Agreed. I think it’s in large to do with the host being familiar with the Chinese culture. I have seen interviews of non-American celebrities conducted by, say, Stephen Colbert, which are really dry and just don’t flow.
Joe Wong is the REAL HERO. I love the way he helps people to understand culture difference. He's positive. People know too less about China in western world. I realise that many books, videos are way too negative about China that people made decades ago. I appreciate people like Joe Wong could fill the gap in a bright way!
Well, you are wrong. As a Chinese I clearly know that Chinese government utilities all the successful Chinese people to infiltrate the world, especially to America. He has mission to portrait China in a wonderful way and uses his reputation to get people to believe him.
Love you, Joe Wong. I have felt an outsider in my country. (America) Because I appreciate humor about many people and even cultures. Mostly I enjoy all cultures and especially individuals from many countries. Thank you for your courage and mostly your "take" on comedy. Some other countries also feel the need to fill quiet moments with something. Like added laughter or other sounds.
Great interview. I love his comedy. I've always watched Letterman and he used to love having Joe on, and Joe was always hilarious. It's also great to see a modern comic be funny while never working blue. Thanks for the upload, he's funny and interesting - a great watch!
He is so fluent not just with language but the nuances of culture and able to explain it well. Id love to know if his brain switches to thinking in the language he is speaking.
We bi or multilingual ppls brains are amazing dude, worth keeping it in the museum, ppl who brag just coz they speak slightly better English than these immigrants should be forced to visit that museum on weekly basis
The funniest part is when the the host said, "My name is Fergus Thompson, and I'm Irish." That seemed really random. Did he say that because Wong said "I'm Irish" in one of this shows? Joe Wong is really cool. He's the coolest comedian ever!
If you're born in America with Chinese ethnicity, you're considered a Chinese-American. Same thing goes for Irish people, Indian people, Latino people, etc. who are born in America.
Joe Wong was born in China so he's still very Chinese. I consider myself an American of Chinese descent and it took 1 generation and I'm completely assimilated.
The material is very good, that's a major difference between him and other comedians who rely more on making sounds, gestures, accents and reuse the same old jokes, it just shows the level of the creativeness and intelligence he's at. I mean, Dave Chapel and him are two people that come to mind when it comes to very well written material. And someone like Pablo Francisco is someone who relies more on sounds and his personality, while being actually talented and having a flow, still using the same old material, and it just feels like a waste of talent. In stand up you need to have your material on point, it's like the foundation of a building, your construction will be shaky and might fall down without a good foundation.
The interviewer, like all white people, is sometimes being subtly condescending to him, and stereotyping a bit, and interrupting, too. Interviewers and everyone else are always more respectful towards white people and attractive people. This host is better than most, though. He still seems like a nice guy overall who asks good, intelligent questions. China, Chinese people, and Chinese Americans aren't much different from Americans. Don't stereotype, and don't look down on us. I can always tell when dumb comments on TH-cam are made by non-Asians.
Isn't the idea that all white people are sometimes subtly stereotyping, condescending and rude rto Asians a bit condescending and stereotypical itself?
This interview made me thinking... Innovative. We laugh about each other, like women and men, and we could still care about them in China. That's why we can say these things. Whereas in the US, if you're laugh at someone, you're hating her/him immediately. 🤣
normal for chinese to take western name when out of china since names dont render well esp in latin letters with no diacritics/marks for tone like in pinyin. if you're foreigner in china your also must take an chinese name and chinese students in china take english name in english courses etc the phonetic system is just too different for names you just cant write them in english... so easier to take an english name than taking a english version of a chinese name that will be butchered in english writing haha
What’s happened since then? We were making steps forward, now It seems like understanding and respect for cultures and people has gone backwards and everything we hear feels like propaganda for war against china.
+Doofus Their national television has no reason to make jokes on political leaders and that wouldn't be funny as in the US, cuz there is no competition on the stage, and any political leader representing the only one party. so they don't have that kind of media culture in decades. For me, as a local Chinese, I don't think they should ever bring political leaders to the entertainment area, they better keep on doing their own business seriously for the country or they will get less respects as given the party a frivolous or flighty name.
Unknown Tsai I don't really buy that. Even if the US suddenly becomes a one-party state (though some people would argue that it already is) with everything else being equal, there would still be people making jokes at the government, as long as the politicians keep doing the same thing. I don't know anything about the history of 相声, but articles like this www.danwei.org/tv/stifled_laughter_how_the_commu.php suggest that Chinese comedy wasn't always so apolitical, and that its current apolitical nature probably isn't due to the lack of material Also, this isn't about political leaders being in entertainment. It's about entertainers themselves making political jokes.
