Yes, he does

this.

So I just did that.

And then John turned to me and said, congratulations, welcome to The Daily Show.

And I was, thank you.

And I was on that night.

He was like, I think he said to me, are you doing anything this evening? Because you're going to be...

But what about you was missing?

Could you even imagine being the senior Middle East correspondent today? Oh,

my gosh.

Oh my God, Asif, what the hell is going on? It's insanity.

It's insanity.

I mean, I actually sometimes, I don't know if you ever do this, but I...

I mean, you had a show where you interviewed people on your show for a long time.

And so you've got that.

I mean,

I first became a fan of Aasif Mandvi when he was one of the hilarious correspondents on The Daily Show, but when he joined us in March, he talked about all the odd jobs as a performer he had before he made it big.

I, I used to, uh, uh, perform in murder mysteries where we would go, uh, underco- like, sort of, uh, incognito into these parties and then someone would get killed.

And, uh, and, and one of the most, uh, one of the most in- infamous ones that I ever did was at a, uh, a, an Orthodox Jewish, um, uh, uh, meet, uh, you know, like a, like a, they were, they were, uh, trying to meet s- people to, to get married.

Yeah.

So I literally just, like, put on a suit and I went in and, um, I honestly just had this, like, attitude of like, "I'm never gonna get this.

This is ridiculous, like I, I, I'm in the wrong frame of mind." And John, uh, met me and he said, uh, and I was a little bit surly and I said, and he, 'cause he said to me, he said, "Have you, uh, uh, you know, have you ever performed in front of a live audience?" And I remember [laughs] looking at him and just being like, "Dude, I've been on Broadway."

Right

...

but I, I remember that character and he was a, a bit...

Am I remembering it correctly? I felt like he was a bit more of, like, a, he was less alpha, right?

It's kind of fascinating.

Yeah.

It's sometimes, it's true.

And I think it's, it, it's, it's true.

What would you do?

Well, it's, it's funny, 'cause I- [laughs] So I, I, I, different things.

I, I, you know, like, like, like one, one night I, I was, um, coming home from a party and it was very late, and it was like 2:00 in the morning or whatever.

And, uh, I went into...

This is not, this is...

I'm not proud of this, but I went into like a deli and got like, you know that sushi stuff that you get that it's like in the deli.

Like it's not-

That seems like some pressure to me.

Yes.

And to see what has been happening in the world in the last, you know, like, I, I, I see more dead children and dead, and babies getting blown up and, than, than anybody sh- should see.

Like, like, I've seen more in one week now than I saw my entire...

A- and it's like, and as a parent, it is just gut-wrenching.

I hope so

... of that grassroots people coming out.

I mean, the, the, the guy in Texas right now, you know, um, the, the, I have a friend, Farhan, who's running, who's a former firefighter, who's running for city council here, you know.

And, um, people are coming out and, and saying, "Oh, I-"On a local level.

After starting at, at a Disney theme park, which I love, you ended up in New York, and you did a whole bunch of jobs, and I love this, including you worked for a company that put on, like, murder mystery parties.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I, I used to, uh, uh, perform in murder mysteries where we would go, uh, underco- like, sort of incognito into these parties, and then someone would get killed.

And, uh, and, and one of the most, uh, one of the most in- infamous ones that I ever did was at a, uh, uh, an Orthodox Jewish, um, uh, a meet, uh, you know, like a, like a, they would, they were, uh, trying to meet s- people to, to get married.

Yeah.

So I literally just, like, put on a suit and I went in and, um, I honestly just had this, like, attitude of like, "I'm never gonna get this.

This is ridiculous." Like I, I, I'm in the wrong frame of mind.