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Imaan Hadchiti, Miley Cyrus's bassist who can't play bass, on ABC Australia

The comedian first met by many viewers on You Can't Ask That has been doing stand-up for 22 years, since winning Class Clowns at 15.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

The short-statured guy from You Can't Ask That has been a comedian this whole time

ABC Australia gave its week to a familiar face. Imaan Hadchiti, the short-statured man many viewers remember from You Can't Ask That, returned in an interview with Jasmine Rule, and it turns out he has been a comedian all along.

The description runs through the highlights: the time he played bass for Miley Cyrus (he cannot play bass), a gig on a carpeted boat he calls his worst, his thoughts on Peter Dinklage and the Snow White remake, and the advice his sister gave him. The comments are mostly about his laugh. Viewers also bring up his joke about his sister's name, and his point about people who crouch down to talk to him, which he answers by crouching too. One viewer says Hadchiti lives down the road in Marrickville, and another went to school a year ahead of him.

It passed 80,000 views in under a week and stays the channel's busiest upload, with a shorter cut, "Meet Australia's shortest comedian", running second. Among the fourteen new uploads, a 1967 archive clip asking whether skirt hemlines should go shorter also drew a crowd, along with a 2017 You Can't Ask That episode and a 2001 Aftershock segment, hosted by Richard Fidler, on where AI might lead.

The channel as a whole ran slower than usual, though it still gathered more than two million views over the week, second only to Law & Order among the TV channels around it. RedGreenTV was the one running well above its usual pace.

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What viewers say

His joke about his sister being named "Syndrome" was pretty great. I like his style of humour.
@alank1220See it on YouTube
His comment on the previous video--when people crouch down to talk to him, he crouches down too. Hilarious. 😅
@dlight9849See it on YouTube
What a cool guy he is- I would love to hang out with him
@malcolmwhite6588See it on YouTube

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Feels like the type of guy you could have great conversations with. Like, stay up until 2am talking about anything and everything. I love his laugh and smile.
@ninathepinkSee it on YouTube
I loved his interview in the You Cant Ask That video and happy to see more of him. He has such a great outlook on life
@nicolepopps9332See it on YouTube
Hope Imaan gets to Brisbane for a show so I can see him live! He's hilarious.
@EveryFairyDiesSee it on YouTube
His sense of humor is wonderful. He is super witty.
@MeggieRSee it on YouTube
I went primary and high school(was a year ahead of him) with him, i didn't really get to know him but now i wish i did. He seems like a genuinely good person.
@obe726See it on YouTube
Legend
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