St. Louis comedian Tahir Moore constantly struggles with making words come out of his mouth correctly.
Now weekly, Tahir challenges friends to a game of pronunciation titled Wording Is Hard. Each participant has to endure 5 difficult wording challenges as the score will be kept by game official Maye, who will also be judging very harshly.
Tahir Moore: Tahir Moore is a stand-up comic, actor, writer, and host. Originally from East St. Louis, IL, he graduated from Harris-Stowe State University in 2008. Tahir began doing stand-up full time after moving to Los Angeles in 2009. He’s has toured with comedians D. L. Hughley, Lavell Crawford, Affion Crockett, and more. Moore, In addition to starring in commercials for K-Mart, True Car, and Verizon, can be seen in his recurring role as “Fast Mike” on HBO’s Insecure. He also hosts a few shows on All Def Digital and Kev On Stage Studios including Wording is Hard and Zooming with the Homies. Tahir is currently on the road with Tony Baker and Kev On Stage as part of the Real Comedians of Social Media tour.
This week, Tahir is joined by comedian//actor Malcolm Barrett.
Barrett is also talented in poetry, improvisation and stand up comedy. He was a member of the 2001 Nuyorican Slam Poetry team and the winner of the Young Playwright competition at Manhattan Class Company. He is a founding member and artistic director of the non-profit New York City theater company Real Theatre Works. Barrett developed and directed the theater’s production of “Fallen Patriots” off-off Broadway and will direct the play for the upcoming Fringe Festival in New York.
Checkout previous episodes of Wording Is Harder w/ Tahir Moore featuring Nate Jackson, Jay Washington, Jeff Horste, Michael Yo, and more HERE