Doofus It also depends on the vast of audiences, I don't think the most ppl like my uneducated parents would appreciated that kind of humor. After the ppl who born after 80s or 90s hold the leadership of China, then that situation probably will be changed naturally. You can easily find out the differences of programs between TV media and Internet media in China, the bottom line of the topic between each has a huge distance. that reflecting the facts. I believe what you said that "if the US suddenly becomes a one-party state,there would still be people making jokes at the government." It just reminded me that which of my point I have not mentioned. I will read the article later,thx.
Blondes are from Heaven i can give you an insight. china and other cousin of china is pretty wealthy now. i asked the same question to other chinese people who own business over here and they say they rather go back to china. i said why you makes a lot of money here. they said i had a business there before and its more fun at home. after i thought about it, they make enough money to be happy. which mean its not like back then 30 years ago where you everyone struggle and finding job is important.
+Blondes are from Heaven There are loads more audience, and opportunity there in China. In addition to comedy, he's now hosting his own TV show, and frequently show up in multiple TV shows. His career took off in US, but fly higher in China.
I would advice Joe Wong to not make fun of women because he would not want someone making fun of his mother, his wife, or his daughter or daughters (if he has any) .
proving his point exactly: the prevailing PC culture where women in the west cant laugh at themselves because its always bad inherently antifeminist lol... in reality sexual difference IS funny in many ways and has been since beginning of time, making mild joke about womens driving or attitudes different from men is not assault on wife and daughters so long as not promoting hatred or violence towards women
the politician topic was heavy here, jokes of leaders is only not for china mainland , but taiwanese and hong konger on the other side, particularly taiwanese make politician best out of it
黄西放国内确实不算好的喜剧演员，他讲的包袱也只能放到英文语境里还不错，翻译成中文讲，估计效果要打对折，冷场就难免了。老外的stand up，跟中国的喜剧形式比，最多算是喜剧形式最原始的表现形式，但西方现代文明强势，反而孙子笑话爷爷没幽默感。中国脱口秀的革命这个有点过了，其实中国根本不需要这种原始的喜剧形式。说起幽默，确实能显著看出西方人的智商比较捉急，或至少思维方式差太远。老外的幽默大部分来的直接，更接近滑稽。中国人的幽默，基本都需要把包袱藏起来，让观众自己把包袱找出来自己打开，需要稍微理解一下才能感受到迟来的快感，当然来得也更强烈。黄西骨子里还是中国人的幽默，也正是这种幽默特质让他真的stand out
China never has the culture of making fun of their leaders, unless it's about one of their ex-presidents. They don't mention him by name though. If you're interested, there‘’s a wikipedia page about toad worship.
Daddy missing you Joe Wang Wong Jong-Un Freedom1416 of speech biblical studies magic card missing from my house USA Freedom souls island Moin Season's Aboriginal Tiwi Islands lady's wet flaps n doodle WW4
ngzbblax You are aware that Africans eat their own [dog] pet don't you? You might want to google that and find out the truth before you open your mouth like that again.
Not only that, but according to VICE, they rape infants to "cure" themselves of AIDS, & eat children's hearts as sacrifices. So there are plenty of abominations to go around.
It’s an honor to have you as an American.
One of the best international interviews I've watched. Great host.
Yes v insightful
Agreed. I think it’s in large to do with the host being familiar with the Chinese culture. I have seen interviews of non-American celebrities conducted by, say, Stephen Colbert, which are really dry and just don’t flow.
Joe wong seems pretty humble and kind, wish him the best. funny stuff he has.
that's what is so refreshing about him without the f bombs.
Love Joe wong
@@abdullahussien6683 I totally agree with you and without sexual innuendo.
th-cam.com/video/AvM4zAoAxOg/w-d-xo.html
Joe Wong is the REAL HERO. I love the way he helps people to understand culture difference. He's positive. People know too less about China in western world. I realise that many books, videos are way too negative about China that people made decades ago. I appreciate people like Joe Wong could fill the gap in a bright way!
Well, you are wrong. As a Chinese I clearly know that Chinese government utilities all the successful Chinese people to infiltrate the world, especially to America. He has mission to portrait China in a wonderful way and uses his reputation to get people to believe him.
Just found out about him because of Colbert. He's my new favorite comedian! Wish he had a hour long stand up special.
