"Born in Oakland to Lebanese and Palestinian parents, Sammy Obeid graduated from UC Berkeley with a double major and got offered a tech job. He turned it down and founded KO Comedy instead. Since then, he has hosted Netflix's 100 Humans, appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing and America's Got Talent, and established a striking reputation for strong, unapologetic material. As the world record holder for performing comedy 1,001 consecutive nights, Sammy has been featured in Time magazine and The New York Times -the latter of which lauds his analytic style: "full of wordplay, clever misdirection and ethnic humor.""
"Sammy Obeid Sun, Dec 28, 5pm, $43 San Jose Improv, San Jose"
Sammy Obeid was born in Oakland to Lebanese and Palestinian parents and graduated from UC Berkeley with a double major. He declined a tech job offer and founded KO Comedy. He has hosted Netflix's 100 Humans and appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing and America's Got Talent. He built a reputation for strong, unapologetic material and an analytic comedic style characterized by wordplay, clever misdirection, and ethnic humor. He holds the world record for performing comedy 1,001 consecutive nights and has been featured in Time and The New York Times. A performance is scheduled at San Jose Improv on Sun, Dec 28, 5pm for $43.
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