Q : What ' s your favourite funniest joke line ? How do I even chose hahaha , well one
that comes to mind is that ladies shave their eyebrows off and then draw them back on again , now the problem is that some of them can ' t even draw , they draw them too high and walk around looking surprised the whole day , it ' s hard to have a conversation with someone who ' s looking surprised the whole time .
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“ With God I mean
Nothing is imposible ”
Q : Once saw your amazing performance you did at Rofhiwa Manyaga ' s Gospel Star Search on your YouTube channel , highlighting differences between white churches & black churches , how did you develop such a strong compelling concept or was it based from your personal experience ? { Laughs }, it is honestly just from my personal experiences , with all my comedy I actually don ' t make up stories or “ write jokes ” I am just narrating my own personal experiences both at church , home , work and wherever I find myself , though they are a few exaggerations as with any other story teller .
Q : Looking to the awards you won , what is exactly that you think sets you apart from other nominees ?
My hunger ! I want to succeed so bad ( not that am saying others don ' t ) but I live and breathe being this , I remember back when I did my DVD recording as people where busy in the venue with preparations a friend of mine came up to me and said , you see how many people are working here , they are all at work and getting paid , If you should ever fail or think of giving up remember you are taking plates off all these tables , it ' s not just about me .
Q : What process do you use to develop your stand-up comedy materials ? I don ' t really have a specific process or way of writing , it ranges from me just seeing something happen and then seeing how I can re-tell it in a funny way to things just popping in my head as am just sitting , I have found myself in very awkward situations just laughing with myself in public because a joke just popped into my mind , but with all my material I always tell it to my fiancé .
Q : How did you end up with a title Almost Famous ? I say I am Almost Famous not because I am chasing fame or anything like that , I said Almost Famous the first time I got on stage as an act of faith in God , that if I , a young boy from Makwarela , can put my trust in God and say it out in public that I am Almost Famous and have God bring me this far , then they too can believe , my goal is to have kids screaming am almost a doctor , am almost an engineer , am almost a PRESIDENT and have them work with all their might towards achieving that with all their faith in God .
Q : What ' s your most embarrassing moment ? I was once booked to go perform at a
camp for disadvantaged kids from a village in the outskirts of Polokwane , little did I know that these kids didn ' t know a word of English and I too didn ' t know a word of their language , I did a full 15minutes set without even getting at least a smile , and again
I once got booked to go perform at this a company team building workshop at a lodge , somehow the guy helping me mistook me for someone else and took me to the wrong conference hall in that lodge , I then proceeded to do a full 15minutes set with no one laughing not even a smile , on my way out the guy actually comes and apologises and says he took me to a room of deaf people who were waiting on their guest speaker to come and address them in sign language .
Q : Where do you hope to see yourself in 10 years ? I want to have written and produced a
few movies , I want my company AlmostFamous Ent . To have discovered and natured a lot of young talents in the stream am in but also in all other fields .
Q : How can people reach you ? Well my website is www . mrmajo . com ,
my youtube channel is Mr Majo # AlmostFamous , for bookings contact info @ mrmajo . com and call 076 798 2947 and I am on almost all social networks , my facebook page is Mr Majo # AlmostFamous , why twitter handle is @ mr _ majo1 , insta @ mrmajo _ almostfamous
Q : Any advice to our youth ? If you have a dream , follow it ,
regardless of whether it has been done before or not just do it , don ' t be afraid to be the first , with God nothing and I mean absolutely nothing is impossible .
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