Dan Ahdoot and Tien Tran

Summary

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil Episode: Dan Ahdoot and Tien Tran
Release Date: June 19, 2025

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Introduction to Guests

In this episode of Wrong Turns, host Jameela Jamil welcomes two comedic talents, Dan Ahdoot and Tien Tran, to share their most mortifying and embarrassing stories. As the foundation of the show revolves around reveling in each other's misfortunes without seeking moral lessons, listeners are treated to raw and unfiltered anecdotes from these seasoned comedians.

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Navigating Luck and Disaster

The conversation kicks off with Jameela probing whether Dan and Tien consider themselves lucky or unlucky. Both guests express a knack for avoiding disasters, yet when mishaps occur, they tend to escalate dramatically.

• Jameela Jamil [02:28]: "Do you feel like you're an unlucky person? Is disaster drawn to you?"

• Dan Ahdoot [02:41]: "I think I'm pretty good at avoiding disaster. So when it does happen to me, it's catastrophic."

• Tien Tran [02:48]: "I think I'm pretty good at avoiding disaster, too."

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Micro Humiliations: Small Embarrassments Gone Awry

Jameela asks the guests to share examples of micro humiliations, setting the stage for their stories.

Tien Tran's Sushi Shenanigans

Tien recounts his early days working at a sushi restaurant in Chicago, humorously mispronouncing "Chicago" and covertly indulging in the food meant for customers.

• Tien Tran [03:21]: "When I first moved to Chicago, one of my very first jobs was at a sushi restaurant. And we used to cater the library on the top floor, and I would just stuff food into my face before serving it."

• Jameela Jamil [03:30]: "Ride people's leftovers."

Tien’s strategic approach to snacking on sushi without getting caught showcases his playful side, even in less-than-glamorous situations.

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Dan Ahdoot's Comedy Show Catastrophe

Dan shares a particularly disastrous experience from a comedy show he performed to support Experience Camps, a charity for children who have lost a parent or sibling. His attempt to connect on a meaningful night turned into a cringe-worthy event.

The Setup

Dan was eager to perform at the charity event, hoping to honor his late brother and contribute positively. However, things took a turn when a heartfelt video featuring a grieving child set an unexpectedly somber tone.

• Dan Ahdoot [17:14]: "I was about to go on stage after a video of a little girl sharing her grief. I panicked and made the mistake of doing an impression of her."

The Fallout

His attempt to lighten the mood with an impression led to uncomfortable silence, leaving the audience unresponsive and more somber.

• Dan Ahdoot [21:44]: "I made the mistake of doing an impression of the little girl, and the crowd just went silent. I panicked and tried to justify it by saying, 'I have a dead brother,' making it even more awkward."

Despite his intentions, the night ended with no further dates and a lingering sense of embarrassment.

• Dan Ahdoot [23:06]: "We didn't go on another date. That was it. That was the end."

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Tien Tran's Funeral Fiasco

Tien narrates his experience of being asked to play the violin at his grandfather's funeral, despite not having practiced the instrument in a decade.

The Preparation

Faced with the obligation to please his family, Tien finds himself unprepared for the task at hand.

• Tien Tran [26:10]: "My dad asked me to play violin for the service, but I hadn't played in like 10 years."

At the Funeral

During the service, Tien and his prodigious cousin share the stage, leading to an unforgettable and embarrassing performance.

• Tien Tran [30:39]: "I played Amazing Grace over and over for 20 minutes, and my sisters were like, 'You suck.'"

• Jameela Jamil [32:03]: "200 people were watching, and your grandfather is a pillar of the community. There's a lot of expectation on you."

Tien’s recounting is filled with self-deprecation and humor, highlighting the intense pressure and subsequent public humiliation.

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Listener's Wrong Turn: The Gorilla Crush

Jameela introduces a listener-submitted story that underscores the show's theme of embracing awkward and embarrassing moments.

• Listener Story [36:07]: A woman shares how, during a playful debate about which Monkey they’d want to hook up with, a colleague confidently states her preference for a silverback gorilla, leaving her mortified.

• Jameela Jamil [37:29]: "Poor woman never lived it down."

This story perfectly encapsulates the essence of Wrong Turns, where unexpected and cringe-worthy moments make life’s journey all the more relatable.

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Conclusion and Farewells

As the episode wraps up, Jameela expresses deep appreciation for Dan and Tien's candidness and humor in sharing their embarrassing tales. The guests provide their contact information and promote their respective projects:

• Tien Tran:

  • Instagram: @hanktina (a reclaimed version of his name due to past mispronunciations)
  • Podcast: Dracula

• Dan Ahdoot:

  • Instagram: @andupdan
  • Podcast: Green Eggs and Dan
  • Book: Undercooked (comedic food essays)

Jameela hints at future episodes featuring guests like Adam Pally and Malik Ellis, promising more entertaining stories of wrong turns.

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Notable Quotes

• Dan Ahdoot [03:02]: "You're very wealthy."

• Jameela Jamil [08:10]: "Do you ever ask strangers for some of their food?"

• Dan Ahdoot [18:22]: "I feel like if someone sees you on stage killing, it's not you getting to know me."

• Jameela Jamil [21:26]: "Oh my God."

• Dan Ahdoot [35:11]: "I have to get my plane."

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Final Thoughts

This episode of Wrong Turns brilliantly showcases the unpredictable and often hilarious missteps in the lives of comedians Dan Ahdoot and Tien Tran. Through their stories, listeners gain a deeper appreciation for the humor found in life's less-than-perfect moments, reinforcing the podcast's premise that everyone faces disasters and embarrassing turns.

