“Here’s The Issue With Brown Sex Symbols In America” - Usama Siddiquee Performs Stand-Up

Comedian Usama Siddiquee makes his late night television debut at the legendary Ed Sullivan Theater. Catch Usama performing at the “Netflix Is A Joke” comedy festival on May 11th.
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[@Max-zg2ci]

His timing is like the guy at the party who knows he is killing it and starts to talk a little too fast the more people listen to him. Dude is hilarious AF

[@maacpiash]

Glad to see a fellow Bangladeshi immigrant's amazing performance on the Late Show!

[@1999NIRUPAM]

Bengali

[@FLEXINApparel]

​@@1999NIRUPAMBengali can be from Bangladesh or India. He's Bangladeshi-American because his parents are from Bangladesh

[@michelrenaud3431]

He was so much better than the crowd reaction. You are super funny and charismatic dude.

[@williamkittler]

Man the minute you got two people to admit they had immigrant parents, you knew it was gonna get rough. But, hats off man, you stuck with it, dig in and delivered. That last joke was awesome! 👍🏻

[@tosin.o]

I came here with a temporary bad mood and was laughing out loud in zero time. LIFE IS GRAND. 💃

[@everythingiseverything9920]

"You don't listen to me, so just kill me." 🖐🙄 lmao!!!

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

Dead on.

[@margo3367]

When I misbehaved my mom always said, “Why are you doing this to me?” I never said, “I wasn’t even thinking of you. I just did it because I thought it would be fun.”

[@bookbwitched6823]

I got onto a hotel elevator with an Asian family & at my floor, I was so enamoured with their cheery sweetness, I mimicked their accent in saying goodbye. I stood looking at their frozen faces with my frozen face, stammered my apologies & ran to my room. I've always wondered if they thought I was taunting them. I still feel frozen horror when I remember.

[@YeeSoest]

OMG 😂 My kazak mechanic told me he was done and everything was alright and I could NOT help it, I had to go full Borat. I specifically told myself I wouldn't. Had to go back for something, did not raise my eyes above shoulder level once😂

[@cheeseheadfiddle]

Easy to slip up. I think every white person has made that “oops.” Totally relate.

[@ursaltydog]

My beloved, born in NY but Memphis raised, upon meeting my very rural and "holler" grandparents broke out into southern accent, it was embarrassing. Thankfully my grandparents loved him to pieces, but it really hurt my ears. But I think many of us do it without intention or malice. Our brain kicks in to make us appear connected to people whom we like and want to fit in with.

[@markfradl]

Just remember - all those little embarrassing moments that still make you cringe years later...no one else remembers them, if they even noticed them at that time.

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

I always end up impersonating or absorbing the vibe of someone. I look like a dork, but I'm friendly with anyone friendly to me, so I hang out or talk to a myriad types of people, and sometimes I end up talking like them. LIke, "Right, peace out yo." or "yeah see ya man" when in reality, I'm more of a "bye haha" person. same with hand gestures. i'll mimic them. or people with accents, I start speaking slowly so they can understand me better. It's awful 😂

[@katielewis6128]

LOL!!! He was hilarious!! i totally do the British mimicking

[@rayray2528]

This guys is super funny, much better than the audience’s reaction

[@BrotakuOfficial]

I love how so many people are somehow stand up experts. This dude absolutely crushes every time I see him perform in NYC. He obviously has to do a clean set for TV. He has even better dirty jokes and he still did a great job on the show. How about we just be happy for him?

[@bookbwitched6823]

I love how many people also stood up for him. Reaching for negative comments is a tell. Not how I want to live. You spend your energy looking for negative points to make, you'll find plenty of negative in your life. Or conversely, look for the positives, the light you share radiates right back to you. Thanks for your light.

[@mariabengtssonviking]

Usama, you did a great job ❤❤❤❤ i understand that you were a little, little bit nervous, but you overcome it and deliver anyway !!! Keep on doing what you doing! Love from Scandinavian Vikings/Sweden

[@buddhimanrahman4583]

Congrats Usama! Cheering for you from Bangladesh 🎉

[@FoCoPuffs]

His voice sounds like Keegan Michael Key.

