Past Comedians Sold Themselves Cheap - OB Amponsah

OB Amponsah has accused former comedians of making life difficult for present comedians.

The comic actor noted that the actions of comic predecessors of selling themselves too short for small change only to endanger future comic actors like himself.

Not placing value on themselves is now making it difficult for new age comedians who want to brand themselves in the modern style to earn what their contemporaries are earning in other sectors of entertainment.

“Some of our predecessors sold themselves cheap. I won’t mention names. If a company contacts any of us, I mean the new comedians for a deal and we disclose our price to them, they compare it with what our predecessors charged and tell us to cut it down."

"They have set very low standards and we cannot go beyond it despite several efforts. But I think we have been able to do something about that. Some brands now agree to pay us more and that’s good news,”

He said this while speaking to ZionFelix in an interview.

The comic actor admitted that he would have done the same if he were in their shoes as the comic pioneers were left with no choice during their time.

“For the likes of David Oscar, Foster Romanus and so on, their struggle was largely centred on gaining grounds for the Ghanaian comedy industry and not much about money. They built that foundation for us. We took over from there and now, we’re trying to make a business from it.”

“There is money in it. Lots of money, don’t be deceived. If not for the COVID-19 like by now I have made more money than I have now.”