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Connect with the Guests:

• Tien Tran:

  • Instagram: @hanktina
  • Podcast: Dracula

• Dan Ahdoot:

  • Instagram: @andupdan
  • Podcast: Green Eggs and Dan
  • Book: Undercooked

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Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Special thanks to launch producer Eve Bishop, editor Shannon Joy Rodgers, and consulting producer Colin Anderson. Share your own Wrong Turns by emailing a voice memo to [e-mail].

Transcript

[Dan Ahdoot]

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[Tin Tran]

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[Dan Ahdoot]

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[Jameela Jamil]

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Wrong Turns. This is where dignity goes to die. It's a podcast that recognizes that all that work we've done as a culture against shame is actually pointless and we should bring shame back. And we are, and we're doing it right here. And joining me today we have a comedian, writer and actor from shows like Cobra Kai, Kick Nit and Raid the Fridge. He is the author of Undercooked and hosts the podcast Green Eggs and Dan Dana Doot.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Thank you. Thank you. I am excited to be in this ring of shame. Yeah, my parents will not be listening to this.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Because it's about to get shameful.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay, great.

[Tin Tran]

Not if I can't help it. Yeah, I'm calling your parents up.

[Jameela Jamil]

Judging by your look, no one's going to be listening to this. So I'm gonna see a tank suddenly in my ratings. And we have an actress, writer and comedian who you've seen on How I Met yout father and Mr. Throwback to one of the hosts of Queer sports podcast, it's Tin Tran.

[Tin Tran]

Hello. Hi. Hello.

[Jameela Jamil]

Good. How are you?

[Tin Tran]

I'm good. I'm really excited to be here.

[Jameela Jamil]

I'm so excited to have you.

[Tin Tran]

I know. I'm excited.

[Jameela Jamil]

You both look like very lucky people. And I can't tell if that's just because you're well dressed and you're both attractive. Are you lucky people?

[Dan Ahdoot]

I'm rich. I don't know what your excuse is. Very, very wealthy.

[Tin Tran]

I don't think I'm that. I don't think I'm like, unlucky, but I don't think I'm that lucky either.

[Jameela Jamil]

Right, right, right. Yeah, but do you. Okay, so you don't feel like you're an unlucky person? Is disaster drawn to you? Like, were you asking for it? What were you wearing? Do you know what I mean?

[Dan Ahdoot]

I don't know. I think I'm pretty good at avoiding disaster. So when it does happen to me, it's catastrophic.

[Jameela Jamil]

Right, right, right, right, right.

[Tin Tran]

I think I'm pretty good at avoiding disaster, too.

[Jameela Jamil]

Your whole life, or is it something you've learned to do?

[Tin Tran]

I mean, I think it's something that my whole. I'm like, very. I'm such a pleaser.

[Jameela Jamil]

Like, what am I eating? Oh, God, sorry.

[Tin Tran]

Screen grab.

[Jameela Jamil]

Known bigot invites other bigots.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I like to disassociate myself from. From what we just saw here together.

[Tin Tran]

I'm pretty chill here.

[Jameela Jamil]

There's no nuance there. Okay, do you guys have examples of micro humiliations that you have just for me to get a sense of you and how you respond? Do you want to start? Tin?

[Tin Tran]

Okay, I'll start. So when I first moved to Chicago, one of my very first jobs was at a sushi restaurant. And it was spelled Chicago. S H I K A G O. After the chef. Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Chicago.

[Tin Tran]

Chicago.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah.

[Tin Tran]

Which is really funny you say that because it was pronounced just Chicago. You are rich, but people. I know, but people would come in.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And be like, I can afford Duolingo Pro.

[Tin Tran]

People would come in and be like, chicago. Like, it was like a Japanese word.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah.

[Tin Tran]

But we used to also cater the library on the top floor. And I was like, poor and, like, didn't have a lot of money at the time. Yeah, Sorry. Do you know what that is? Poor war. Do you know how to say it?

[Dan Ahdoot]

I don't. I may. I'm actually not sure why I'm sitting on the same couch.

[Jameela Jamil]

Is that why you're sitting so far away from me?

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yes. This is why.

[Jameela Jamil]

Good God.

[Dan Ahdoot]

You're saying I want one round pillow.

[Tin Tran]

Between me and any poor person. My dinner every night when I worked there was, like, eating the sushi and the egg rolls.

[Jameela Jamil]

Were they feeding you?

[Tin Tran]

No. So what we would do is that we would cater the top floor and we would get in the elevator and we get. We'd get four, 40 floors. I would just stuff food.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Tin Tran]

Into my face in that.

[Jameela Jamil]

Ride people's leftovers.

[Tin Tran]

No. Before we even walked out to serve them.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh. Oh, wow.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah. I was, like, taking it from the platter before it was being served.

[Jameela Jamil]

Are you very, like, good at this and strategic and good at covering your tracks?

[Tin Tran]

Yes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tin Tran]

Good at Covering my tracks. I could, like, kind of eat two egg rolls in a 44 ride. Not to brag.

[Jameela Jamil]

All right, Deep throat.

[Tin Tran]

Okay. Yeah, sorry. No offense.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, the best kind.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Can we do a spin off podcast called Deep Fit Lesbians? Yes.

[Tin Tran]

I'll be the co host.

[Jameela Jamil]

I would 100% like, go listen to that band.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah. DTL. Yeah, we're going to see DTL tonight. And one of the days I didn't know that the chef was upstairs and the elevators opened and I was, like, finishing stuffing, like, a sushi in my mouth. And he was just like, oh, you can't. He was like, speechless.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Cause also, like, it's a hygiene red bag. You're getting in there with your hands.

[Tin Tran]

Yes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Tin Tran]

He just, like, looked at me and was like, can't do that.