[@gosikh]

As a brown guy living in USA, I have heard a lot of brown funny folks. Brother needs to try a different approach, the parents jokes, the immigrant mother jokes, have been done for 15 years bro. A good material would be from your dating life Or if you don’t have a dating life, Then the non dating life. Good luck. Go brown people. Happy to see him on the show. Congrats on this break.

[@rixx46]

I’m old white guy I had the same reaction. Such predictable material. I always hope to find a new comic to get excited about… He’s so pedestrian I don’t know how he ever got on Colbert.

[@lostandwastedtime]

I don't think it hits you the same way if you're not brown. But I agree... I think Russell Peters is the original. Just a brown girl from Canada here 😊

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

I find he did well. Greetings from a German who is somewhere between caramel brown and walnut brown

[@TellyMan200]

This jokes ring true as a 2nd gen immigrant Brit. He’s like an American Romesh, the jokes so on point . It’s so true Asian chores are like make a cloud machine can white chores take trash . Funny guy

[@bookbwitched6823]

Handsome too. He will go far.

[@sarabass6961]

I was cheering for him because to even get on Colbert is an accomplishment. He spoke so fast I missed several of his jokes. Not crazy about the material but you write what you know. I wish him well.

[@joshuakumar1852]

Love this guy, saw him open for Hasan Minhaj and he was hilarious. The crowd needed some more immigrants.

[@AdrianColley]

Ah yes, the "first gen immigrant parents" set. A classic.

[@johnpulawski35]

Yes it is good

[@TellyMan200]

Never fails he going far for sure . funny guy with good set

[@astronautsingh8793]

Dang man this dude kept it real. Loved it!

[@consig1iere294]

Thank you Steven for giving this guy a chance.

[@patriciamurfitt4590]

Congratulations to this young man. Getting on the late show and then killing it. Great job 😅

[@derrickking1619]

😂😂😂😂"So we're even?" Lmaoooooo

[@leftoverparts]

had me laughin man

[@themanwhoknewtoomuch6667]

As someone who followed Usama's journey to success, I am so happy for his spotlight!

[@SamIzzo]

He's funny, his timing is off by a little, he's rushing his punchlines because he's timed

[@rufat_agayev]

Shut up

[@hjermsted22]

Honing one’s club act down to a tight five minutes is an art in itself.

[@ersylanellajoy452]

too much funny material. I hear the rushing

[@EbyKat]

"Dreaming about the woman he actually wanted to marry" really killed it for me. Like... ick.

[@youreg]

Only 200 years? You had it easy 😂

[@jennyrivera5867]

Looking forward to more of your work Osama!

[@JohnPaulGordillo]

LMFAO ... "immigrant chores" ... doing their taxes, writing their letters in English ... and no, not translating, that would have been too easy lol 😂

[@maxw678]

If people would stop using credit cards that give back “money” it would stop inflation. The credit card companies then charge the retailers higher rates and the retailers are then justified to raise their prices.

[@K4R3N]

Wow, first Fahim now Usama. Brothers moving up!

[@faiyazarnob8438]

Who is Fahim?

[@K4R3N]

@@faiyazarnob8438 Fahim Anwar, he was on Jimmy Fallon. Cali comic, Afghani guy.

[@DanceForChicken]

That’s my boyyyyy 💎💎💎

[@mlowe7245]

Very funny, I wish him more success👍

[@DeaconHarris]

First class comedian

[@NewMessage]

I'd watch an hour of that.

[@bookbwitched6823]

@New Message 💃🏼❗You! The clever mind behind my favorite comment ~ Biden's identification of trump as a sick *BEEP* is what I call a successful cognitive exam. I love that quote even when it is said in revised BookBWitched version because KZbin clip- board offers no search & it swallows quotes whole. So glad to be able to thank you for it. I plan to drop it often & will give you full credit. It's too good to not pass on -

[@princessm.5959]

This one never forgets....to est 😂😂😂

[@edwardlulofs444]

I liked this routine. Keep going man. 😀

[@TellyMan200]

4:27 got me 😅😅, as that is suhc a hard surname/firstname to get right on first take

[@highstimulation2497]

I'm a fan already:)

[@chloenflake2672]

I wish him all the best but I wouldn’t buy a ticket to see his standup

[@brianspenceni]

i thoroughly enjoyed that, though I'm now ashamed to be british! Crowd was a bit dead, but that's almost always the case on tv shows, I've observed.

