Casually dressed in a T-shirt and shorts with over-sized glasses, it is hard to miss Joey Rasdien - his mop of curly hair gives him away.
Sipping on his coffee, he is the epitome of chilled. "I'm doing excellent," he smiles.
Rasdien is no novice to television. He has appeared on SABC1's The Pure Monate Show and has hosted SABC2's Go For It and SABC3's Play TV. He also acted in Dollars and White Pipes and The Last Days of Anna Van Storm.
But this is the first time he has his own sitcom.
"I was a guest star in other shows. Rasdien came about three years ago when I was asked to come to the SABC and pitch an idea for a comedy. There were lots of guys pitching stuff. I rocked up, but I didn't have anything prepared," Rasdien laughs.
Well, he must have made some impression because here he are, I tease.
"I was with my son. At the time, he was turning six. As far as I can remember, there were lots of ladies and one guy in the room.
"And I said I wanted to do a sitcom about a single father raising his son. It's about the child in every adult and the adult in every child," he shares.
The comedian continues: "The pitch was from personal experience, but the script, about the stumbling blocks of being a single parent and finding a partner and mother for his child, is a universal story that even people from Uganda will be able to relate to."
Rasdien says while there are situations from his reality that make it into the script, the character traits are fictional. For those who don't know, he has been a single dad since 2007 when his wife died.
"My son was too small to understand what was going on," he confides.
The well-known cast comprises Mortimer Williams and Kim Cloete. But the key to the success of the show is the little boy who plays Rasdien's son, Zach.
"Tyron is new to acting. We auditioned lots of children and he came out best. He is only eight, but he is a very confident young man," Rasdien praises.
While the comedy is in Afrikaans, it has subtitles.
"Kim, although she isn't like her character in real life, brings out the challenges in her role. She plays Alice, the nanny. My character eventually falls in love with her.
"Rasdien is a bit like The Nanny, Who's The Boss?, Frasier and Two and a Half Men rolled into one.
"I wasn't trying to reinvent the wheel here."
On the noticeable trend of comedians gravitating towards the small screen, à la Trevor Noah with Tonight with Trevor Noah on M-Net and Loyisa Gola with Late Nite News on e.tv, he says: "Most comics make more money by doing comedy. But they are more recognisable on TV.
"Look at Jamie Foxx and Samuel L Jackson; the public didn't know they were comedians before they became actors. It's the same with us. The only difference is that broadcasters are now using that as an opportunity - not the other way around."
Aside from his comedy shows, Rasdien has a DVD releasing in December and he has two feature films, one where he is paired with David Kau in the lead and the other featuring Riaad Moosa, in the offing.
As for acting becoming a natural transformation for comics these days, he chuckles: "I think comedians can become actors, but actors can't become comedians."
- Rasdien airs on SABC2 at 6pm on November 5.