He reminds me of a Pakistani ex of mine. Our first date I told a story about getting a red BMX for my 6th birthday and he told me about stealing his neighbour's donkey cart and joyriding through the village with his brothers. It was the most hilarious culture clash.
Carrie Lynn that's actually cute !! and really nice to hear from someone else who isn't a Pakistan....thankfully there are people who don't think we are creeps -_- Good life to you Carrie...love from Pakistan ^^
Pakistani here. It kinda depends on the family he was raised in, and his immediate community, but I dont want people to get the impression that Pakistanis are a bunch of socially awkward weirdos. 182 million population, so it's not like one big homogenous culture (which of course the US isn't as well. Different regions of America have completely different cultures) Just wanted to get that out there. Kumail is hilarious in Silicon Valley, love that show!
Thanks I am Indian and I totally get it myself. He probably grew up in an all boys boarding school over there and never had the chance to pursue higher education there which is co-ed and I'm sure he would have been able to shake a woman's hand at that point!
Yasmine Xo Actually Kumail Nanjiani went to Karachi Grammar school (same school as I go to now) which is a highly selective and extremely liberal school in Karachi. It's co ed and we have proms and people date and everything so it's highly unlikely that he's never shaken hands with a woman. This is most likely a joke or one giant innuendo :)
+Pravoizavlijesvijeta Pakistan is a heavily Islamic country and except in liberal interpretations of Islam, physical contact between two people of different genders is prohibited unless they're married to each other. According to Wikipedia, Nanjiani was a former Muslim so his story is probably literal.
I know! That's why I thought he meant it literally at first... but they're making such a big deal out of it that I thought: "wait... this may be about something else xD"
I LOVE THIS GUY! :) His stand-up is great. I think he's writing a movie, as well. Also, he's in those old Navy ads that have been showing on youtube. like, I love that ad so much, I actually watch the whole thing.
Oh, God, where I live there is this rule that you're not supposed to shake a woman's hand first - you're supposed to wait till she extends her hand first, because you must let her decide whether she wants to shake hands with you. But almost nobody knows why this rule exists - they only know the "don't shake a woman's hand" part. So whenever I try to shake a guy's hand they leave my hand hanging or straight up say something like "What's your problem?". It's sooooo annoying to me, so impolite.
I mean if somebody extends their hand to shake yours and you say to them, angrily "What's your problem?" and then leave their hand hanging, then how is it NOT impolite. Even if you're unaware of this rule, you can infer that it is rude to do something like that. Similarly, there is no written rule that I know of that requires you not to say "You're fat" to a newly met person, but polite people just KNOW that it is impolite.
Oh, honey, if you think that is rare, that is a clear sign you're not a woman in my part of the world (and possibly in any part of the world). Besides, is there a single culture where leaving someone's hand hanging without a word of explanation is not considered even a bit rude or weird?
corhydron111 "Oh, honey, if you think that is rare" That is extremely condescending and insulting, not to mention rude. Calling people honey is pretty much implying you think I am lesser than you, and akin to a child. It's so annoying to me, and impolite.
What I don't understand is - he is now a successful AMERICAN. Doing really well for himself. And yet every interviewer wants to know if it was a culture shock when he came to America? I mean can we please have some original questions?
The Music Man is another movie that takes place in Iowa. I'm surprised with Stephen being a theatre kid he didn't reference it with the opening number "You ought to give Iowa a try!"
well we grew up on shows like Friends. That is the biggest American show I watched as a kid in 90s Pakistan. That was NYC. I watched Buzzfeed at times, again LA, SF or NYC for the most part. At most there is Robocop and 8Mile in Detroit. So that is America to most foreigners.
He studied at karachi grammar school which is one of the most liberal schools of Pakistan. It is co education, so i’m sure he had female friends. This handshake thing sounds exaggerated.
Okay very confusing shake hand discussion. At time, you think he's talking about the thing and the next you are like :no he is actually talking about shaking hands 😅
It used to be this way in America I think. Not long ago it wasn't seen as polite for a man to extend his hand first for a handshake with a woman, but if the woman extended her hand first, then it was ok.
This guy shakes hands!
In Russ' voice
then he fucks
dre857 LOL
hassan khan That's haram
Shame on them filthy hand shaker! You lusty greeter!
" Shaking hands with a woman, haha got you" . LOL this description bios crack me up
Lol I just noticed that after your comment. Haha
Oh with shaking hands he doesn’t really mean shaking hands
nah he literally means shaking hands. Muslim men aren't allowed to shake hands with women.
