It's hard complaining to immigrant parents | Joe Vu
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2019
- Joe Vu always gets one-upped by his parents when he complains about his first world problems.
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can relate 100%. i'm asian and my mom once told me when i was in high school that *HAPPINESS* is for white ppl.
Second Nature 😂😂 that is both hilarious and sad
Second Nature
😂😂😂😂
I'm also Asian and immigrant and my mum always says that doing something creative is only a hobby not a job 😅
Your mom means you don't get same happiness as white ppl do in the white ppl country. Born and educated in white ppl country, doesn't mean you get same treatment and happiness as white ppl.
But they come to America because they want to feel happier.
Ha. Now I know why my Asian doctors are always trying to crack jokes during colonscopy.
dannykumite lol
That's heeelarious!!!😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
dannykumite lol 😂
"crack" jokes
He's adorable. I love clean humor.
Dry Bar comedy is good too.
Fuck clean humor
@@JuancoPRoFlow Why u mad?
@@JuancoPRoFlow
FUCK JUAN
FUCK CARLOS
FYCK MEZA
🤣🤣🤣
@@manjindersingh4276 fyck
We all got together and asked ourselves, “Where is there no laughter? Doctors, lawyers, dentists...” Hahaha.
Engineers
Accountants and Actuaries
His delivery is a bit weak, but he's really funny. He needs more practice and confidence, but he's a gem. I could see him getting big.
I found is awkwardness/ weak delivery endearing. Added to the hilarity for me. Although, we can agree that he indeed a gem! Hehe...
He’s 56. Not going to get bigger.
Agree, needs more practice in his delivery, but he is very likable
Yes this is the type of comment that will make them grow up in there carrie!!
boy, i'm glad he has u as a professional comedian mentor. with your expert advice, i'm sure he'll make it big in show business
Respect the comedians that are funny without any nasty language.
He was funny. Love when comedians can be funny without being vulgar
Lisa Day true to that!!
Lisa Day me too!
I agree! I'm glad he can an effort to make funny jokes without profanity
Look up Dry Bar Comedy. It's hilariously clean comedy.
Lisa Day- Fuck yea!
he’s funny- my Chinese parents are like that too
Me: I got this low mark in my exams I’m sad
Mom: oh that‘s too bad. reminds me of when my sister died-
Ouch
Maybe try being a lawyer
Once I was complaining to my mom about biking an hour to get to school...
My mom said "when I went to school, I had to walk an hour barefoot. 😶
I can so relate to this! My complaints and problems are NOTHING compared to what they've been through to give me a better life.
My dad was on a reservation so yes he walked several miles to school without shoes
So true, my mother-in-law told me she had to strip naked and carry her books and clothes on her head to cross a river to get to her elementary school.
Jeff Castro Same as my dad and uncle’s story, except they had to cross the sea
lol
The "dreams are for white people" is SO accurate. That's legit immigrant parents lessons to us.
As if white people can't be immigrants
delpher32exe they can, although in this context you are looking at recent immigration to North America and currently it’s safe to say most immigrants to North America are of ethnicities other than caucasian. Most caucasian expats to Canada that l know are from Europe, New Zealand and Australia , and they are just really looking for adventures in a new country. They were not escaping economies in shambles, harsh conditions, crisis, war, sheer poverty, or dictatorship. They had opportunities in their country of origin, but chose to live elsewhere. Some want to stay, others move on.
@@delpher32exe A little sensitive, are we?
@@nozecone lol
I came here for diversity and freedom of living my life the way I wanted to. I wasn’t into marriage commitment if I did I would have $60 grand ring in my finger(easily).I never had to work in my whole life but I have to start to work here which is fine.My mom is not into technology but she is a wise woman. Technology doesn’t make anyone smart it is just a skill. I didn’t find him funny you supposed not to make fun of your parents I found it condescending. Just my opinion.
I hope my future kids will be thoughtful enough to realize my side of immigration struggle too. It's always good to never forget how the journey began.
Your heritage is so very important! While I not Asian my father and grandfather grew up in extreme poverty, my grandfather was put in a work house as a little boy and he wanted a better life for his children and my father told me about their life and I'm eternally grateful and remember where I come from!!!
