100 episodes
Ho Ho Hong Kong Mohammed Magdi & Vivek Mahbubani
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4.9 • 28 Ratings
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Everything you need to know about Hong Kong. Each Monday local comedian Vivek Mahbubani and Egyptian comic Mohammed Magdi dive into something great about the city.
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#172 - Hong Kong Slang with Author Lindsay Varty
Ever feel like a chicken talking to a duck? Ever ask a girl out only to be forced to eat lemons? Maybe you've been told that you're a peanut guy? Or perhaps someone has warned you that you're wearing a green hat?
No need to be confused, "Hong Kong Slang" is a little dictionary of Cantonese slang that will supply you with the appropriate knowledge to get by in Hong Kong and make you cool at office parties. We chat with author Linsday Varty about her new book, her fascination with the Cantonese language and some of the funniest expressions in Cantonese.
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#171 - We shot an Ad for Samsung in Hong Kong!
Another busy week for us in Hong Kong. Both the hosts were together on an ad for Samsung Hong Kong, our first major ad! Also on this episode, comedian Annie Louey joins us to chat about credit card fraud and how she has been trying to live like a Hong Kong local after spending two weeks in the city. We also save a seat for Jesus.
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#170 - "Bubble Gun" Drinks, HK Exam Season and Single-use Plastics Ban Review
(This episode was recorded on the weekend when the sun was shining and the weather was nice!)
Hong Kong students are gearing up for exam season. Vivek reflects on his own experience, having gone to a local HK school and now being a regular speaker at both local and international schools. We wrap up the first week of the residency at the Grand Hyatt hotel. Back in April, Hong Kong rolled out the ban on single-use plastics. How is that going?
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#169 - We Are Starting a Residency at Grand Hyatt HK and Everyone Is Invited!
After almost two months, both our hosts are back in the studio in Hong Kong recording the podcast together in human person, and we have a lot of updates to share. Our video studio is almost finished, and the podcast will be on video very soon. And we are starting a Vegas-style residency at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong five nights a week!
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#168 - A tale of Two Comedy OGs
Vivek Mahbubani and Chris Musni started off in the world of stand up comedy in Hong Kong at around the same time, but different personalities, obstacles and joke-writing styles have lead them to different paths in the world of comedy. In this episode they go deep into how their comedy fates have differed over the years with Vivek having just returned from his Australia and New Zealand tour and Chris gearing up to take his comedy to another level here in Hong Kong. Mohammed is missing from this episode because he's busy in Australia with Annie Louey performing comedy... and cuddling?
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#167 - Reviewing Our Reviewers: We Give Zero Stars
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.
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Customer Reviews
Great show!
Love hearing about what’s going on in HK. Keep up the good work!
Disappointed tbh
I was looking forward to a fun and interesting podcast in English based in HK yet unfortunately found myself quite disappointed. I understand that as comedians they need to make jokes to make people laugh, but some of their statements are just plain ignorant. Not all people have lived lives where “420” clicks as something inappropriate automatically. I am over 30 years old, lived in over 10 countries and didn’t know about this terminology until I met my pothead (now) ex, 2 years ago. “Weed” was not something that immediately registered in my mind upon seeing 4/20, and I find it rude that they laugh about that being somehow ignorant and abnormal. It would’ve been funny if they had just mentioned that they were say “potheads” even if that were an overstatement, and then laughed about seeing 4/20 and how they thought it was hilarious.
Also the fact that one of the guys immediately thought of racist jokes, but only refrained from saying them out loud from “fear of being cancelled”, shows the lack of respect he has towards the people and the culture here (regardless of whatever ethnicity he’s from).
They're whole take on making fun of others (be it kids who have a desires to go to school for example) just feels very off putting and not a great influence overall. I think there are more benign ways of producing comedy.
I give them 2 stars for creating a podcast and hustling, but I find it hard to feel the desire to support them. Sorry.
Highly recommend!
I’ve been following Andy’s career and podcast since day one. Always good for a lot of laughs.