GAHHBU lol
Whose dad wrote this?
He reminds me of a Pakistani ex of mine. Our first date I told a story about getting a red BMX for my 6th birthday and he told me about stealing his neighbour's donkey cart and joyriding through the village with his brothers. It was the most hilarious culture clash.
wtf 😅😅😅 is this real?
loooool carrie this is so funnyyy i think the guy must be from a village ahaha What was your reaction then? :D
It was one of the best dates of my life! We were so different, but we had so much fun together. :)
Carrie Lynn that's actually cute !! and really nice to hear from someone else who isn't a Pakistan....thankfully there are people who don't think we are creeps -_-
Good life to you Carrie...love from Pakistan ^^
:).
He is genuinely funny. I love him in Silicon Valley.
The Big Bang Theory for me ;)
Conan's interviews with Kumail are by far the best. He sits there and let's him tell his stories without interrupting every 10 seconds
That's conan's style. Hearing and reacting, not like the others that talk over the anecdotes
This guy is so clever and imaginative with words, even though he's not a native speaker. Respect
He could probably speak English before moving to America because it'd taught in schools
"It was a home run" is maybe the best Field of Dreams joke I have heard and will ever hear
shake it and they will come
@Josias Uribe Yikes!
#Gross
He graduated from Karachi Grammar School, the most elitist school in the country, and he's never shaken hands with a woman......give me a break.
Exaggerate kar rha hai
Oh come on I'm from nasra and I hesitate to talk with girls
he's a comedian you dumbass, he's meant to make people laugh, his jokes don't have to be facts. They can be exaggerated
@@sanoreeta121 hahaha
Elitest school! Pffff.Aitchison be like “Am I a joke to you”
Lmao this was hilarious I love him
Omg give me my name
+simran kaur 😂
***** simran kaur 😜
simran kaur 😂😂
@@simrankaur-er3kh same name😂
"Iowa sucks! I love Iowa." - Kumail Nanjiani
+A D I'm pretty sure that was a Trump quote
+guacheni4einiu "Iowa's the best, no state better than iowa, i have the best iowa's no one has better iowa's than me"
+guacheni4einiu >"How STUPID are the the People of Iowa?!" - Trump
and that's why we rejected him
***** yeah, except his odds of actually winning the election are miniscule. But keep believing.
LMAO
This was freaking adorable
kumail is just the best.
stephen oughta get the whole silicon valley cast on here, that would be a fucking hoot.
Pakistani here. It kinda depends on the family he was raised in, and his immediate community, but I dont want people to get the impression that Pakistanis are a bunch of socially awkward weirdos. 182 million population, so it's not like one big homogenous culture (which of course the US isn't as well. Different regions of America have completely different cultures) Just wanted to get that out there.
Kumail is hilarious in Silicon Valley, love that show!
+Omar Hasan Wow, I had no idea they had 180 million people. That's half the size of the US population. Density must be insane.
+Clymaxx not really. depends on the area. u can also go drive 10+ hrs and not see a single human around u
Thanks I am Indian and I totally get it myself. He probably grew up in an all boys boarding school over there and never had the chance to pursue higher education there which is co-ed and I'm sure he would have been able to shake a woman's hand at that point!
Yasmine Xo Actually Kumail Nanjiani went to Karachi Grammar school (same school as I go to now) which is a highly selective and extremely liberal school in Karachi. It's co ed and we have proms and people date and everything so it's highly unlikely that he's never shaken hands with a woman. This is most likely a joke or one giant innuendo :)
Well maybe the school was different when he attended ;)
Jokes aside it was dignified of them to bleep it
This guy shook hands at 18. I am 20 and I still keep my hands to myself.
As an Iowa native, "lots of pork and shaking hands" is a pretty good way to sum up the state.
lol Pakistani and Indians know what he is talking about.. Because we are on another level of Dark humour 😂
True hahahah
😂😂
Bro bangladeshi too😂
He is actually talking about shaking hands, until the end though. It's not like you'd have sex with someone in the middle of a party!
@@AnkitShai right
I feel like this is one giant innuendo...
"Every shade of your mom's lipstick"
Who's here after he got buff
This guy is funny
"Kumail Nanjiani talks about his first time..."
Not trusting youtube anymore.
Yeah, Iowa! Always exciting to see a fellow Grinnellian having so much success.