[Jameela Jamil]

Also, how are you able to do this with, like. Was it a big platter? Were you holding it with both hands?

[Tin Tran]

It was on a roller. It would, like. It would be multiple plates of, like, sushi egg rolls.

[Jameela Jamil]

I think he's a cunt for not being flattered.

[Tin Tran]

I mean, it was so good. I was trying to, like.

[Jameela Jamil]

Were you trying to be like, oh, it's just so, so delicious. Like, the smell, like, took me over.

[Tin Tran]

No, I'm really bad at kind of flattering.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Tin Tran]

So I just answered honestly. I was like, I'm hungry.

[Dan Ahdoot]

His response was, you can't do that.

[Tin Tran]

You can't do that.

[Dan Ahdoot]

You should have been like, well, you can't spell Chicago like that either. And then throw the food.

[Jameela Jamil]

But also, you can't not feed your staff.

[Tin Tran]

I know.

[Jameela Jamil]

I've never heard of a restaurant before.

[Tin Tran]

That we didn't do family meals.

[Jameela Jamil]

That's crazy. Yeah. I'm against him, but that is humiliating. Were you fired or did you just get, like, a slap on the wrist?

[Tin Tran]

I got. I got a slap on the wrist.

[Jameela Jamil]

Big old slap on the wrist.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Fair.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Do you have, like, a Pavlovian response every time you're in an elevator? Do you get hungry?

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Filling up with saliva.

[Tin Tran]

If I see someone else in the elevator, I'm like, yeah, take it from them.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Do you ever ask strangers for some of their food?

[Tin Tran]

No. Have you?

[Jameela Jamil]

No.

[Tin Tran]

Like, off their. Off their. Sorry.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Oh, wait, wait.

[Tin Tran]

What?

[Jameela Jamil]

Huh?

[Dan Ahdoot]

I know this is a little bit of a pivot, but that reminded me of the craziest.

[Tin Tran]

Please.

[Dan Ahdoot]

That is shameful for my friend.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay. Please. I love. Throw them under the bus.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Last week, first and last name. No, Last week, Dianur. We were at Marvin Restaurant here in West Hollywood, and We were sitting down. It was me and my two friends and a young lady. I was with Humble Brad.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And there was a couple next to us.

[Jameela Jamil]

I'm not joking.

[Dan Ahdoot]

There was a couple next to us. They were having dinner. Gay couple. Hey, we did it.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Equality.

[Tin Tran]

The lesbians are going to get me for that one.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Thank you. There was a gay couple, and they were having a wonderful date. And they had this veal chop. And the chop was. They took it off the bone, and the bone was sitting there. And they were. They were. They were. They were basically done eating, but not really. There was still, like, a little bit of meat left. And my buddy is like, oh, my God. They're not going to finish the bone. Like, I need. Like, that's so. That's such a crime. He's like, I want to eat it so badly. And I said, I'll give you $300 if you don't say anything.

[Tin Tran]

Rich.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Because I'm rich. If you don't say anything, grab that bone and just start eating it. You can't say a word until you're done eating it.

[Jameela Jamil]

Mm.

[Tin Tran]

You.

[Jameela Jamil]

So you play this sort of little games with your poor friends.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yes, I.

[Jameela Jamil]

What is this, the fucking Hunger Games?

[Tin Tran]

Yeah. Like, oh, my God.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah.

[Tin Tran]

You're like a sick little king.

[Jameela Jamil]

Joaquin Phoenix and Gladiator. Just, like, thumb up, thumb down.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I knew he had just gotten on welfare the week before.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I was like, he'll be down for that.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Dance, little monkey, dance.

[Dan Ahdoot]

He's very wealthy. He's very wealthy.

[Jameela Jamil]

Now he's got $300.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And he looks at his wife, and his wife is like, do not do this. And he looks at the bone, and he picks it up and starts eating it. And he starts eating it. And this guy is like, excuse me, what the hell are you doing? And he's not allowed to talk if he wants to win the money. So he's just quietly finishing eating the bone. The guy's like, I said, what are you doing? What are you doing? And I'm dying inside that I orchestrate.

[Jameela Jamil]

Who's confronted him? Is it the person whose bone it is. Wait, he. He went up to it. Wait, sorry. The table wasn't empty. The table's got them on it.

[Dan Ahdoot]

They were sitting there enjoying their date.

[Tin Tran]

That's insane.

[Dan Ahdoot]

It was mid dates.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, my God.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Wait, hold on. You think I would have paid someone $300 to eat a bone when there was no one else?

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Rich people are stupid. Like, I have no idea. I don't know what you Fucking billionaires get up to. To go to space recently.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so he ate this bone quietly as this. And these guys were like on a second date. Like they weren't like they didn't know each other well enough.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh my God.

[Tin Tran]

Not being allowed to speak.

[Jameela Jamil]

You're such an evil genius.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Oh my God.

[Jameela Jamil]

Even bear it.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Isn't that the best part?

[Jameela Jamil]

It's so good.

[Dan Ahdoot]

It so humiliatingly awful. And he finally finishes and he's like, I'm gonna pay for your whole meal. I'm gonna pay for your whole meal.

[Tin Tran]

No.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And they're like, we don't want you to pay for our fucking meal. Why'd you just do that? And he's like, my friend, he made a bet for me. Made a bet. We'll pay for your meal. He's like, I don't want you to pay for anything. That's ridiculous. And then the guy said, I'm gonna self regulate right now because I am so angry.

[Tin Tran]

Oh my God.

[Jameela Jamil]

That's a psychopath.

[Tin Tran]

You sent him into the lab.

[Jameela Jamil]

That is psychopathic.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Insta therapy speak.

