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Dilruk Jayasinha is one of the hottest stand-up comedians in Australia today. His talents have led to sold out shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and a regular guest spot on Network Ten's quiz show, 'Have you been paying attention?'.

In this School of Hard Knock Knocks interview, you'll hear how Dilruk first got started in stand-up comedy, how he followed his dream, and how you don't necessarily need to sleep your way to the top.

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Chris Franklin has an inseparable relationship with his flannel shirts. The self described bogan, who has performed his beer swilling larrikin humour all over Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Scotland and even war torn Afghanistan, is one of the most well recognised Australian stand-up comedians today, thanks to early success at Raw Comedy and, surprisingly, the ARIAs.

In this School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast you'll hear how a private education didn't get in the way of a solid working class upbringing, and writing comedy doesn't need to involve writing at all.

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Brad Oakes is one versatile comedian. Starting as a stand-up comedian, Brad graduated to writing skits for TV shows Full Frontal, the Comedy Company and Hey Hey It's Saturday. He's also had a stint at radio, albeit, briefly. Today, Brad is a regular comedian on the circuit that includes monthly guest spots on South Pacific cruise lines. And in between tanning himself on the upper deck, he coaches some of Australia's busiest comedians - he just won't tell us who.

If you like what you hear in this podcast, you'll be pleased to know that Brad will also be a guest comedian at the May 21 - 25 School of Hard Knock Knocks stand-up comedy course. So enrol and get your own one-on-one coaching with the comedians' comedian.

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Samuel (Sam) See is a Singaporean stand-up comedian who has found fame on the comedy circuit and Singapore TV. With only four years in the game, he is already a regular at all of the comedy clubs, has multiple shows at the annual Singapore Comedy Fringe Festival, and hosts 'Ok Chope!', a TV show so good that it could be banned!

In this School of Hard Knock Knocks Sam shares the challenges of performing to a multicultural crowd, how censorship sucks, and how being gay in this conservative society, is not a hinderance to his comedy career.

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Tim Ferguson has taken his abusive style of comedy from the streets of Canberra to New York and London, as one-third of the Doug Anthony All Stars. Back in Australia, and still performing, Tim also teaches comedy writing at the New York University, the Australian Film Radio & Television School, NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art), and through his own company, The Cheeky Monkey.

In this School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast you'll learn about prostitutes, abusing audiences, and what's at the heart of all comedy.

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Ben Horowitz is a retired professional boxer. Never heard of him? That's because he didn't win many…and possibly the reason why he's now a stand-up comedian. Ben is also one half of the School of Hard Knock Knocks stand-up comedy school. In this interview, Ben shares the ups and down of stand-up comedy, where he gets his inspiration, and why he lived in Bentleigh.

Interested in trying stand-up comedy? Visit the School of Hard Knock Knocks website for Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney course dates.

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