Video: The Truth About Ali Baba
Ali
Baba, one of Nigeria’s foremost pioneers of comedy, was a guest on
Olisa Adibua’s “The Truth” and he spoke about how he started his career:
He has become quite the compère as he has carved a niche himself as a comedian for both corporate and non-corporate events.
According to him, he has been in comedy officially for 25 years and he charges between N4million and free for his services.
Asked
how much he made last year, he replied: “You get to a point in your
career you don’t make as much, you do less shows and are involved in a
lot of charity events. A lot more is expected of you.”
On
who his favourite Nigerian comedian is, he mentioned four, Bovi,
Basketmouth, Buchi and Gordons. “I judge comedians by different
standards,” he said.
Asked
how he deals with temptations, he said he has a criteria which are, the
lady must have an MBA, be older than 45, own a house of her own on the
Island, not a rented apartment and must be widely travelled.
“She
also has to have a cerebral endowment… Your mind should be robust
enough for you and I to sit down switch off the TV and carry on a
conversation for like 20-30 minutes and not run out of things to talk
about,” he disclosed.
You can watch the video below:
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