9 episódios
The Sit Down with Standups The Sitdown with Standups
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The business of laughter is serious when you eventually get standup comics to sit down. Talking funny we speak to some of the most celebrated standup comics from across the world about the art, the craft, the science and the business side of standup comedy.
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The Sitdown with Standups Episode 1: Unlucky Dudes.
Take two vastly different personas, add no chills, shake and serve and what you get is - The Unlucky Dubes... Q- Dube - super talented and hilarious Zimbabwean comedian residing in South Africa & Bongani Dube multi talented and ENERGETIC !!! Like a bunny on red bull and viagra... sat down with Greg for the perfect way to kick start Season II of The Sit Down with Standups ... Like, subscribe blah blah blah
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The Sitdown with Standups Episode 8: South by East with Kagiso KG Mokgadi & Ahmed Maverick Dahal.
September marked the graduation of the New Skool Class of 2023 and who better to usher in the new graduants than South African legend KG Mokgadi and the Don of Dar es Salaam Captain Ahmed Dahal. With a wealth of knowledge on the in's and out's of both the front end and back end of standup comedy in their respective countries and the continent, this episode highlights the work that goes into building a comedy pipeline stretching from Cape to Kanairo and what the future of standup comedy o...
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The Sitdown with Standups Episode 7: No Bull, Just Kau ft David Kau
In June 2023, the almost mythical David Kau made a stopover in Nairobi from his world travels, we were able to convince him (*read bribe with golf*) to stick around for a week and in that time, he headlined a show (David Kau Live in Kenya) , facilitated our weekly workshop, took in the city of Nairobi and played a charity gold tourney.So it only made sense we tied him to the green seat, laced him with Rwandan/ Ethiopian coffee and had one of the most insightful & unfiltered conversa...
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The Sitdown with Standups Episode 6: The Four Horsemen of Funny - Part 2 Ft. Evans Bukuku, Ian Lara, Ndumiso Lindi, Deo Gratius
Episode 6: The Hot Seat features part of the cast from our *Distant Relatives Festival*Growth & rebirths, industry beef & politics, fame and misfortune, we return for the Q&A section of the Distant Relatives 2 Panel. Feting a star studded panel of Evans Bukuku (Tanzania), Ian Lara(USA), Ndumiso Lindi(South Africa), Deo Gratius(Tanzania) Big shout out to Punchline Comedy Club Nairobi & Punchline Comedy Club Tanzania for creating & running ...
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The Sitdown with Standups Episode 5: The Four Horsemen of Funny - Part 1 Ft. Evans Bukuku, Ian Lara, Ndumiso Lindi, Deo Gratius
Episode 5 features part of the cast from our *Distant Relatives Festival*Cheerleading, missing prize money, hacked VCR players & refrigeration school - The lives, laughs & wisdom kept rolling as we take a deep dive into comedy from all our distant relatives. Feting a star studded panel of Evans Bukuku (Tanzania), Ian Lara(USA), Ndumiso Lindi(South Africa), Deo Gratius(Tanzania) Big shout out to Punchline Comedy Club Nairobi & Punchline Comedy Club Tanzania ...
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The Sitdown with Standups Episode 4: Lost in Translation feat Neyla Manga
In this episode we switch up the gears, the host and even languages as we transcend the language bar with Tanzanian superstar, actor, performer and standup comic Neyla Manga. On her visit to Nairobi Kenya courtesy of the Comedy Pipeline by our brothers and comrades in arms Punchline Comedy Club Tanzania, Neyla sat down with our guest host Shihembetsa, ( because we couldn't afford an interpreter and he is the only man whose Swahili is half decent) to talk all things funny, beg...