Saad Haroon sends love to Conan O'Brien from Pakistan

Published March 19, 2015
Saad Haroon is the brains behind Pakistan's first improvisional comedy troupe called Blackfish. — Photo courtesy: Saad Haroon's Official Facebook page
Saad Haroon is the brains behind Pakistan's first improvisional comedy troupe called Blackfish. — Photo courtesy: Saad Haroon's Official Facebook page

Looks like there's no stopping Pakistan's Saad Haroon from getting global acclaim for being a rib-tickler!

The stand-up comedian was the runner up of Laugh Factory's Funniest Person in the World competition recently and now, one of his notorious comic videos has made it's way to the late night talk show, Conan, hosted by Conan O' Brien (Go figure!).

Read also: Saad Haroon is...the second funniest person in the world!

The video, titled 'Pakistan loves Conan O'Brien' shows a group of men, enjoying tea at a local dhaba and watching Conan on the television. While watching the show, they are shown laughing and dancing in a silly manner to show how Conan is appreciated by many in Pakistan as well.

—Screen grab from the video
—Screen grab from the video

"I met Conan a few months ago," Haroon told Dawn.com. "I spoke with him, that inspired me to make the video."

Haroon has always been a fan of the the late night show host. He posted the following picture on his official Facebook page last year, calling O'Brien his "hero":

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Saad Haroon is the brains behind Pakistan's first improvisional comedy troupe called Blackfish. He is also the creator of the popular video sketch called 'Burka Woman' and has performed internationally as well.

Many fans took to to Twitter to congratulate Haroon for yet another achievement:

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