either be a stand—up comedian or a ninja turtle. yes. why not a ninja turtle? well, the stem cell research is not where it should be. and, ah, for religious reasons, i think a lot of people have opposed it. so i haven't given up hope yet. i'm using stand—up comedy to finance the ninja turtle dream. all right. fingers crossed. we'll see what happens. so, you're lebanese american... yes. ..yourfamily moved to san diego when you were two years of age because of the civil war at the time in lebanon. and you went back to lebanon when you were ten years of age. how important is this dual identity to you as a comic? it's — it's everything... i think it gives me the only reason that i'm worth watching, really. it gave me that perspective. because i have — i'm equal parts lebanese as i am equal parts american. i think they're two very interesting lives to live. you know, when you grow up in america, everything's given to you. there's stability, there's, you know, an infrastructure...