Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago

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Comedian Tez Ilyas joins us to speak on the dark side of comedy, his role in Man like Mobeen, Andrew Schulz and so much more.. Enjoy!

If you enjoyed this episode then you'll definitely love the episode with Humza Arshad: youtube.com/watch?v=eIHhN31wAVk&t=1s

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0:00 - Intro
01:52 - New gen and social media
07:22 - Changing demographics for comedy
12:25 - Relating comedy to the audience
14:49 - Raheem loves dark humour
18:19 - Tez’s childhood
19:53 - Parents separating
24:51 - What Tez wanted to be when he was younger
27:51 - First job in civil service
28:55 - Discovering stand up comedy
32:40 - First ever live stand up show
35:20 - Felt like Eminem
41:40 - Leaving civil service day job
43:23 - Finally telling his parents he left a high paying job
48:22 - THE BIG BREAK
50:17 - The truth of Andrew Schulz
53:57 - Following inspiration
56:38 - Starring in Man Like Mobeen
01:03:29 - Expanding to USA
01:07:25 - Upcoming Tour
01:17:21 - The DARK side of comedy
01:26:06 - Its never too late