[Tin Tran]

That is from a millennial.

[Jameela Jamil]

Man. That's really scary. I'm going to self regulate. That's the 2025 instant therapy version of the Hulk.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry. That is. It's the like metrosexual version.

[Tin Tran]

Self regulate right now.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah, I mean I. Because he, he looked like he was about to fight.

[Tin Tran]

I mean, I would be. I would be pissed.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah, I would be pissed too, because.

[Tin Tran]

I like eating every little bit of a bone.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yes. That's the best part.

[Tin Tran]

It's the best part.

[Jameela Jamil]

Probably not someone else's.

[Tin Tran]

No, no.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

It's like a scene out of a movie. What you made your friend do. I really? I hope you write that into something. Tell me like a micro embarrassment that happened to you.

[Dan Ahdoot]

You know, I had a. I had a long string of micro embarrassments when I moved to la. The first job I got was I was an actor on a show on the Disney Channel. Please stay seated. And I played the character. I played a very ethnically diverse, racially open minded character.

[Tin Tran]

Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Named Falafel Phil.

[Jameela Jamil]

Cool. Oh my God.

[Dan Ahdoot]

This was real. I love.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, it feels real.

[Tin Tran]

Person last name?

[Dan Ahdoot]

If you Falafel Phil, my face will come up for eternity.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yep.

[Dan Ahdoot]

But it was really humiliating, this job. And I kind of got. There was a weird. I got trapped into it. Like I was. I didn't want to actually get it, but I got it. And then because you're so good at guys. I'm just too good at auditions.

[Tin Tran]

Falafel Phil.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah. And I nailed this Falafel Phil thing. And Falafel Phil became the breakout character of this Disney show.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And I'm like this respectable, you know, trying to be this respectable comedian. And I'm going on dates and stuff. And kids, I was super famous to like five year old kids. And kids, like, don't know that there's boundaries. Like, you can't just run up to someone at inopportune times. So, like, I'd be on a date and I would want this girl to know that I'm freaking Falafel Phil.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. It's not the biggest. No turn on moisturizer, people run up to my. Sorry. I've never said that before. Oh, my God.

[Tin Tran]

I'm so amazing.

[Jameela Jamil]

I'm sorry. I don't know where that came from.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Welcome to moisturizer.

[Tin Tran]

Moisturizer opens for Deep throat lesbians.

[Jameela Jamil]

I think there is coke in my electrolytes. I'm sorry. Go on. As you were saying.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Anyway, it was this thing of like, I would see, like, kids would just run up to the table all the time and be like, falafel Phil, can I take a picture with you? And they'd be like, who's this Falafel Phil? I'm like, I don't know.

[Jameela Jamil]

It's like, I don't know. Yeah. And so would you do the voice?

[Dan Ahdoot]

No. There is a voice.

[Tin Tran]

Okay, do the voice.

[Dan Ahdoot]

What you are talking about? Do the voice. It is me, Falafel Phil. You know the guy?

[Tin Tran]

Yes.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Guys.

[Tin Tran]

That gave me chills.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah, I know, I know. A lot of fun.

[Jameela Jamil]

I think it actually, it was a moisturizer after all.

[Tin Tran]

Not for me.

[Jameela Jamil]

Shut up, Deep Throat. So you would never get into character. You would gaslight children wherever you went?

[Dan Ahdoot]

No, I would do it on a date. I wouldn't do it if I was on a date. And I would see them coming to the table. Cause I would know what's happening. I would get up and go to the bathroom.

[Tin Tran]

Aw. And push them.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I would get up and go to the bathroom and I would take out my little chloroform rag. I'd come back into the restaurant.

[Jameela Jamil]

Lovely Phil, I want to tell you.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Fade to black, Timmy.

[Jameela Jamil]

And you'd lure them to the bathroom. No joking.

[Dan Ahdoot]

But it's not for what you think. It was just to drug them so they fell asleep.

[Jameela Jamil]

Exactly. Exactly.

[Tin Tran]

Did you have dates that were like, oh, my God, you're Falafel Phil.

[Dan Ahdoot]

No, I did hook up with a mom once who was a mom of a kid who was a Falafel Phil fan.

[Jameela Jamil]

Right, right, right. Was she like, ah, Falafel Phil, do the voice in bed.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah, No.

[Tin Tran]

I can't wait to tell my son.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I can't believe I had sex with Falafel Phil. No, I didn't do the Falafel Phil voice while we were hooking up. Not do that.

[Jameela Jamil]

Have you ever done any of your characters while hooking up? Okay, well, this is a long pause.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

There was a Ukrainian girl that I hooked up with a little bit and she kept calling me Suka Jew while we would hook up. Suka means like, dirty. She'd be like.

[Jameela Jamil]

Holy.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I know, I agree. But she was so hot. She was like egregiously hot.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, my God.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I was like, I'm willing to put up a little bit of anti Semitism. I swear to you, if I showed you a picture, that's crazy.

[Jameela Jamil]

You'd understand.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I'd be like, yeah, I'm a. I'll be your sukaju.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, my God.

[Jameela Jamil]

You know what I think? I think had my boyfriend asked me to, which he didn't because he's not an evil, terrible person. But I think I would put on a little voice if he wanted that. I think I'd do it. I think when someone's hot enough, you, you go to the dark part of their brain. You go visit.

[Tin Tran]

That's healthy. Would you never get a little rice paddy hat?

[Dan Ahdoot]

Whoa. I just got a little hard.

[Tin Tran]

Is it this?

[Jameela Jamil]

We'll be back onto the break.

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[Dan Ahdoot]

Is anyone out there?

