Tahir Bilgic Talks Fat Pizza, Filmmaking And Surviving South Africa | Episode 7

Tahir Bilgic joins us on a rollercoaster of a podcast. He breaks down his biggest roles, what inspired his character “Habib”, politics in comedy and producing movies.
He also gives us insight into the ego's in the entertainment industry, working the worst crowds, the release of his upcoming films and projects, and surviving South Africa.
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Timestamps:
00:10 Jungle show in South Africa
01:30 Getting belted for being acting Lebanese
04:00 What inspired the character Habib
06:10 Which roles Tahir enjoyed the most
09:30 Pitching a show to a network
17:30 Working as a teacher
20:00 Ego as a pet-hate
22:30 Controlling ego
26:30 Sydney Comedy Store
31:00 Working on comedy sets
32:00 The hardest crowds
37:30 Bombing a set
41:00 Cancel Culture
46:00 Building awareness
49:00 The New funny
52:00 Improv and scripted content
54:00 Female comedians
58:00 Formulating comedy
1:01:00 Current state of comedy
1:02:00 Politics in comedy
1:06:00 South Africa
1:21:00 Upcoming film
1:23:00 Making films
1:26:00 Future of creativity