Episode 278

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11th May 2025

Beijing and New york comedian Tony Chou

An interview podcast giving the inside scoop of what happens in comedy scenes across the globe and dedicated to speaking to the mavericks in the comedy world. In this episode we speak to Touring comedian from Beijing, co-host of award-winning Chinese late night talk show,comedy club owner, Tony Chou. Here is an overview of what we discussed:

[[01:44]] Des Bishop starting a comedy club and doing English comedy in Beijing [[03:05]]

[[04:32]] The mandarin speaking scene is taking off [[09:29]]

[[09:29]] Why is NYC better than the UK and my experience in Killtony [[19:06]]

[[24:15]] British English and American English [[28:48]]

[[30:30]] Work culture in china and you get reported by your audience in China [[37:07]]

[[37:07]] Doing something good for China but being cancelled [[40:36]]

[[41:01]] When you do badly in Asia and the west [[47:52]]


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Where larger-than-life characters help comedians live life on their own terms
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