The Daily Show - Constant Intractable Madness (ft. Bassem Youssef)

Bassem Youssef expresses disappointment at a missed job opportunity and explains the complicated politics behind proxy wars in the Middle East.
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[@ShiroKage009]

"As we say back home: shoot." That is so funny.

[@mohamedelsheikh7900]

+ShiroiKage009 it is much more funny for egyptian audience, bassem knows that his egyptian fans are watching his daily show segments.

[@eleSDSU]

He must be from Kentucky lol

[@LangwidereLMFT]

I do agree the Youssef would have made an excellent Daily Show host as well.

[@EvilAntonio]

Nancy Rappaccini I was hoping for him the whole time. I do like the idea of Bassem showing up more and more as a middle east correspondent though. It'll be interesting to see how him and Trevor have a back and forth

[@sgm123]

I agree, love Samantha Bee & John Oliver, Trevor... I just can't

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

@@EvilAntonio I was always hoping for Jessica Williams. :)

[@faroukcnepdformation5677]

muslim brother hood not an military organisation never used weapon anywhere

[@danendrahartawan9268]

Sam Bee sucks

[@dangerouslytalented]

I thought Bassem Yousuf would have been a great host.

[@htown11465]

Me too, but can you imagine the outrage...

[@AtheosWrath]

htown11465 Yes! the outrage would be brilliant!

[@edgardomartin8299]

htown11465 he would be great, but the outrage alone would be worth it.

[@dangerouslytalented]

I think they are keeping him as the "middle East guy", an expert on Middle Eastern affairs, and by the looks of what is happening with ISIS and Egypt and Libya, they will need one.

[@karimkotb9363]

Bassem Yousef had his own daily show in Egypt that was funny as hell and was watched by millions of egyptions, i was one of them but unfortunately his show was cancelled

[@Mary_Jacobs]

Holy shit. How was Jon Stewart, and everyone he chose to work with, so capable of so succinctly covering a really complex topic and shrink it down into a completely understandable, clear point taken at the end segment, generally in 7 minutes or less. He was an artist. #WeMissYouJon

[@mindlander]

It's actually really simple.

[@paddyjarns]

Maaaan the disappointment of Jon's face when the crowd started chanting USA. Just like, "I thought better of you people"

[@kommo1]

I think he made a bet with Bassem and Jon lost a bunch off money.

[@maazkalim]

Chillax...! They were just confirming their patriotism. Aka pro-American bias. So what if it's just in fact confirming the stereotype?

[@mindlander]

Well done Youssef hope to see you on the show more!

[@nakednader878]

Youssef his father name you idet

[@EiD9111]

Noor Nader thank you for the correction, Nader

[@meedoareeg]

Noor Nader First: people in the US are called by their second name, as we in Egypt Call people by their surname sometimes, Second: it's (idiot NOT idet) you illiterate idet!

[@MohammadMido333]

meedoareeg lol

[@strikye7]

your wish came true "Israel-Hamas War: Piers Morgan vs Bassem Youssef On Palestine's Treatment | The Full Interview"

[@stealthattack2209]

So bloody true. The biggest winner is always the arms manufacturer.

[@aloen-2927]

😭

[@MAMOONIlyas5545]

Who is here after Peris Morgan interview

[@aliloomi]

I'm happy that Bassem Youssef can entertain an international audience.

[@adamstone897]

Bassem Youssef should definitely get his own show

[@midovinci7997]

look how easily the crowd shouted U.S.A

[@chasekeith9392]

+mido davinci it always happens too easily

[@Rocksteady8519]

It was a well placed trap :)

[@freebrady5823]

we love our country too much

[@Research0digo]

satire - it's a satirical show

[@parityviolation968]

@@Research0digo exactly... nobody who enjoys Jon Stewart would chant like that in a serious manner.

[@RealAadilFarooqui]

"Hamas and Gluten' Now this killed me

[@dragonfly4484]

Wow.. These guys pretty much gets it. I have been echoing this sentiment for a long time.. Glad to see someone else articulate it better

[@eleanorisnotgivingyouherla3156]

This Bassem Youssef guy is hilarious! I need to watch more of his stuff

[@rewankarem9765]

you can watch "Albernameg"...it has english sub and there is also "democracy handbook"

[@DjTahoun]

love you Bassem

[@AhmedZaidy44]

Bassem Youssef😍🥰🤩

[@mikaeldume]

i love bassem so funny

[@tahmeedulislam3489]

who's here after the Bassem youssef interview ??