HUGE fan. greatly respect his bilingualism, wit, and ability to navigate the two cultures
I really enjoying watching him again and again.
Here from the Colbert Show vid but so glad I found out about Joe. He's a real stand up guy!
This was a great interview-I wish him great success.
This opened up my eyes on how revolutionary stand up can be towards the society and politics. Well done.
This guy is brilliant
Gerald Jia Ding I categories him as genius mind
I love his humor....
Go Joe!! Glad to hear he's still making people laugh wherever he is.
Why do pretty white girls wake up with terribly stinky breath in the morning? Joe wants to know
Love you, Joe Wong. I have felt an outsider in my country. (America) Because I appreciate humor about many people and even cultures. Mostly I enjoy all cultures and especially individuals from many countries.
Thank you for your courage and mostly your "take" on comedy.
Some other countries also feel the need to fill quiet moments with something. Like added laughter or other sounds.
Great interview. I love his comedy. I've always watched Letterman and he used to love having Joe on, and Joe was always hilarious. It's also great to see a modern comic be funny while never working blue. Thanks for the upload, he's funny and interesting - a great watch!
What a great interviewer!
He is so fluent not just with language but the nuances of culture and able to explain it well. Id love to know if his brain switches to thinking in the language he is speaking.
We bi or multilingual ppls brains are amazing dude, worth keeping it in the museum, ppl who brag just coz they speak slightly better English than these immigrants should be forced to visit that museum on weekly basis
Joe is a god.
The funniest part is when the the host said, "My name is Fergus Thompson, and I'm Irish." That seemed really random. Did he say that because Wong said "I'm Irish" in one of this shows? Joe Wong is really cool. He's the coolest comedian ever!
Yes: th-cam.com/video/cF7O-AcY3Ao/w-d-xo.html
His English has greatly improved.
Excellent! Very well accomplished by both. Thanks for the video!
Joe,keep training those chinese stand up comics and do a tour worldwide for experience and diversity.
Good to hear your English gets better man. You are the MAN!
What's this Chinese-American jazz? Joe Wong is an American citizen of Chinese ethnicity. He's one of us.
If you're born in America with Chinese ethnicity, you're considered a Chinese-American. Same thing goes for Irish people, Indian people, Latino people, etc. who are born in America.
He wasn't born in America though.
He's of Korean ethnicity but from China
all except for Irish Americans. They don't usually use Irish American
Joe Wong was born in China so he's still very Chinese. I consider myself an American of Chinese descent and it took 1 generation and I'm completely assimilated.
The material is very good, that's a major difference between him and other comedians who rely more on making sounds, gestures, accents and reuse the same old jokes, it just shows the level of the creativeness and intelligence he's at. I mean, Dave Chapel and him are two people that come to mind when it comes to very well written material.
And someone like Pablo Francisco is someone who relies more on sounds and his personality, while being actually talented and having a flow, still using the same old material, and it just feels like a waste of talent. In stand up you need to have your material on point, it's like the foundation of a building, your construction will be shaky and might fall down without a good foundation.
When I hear. ...I am Irish...he was breaking the ice...very smart
Great interview. To-the-point and insightful.
I like the talking way of the host, fantastic!
Joe is a Genius.
Nice interview. Nice host.
I really love joe wong
Joe Wong is a genius and very funny.
This guy is truly impressive!
Smart guy! Love him
This guy speaks Chinese amazingly, when he said ‘zhao Ben Shan’
Chinese is his first language...
@@Caydenhang142 I think the OP was referring to the interviewer’s pronunciation of Joe’s Chinese name☝️
I think he is great. Not only does he make people laugh, but its also a way to bridge gaps between east & west
Wow Bill Clinton is interviewing Joe Wong.
for anyone who has sophisticated jokes that noone understands, this guy is my spirit animal.
That’s a great way of putting it.
The “if you don’t speak English,go home”joke ,i have already heard it many times,and it still make me laugh out loud,hahahaha
I feel the interviewer is so still !
this host should consider doing stand-up comedy....he barely can smile!
Joseph Stalin he is a German
Very ceative n well educated.
LOL. That story about his son (starting at 25:13) should be used as a joke in one of his shows. Made me crack up!
Definitely!
Exactly, made me laughed out.
LOL p.hd
Worth watching
The interviewer, like all white people, is sometimes being subtly condescending to him, and stereotyping a bit, and interrupting, too. Interviewers and everyone else are always more respectful towards white people and attractive people. This host is better than most, though. He still seems like a nice guy overall who asks good, intelligent questions.
