In France, I'm not going to say the audience will laugh for nothing, but you could compare the response I get to the response Louis CK or Chris Rock would get if they go up in a club in Denver tonight.
When they don't know you, when you don't have credits and they're thinking, 'I don't know this French guy,' your first five minutes are trying to seduce them, trying to get them on your side. And it's not easy.
There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were my thing.
Americans don't like puns and plays on words, which is totally opposite in the comedy world to France or even Italy and Germany.
Actually, I don't like dogs. I'm from Morocco, and people there don't like animals.
If I were bombing with my jokes in English, I would go back to France. Maybe do that mime thing.
