" These include corruption, symbolized by "a tall guy who wears a ;" unemployment represented by "a guy who wears a ragged and carries a green folder;" and traffic problems symbolized by "a guy chained to a concrete block, the sort found in road works | La Yekthar Show and Telfaz11 [ ] In 2010, Fahad Albutairi has started his own show on YouTube entitled La Yekthar Show, which is a Saudi colloquial term that roughly translates to "put a lid on it |
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Although he was initially worried about how audiences in Saudi Arabia might receive stand-up comedy, his first performance in Saudi Arabia was in Riyadh in February 2009, which attracted over 1,200 audience members | He was the first Saudi professional stand-up comedian to perform at the |
So far, it has been one of the fastest growing Saudi Arabian YouTube channels, getting more than 4,000 subscribers in its first month, and reaching one million subscribers in its 3rd season of the show.
2" On 15 January 2016, Fahad Albutairi performed at the Hollywood with , , and many others | On 3 November 2009, Albutairi was chosen out of 65 English-speaking contestants as the winner of the "Be a Part of the 2009" Contest |
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His debut as a stand-up comedian in the Arab World was on 2 October 2008, opening for and in alongside a host of other local comedians as part of the | In terms of content, Albutairi has explained that the show deals symbolically with some socio-political issues in Saudi Arabia: "Each character kind of represents a socio-political issue |
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On 18 March 2010, Fahad Albutairi took part in Yemen's first-ever stand-up comedy showcase along with fellow Saudi comedians Khalid Khalifa and Ibraheem Alkhairallah and Egyptian-American comedian | Life and career [ ] Fahad Albutairi was born in , |
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" He started the YouTube channel with fellow Saudi comedian , who writes the show with Albutairi, and Saudi directors and | " Discussing the fact that his show is created solely for distribution on YouTube, although he initially considered moving to acting on television following the success of his stand-up comedy, Albutairi explained that "the Hollywood dream is not really applicable in the region, especially with mega-networks |
Since then, he has shared the stage with the likes of , , , Erik Griffin, , , and.