China, Chinese people, and Chinese Americans aren't much different from Americans. Don't stereotype, and don't look down on us. I can always tell when dumb comments on TH-cam are made by non-Asians.
Isn't the idea that all white people are sometimes subtly stereotyping, condescending and rude rto Asians a bit condescending and stereotypical itself?
"he didnt even know he was telling a joke" lol
A wonderful interview, the host is very professional and wise, except the suit.
I never knew suits could have been wise
what's wrong with the suit ?
the host interrupts his guest before he can answer the questions, dumb ass
I guess you’ve never seen Jerry Seinfeld’s suits.
He doesn’t use curse that’s good
to hell with people verbalizing their opinions on the host.....he is professional and he f***in has a hella of humor
LOL the programming assistant is Wudie. The guy who wanted to go to Canada to see the bears
I enjoy his comedy.
Being a comedian is easy. We are Chinese. People laugh at us naturally!
Hes laughing on the inside, if he laughs then Joe wins
"My Chinese dream ehhr my American dream sorry" lolollll
The host was born with a straight face
His kicks fire
A smart funny comedian!!!!!!!!
This interview made me thinking... Innovative.
We laugh about each other, like women and men, and we could still care about them in China. That's why we can say these things. Whereas in the US, if you're laugh at someone, you're hating her/him immediately. 🤣
我祝他非常好在中国
我祝福他在中國一切順利
Why "I'm Irish" so funny?
It’s funny because people know he’s not Irish but he just spontaneously says, “I’m Irish”.
ni hao. u very funny man
He's missing a dog, did anyone get that?
He ate it
Trim Tab Chinese people ‘s American dream includes: A house, a wife. A car and a dog. He’s short of a dog
@@wbx9126 Chinese people hate that joke. Doesn’t work. Sorry.
it's true, humans are more interesting than fruit-flies....
Comedy is a serious business
China has 2 billion people if he makes it and gets his own TV show he will be very famous as compared to being in USA. He is funny. Do your than Joe.
他还是挺有心的，不易
"hey, guess what mom and dad?.. i'm joining clown school."
Hey host.... say cheese ! 😃👍
AnonymousHippopotamus 😂
Peeps, Palestinian i really prefer this work violentmy contribution
Is his name really Joe?
normal for chinese to take western name when out of china since names dont render well esp in latin letters with no diacritics/marks for tone like in pinyin. if you're foreigner in china your also must take an chinese name and chinese students in china take english name in english courses etc the phonetic system is just too different for names you just cant write them in english... so easier to take an english name than taking a english version of a chinese name that will be butchered in english writing haha
What’s happened since then? We were making steps forward, now It seems like understanding and respect for cultures and people has gone backwards and everything we hear feels like propaganda for war against china.
25? Seconds of intro
(Dingggg)
Blue ocean network with a red icon
Chinese comedians make jokes to disabled people. Joe Wong is lucky to make jokes in America.
黄西的口音越来越好了
Ordinary Chinese people do make jokes about political leaders, that's where joe is "out" meaning out of date.
But they don't make those jokes on national television.
+Doofus Their national television has no reason to make jokes on political leaders and that wouldn't be funny as in the US, cuz there is no competition on the stage, and any political leader representing the only one party. so they don't have that kind of media culture in decades.
For me, as a local Chinese, I don't think they should ever bring political leaders to the entertainment area, they better keep on doing their own business seriously for the country or they will get less respects as given the party a frivolous or flighty name.
Unknown Tsai I don't really buy that. Even if the US suddenly becomes a one-party state (though some people would argue that it already is) with everything else being equal, there would still be people making jokes at the government, as long as the politicians keep doing the same thing.
I don't know anything about the history of 相声, but articles like this www.danwei.org/tv/stifled_laughter_how_the_commu.php suggest that Chinese comedy wasn't always so apolitical, and that its current apolitical nature probably isn't due to the lack of material
Also, this isn't about political leaders being in entertainment. It's about entertainers themselves making political jokes.
Doofus It also depends on the vast of audiences, I don't think the most ppl like my uneducated parents would appreciated that kind of humor. After the ppl who born after 80s or 90s hold the leadership of China, then that situation probably will be changed naturally. You can easily find out the differences of programs between TV media and Internet media in China, the bottom line of the topic between each has a huge distance. that reflecting the facts.