+chopkins57 GRINNELL!!!!!! I was born and raised there, and worked at the college.
Now what's that?°
Kumail is so genuine and funny. Quickly became my favorite storyteller and guest.
Jimmy Carr's looking tanned here
*GASP FOR AIR LAUGHTER*
I don't think many american's know who Jimmy Carr is, but I certainly do!!!
lol
HAHAHAHA
and he got short too.
He’s SO CUTE
So effortlessly funny! Love this man!!
are they talking about shaking hands or are they talking about "shaking hands"? too much meta in this interview...
+Pravoizavlijesvijeta Pakistan is a heavily Islamic country and except in liberal interpretations of Islam, physical contact between two people of different genders is prohibited unless they're married to each other. According to Wikipedia, Nanjiani was a former Muslim so his story is probably literal.
+Honibaz he is not muslim anymore?
+Honibaz as someone who visited Pakistan last summer, times have changed heavily. That is not the case anymore
Hannah Hannah
According to Wikipedia he is a former Muslim.
*****
Well Nanjiani came to the US in the 1990s so it was much different times.
Naturally funny dude
He’s so adorable and witty at the same time😂😂😎😘😘
“ We always have one Pakistani “ 😂😂😂😂
I am 23 still i haven't shaken hands with a girl beside relations...😂😂
"She had a tight grip and she told me I was moving up and down too fast."
gonna watch vids of people shaking hands violently....
+ronan Hopefully 4 or 5 at time.
+ronan Hopefully 4 or 5 at time.
+ronan Teen girls peer pressured into uncomfortable situations... Shaking hands with the softball team that beat them.
Eeeeeiiiik!!!!!!!!!
He's cute :)
+Brenda Araujo lol maybe you should go shake his hands
lol, maybe :P
Rajesh Limbu lol
At this point I think the "shaking hands" thing was a euphemism x3 or maybe it was obvious all along and I picked it up at the end
+Brenda Araujo
Actually, in Pakistan and other Muslim nations, I believe men shaking hands with women is just not done.
I know! That's why I thought he meant it literally at first... but they're making such a big deal out of it that I thought: "wait... this may be about something else xD"
I LOVE THIS GUY! :) His stand-up is great. I think he's writing a movie, as well. Also, he's in those old Navy ads that have been showing on youtube. like, I love that ad so much, I actually watch the whole thing.
The Big Sick! I'm so excited to see it!
The Big Sick was awesome
Oh, God, where I live there is this rule that you're not supposed to shake a woman's hand first - you're supposed to wait till she extends her hand first, because you must let her decide whether she wants to shake hands with you. But almost nobody knows why this rule exists - they only know the "don't shake a woman's hand" part. So whenever I try to shake a guy's hand they leave my hand hanging or straight up say something like "What's your problem?". It's sooooo annoying to me, so impolite.
+corhydron111 But you know that they don't know, so why would it be impolite? That's some next level triggering.
I mean if somebody extends their hand to shake yours and you say to them, angrily "What's your problem?" and then leave their hand hanging, then how is it NOT impolite. Even if you're unaware of this rule, you can infer that it is rude to do something like that. Similarly, there is no written rule that I know of that requires you not to say "You're fat" to a newly met person, but polite people just KNOW that it is impolite.
corhydron111 I'm talking about the leaving you hanging part, not the rare 'what's your problem' bit.
Oh, honey, if you think that is rare, that is a clear sign you're not a woman in my part of the world (and possibly in any part of the world). Besides, is there a single culture where leaving someone's hand hanging without a word of explanation is not considered even a bit rude or weird?
corhydron111 "Oh, honey, if you think that is rare"
That is extremely condescending and insulting, not to mention rude. Calling people honey is pretty much implying you think I am lesser than you, and akin to a child. It's so annoying to me, and impolite.
Kumail is king
Kumail Nanjiani has earned my eternal respect for playing the great Prismo in Adventure Time!
Huh???
Kumail is hilarious and his suit is amazing...
I LOVEEE HIM. He never fails to crack me up ❤️❤️
He is so handsome and witty.
I love this guy, he's hilarious 😂
I'm not sure if they really talking about shaking woman hand.
Yes..we shake hand with men to men not women
I am a pakistani but one thing is clear this guy was living under a rock back in Pakistan.we do shake hands over here.
This was very different from what the title suggested....
