Now it's time for Pastor Mike.
We used this time to expand the show and
bring in a new voice and perspective.
One of our goals is to entertain.
So will feature lots of local comedians.
The pandemic has brought the
best and worst out of all of us.
I like to believe that we're
finally seeing some light at
the end of this dark tunnel,
so I brought in comedian Yasmin
Elhady to ponder about some of our
Celia struggles during the pandemic.
Here's part of that conversation.
In the meantime,
I'm gonna just be here singing.
The eyebrows look look
fantastic. Eyebrows look
like you Cajon at night.
Look the COVID-19, one of the major.
Victims of Common 19 has
has been these eyebrows.
No one no one can tame them.
Without chainsaws, I can't do it,
man, so you're gonna wear to go.
So you're gonna wait your turn.
Wow, all the victims of COVID go and talk
about how they were affected and it's
saying when are we ready to talk about
real people? Well, when the real
sad stories are done then I'm
going to talk about my first world
eyebrow problem that is directly
third world eyebrow problems.
I was born in Cairo all
up in that Third world.
See, I actually I gained a bunch of
weight and I thought it was a me thing
and I was all motivated to get it off.
When when the pandemic ended and then
all of a sudden all this conversation
about all the weight that people
gained during Kovid and I was like OK,
motivation gone. I guess I'm just
going to grow into my new body.
I'm with my I'm with my people yeah,
you're just like that's like all
of us £15, it's just padding.
I call it the sad. The sad 15
now has any has any part of you actually
gotten better while you were in quarantine?
I'd have done so much more comedy online.
I would never have done that.
I have like a bunch of video content.
Somebody said something that
really resonated with me.
They said a pandemic is a
terrible thing to waste because
you have a captive audience. No,
that's a really good call.
That's a really good call.
I I worked on a bunch of writing that
I've been putting off for a long time.
I I started the Great American family,
which I don't know that I would have.
Would have had the.
The courage to do if outside
was all open and I had,
and I was able to run,
which is typically how I
react to stressful situation.
Oh my God, I love that.
I yeah I used to run half marathons too.
Then you get you get children and
they just destroy your will to live.
I'm glad. So were you one of
the people that was masking
up while you were running
at the beginning because
those people. I was like we can't have an
agreement that we can just run in peace.
Because when you mask up now I'm a bad guy.
If I don't mask up we can't
have a handshake agreement.
It needs to be a gentleman ladies
agreement that I don't wanna smell my
nasty CO2 stank breath while I run.
I just want to sweat in peace.
I agree with you.
I'm telling you I'm sneaking
out of the house at 2:00 AM.
Risking anybody just jumping
me out of the woods.
Just 'cause I don't want to be
judged for running without a mask.
You know, there's something
to say about that.
There's something to say about that man.
Like I I had kids so it broke my will.
Like I said to even to I was
just surviving over here 'cause
all the schools were closed.
What running when would when would I do that?
Like in, you know in my sleep I
I had no time I had no time I
just love the priority like my personal
safety and judgment from strangers
that I'm not taking the pandemic as
seriously as they are. No question.
It's always like that.
How many people stay in terrible
relationship because they're
afraid about what society's gonna
say to them about their toxic?
The ending of their toxic relationship
and being a comedian certainly
doesn't help. It's like pain.
We like pain and we are the least
secure people on the planet.
We need outside validation at all times,
so of course we have to care about what
other people are judging us about.
Ladies AB wells are so physically by the way,
I don't think you guys probably understand
the comedic Tour de force you just saw.
I'm a bit of a writer myself.
I realize delivery can be dry.
Yes, we know how he is put together.
Two of the best performances
we have seen in Pastor Mike.
I salute you if you want to hear more from
you as mean you can visit her website at
www.yasminealhottie.com.