[Tin Tran]

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[Dan Ahdoot]

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[Jameela Jamil]

And we're back. All right, Falafel. Phil, tell me, what's your big wrong turn?

[Dan Ahdoot]

Okay, so my big wrong turn is this was about eight months ago, I would say, I was asked to do a standup show for a camp. There's a camp called Experience Camps. Okay. And it's a wonderful charity. They raise money for kids who've lost a parent or a sibling.

[Jameela Jamil]

I thought it was gonna be kids who are chloroformed by falafel.

[Tin Tran]

Femls. Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Please support the camp. It's part of my community service. It's a wonderful camp. And I was asked to do it, and I was like, oh, my God, I would love to do it, because my older brother died. I know. Comedy podcast. It's okay. We got this. My older brother died, and I was like, this means a lot to me because I could have gone. I would have loved to have gone to something like this. So I'm like, I would love to do this. Let's do it. And I get there, and it's like, there's all these great comedians backstage, and.

[Jameela Jamil]

Do you feel like. Like, I've made it. I fucking made it.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I was like, this is gonna be.

[Jameela Jamil]

Charity with the best.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I was like, this is like, these are my people. This is my. This is my type of charity. It's gonna be a great show. It's gonna be awesome. And the comics were great, and the place was sold out, and it was electric in there. Now, there's something else you have to know. I have a rule where I won't invite someone that I'm dating to a comedy show.

[Jameela Jamil]

Why?

[Dan Ahdoot]

Unless it's like. Excuse me, can I finish?

[Jameela Jamil]

No.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Can I finish?

[Jameela Jamil]

No. Is this your podcast?

[Tin Tran]

Sorry.

[Jameela Jamil]

Go on.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I'll tell you why. Because I feel like this is going to sound very pompous. Okay.

[Tin Tran]

I can't wait.

[Jameela Jamil]

Unlike anything else you said today.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

It's about to get a little pompous.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

For the first time.

[Dan Ahdoot]

No, I feel like. I feel like if someone sees you on stage killing.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

It's a little bit of like, it's. That's not you getting to know me. It's not me getting to. You're seeing my superpower.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

It's an unfair advantage thing.

[Jameela Jamil]

I'm so obsessed with you that, like, the fear isn't that they might see you.

[Dan Ahdoot]

All the fear is you're just gonna.

[Jameela Jamil]

Fall in love you so much.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, my God. You can't come see me because you're just gonna. You won't be. You're gonna be moisturized and it's gonna be weird.

[Dan Ahdoot]

You get it. I'm glad you get it. I'm glad you get it.

[Jameela Jamil]

You're like, I don't like to start.

[Dan Ahdoot]

At worship, but there was a girl that I was on a few dates with and I liked her, so I was like, you know what? You're getting the comedy show.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay. And can I ask just quickly. Sorry. I swear I will not interrupt you.

[Dan Ahdoot]

For another 10 more seconds.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay. So was part of the thinking. Oh, it's like kids who've experienced, you know, tragedy. So she's going to eat this up because, I mean, that's a. It's a. That's a home run of a. Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Tin Tran]

A little tender boy magic.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I was like, this is going to be a home run of a show. Show. Because it's. By the way, to clarify, this is. The show is not for the kids.

[Jameela Jamil]

No.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Oh, the show is. It's like a charity show raising money for the kids. It's not like full of grieving kids in the audience. Okay. That's not fun. That's a tough crowd.

[Tin Tran]

That is a really tough crowd.

[Dan Ahdoot]

You don't want to do that. But yes, part of that was like. Yeah. It's like you want to invite them to a show that, you know it's going to be a home run. Saturday night at the Laugh Factory. A sold out charity show. Killer.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. For sad kids. Amazing sad kids.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

So I invite her to the show and I'm backstage and every comic is basically doing a 10 minute set and they're destroying, like, destroying. Okay. And I'm like, this is great. So I'm in the rafters and I'm about to go up and the person running the show says, dan, do us a favor, we're gonna play a little video now. And then you go on. You're gonna go on after the video. I was like, yeah, it's fine. They play this video and it's like this seven year old girl is sitting on a park bench and she's like shaking. Okay. Oh no. She's like shaking and she's like. After my parents died, I thought that my grief was gonna take over my whole life. But now I'm with other people who have grief and we control our grief and we know that that grief doesn't have control of us. We have control over our grief.

[Tin Tran]

Oh no.

[Dan Ahdoot]

The fucking crowd is crying like you've never like sobbing. And this girl goes on for like fucking seven minutes about her grief. Ok? Non stop shaking. Just like lisping. And I'm like, oh my God. And then like they just like turn the lights on and they're like, go out, go out. I'm like, oh no.

[Tin Tran]

Just like, no.

[Jameela Jamil]

No music, no nothing.

[Dan Ahdoot]

So I just go out and I take the mic and I'm like, I have to. I have to say something, right? So I'm like, how am I supposed.

[Jameela Jamil]

To follow that video?

[Dan Ahdoot]

And I get a little laugh and it's like da da da. And I diffuse. And then I make the mistake of doing an impression of the little girl.

[Tin Tran]

No, no. Why? Oh my God.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And I'm like, oh, my goif. What am I gonna do about my gwee?

[Tin Tran]

My gweef.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And the crowd goes. And I go, oh no, guys. And I panic and I'm like, guys, it's cool. I have a dead brother. And they're like, what? And I'm like, my brother died. It's okay. And someone's like, are you making this up? I'm like, no, I swear I have a dead brother. And then I'm like, oh my God. And people are like, it's the worst. And I have like 8 minutes left. Like it just started. So then I start doing my material and they do not want to laugh at any.

