--- title: "Sammy KO | Assembly Festival" meta: "og:description": "Lebanese-Palestinian American, Sammy Obeid majored in mathematics and turned down a job at Google to be a comedian. He was the host of 100 Humans on Netflix and known for his world record of performing 1,001 comedy nights." "og:title": "Sammy KO" "twitter:description": "Lebanese-Palestinian American, Sammy Obeid majored in mathematics and turned down a job at Google to be a comedian. He was the host of 100 Humans on Netflix and known for his world record of performing 1,001 comedy nights." "twitter:title": "Sammy KO" description: "Lebanese-Palestinian American, Sammy Obeid majored in mathematics and turned down a job at Google to be a comedian. He was the host of 100 Humans on Netflix and known for his world record of performing 1,001 comedy nights." --- # Sammy KO [**← **Back to What's On](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on) [ ![Sammy KO](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2F104b7b34-f7e4-4bcb-9a33-ea293bcdf11b?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) # Sammy KO Lebanese-Palestinian American, Sammy Obeid majored in mathematics and turned down a job at Google to be a comedian. He was the host of 100 Humans on Netflix and known for his world record of performing 1,001 comedy nights. ## Premium Tickets Enjoy Premium Tickets offering early access to the theatre and a prime view of the performance! Please arrive a minimum of 15 minutes before the scheduled show start time and make yourself known to a member of the Front of House Team, they will direct you to the Premium Queue and your seats. 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