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Najib Amhali on Amsterdam Taxi Drivers

Najib Amhali launches into a comic rant about Amsterdam taxi drivers. Some refuse short trips, overcharge tourists, take detours, or are rude, while others barely speak Dutch. He says he just wants a straightforward ride from A to B, then recounts getting into a taxi with a Turkish driver who doesn’t seem to understand where he wants to go.

The ride becomes a fan encounter. The driver recognizes Najib and asks why he needs a taxi when he could buy several. He insists on taking a photo and calling his brother to prove who he’s driving. The driver then wonders why a successful, famous man would be a taxi driver.

Najib riffs on the driver’s Dutch, joking that he learned it from television commercials and repeating their catchy slogans.

He ends with an impression of a Surinamese-Hindustani taxi driver who answers everything with “yes, yes, yes.” When the driver says, “You’ll hear this often,” Najib jokes that he already does. The audience applauds.

Personalities Featured

• Najib Amhali
• His comic impressions of a Turkish taxi driver and a Surinamese-Hindustani taxi driver