It felt like a home run. That was great. lmfao
Okay I've been binge watching this guys videos for the past hour or so, I'm in love with his humour! 😂😂
The description though 🤣🤣🤣
Such a funny guy, and so nice too. To be both is a rarity in this world.
I still can't get whether "shaking hands" was the euphemism for sex or not
Not euphemism ,It is exactly about shaking hands
Yea its really about shaking hands, the country is very conservative.
I'm getting addicted to this guy
so relatable
*Good old days when we could shake hands*
He shook hands at 18. I'm 22 and counting.......
He describes shaking a woman's hand the same way I describe my first kiss with a man 😆
you got me, I will just admit it, well done.
guys i don’t think he’s talking about shaking hands
I generally don’t like click bait but I respect this one
This man is gold.
I'm surprised they actually bleeped her name. Lol
I can relate to him in so many things
I am also a Pakistani and living in Lahore and studying in NCA, we can even hug with female friends,
@Ejaz Ahmed now everything is possible 🙃
Stephen is obvious pretty hilarious but kumail has a great sense of humor as well. I'll have to watch more of his stuff.
You got me. That title. . . .
"You're from Pakistan"
"Somebody booed!"
I'm already laughing. This guy is hilarious, he thinks and speaks in joke.
Not booed but wooed. There is a difference between those two words
@imran ali A stark difference, Alright? 😏
@@maazkalim nope, a literal difference in meaning
I'm Pakistani!
BDSM=Bewildered Dudes Shaking Mains ('Mains' French for Hands)
Bwahahaha!
#Genius 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I can totally relate but Now he hold the record for shaking most hand with women 😄
Lol it took me a while to understand what shaking hands meant 😅😂
He tells this story better on Harmontown, oh Kumail, we just want you back
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Not a molecule on this earth:
Every interview ever @ kumail: so you’re from Pakistan
Just the Novelty of seeing a Pakistani not dressed in a suicide vest
Absolutely... I was thinking the same. Every interview starts with the same line.
@@athulsha4295 💯💯💯
And he happily shook hands ever after...
What I don't understand is - he is now a successful AMERICAN. Doing really well for himself. And yet every interviewer wants to know if it was a culture shock when he came to America? I mean can we please have some original questions?
I agree, I've heard that same question too many times.
Wow..... He is a complete hand shaker now
Hahaha I loved this
Who is this man? He's absolutely hysterical!
+Shannon Cooney He's on an HBO show called silicon valley. Its very funny, you should watch it.
The Music Man is another movie that takes place in Iowa. I'm surprised with Stephen being a theatre kid he didn't reference it with the opening number "You ought to give Iowa a try!"
My man Prismo.
i still don't know if this was metaphoric or not
When they said his first time... Shaking hands got you! I thought it was about his first time doin the stuff
It is.. U moron. Lol
It’s so wild to think that people only consider New York or la as America like why did we let media get this far with doing that
well we grew up on shows like Friends. That is the biggest American show I watched as a kid in 90s Pakistan. That was NYC. I watched Buzzfeed at times, again LA, SF or NYC for the most part. At most there is Robocop and 8Mile in Detroit. So that is America to most foreigners.
In the moment at 0:57 you can SEE see kumail come up with the handshake porn joke. He looks so proud and amused i love it 😂😂😂
He does a lot more than shake hands.
This guy was fucking funny as all fuck, more of him please!
I love him lmao
Looks like kumail went to America directly from north waziristan lol. He's definitely exaggerating the hand shake thing
🤣😂
@AshhadASLAM DAHRI no, he is talking about shaking hands
He studied at karachi grammar school which is one of the most liberal schools of Pakistan. It is co education, so i’m sure he had female friends. This handshake thing sounds exaggerated.
What i like about kumail... Is he has a very pakistani approach towards humor
My guy always making me laugh and reppin🇵🇰
he is so funny , I love him
Since then I've shaken many woman's hands ;)
Okay very confusing shake hand discussion. At time, you think he's talking about the thing and the next you are like :no he is actually talking about shaking hands 😅
God i do love me some kumail. What can I say, once you go Pakistan you can't go backistan.
Kumail is amazing man
that was fucking hilarious
It's same in India too. I haven't shook hands till when I started doing my job.
@@mridulnair4754 1988
The Music Man is also in set in Iowa.
they bleeped it Kumail, they did.
It used to be this way in America I think. Not long ago it wasn't seen as polite for a man to extend his hand first for a handshake with a woman, but if the woman extended her hand first, then it was ok.