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

Me

[@user-vi4pm9rl6e]

Да он не заурядный человек

[@kuruptzZz]

lol @ 3:51 matt damon vs egypt

[@jimmy31hendrix]

kuruptzZz and there's also The Lannisters vs Al Qaeda XD

[@jabeztomer]

kuruptzZz Gluten was my favorite

[@occiferjehons2329]

I love the name 'The Halal guys'

[@HugBot5000]

kuruptzZz Kurds vs. NPR

[@SpartanA5213]

kuruptzZz Im pretty sure i saw Kony 2012 in there... and gluten. lol

[@ids5621]

The Arab Jon

[@RHR199X]

[Ids5621-Retro] oh look a biotuber out here

[@Sumaa743]

[Ids5621-Retro] and sadly he was forced to quit his show. "freedom of speech"

[@Xind0898]

[Ids5621-Retro] africa jon apparently lol

[@idicula1979]

Jon is a genious. But you should know this guy the Egyptian Jon Stewert. Is a hero risking life and limb to educate his populace with vector of comedy. And I love Jon for recognizing this, and being so humble.

[@nevermindwhatever9145]

Xind Liu North Africa nations are Arabs so African Arab.

[@nalimgnar9329]

"Is it really that easy?" -- a moment of grim realization

[@BenVPulgar]

The only reason Bassem wasn't chosen was because he is too real. He is authentic in the sense that he knows chaos and revolution. Do you know how much power a show in America would give him, especially one like The Daily Show. The D.S. wanted to keep their paws away from a topic that is very serious and up on your face all the time.

[@Mu3azOsman]

Bassem Youssef is hilarious !

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

Bassem Youssef would have made an excellent host. Just sayin'.

[@ohWellWhatThehell]

i think some of these videos of Jon should be made mandatory in university courses

[@wayfarerpg]

Great summary. :)

[@shiboba3520]

wayfarerpg yupppp

[@icyburger]

this video marked the situation and the problem........ Good beginning, middle and end ...... Beautiful

[@lonovik]

Bassem you nailed it.

[@Captain_n_1]

"Is this some kind of psychological terrorism where they confuse us to death?"😂

[@midosleem9936]

We missed you so much in egypt bassem ,hope to see you more on the screen

[@karimmostafa5339]

انتي صح

[@vestavenus123]

Unbelievable.. 8 years and still laughing as its the first time... 😂😂😂.. Bassem makes it on fir

[@Kzx828]

Bassem and Jon two comedic Oracles!✊🏽

[@IceMakesStuff]

Who is here after bassem got rlly famous

[@williamhornabrook8081]

He was really famous even before the above eight-year-old video. His show in Egypt regularly had over 30 million viewers. The Daily Show peaked at 2.5 million viewers.

[@aaliyahali5537]

With piers in Palestine israel issue I am here supper fan 😂

[@IceMakesStuff]

nice to know that@@williamhornabrook8081

[@audybharksuwana2041]

Bassem Youssef was actually the first guy I thought of, Trevor seemed too young and inexperience in comparison imo. Having said that Trevor does seem promising.

[@WediWelWel]

Audy Bharksuwana That's exactly what they said about Jon in 1999. Younger people do better on the long run.

[@krisniznik3953]

@Me, Myself and I Absolutely, Bassem Youssef would have been WAY better.

[@0Clewi0]

@@krisniznik3953 sure but viacom or whoever it is didn't want better, wanted more malleable.

[@krisniznik3953]

@@0Clewi0 So true, and apparently they got it. He maleabled himself into someone pretty boring. I read his book and he used to at least have some of his own thoughts.

[@0Clewi0]

@@krisniznik3953 And I know that he's funny because even when I started to stop caring I kept watching for some time the between the scenes and those made me laugh.

