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.
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.