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

In the Indian subcontinent, every white person is "English". At least, with the elderly.

[@Rainy-In-The-Desert]

I like him

[@kathybell6268]

Congrats!

[@ssubhan9003]

As an immigrant child, I did white chores and immigrant chores. I took out the trash, and helped my mom get her citizenship lol

[@sadib100]

Usama did his greatest hits!

[@womanofsubstance8735]

This guy was an AGT finalist?

[@tasbirislam9432]

Glad to see you win. Love from Bangladesh G!

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

Namaskar. Keman achen? 😊

[@DinoWinoSaur]

Hilarious

[@darrenmitchell2830]

A bit slow to start. But i warmed to him. Maybe nerves. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SanskarWagley]

Been a fan of his Mango Bae podcast for years!

[@lashendawest7509]

Good morning stephen colbert fans

[@floris-janvandermeulen8054]

Good afternoon from a European Stephen Colbert fan!

[@hussyed]

Lol this guy is hilarious, crowd is dead they don't get it

[@tcookie]

Started out nervous, gained momentum and by the middle he was on a roll. He just should have ended on something stronger than the accent stuff--especially since he doesn't have one.

[@noelromero6227]

Mangobae!!!

[@tothetop-omaid]

Dude is funny

[@elulugnie4250]

Dude is hilarious. Immigrant family topic has been done a million times, but this is good.

[@bookbwitched6823]

And he is handsome ~ his love a clever mind, a bold spirit & a handsome face. This old granny would have been thrilled with the bleachers idea back in the day. I was the weird hippie chick with the books, tarot cards & smelled like weed & sandalwood. Let this be a lesson kids, look around.

[@cynthiahernandez3598]

I think he's funny but some of his immigrant jokes reminded me of my favorite comedian Sebastian Maniscalco 😊

[@YeeSoest]

😂 A piece of paper with a 0 on it Why would he even keep that, it says 0 😅😂 That made me laugh so hard😂😂😂

[@K4R3N]

Balasubramanian is looking pretty good with his new haircut.

[@rm-jl8wy]

This guy has good material, but it's geared towards a more diverse audience. This mostly gringo one couldn't relate much. Hope this guy gets a better audience next time.

[@annemarie1507]

Only funny if you're from India.

[@RamSamudrala]

Quite a few of the people who said they had immigrant moms in the audience looked white to me (surprisingly).

[@DETHofMAN]

This dude is hilarious! Please have him back, he’s very funny!

[@rahathossain4321]

Nailed it

[@luciferkkx1878]

Hey every body welcome back

[@Ddal0ceano]

Heard this before...

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

[@naryanr]

are their any immigrant / 2nd gen comedians in the US who don't talk constantly about the fact they're immigrants?

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

They're still out of the ordinary, so people expect them to. So they do.

[@naryanr]

@@awaredeshmukh3202 Because that's the essence of comedy. Doing exactly what's expected. I've heard variations of these same jokes a thousand times.

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

Better than 30 years of peanuts on airplanes jokes from white comics.

[@tiny99990]

I thought his set was great, I don't agree with the whole 'they pillaged us for two hundred years so we get to be racist' thing, but I still laughed at the jokes, they were funny I'd watch stand up from him for sure. Remember an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.

[@AmetafJohora]

Lol imitating the British accent is not racist

[@chukaehighibe6886]

The dude tried. Not quite the right audience though...he deserved more laughs. Perhaps next time, he should try starting with a joke about his first name ("Usama"), it may get the audience to warm up to him quickly. 🙂

[@OlenaBeley]

SO GOOD!!

[@MadamMaru-gm5ff]

Usama Siddiquee is hot!

