#209 Malaysians Are Happier Than Singaporeans?

You Might Wanna Sit Down For This

We sat down with our favourite Singaporean, HIRZI and token Malaysian, Jenhan to chat about our standup journey and how we formed "The Cross-Causeway Comedy Debates"! And of course, no episode with a Singaporean is ever complete without a good ol' hot takes debate.

0:00 Intro

1:49 The reason why HIRZI is in all caps

2:35 Why our tickets are priced that way

3:46 3A is a Malaysian thing

4:33 Announcing our BIG CROSSOVER show!

7:00 The big label debate

7:52 What constitutes a "comedian" or "stand up comedian"

9:16 Jenhan has beef with people who call themselves authors10:15 HIRZI cried when he turned 35

11:13 Jenhan went through a mid-age awakening as well

11:47 How HIRZI encouraged Ming Yue's standup career

13:21 Ming Yue wanted people to take him seriously

13:54 Jenhan's attempt at being serious

16:24 How the BIG CROSSOVER came about

17:57 HIRZI's approach to standup

21:50 HIRZI didn't earn money from this show?!

25:52 What it's like working with each other

28:53 Why we were scared to ask Jenhan

31:35 HIRZI loves Ming Han

32:38 Ming Han's journey in standup

34:09 The standup community is more supporting than Youtube's?

35:34 Ming Han mandatory mention of his psychology background

36:29 Jenhan's struggle with debate

37:05 HIRZI loves Jenhan

38:50 Deciding which topics to debate about

43:10 Our different working styles

45:01 If you're deciding whether to get tickets...

47:12 How standups can go international

50:45 DEBATE: Malaysians are happier than Singaporeans

51:44 DEBATE: Singapore is too utopian, it's dystopian

53:05 What do Malaysians love about Singaporeans?

58:00 DEBATE: Having a whitewashed Singaporean partner vs mat rempit partner

1:01:50 Ming Yue's insane Singaporean fling

1:08:49 GET TICKETS NOW