I believe what you said that "if the US suddenly becomes a one-party state,there would still be people making jokes at the government." It just reminded me that which of my point I have not mentioned. I will read the article later,thx.
good jod
黄西故意有口音“everybody”，开口就很搞笑！赞👍
what happened? he move his act to china? thats reverse immigration! what happened to his american dream?
Blondes are from Heaven i can give you an insight. china and other cousin of china is pretty wealthy now. i asked the same question to other chinese people who own business over here and they say they rather go back to china. i said why you makes a lot of money here. they said i had a business there before and its more fun at home.
after i thought about it, they make enough money to be happy. which mean its not like back then 30 years ago where you everyone struggle and finding job is important.
Blondes are from Heaven china also has zhong guo meng...translated: china's dream..
+Blondes are from Heaven There are loads more audience, and opportunity there in China. In addition to comedy, he's now hosting his own TV show, and frequently show up in multiple TV shows. His career took off in US, but fly higher in China.
Hu cares! that's why
Not Wong ------- It's Huang
I would advice Joe Wong to not make fun of women because he would not want someone making fun of his mother, his wife, or his daughter or daughters (if he has any) .
Come on, lighten up
proving his point exactly: the prevailing PC culture where women in the west cant laugh at themselves because its always bad inherently antifeminist lol... in reality sexual difference IS funny in many ways and has been since beginning of time, making mild joke about womens driving or attitudes different from men is not assault on wife and daughters so long as not promoting hatred or violence towards women
The host's expression, its called stone face, typical British style (although he said he is Irish.)
If you already know he's Irish - why say he's typically British? Duh...
said it is a typical British "style" even though he is an Irish. It was spelled out logically, making a perfect sense.
Irish deadpan delivery is pretty well-known
the politician topic was heavy here, jokes of leaders is only not for china mainland , but taiwanese and hong konger on the other side, particularly taiwanese make politician best out of it
You don't know, so don't claim please
黄西放国内确实不算好的喜剧演员，他讲的包袱也只能放到英文语境里还不错，翻译成中文讲，估计效果要打对折，冷场就难免了。老外的stand up，跟中国的喜剧形式比，最多算是喜剧形式最原始的表现形式，但西方现代文明强势，反而孙子笑话爷爷没幽默感。中国脱口秀的革命这个有点过了，其实中国根本不需要这种原始的喜剧形式。说起幽默，确实能显著看出西方人的智商比较捉急，或至少思维方式差太远。老外的幽默大部分来的直接，更接近滑稽。中国人的幽默，基本都需要把包袱藏起来，让观众自己把包袱找出来自己打开，需要稍微理解一下才能感受到迟来的快感，当然来得也更强烈。黄西骨子里还是中国人的幽默，也正是这种幽默特质让他真的stand out
there was a rat running under the chair at 11:30...
I checked five times and I think it's just a shadow of some moving flags or whatever outside of the frame... lmao
Is Joe's hand shadow
Sorry, I'm Chinese... English! I'm working on my Hello!
This guy is as funny as watching paint dry.
mobspeak GO AND WATCH PAINT DRY THE. RED COLOUR IS BEST!!!!
His clothes is….
China never has the culture of making fun of their leaders, unless it's about one of their ex-presidents.
They don't mention him by name though. If you're interested, there‘’s a wikipedia page about toad worship.
Daddy missing you Joe Wang Wong Jong-Un Freedom1416 of speech biblical studies magic card missing from my house USA Freedom souls island Moin Season's Aboriginal Tiwi Islands lady's wet flaps n doodle WW4
telling joke, cant you just say perform
LOL OUT!
I like how the format of this show is a rip off of Charlie Rose and 60 Minutes.
The Chinese rip everything off.
Curt Anderson
Unlike the USA, which has "stolen" 100% of everything they have.
How many ways are there to have a conversation?
It's an Irish/English show w/an Irish interviewer. Everyone rips off the Chinese. Trump stole China's Great Wall idea.
you use ink? paper? ever shoot a gun or fireworks? ripping off china!
黄西
What happend with the dog, Joe? Did u eat it? :(
What a stupid-ass remark
ngzbblax You are aware that Africans eat their own [dog] pet don't you?
You might want to google that and find out the truth before you open your mouth like that again.
Not only that, but according to VICE, they rape infants to "cure" themselves of AIDS, & eat children's hearts as sacrifices. So there are plenty of abominations to go around.
+FichDichInDemArsch Because Germans are boring as fuck.
👎👎👎 not funny, rather racist?
Boring . . . . . . .