[@shahmm]

Bassem's English doesn't serve him justice at all.. It hinders his comedy and limits him.. He is so extraordinarily funny on his Arabic show

[@maazkalim]

*Out of curiosity:* Egyptian Arab???

[@kareem.n7966]

@@maazkalim no egyptians don't likes being called arab

[@maazkalim]

That depends, Mr "@@kareem.n7966".

[@guyfrom07]

@@kareem.n7966 Yup! The people of the "Arab Republic of Egypt" do NOT like to be called Arab. 🤨 And also, fishes hate being wet.

[@kareem.n7966]

@@guyfrom07 yup as an egyptian myself we never call our self arab we are egyptians our country is named arab because it speaks arabic

[@rogue-taxidermy_griffin]

The Lannisters vs. Al-Qaeda is honestly something I would want to see.

[@nl5828]

not as much as “matt damon vs egypt”!

[@rajeshhariharan7575]

wonderful wonderful... I am startng to becme a fan of Baseem Youssef...

[@AhmedZakiTourguideEgypt]

We miss you in Egypt Bassem Youssef great always you are :) :) hope to see your program again in Egypt

[@snappl3jacks]

This was so funny and utterly ingenious :DDD

[@MoktarEldeab]

i love bassem yosef he always want everyone to think good

[@zakiducky]

This was awesome and hilarious!

[@anillusion1182]

4:05 it would be funny if after John said "is it really that easy ?"Bassem says "Ah ,Americans " 😂👌

[@sallyabozaid9558]

Gosh how much i want bassem back for the show , it's really suck here without his show , i really hopped that he would be the new host of the daily show after john as bassem has mentioned before that john was his inspiration and mentor but trevor is also brilliant. at least i get the chance to see him on the daily show even if he's not the host ,,, hope trevor host him too.

[@jojoahmed6994]

This is great.. bassem and john are treaures really

[@tee2001baa]

"Is this some kind of new psychological terrorism where they try to confuse us to death? " I'm dead 😂😂

[@skaf008]

More Bassem !!!!!!!!

[@noakhrot]

Funniest and informative clip of the year!

[@Erick12347]

Bassem Youssef would be great on the daily show

[@ElsjeMassyn]

My two favourite men on one show bringing sanity into the chaos.

[@ahmadl1419]

big fan of you M.bassem my respect from morocco .

[@karim183O]

I can't imagine how the show would be without Jon Stewart specially during Hillary Clinton's campaign. Bassem, ya are so missed man. Ya are making us so proud of ya. Keep going and kicking asses. Hopefully Egypt advances to be African enough and see ya on the daily show :D

[@UltimatumNo5]

Honestly, funniest scene - love Bassem!

[@anoelrawsh]

just seeing you in anyshow makes me laugh .. really miss you

[@polyglotdreams]

Fantastic!

[@crocopie]

Bassam Youssef is awesome.

[@high_iq]

The best thing happened for Bassed is that he got his local show banned and driven out of Egypt, that made him International

[@user-oc6cs9yz9o]

Bassem... miss your program

[@Zurkan-pc6ot]

Whose here after Pierce Morgan’s show??

[@Jstoney127]

Brilliant!

[@pyschologygeek]

Over-thinking ruins you. Ruins the situation, twists things around, makes you worry and just makes everything much worse than it actually is

[@GnosticAtheist]

Perfect. In the end, its that simple.

[@danisha5958]

nice analysis

[@naeemulhoque1777]

“During a gold rush, sell shovels.” - Weapon Manufacturers

[@sandra96160]

Amazing Basem

[@captine2002]

What Bassem said it is amazingly true

[@RicAdbur]

This was such a clever bit. I miss these guys.

[@ahmed00007777]

Good luck ya baseaaaaam

[@Denis1104]

He would have indeed made a better host than Trevor

[@thomassutherland9887]

"And as they say where I came from : SHOOT" , which is very precise. The correct Egyptian term for "spill it out" happens to be "Shoot!", which liberally means "Kick me", or "Kick the ball at me"

[@EslamMohamedX]

POLITICS is the most F***** UP domain I've ever encountered. I hate it. ELECTRONICS is much more fun :D

[@ChickSage]

Eslam Mohamed Banana bread is fun :)

[@EslamMohamedX]

way to go, Chick Sage. Any thing other than POLITICS would be fine, I believe. xD

[@ChickSage]

Up Up Then we all eat banana bread?

