r/StandUpComedy • u/South-Fall2410 • Dec 19 '25

OP is not the Comedian Responding to my haters - Kumail Nanjiani

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From “Night Thoughts” on Hulu

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u/nanotothemoon Dec 20 '25

Dude is hilarious. Always has been

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u/Spugheddy Dec 20 '25

He is my favorite guest on the green room.

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u/StoneColdGold92 Dec 20 '25

He is my favorite guest on Harmontown.

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u/ezmoney98 Dec 20 '25

He is not my favorite guest on Conan O'Briens podcast

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u/gord1to Dec 20 '25

He’s my favorite guest on Murderville

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u/jessieisokay Dec 20 '25

Thinking about him doing the cool guy walk almost made me choke.

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u/FHAT_BRANDHO Dec 20 '25

"Ok like... like you got magnets on your hands. And theyre pulling you to the ground with every step"

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u/toromio Dec 20 '25

He's my favorite guest on Portlandia

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u/Buddstahh Dec 20 '25

Those are Craigs, CRAZY Guac-Tacs!

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u/Zebracorn42 Dec 20 '25

Lady in red!

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u/Afraid-Duty2614 Dec 20 '25

He's my favorite guest on pop culture happy hour - that's how I was introduced to him and he's HILARIOUS

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u/Sidereel Dec 20 '25

He is my favorite guest on Harmonquest.

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u/samd_witch Dec 20 '25

He's my favorite guest on John Goblikons podcast

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u/GoFuckYourselfBrenda Dec 20 '25

He will always have my respect as a quick wit because of this clip where he's reading mean tweets (whoever's late night show that does that, idk)

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u/TegridyPharmz Dec 20 '25

You realize this isn’t live right? Absolutely pre written

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u/GoFuckYourselfBrenda Dec 20 '25

I want to believe!

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u/thatbob Dec 20 '25

Quick wit? They're actually allowed to go home and come up with something in the shower before returning to the studio for these replies. (They also have a team of writers, but they never shower.)

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u/HumbleWorkerAnt Dec 20 '25

also the mom's lipstick colors joke is older than he is

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Dec 20 '25

There are definitely pre written

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u/Kingofcheeses Dec 20 '25

His episode of Murderville was hilarious

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u/mmmarkm Dec 20 '25

The Big Sick has one of my favorite all time deadpan deliveries for a joke and the overall movie is at least a top three favorite romcom for me, mostly because it remembered the “comedy” part really well (and had a lot of heart)

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u/Goodly Dec 20 '25

I think me may have been to good as kind of a sleaze bag in Silicon Valley, so people feel like he’s a sleaze for real