Just remind them but don’t guilty-trip them for their fortune and don’t brush off their struggles just because yours were bigger.
Chris and kick asses to make sure they remember.
I hope this guy's fame skyrockets, he becomes rich, and able to reassure his folks that he made the right move by going for it!
Won't help if he just ends up like Jimmy Ouyang and and his dad lol.
main stream media will not allow it. You gotta be white to be famous.
Apparently he was already somewhat successful in advertising and thus may already be rich. Either way, hope he does well as a comedian, too
Thanks Julie! my parents are now proud that I'm a stand up comic. I'm also currently enjoying my riches with a 4 month vacation in VN too!
"we dont want you to risk...snow"
Hahaha 😂
Mom "How do I check the websites that I visited?"
Couple weeks later...
Dad: "How do I hide the websites that I visit?"
Couple weeks later...
Mum "How do I know if someone is trying to hide the website that they visit?"
Hilarious!
Porn
Absolutely hilarious
SSBMA. I would find that funny except I’m the Mom!
Totally nailed it on the immigrant parents!
He was funny. He should continue with his dream.
I Play One On T.V. But dreams are for white people !
I've seen him in real life when he was way smaller - he's actually super funny. not sure if it's because I'm also asian and felt all this in my heart.
Not really, I'm white and get all his jokes. My mum always found boyfriends 30 years older than her and life in the 1920s and 30s was pretty harsh too. Like taking you bicycle 40 miles to work and then return in any weather. Poor people could not afford a car. So you easily get the picture of everything was bad. When they then were together with their brothers and sisters you could hear they were as reckless as any teenager is today (just in another way)
He's charming. I like his awkward delivery.
I know some Hoa people... Very similar stories to his parents, right down to the hidden jewels and escaping pirates. They're comfortably middle class Americans today, kind of amazing to think about.
It is amazing what people can go through and you simply have no idea. I grew up on the nasty end of some accusations that are ironic if they knew the truth, so I’ve been curious about what stories other people lived. I met a woman who’d lived in seven countries around the world, and my Southern state was her least favorite because of the climate and the people not being very welcoming (it is exceedingly hard for new people to break into the area, and if you’re not white, well, the odds don’t necessarily get better). She’d lived this really interesting life with hardship and trials and amazing experiences and all these cool places... and we we’re just, sitting next to each other for a while. You never know what people are going through.
@@SunflowerSpotlight
She chose to stay in a state that wasn't welcoming and she didn't like the weather ? I wonder why? Free health care? Free money? What kept her in a place she didn't like?
Fake news!!!
@@SunflowerSpotlight That's very true. In high school I lived in one of the sponsor cities for Viet notables who were evacuated from Saigon in 1973. A child of a military school teacher was my niece's classmate. Our neighbors were working, in America, as dishwashers and lawn maintenance people; in Saigon they had been people of influence. And their lives were still massively better than the boat people; think about the Syrian refugees in Europe, except the Vietnamese boat people were talked about in the news....
That said, I have an income of less than $800 a month and no prospect for getting more, and it's not because I'm lazy....
Awkwardly funny, not sure if it's an act but it works, I liked it!
lavere Saw this guy live a few weeks ago in Toronto. Didn’t look like he was putting it on as his hands were shaking a wee bit holding the mic.
@RunFor OurLives he was referring to the delivery style/ general stage persona
I wish more comedians are like this and don't use foul language. And he was funny too.
Brian Regan
Jim Gaffigan
*FOUL LANGUAGE*
Chickens can be funny.
you'd like Brad Upton. he's not dirty either and hilarious.
He is just calm and savage lol
I’ve had three Asian friends over the years, one was from Indonesia, one from The Phillipines and one from Thailand and they were all really funny dudes! Genuinely good guys as well!
zeemonkeyman1 , agree. My Asians friends are funny and nice.
Be a successful standup, and then your parents will claim it was their idea!
True true, they made hard to "train" you
Until now, I had never heard of him, but I'm glad I came across this bit. He's funny without being vulgar or offensive, which is refreshing and unexpected in this day and age. He's also very likeable. Hope to see more of him in the future.