[@StraightAhead135]

Eslam Mohamed How we lose is exactly by withdrawing from it. And that's the trick.

[@EslamMohamedX]

Bassam Yaghmour As a matter of fact, pursuing any kind of interest in the politics of the middle east is - more or less - gonna end u up committing (mental/emotional/physical) suicide. All u have to do is to be a sane, logical person and then watch the news. All of the ARABIC news channels are identical copies of FOX news. I.e. their first priority is to mislead their viewers.

[@manarabdelkarim9458]

Uh I miss Bassem shows and so excited for the new season of his show "Elbernameg " witch will return after 36 days (:

[@fantaxtick9482]

So true a decade ago and still relevant. MCAM

[@fatimaalshamsi5107]

Oooh Bassim I love i because U always say the truth

[@sethdaniell1071]

I've watched this at least three times and only now do I realize that Saudi Arabia is in the bracket three different times

[@ooseevip]

Bassem you are much more funny in Arabic 😂

[@YouTubeOfficial.Egy.]

yupp , I agree

[@ahmmadtaher2128]

R u an arab? 😀

[@narayanrizal7923]

Lannister haven't paid the debt

[@fatpowerful]

Bassem is awesome

[@mahmoudelbaar3739]

باسم يوسف نجم عااالمى .. وحشتنااا ي باااااسم

[@littlegenius5832]

باسم يوسف يا اخوانا يا اخوانا xD

[@Whotftookallthegoodusernames]

Love Bassem

[@Ali.musallam]

Confuse us to death 😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-ip1vd6mk5h]

John and Bassem 💜

[@r.c.auclair2042]

Wow. I just saw this. It's true. We're getting punked by the guys selling the guns. And not just selling them to us, but to everybody else who's buying.

[@karimkotb9363]

Its amazing that even foreigners love Bassem

[@amtoolazy]

Bassem ur the man

[@chadf9030]

Bassem is so hilarious haha

[@wtfarockfish]

"as they say where i come from: shoot" - dead

[@antieverything4990]

Holy shit, that is to accurate for comedy! The funny part was when the idiots in the audience immediately picked up the moronic "USA" chant.

[@nuhashwabkeh721]

Bassem❤️❤️❤️

[@ahmedbahgat927]

Good luck Ya Bassem :)

[@thumbsup23]

this comedy is deep and sad ,, very true :(

[@kaboom138]

3:50 OMG! LOLOLOLOLOL

[@KmtKV5]

Back here in the final month of 2022: even after a pandemic this is still right. "Military Contractors and Arms Contractors. As long as there is madness on marching: they win." I'll be back in March 2023 to repost this.

[@ausendundeinenacht1]

i m addicted to that guy BASSEM YOUSSEF

[@refafaabderrahmane3763]

i wish we have an Algerian guy like Bassem he is so good I miss your show Bassem, and we will miss your show too John

[@DualityMan]

man, it's gonna suck not having Jon guide us through the next clinton decade.

[@Skerdy]

Jeff M Ah, Trevor Noah is fun you'll see... he'll need some time to get his legs, but he'll be fine.

[@Patrick-po6vx]

Jeff M John Oliver is still her(also Stehpen colbert will be back).

[@meredocu]

Patrick Berger I don't think Colbert will do political satir anymore ... when we think how much genius have been created by john stewart... even bassam youssef admit he wanted to replicate the "daily show" experience.

[@TruthWielder]

+meredocu Yet, the Colbert Show is surprisingly political for a talk show. I don't think Stephen can help himself from commenting on something if it's a flagrant abuse of power or important enough to merit national attention.

[@Bryankbenge2]

+Jeff M Yeah, I fucking miss that guy, god dammit why did he have to leave!

[@kevinloftus5949]

I actually wish this Egyptian lad had taken jons position rather than Trevor Noah

[@HN-nf2ui]

true

[@AhmedErr]

Matt Damon's name in the Constant Intractable Madness list 😆

[@AhmedMohammed23]

Norta Dame didn't get out well from that fight 😂😅

[@sabaawan97]

Thought provoking