[Tin Tran]

No, no.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, this is from hell.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And I get off stage.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And I'm like. And I text the girl who I'm on a date with. And I'm like, I'm not. I'm. I'm just gonna leave through the back. I'm not gonna go out.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And I was like, just meet me there. And she's like, okay. So I go out and it was raining. And now I'm in this back alley in like shitty LA in the rain. And she comes out and she's like, wow.

[Jameela Jamil]

Wow, that was.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Wow. I was like, it doesn't usually go like that. Like I'm really funny. I'm really funny.

[Jameela Jamil]

It's not.

[Tin Tran]

Insane.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Anyway, we didn't go on another date. That was it. That was the end.

[Jameela Jamil]

I feel as though that level of disaster would make me want to date you more.

[Dan Ahdoot]

No. Now I'm the one with the gweef.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yes.

[Dan Ahdoot]

It is I with the gweef.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. She was so angry. She's like, I have to self regulate.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Right.

[Tin Tran]

What you did to that little girl.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Anyway, please give money to experience camps. All right, that's. We want to go full circle after that night.

[Tin Tran]

Has anyone have any of the comics that were there, did they ever, like, have you ever seen them out and was like, dude, remember. Remember Guiefgate?

[Dan Ahdoot]

No, I don't. They were all backstage. I don't think they saw. I hope not.

[Jameela Jamil]

I was going to say that. Did you ever, like, fear the next time you got on stage or something like that would happen again? Like, have you. Did you carry any, like residual bodily.

[Dan Ahdoot]

No.

[Jameela Jamil]

Trauma? No. You don't have to follow a bereaved child.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah, yeah, I don't. I don't think so. And if I do now I know what to do.

[Tin Tran]

It's actually how he opens his shows now. Every single one.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Guys, you know, it's all. You're learning lessons and I learned. Don't make fun of the kid who lost her parents.

[Jameela Jamil]

No.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And is 8 and is shaking on a bench crying with a lisp. With a lisp. Sometimes this is just life experience. Like, because who would have known that going into that. That you shouldn't make fun of that kid.

[Jameela Jamil]

No one.

[Tin Tran]

No one. Not I. Not a single person.

[Jameela Jamil]

We are all 100% with you.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

We're going to go to a quick break.

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[Dan Ahdoot]

Is anyone out there?

[Tin Tran]

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[Dan Ahdoot]

Okay, let's talk about Clawd, the if you know, you know, AI assistant that's got everyone buzzing. Clawd is like having a super smart, emotionally intelligent buddy in your pocket that responds like a real person would. Claude can help with just about anything. Whether you need advice, inspiration, or even someone to help craft that perfect text to your crush, Claude can switch from being your life coach to your personal stylist to your side hustle strategist all in one conversation. Head to clawd.com, that's C-L-A-U--e.com and start chatting with Claude for free.

[Jameela Jamil]

And we're back. Oh, man, what a fucking story. I don't think I'm ever going to fully recover from how painful that was. Tian, will you tell me your wrong turn?

[Tin Tran]

Okay, it's not going to be like that, but it is about a death. So awesome. Yes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Pretty good.

[Tin Tran]

Okay. Starting out great. So when my grandfather passed away, he. He was 100 years old.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Wow.

[Tin Tran]

And he was, like, the patriarch of our, like, family. And so it was, like a big deal. Everyone had to come back. And when I found out, my dad called me and was like, ti and E. That's what he calls me. He's like, teeny. I really want you to play violin for the service.

[Jameela Jamil]

Cool.

[Tin Tran]

No, no. Because I hadn't played violin in, like, 10 years. And violin is not the type of instrument that you can kind of just like pick up and play. Like, it is not something that you can just like, sit down and do and sound amazing.

[Jameela Jamil]

And 10 years ago, were you great at the violin?

[Tin Tran]

I was fine. Oh, no. Okay, great question. I was fine. I was like, I went. I was like a high school. Like, I was part of high school orchestra.

[Jameela Jamil]

Right, right, right, right.

[Tin Tran]

Okay. I got to go to Disney for it. You know, I have a letterman jacket that says TN Violin Orchestra. Okay.

[Jameela Jamil]

All right. First violin.

[Tin Tran]

Cool. First violin. But at the time I was like. So my dad's asked me. I'm like 25 years old at this. At this time. And so I am such a people pleaser with my family. I was like, fine. I just, just. It'll be short. Like, can it just be like, one song? He's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, one song. It's totally fine. The night before I fly out, I, like, party. Like, there's not a funeral the next day.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Tin Tran]

And I almost miss my flight. I get to the airport And I'm doing that thing with my violin where I'm, like, trying to get through security. I was that annoying person that was like, can I please. My grandfather just passed away. Can I please cut you in lie. My grandfather passed away. Can I just, like, over and. Oh, my God. Over and over and over.

[Jameela Jamil]

Don't deal with that private jet. Shut up.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tin Tran]

Okay. You have a rocket ship.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah, I do have my private rocket ship. Yeah. And I have TSA pre on my rocket ship.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Tin Tran]

This is before I didn't even have TSA pre check. So I'm just, like, trying.

[Jameela Jamil]

We knew that already, honey.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, my God. You're like. Like, I didn't see a little green check by your name.

[Dan Ahdoot]

She called it a green check. Oh, it is a green.

[Tin Tran]

It's a little green check.

[Jameela Jamil]

A green check.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

She's seen it in films.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah. I've seen it in movies. I have one now. Okay. I. I have TSA pre check. What a thing to brag about.

[Jameela Jamil]

We need it. Okay, go on.

[Tin Tran]

So, like, that embarrass. That's also so embarrassing to have to be like that. And people like to ask. I hate that. To ask people. And people don't want to help. They're just like, fine. I was getting to people that were like, all right, fine. Just like, I have to. I have to get my. Yeah, I have to get to my plane, too.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Right.