[@djfirewolf]

Okay?

[@laalaa99stl]

Ouch. That "dreaming of the woman he actually wanted to marry" joke was a bridge too far for the audience. I'm glad they gave him a chance to recover since he did finish strong. But yeah. Your first appearance on national TV might not be the best time to workshop new jokes lol.

[@impalabeeper]

I don't get why it's too far for the audience? It's very common for Muslim society to have arranged marriage, which frustrates many young Muslims. Usama made a self-deprecating joke and satire about that aspect of his own culture. Not entirely different when an American pokes fun of cowboyriding, SUV-driving, yeehawing, gun-toting American who waves assault rifles around, because there is a kernel of truth to that absurdity.

[@LindaC616]

​​@@impalabeeper I agree. Plus, it set him up for "I didn't really say that. I'm still here, arent I?"

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

​@@impalabeeper Exactly.

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

​@@LindaC616 It may have taken the audience a moment to think about. As a white person who is part of the Punjabi community in my town. I found it very funny.

[@LindaC616]

@@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134 it's just that I've heard similar jokes from other children of immigrants. He was missing the joke about the slipper mom would throw

[@brianjones6500]

His jokes fell flat yet he continued to fill the time he was given. I'd applaud him if he would have stopped himself sooner. Seems like a nice guy though.

[@GregorBarclay]

The material isn’t amazing, but he’s charismatic. With some better writing, I could see him doing great

[@LindaC616]

What would a programmed, scheduled show suddenly fill 5 min with?

[@RobVespa]

Discrimination and hypocrisy are bad

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

🤯🤯🤯 holy shit what a revelation

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

So is your inane comment.

[@mickael486]

how do not funny comedians get to be a guest on these shows anymore?

[@pranahaha]

Hilarious set-one of the best comics working today!

[@kzmOP]

Jai shree ram.❤

[@datgrrl5698]

There is no such accent as a British accent since the island of Britain has three separate and individual nations; Scotland, Wales, and England. That was an English accent.

[@carleenmulloy481]

😂😂

[@MikeStanza]

In a city full of stand up comedians, this was the best that they can come up with? So sad...

[@blaster915]

Slow down buddy, you need to let your jokes sit before the punchline.

[@robertraymond9107]

The way he's sniffing seems like he's on waaayyyy too much cocaine for that

[@foo_tube]

unfunny misogyny mom jokes... meh. If you're gonna do jokes like that, first, the jokes need to be funny, which they aren't, then you need to balance it out by ridiculing your dad too at the very least, but he wouldn't dare because.... misogyny

[@Dylan_Tendai]

I kid you not, some of these jokes were stolen. Esp the first few

[@RUTH-wd3yn]

zzzz

[@RSital-rd6ut]

He was great. Lame audience

[@GPS379]

Bad

[@imsteamboat9774]

This guy is ripe for a sitcom, he hits all the low hanging fruit, all the easy pandering race based jokes. He has them down pat. 💯

[@lbarigon]

It's not that easy. What's your favourite easy race joke? 😂😂

[@ericminch]

A '70s or '80s sitcom.

[@danieledstrom5777]

Elevator comedy.

[@ValdezJu]

💣💣💣

[@tk1950]

That sucked

[@BooBuKittyPhuk]

😬... nice try bud... better luck next time 😶👍

[@jackbundy4788]

He just is not funny. He's the result of growing up convinced he was the funny guy anywhere he went, and no one ever had the heart to break the truth to him.

[@jakeriff95]

The Late Show does not know how to host comedians anymore... sad. That audience shoulda been howling.

[@ccmjj9770]

Snore.

[@judibarth7999]

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[@thomthom6268]

2.22 dropping, no

[@raqualsanchez7760]

He did really well. It must be the MAGA ppl that don’t get his jokes and think he’s not really funny

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

Magats have no sense of humor whatsoever.

[@ccmjj9770]

I'm can't stand MAGA and the GOP and I thought it was very mediocre. Not everything is political.

[@WendyHughesJelenGRNLVNG]

MAGA ppl don't go see Colbert!

[@pleappleappleap]

Meh.