Lol that had that line in the “crazy rich Asians” movie. Passion? That’s for Americans lol
You’re tellin me 😂
Me go to school to follow my so called passion? Ha, my African parents! They’re like find something that will give you a job (basically med school, nursing, engineering,...) and you’ll have time for the so called photography passion later in life when you can afford it. No way they’re paying for me to go to college for gender studies or photography 😂
If he works a little bit on the delivery he’d sell out theatres. Really funny jokes.
lacountess dear, was that delivery not white enough for you?!!? he was confident, he was funny and he even didn't have any discernable accent, WTF do you want him to work on??
Lidija Cullen it was 0% that deep
Lidija Cullen I agree his delivery wasn’t as polished as it could be and think his style isn’t yet defined. He’s good, but he’s not found his brand of comedy yet. It comes with years of practice. “Not white enough”? Chill out and give thought before making assumptions. That’s called being reasonable.
@@cl759 Thanks for having my back CL! haha
@@catscattying943 I'm still working on getting better, it's a lifelong pursuit
Lol that is exactly me. I am a newcomer immigrant in Canada and I am a dentist, also the most unfunny person.
But everyone is unique which is beautiful. Not everyone can be a sport player or comedian, etc. We need doctors and lawyers and dentists lol
Dentists can be funny, especially when they ask you questions while you mouth has to be open and you slobber out your answer lol
what has internet become? random people giving encouraging replies?
@@larson511 yeah that is what I like about the west, everyone can be themselves and proud. In the entire Asia, west and east, if you are not a doctor or an engineer, you are considered a failure to your parents. It's sad.
You are funny ! Wish you best of luck in your career Joe !
My parents were children of the great depression. Try complaining to them.
i was a "boat people" when i was 11. all alone 23 days at sea with barely any food or water(no adult relative,33 years ago ) at see. a journey that I'll never forget.
Jim best good one
Same thing with parents who were farm kids. Just try and complain about how hard your life is...
I like his quiet delivery, he makes everything sound kind of soulful and poetic lol.
One time I told my mom I didn't want to eat a banana because there was a bruise on it, and my mom looks me in my soul and replies "You obviously haven't been poor." Jeez. okay. *chews around bruise*
You still don’t sound very grateful..
One of my friends in high school was an immigrant from China. He was THE funniest person I have ever met, and he wanted to be a comedian (I think, or something like that). He became an engineer.
Lol
It's funny and emotional at the same time for me. As a son of immigrant parents too, I sometimes forget the struggle and hardships they took to get here for a better life for them and their families.
Same, except daughter of immigrants parents
When it comes to customs between my parents and I it’s a little hard because they grew up with eastern culture and I grew up with western culture, another thing to add is communication, my parents learned English as their second language and are pretty fluent at it mostly but sometimes explaining something to them is hard, I know my heritage language but not as well as my parents sooo communication is a struggle sometimes (which miscommunication can happen as well!! 😢)
But other than that, I’m appreciative of my parents
Every Nigerian immigrant can relate this 😂😂
I like that I can enjoy this WITH my parents. Clean comic.
My parents are immigrants, I can’t complain to my mom about anything! I guess that good.. makes me appreciate how good I have it here in the US
Can relate to him. One time I made the mistake of complaining to my mom how studying for my bachelors is difficult. She then told me if you cant handle school work, how can you handle life? She worked a full time job while getting her degree in accountancy and still get top marks. It was difficult grpwing up because she has high expectations but i realized it's because she was prepraring me for real life.
Thank you for being funny and clean. So hard to find anymore!
This is funny and poignant at the same time... and I'm not even Vietnamese or someone coming from an immigrant family hehe...
Damn he’s actually mad funny and he’s Viet too 🇻🇳 more people need to know about him
not the kind of Viet you're thinking(flag).
Đông Phong what you mean you talking about the south Vietnamese flag?
Thanh Tran his parent escape out of🇻🇳 so......
Yah.... not that flag....
I am wondering if people who are not kids of first generation immigrants can understand how amazing this guy is .
And by kids of first generation immigrants i am not talking about kids from Swiss, German, Japanese, Danish, Brit, French etc ... i am talking about the kids of parents who had to quit a country in order not to die .