[Tin Tran]

So I get to the gate, I miss the flight, and I call my girlfriend. Absolutely crying kind. I feel like I kind of subconsciously almost tried to miss the flight as to, like, not have to play at this funeral. So I call my girlfriend, thinking she's gonna be like, oh, it's fine. Just come back home. Like, I'm sure your parents will understand. She was like, no, get another flight right away. So I, like, go to the gate agent. I'm bawling, and I'm hoping that this woman won't be able to help me and start crying harder when she's like, I got you a flight. I'm like, okay, thank you. I'm just absolutely in tears. Just like, okay, thank you so much. You really helped me out. You're so good. Thank you. I get on this flight, I make it. I get to the funeral. And so at this funeral, it's at the church that, like, sponsored my family over, like, post Vietnam War. Yeah. It is, like, a very important church in our family.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah. I've read the Sympathizer. I know.

[Tin Tran]

You know, right?

[Dan Ahdoot]

Okay.

[Tin Tran]

You've read the Sympathizer. It's a lot like that.

[Dan Ahdoot]

That's the Vietnamese equivalent of I have a black friend.

[Jameela Jamil]

100%.

[Tin Tran]

It is 100%. I've read the Sympathizer and I've had pho and I pronounce it FA even though it's not. I get to the church and like he is truly the patriarch of the family. And his brothers and sisters came and my grandfather, my dad is one of seven. So the family is huge. Huge. And he was also like a very big figure at this Catholic church. So we're talking like, it's all eyes on you. It's like 200 people have come to this service. Wow. And I get there and I have my violin. I'm ready to play one song.

[Jameela Jamil]

What's the song?

[Tin Tran]

Amazing Grace.

[Jameela Jamil]

Lovely.

[Tin Tran]

My aunt comes to me and is like, can you actually play for 45 minutes as everybody's coming into the church?

[Dan Ahdoot]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God, oh, my God.

[Tin Tran]

And I was like, I only have one song and it's like one page long. And she's like, just keep playing it over and over. And you can.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Oh my God.

[Tin Tran]

And you can split time with your cousin. Now, my Cousin is a 14 year old piano virtuoso. Like a fucking piano genius. A prodigy, an absolute prodigy. So, like we get up and he plays a beautiful, like full Ave Maria. And then I get up and I play the absolute worst sounding like cat claws on a chalkboard. Amazing Grace. It's like.

[Jameela Jamil]

Wait, hang on a second. I think you can do better than that. That's the violin over there.

[Tin Tran]

Okay.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, my God.

[Dan Ahdoot]

There's a violin here.

[Jameela Jamil]

There's a fucking violin over there.

[Dan Ahdoot]

She.

[Jameela Jamil]

She brought her violin. Oh, my God.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Holy cow. I did not see you brought the violin. This is very exciting for me.

[Jameela Jamil]

You just changed color. Also, you have sheet music. Did you use sheet music for Amazing Grace on the day? Yes. And was your cousin using sheet music?

[Tin Tran]

No, he wasn't. This is literally what I printed out. This hat, this four line, oh, my God. Sheet of amazing grace.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Oh my God.

[Tin Tran]

That I played over and over for 20 minutes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, my God.

[Tin Tran]

People are coming in and they're crying. They're like so upset. My sisters keep looking at me and are like, oh, my God, you suck. Absolutely terrible. Okay, can you be Hushy for me?

[Dan Ahdoot]

I love it. It is three notes.

[Tin Tran]

No, no.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Like, you must hold it up for me.

[Tin Tran]

I don't remember it. Okay, so you have to imagine.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. 200 people.

[Tin Tran]

200 people.

[Jameela Jamil]

Very important people in this community. Your. Your grandfather is a pillar of this very community. There's a lot of expectation on you. And you've just played after Mozart.

[Tin Tran]

Yes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay.

[Tin Tran]

And, like, his big picture is sitting. He's. We did. They did open casket. Like, it's all there.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Wow. So even he's listening to this.

[Tin Tran]

So he's listening to this.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Are you trying to be bad right now?

[Dan Ahdoot]

Oh. Oh, my God.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, that one hurts my teeth.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

I like it.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Wow.

[Tin Tran]

Wow.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Bravo. I'm picturing your grandfather.

[Jameela Jamil]

Not even clap. One clap.

[Dan Ahdoot]

No, no, no. The guy was a pillar of the community. He deserved that.

[Jameela Jamil]

I'm just imagining him in the open closet going, oh.

[Tin Tran]

He's like, close it.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah. Please, guy.

[Tin Tran]

He's like, fucking close the casket. It was absolutely brutal.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Thank you for doing that. You're amazing.

[Tin Tran]

Thank you.

[Jameela Jamil]

Dan's a bastard.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I feel like I. The last time I played the violin was when I was five, probably.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I took maybe a couple lessons, and I think I could play it better than you. Oh, no, I play the piano. I have a piano. I'm not gonna say.

[Tin Tran]

I'm not.

[Jameela Jamil]

Go get it.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yeah. I feel like I could do better.

[Tin Tran]

Go on.

[Jameela Jamil]

No, you're moving towards it.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I don't need.

[Tin Tran]

Holy. I don't need the notes right now. Am I getting this out of your way?

[Jameela Jamil]

Do you need the sheet music?

[Dan Ahdoot]

Oh, okay.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, my God.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, my God.

[Jameela Jamil]

He's actually better than. He's doing it from memory.

[Tin Tran]

Vibrato. You.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Harmony.

[Tin Tran]

It was an intense. Okay, you know what I will say?

