Meet Nick, half of Manzai comedy duo Time Bomb, who sits down to talk to us about his Japanese comedy career and his transition to entrepreneur and content creator.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:33 Meet Nick
4:32 Studying at language school
5:32 Move to comedy school
10:24 Learning Japanese from comedy
12:25 What is Manzai?
15:30 Nick's breakout success
18:13 Comedians have to play characters
21:42 The grind of comedy shows
25:38 Role in manzai duo
27:31 Why Japanese comedy is like the mafia
32:15 Why you can't do stand-up comedy
33:24 Using YouTube to break away from Japanese TV
37:52 Why Nick hasn't quit traditional comedy
42:57 What Japanese people find funny
45:55 Why Nick prefers YouTube
51:29 Nick's language learning company
54:05 Facts Japanese TV made up about Nick
57:47 Will Japanese comedy ever change?
1:02:01 Where to start with Japanese comedy
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