EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Maz Jobrani (Pandemic Warrior, Superior Donuts) has teamed with Grom Social Enterprises’ Curiosity Ink Media to develop an original animated sitcom that channels Jobrani&#…
to develop an original animated sitcom that channels Jobrani’s experiences growing up as an Iranian-American immigrant in the U.S., centers on an aspiring teenage comic who is selected to introduce Oprah Winfrey at an appearance at his school. He is mistakenly kidnapped from the stage by alien Lorbs who believe he is Oprah, and then taken back to their planet to meet their princess.
Jobrani was born in Iran and relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area after his family was forced to flee during the Islamic revolution. His new standup comedy specialBack to School with Maz Jobrani on the All Things Comedy Network. As an actor, he was most recently seen playing Fawz on the CBS comedy“Only the mind of Maz Jobrani could conceive an Iranian teenage standup mistaken for Oprah and aiming to please an emotionless race of aliens on the verge of extinction… and we love it,” said Russell Hicks, Chief Content Officer, Curiosity Ink Media.
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