[Jameela Jamil]

You know, it was a Tom York version. What I will say is that he was not as bad as he should have been.

[Tin Tran]

I know compared to you it was.

[Jameela Jamil]

Worse, but, like, not that much worse.

[Tin Tran]

Okay, thank you.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Tune into my next comedy special. Not as bad as it should have.

[Jameela Jamil]

Been the last time you played.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I play the piano. I'm good at instruments, but I haven't played the violent and probably since I was six.

[Tin Tran]

Okay.

[Jameela Jamil]

That was a really long time.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Just to add a little more shame.

[Tin Tran]

No, that's okay. Yeah, that's okay.

[Jameela Jamil]

It felt very wartime.

[Tin Tran]

I mean, when I. When I. It's really funny you say that.

[Jameela Jamil]

I mean, it just felt like.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Like someone in. Like, a World War I trench. Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, exactly. At the very end, it's the last soldier who happens to have a violin and plays it amongst all the dead, bloody bodies.

[Tin Tran]

It's funny, these data, because when I practice once, I didn't practice that much for my wife. She was like, you sound like a Civil war. Like a dead soldier. Like a ghost. Just like Like a ghost.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, man.

[Dan Ahdoot]

You glossed over something in your story, though, that I thought was kind of interesting.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, go on.

[Dan Ahdoot]

The night before your grandfather's funeral, this pillar of society, the patriarch of the family, you went out and got blackout drugs ever instead of, like, practicing your vow.

[Jameela Jamil]

Hey, man, that's how she practiced.

[Tin Tran]

That's how.

[Jameela Jamil]

This is how Guineas. That's how those gu.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah, don't tell me how to gweeve. Okay, okay, you're right.

[Dan Ahdoot]

You're right.

[Jameela Jamil]

You two have been absolutely phenomenal. I've had so, so much fun. Such unexpected and strange stories. Before you go, I want to share another wrong turn story. I enjoy these stories from our listeners. They make us feel less alone because misery loves company. This one's from a listener now, they say. While at work, I was chatting with some co workers about music when the band the Monkees came up. Do you know who that is? The Monkeys.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Hey, hey.

[Tin Tran]

Or the monkey. Monkeys.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, yeah. 19 seasons. Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I don't know if I'm allowed to sing it.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, but we get it. We get it. So one woman said she used to have a crush on Davy Jones, a member of the band. And the discussion quickly turned into a playful debate about which monkey we would each want to hook up with. Another colleague walked in, curious about our laughter, and we asked her which monkey she would sleep with. And without missing a beat, she answered, a silverback gorilla.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, my God.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Holy cow.

[Jameela Jamil]

Poor woman never lived it down.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Oh, my.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, my God. That's amazing.

[Dan Ahdoot]

It is amazing, but also the right answer. Because if it's like a bonobo or chimps are, like, wiry and weird.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

No, you want a big silver back.

[Tin Tran]

You want to get by a silver.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Break your back, as they say, 100%.

[Tin Tran]

Literally.

[Jameela Jamil]

Very literally.

[Dan Ahdoot]

And your insides.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tin Tran]

Probably for sure. Yes.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Yes.

[Jameela Jamil]

What monkey would you want to sleep with?

[Dan Ahdoot]

I just told you, a silverback. I did not have to think about it.

[Jameela Jamil]

Well, I feel like that's the end of the episode right there.

[Tin Tran]

I don't know where you're going.

[Jameela Jamil]

Before everyone goes, tell me where people can find you and what they should.

[Tin Tran]

Watch and listen to.

[Dan Ahdoot]

You can find me at the zoo.

[Tin Tran]

Oh, you can find me on Instagram. Hanktina.

[Jameela Jamil]

Why? Hank Tina.

[Tin Tran]

Hank Tina. Cause my real name is actually Han Tien. And I once had a teacher, a white teacher, literally. Say, see those letters? H, A, N, H, T, I, E, N. And say, is there a Hank Tina in the room?

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, that's great.

[Tin Tran]

Hank Tina.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Amazing.

[Tin Tran]

So that's why I I've reclaimed the racism, I guess and now I've used it as my Instagram handle.

[Jameela Jamil]

Fantastic.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah. So Hank, Tina, and you can listen to my podcast with my friends called Dracula.

[Jameela Jamil]

Amazing.

[Tin Tran]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Thank you. And Dan. Dirty Dan.

[Dan Ahdoot]

I am andupdan everywhere and cause people.

[Jameela Jamil]

Are also too racist to be able to pronounce.

[Dan Ahdoot]

No one can spell a dude. No one can spell a dude. I understand. I'm okay. White teachers, if you're listening, I forgive you.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, I don't.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Nupdan on everything. My podcast is Green Eggs and Dan. It's a comedic food podcast and my book is Undercooked, which is comedic food essays. I like to eat.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, you do. Well, he can afford to eat the best.

[Tin Tran]

Yes.

[Jameela Jamil]

As a rich person, you've been absolutely ideal. I love you both.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Love you too.

[Jameela Jamil]

Coming on Wrong Turns.

[Dan Ahdoot]

Thank you.

[Jameela Jamil]

Wrong Turns was created and produced by me, Jameela Jamil and Stuart Bailey. Thank you to our launch producer, Eve Bishop, our editor Shannon Joy Rogers, and consulting producer Colin Anderson. You can email us a voice memo of your own Wrong Turns. All you have to do is email personal disaster storiesmail.com oh, and if you enjoy me, I have a substack that I write several times a month with some of my other embarrassing stories and also other thoughts and opinions and so you can find me there if you want to. And don't forget to listen to to next week when I'll be joined by Adam Pally and Malik Ellisl.

[Tin Tran]

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[Dan Ahdoot]

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