By Steve Osaka
Popular Churchill Show Comedian Oliver Otieno Odhiambo popularly known as YY has narrated his journey to Stardom.
YY who spoke on Churchill Show on Sunday during the Journey Series edition stated how he mastered courage and heeded to a call by Big Ted to have someone from the audience to entertain the crowd when a technical hitch was being sorted out.
.”I had already been filtered out of the show and was seated in the audience when Big Ted the then event MC ushered the host Churchill for the show to commence,All of a sudden the microphone went off and technicians were hurriedly trying to fix the problem.Big Ted then requested for a volunteer from the audience who believed he could crack jokes to pass time as the hitch was being sorted out,” said YY.
At the time, the comedian was part of The Kenyatta University Traveling Theater which also had another Comedian John Desagu.
YY says that Desagu had encouraged him to try out for a slot on the widely followed comic shows
The Comedian who does not drink says that he witnessed violence meted on his mother by his late father who was an alcoholic.
He is encouraging young people to stop being jealous and hating other people’s success stories.