@RunFor OurLives WWII....
On the contrary, many white people had to leave their countries in order to escape poverty and persecution. Many were slaves or indentured servants or had to survive in difficult conditions.
Awww he seemed a bit shy. His routine was great
Jimmy O. Yang's father: "Following your dreams is how you become homeless". T-T
LMAO!!!!!!! The drawer full of controllers and the calculator -- my Korean mom did that. Hilarious. When I'd complain to my mom, SHE would literally laugh at ME. I'd even say, "Why are you laughing at me? I'm telling you something serious and it isn't funny." I realized she did this out of nervousness. When non-Asian people spoke lots of fast English to her, say if we went to the department store, her response was to laugh.
I don't know if I want to cry or laugh, since I grow up with guilt trips that my mum suffered so much from me not being a doctor or lawyer.
You're hilarious! Looking forward to more of your performances.
🤣🤣 Parents: “Dreams are for white people.”
That was a good set! I like the way it was composed. Well done.
Clean jokes, no cussing...funny guy!!!
Some lawyers ARE funny. I was on jury duty and I watched a lawyer totally destroy a chiropractor who was trying to get big bucks for his patient's "whiplash" injury. She was like "Do you have x-rays of this so-called injury? REAL doctors have x-rays!"
I hope she was put in her place because whiplash injuries can't be seen by xrays
Sounds like he is from Minnasota or Canada or Northern Mich. He is right on when he hits the parent bit.
Mine have been in Illinois for 70yrs. I still hear about the sacrifices and risks they took leaving
Scotland. 😪. M
"Dreams are for white people", "depression is for white people", "what is your happiness worth if I am not happy?"- asian parents
I hope I can see him again! So sweet and so funny!
The ending though 🤣
This bloke's a hidden gem
God bless Jo Vu's parents for taking courage for taking risks 💪, it's called character.
When I was in high school, my chinese american girlfriend told me that her father said, "chinese girls will never be as pretty as white girls." I think that her father told her that to make her humble because she was very gorgeous.
Trying to make a daughter humble is the worst idea that can come to parents' mind😫
I get it why I love him! It's because he doesn't adjust his style to white or black comics, he's genuine and yet funny
Always gold when I land on Joe Vu’s standup .
LOVED this guy!
my parents escaped vietnam by boat while being chased by pirates. I totally feel what this guy is saying.
He was hilarious. I laughed until I peed my pants just a little.😁😁
This was incredible!!
He’s so cute and nerdy to me I love it!
"Dreams are for white people." I died. 🤣🤣
This is spot on!!!
He is good... clean humor and remembering what his parents HAVE done for him! Keep up the great routines.
I love this guy!!
Hilarious! Thank you!
Funny and clean! Right on!
So funny, loved him
I started laughing just by reading the title of this video 😂😂😂
I really liked his insight. Very funny.
I read the title and I already felt like I can relate to this.
Love this!
My new favorite comedian!!! We need more Joe!
Haha - he's hilarious!
Love his dry humour!
His nervousness makes him so cute
😺 He was really funny! I hope he gets more gigs.
channels like yours are what keep me inspired on mine 😂
Very original material. Hilarious!! You have a bright future. Keep up the great work! 🙌🏽☺️
Good for him for going after his dream 😁 I'm sure his parents are proud, and they sound like pretty funny people themselves
Lol, funny monologue 👍😁💯
LMBOOO he's great i luv him
I know a guy with this exact persona.. Funny as Heck, brilliant mind with a dash of geekiness.
I thought he's kinda geeky even for an asian(Viet). :)
Hilarious! Great job Joe!!
So relatable!
I RELATE SO MUCH.
First line made me laugh. Great talent!
Love it!
From Vietnam with love, dude. Keep up your dream
this guy is King
Man that was funny. Totally relatable !!!!
He’s hilarious 😂
So relatable 😂
Agree!! He's funny, genuine and the jokes are CLEAN!!
Joe Vu was head on he told y’all what it’s like with asian immigrant parents exactly lol, the drawer joke was on point, there’s so many other jokes I wish I could just tell him because he’d understand and laugh at it.
Lol this was nice 👍🏾
Great delivery!