34 thoughts on “Shappi Khorsandi”

  4. I was just going to try a quick sample, and wound up sitting thru the entire thing!

  5. Shappi is a fine comedian. Weirdly we have another Anglo-Iranian stand-up comedian, omid djalili, who is extremely funny. YouTube of course.

    1. “extremely funny”
      – I think he is absolute garbage and annoying when he does that stupid native dance skit every 2 minutes during his boring, unfunny set. (No, I did not just check him out on YT, I know him already).

      1. I don´t wont to be a downer but, i have to say that even though shappi is mildy funny, it seems that (almost) every joke comes down to her Iranian heritage? i have watched several video of her on YT from a variety of different venues, and it becomes kind of meh when all her jokes fall on this fact.

    1. Uh, she is a British citizen and has lived in Britain most of her life. She probably speaks English better than you do.

    1. agreed, she is a more refined, and milder version of sacha baren cohen in her interview stylings.

  10. This was a delight and again I’d never have seen it except that you directed our attention to this clip.

    The comparison I make between Shappi and Philomena is that they are wonderfully different. Viva variation. I’m glad we have both of them.

    I marvel, by the way, the way Shappi came out and took control of the stage. It always amazes me.

    I hope to hear her sometime in her humanist position.

    1. Just google her name and “humanism”. She’s been interviewed once in The Humanist, and also wrote an article about it. The new interview notes what she hopes to accomplish as president of the BHA.

  12. I see no rational reason why you can’t have both, PCC(E).

    I love all ten of my cats equally, yet each one differently. (The 11th passed away on Monday. I’m still grieving for him.)

  14. I’m trying to create my PCC(E) scorecard. There were 2 female comedians.
    * Sarah Silverman, the future Mrs. PCC(E)
    * Philomena (her seductive way of saying “monnkeey” makes evolutionists swoon)
    So is Shappi vying for the official atheist comedian slot with Philomena?

      1. isn´t she a secular Jew? it´s possible to be both. 😉

        one of her sisters is actually a Rabbi.

  15. She did the BHA London comedy Darwin Day event the following day at the Conway Hall! And yes she is LOVELY! Intelligent & funny – a winmning combination 🙂

Comments are closed.