in Melborune, Australia, comedians Vivek Mahbubani, Annie Louey, and Mohammed Magdi are all gearing up for their shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. They catch up on the podcast on how they have been preparing, their different ways of promoting the show, and why the "festival club" is a pit of diseases.   Catch Vivek's Cantonese shows in Australia and New Zealand: https://aunz.funnyvivek.com/ See Mohammed and Annie's show in Melbourne: https://t.ly/5bw6x Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/  

On this week's episode, Vivek is dealing with handymen invading his house and installing a hanging bamboo scaffolding platform through his living room's window on the xxth floor! The hanging bamboo scaffolding is a pretty common practice in Hong Kong, but there is something particularly dangerous about those hanging ones, not erected from the street level up.   Check out the SCMP infographic on bamboo scaffolding in HK: https://t.ly/MOtJO Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/

This week, we have a classic Ho Ho Hong Kong episode. We discuss new ways emabssies use to rip you off. Both our hosts visit their respective dentists, and we chat about all things dentists in Hong Kong. Vivek has had some banking drama, and Mohammed had to call the SPCA to try to save a bird!    Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/

Sara Tang is a certified sexologist and coach based in Hong Kong. She believes that sex is a skill and everyone can learn how to get better in bed. She is most passionate about helping people who had a limited sex education or culturally conservative upbringing feel more connected and confident with their sexuality.  Sara has a new course, called: "Own Your O" Masterclass: The Shame Free Guide to Self-Pleasure. We chat with Sara about her new course, the stigma surrounding the female orgasm and the truth behind common pleasure myths.   Check out "Own Your O" Masterclass here: https://t.ly/N__Dg Follow Sara Tang on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellosarasense/ Get tickets for Backstage Comedy shows here: https://linktr.ee/backstagecomedy Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/

Jarrod Watt is the former deputy online editor for the SCMP and a man with stories. We chat to Jarrod about the infamous "Delay No More" SCMP headline, the bizarre facts behind the Lippo Center building, and the Taylor Swift/Wuhan connection!    Follow Jarrod on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Jay_Watt Get tickets for Backstage Comedy shows here: https://linktr.ee/backstagecomedy Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/

Hong Kong has the second-highest life expectancy rate in the world. The city's public health care system is one of the direct reasons for that, even though it is becoming increasingly unmanageable. On this episode, we navigate the public hospital system through Vivek's colonoscopy! Although informative and funny, this episode involves a lot of details related to colonscopy procedures!    Get tickets for Backstage Comedy shows here: https://linktr.ee/backstagecomedy Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/

As Mohammed gears up for his show in Hong Kong "Say Mo To Racism" on Friday, March 1, we take on the topic of racism in Hong Kong. The different forms of racism and discrimination people face in Hong Kong, what are the "origin stories" of some of the racial words used to refer to minorities? and learning to let go of the prejudice of those different from us.    Get tickets to Mohammed's show on Mar 1 in Hong Kong: https://t.ly/b_onh Get tickets for Backstage Comedy shows here: https://linktr.ee/backstagecomedy Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/

This week on Ho Ho Hong Kong podcast: Hong Kong had its first Lunar New Year fireworks display since 2020! Can we convince Taylor Swift to buy Lamma Island? Being poor is not that bad. Jeffery Epstein cosnpircacies. The Happy Valley cycle of life: gamble, heart attack, fancy hospital, CYOC (choose your own cemetry)   Get tickets to Mohammed's show on Mar 1 in Hong Kong: https://t.ly/b_onh Get tickets for Backstage Comedy shows here: https://linktr.ee/backstagecomedy Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hohopod Leave us a review: (please!) https://www.ratethispodcast.com/hohohkpod Follow Mohammed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theothermohammed/ Follow Vivek on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funnyvivek/