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I like this guy. I loved the awkwardness at the end especially. You can't make that up.

meh.
in terms of jokes, first couple of minutes were ok, but the rest was very mediocre. don't get me wrong, guy's accent is fun and he has great likability, but they're also the only things really working for him.

>> ^EDD:
meh.
in terms of jokes, first couple of minutes were ok, but the rest was very mediocre. don't get me wrong, guy's accent is fun and he has great likability, but they're also the only things really working for him.


^same here

and there was too much polite, patronising laughter from the audience.

'oh how wonderful! the little chinese man just told a joke! bwahahaha!!'

he wasn't very funny. or maybe i'm just a cranky twat this afternoon.

Cranky twat . He's funnier than 90% of new comics.

I too felt like they were patronizing him. But I also thought he was pretty funny. His timing was unique, maybe he should work on that a bit more. His jokes on the other hand, catch you off guard.

Intonation sounds like Stephen Hawking.

>> ^deputydog:
>> ^EDD:
meh.
in terms of jokes, first couple of minutes were ok, but the rest was very mediocre. don't get me wrong, guy's accent is fun and he has great likability, but they're also the only things really working for him.

^same here
and there was too much polite, patronising laughter from the audience.
'oh how wonderful! the little chinese man just told a joke! bwahahaha!!'
he wasn't very funny. or maybe i'm just a cranky twat this afternoon.




Well that's a bit unfair, its just the man's act. That's like saying the only thing Seinfeld has going for him is Dry Sarcasm. Which is 99.9% of the man's jokes.

Didn't feel there was any patronizing going on. Thought he used who he is perfectly... played the stereotypes in his favor, capitalized on his awkwardness, even snuck some mild social commentary in there.

>> ^xxovercastxx:
Didn't feel there was any patronizing going on. Thought he used who he is perfectly... played the stereotypes in his favor, capitalized on his awkwardness, even snuck some mild social commentary in there.


Yes! You know what's up! The man may or may not have been patronized by the audience; but he went up there, did his set and killed. I have respect for that.

I find it refreshing to hear a Chinese (or there about) comic with Mandarin accent instead of Cantonese accent. Although, the spelling of his name "Wong" is a bit ambiguous. In Australia, you can tell which dialect a Chinese speaks just by looking at how he/she spells his/her family name in English.

lame.. I only LOL at the joke about 50% are forever. Also row v. wade joke is so ancient. It's almost ancient chinese secret.

i think the patronizing response by the audience says more about american late night audiences than him. they blow. he was far better than the usual "hey im ethnic and this is what my immigrant mother talks like: 'ching chong ching'" comedians.

Nah sorry this wasn't very funny at all. Sexual peak jokes etc. all been done before and better and a million times. This was very bland for me.

"Nobody took a bite out of this peach when it was ripe." That was great.

Up and coming is right... Guy needs to work on his timing, but his material is okay. I'm guessing he was a bit nervous to make his TV debut. Oh, and note to self -- If ever invited to be on television, watch an episode or two of the show first to see how it's supposed to go.

lame

>> ^davidraine:
Up and coming is right... Guy needs to work on his timing, but his material is okay. I'm guessing he was a bit nervous to make his TV debut. Oh, and note to self -- If ever invited to be on television, watch an episode or two of the show first to see how it's supposed to go.


I dunno, I thought he was maybe doing a bit of dry deconstruction like Andy Kaufman's foreign man. In either case, it appeals for the same reasons; even if it was unintentional, it was unintentionally funny -- which works. Note to self: If I ever get invited to be on television, be awkward and wander around like I'm lost.

This is sooooo not funny. Also, why does he have to make fun of his ethnicity (and others) to win the audience?

This guy's act is a joke.

Did Letterman lose a bet?

Joe Wong? More like, SO WRONG!!! put ME on letterman now

I thought he made EXCELLENT use of silence in his act. It takes real balls to pause as long as he often did to build comic tension, especially on your first TV appearance. It's very effective and something you really don't see much of. Mitch Hedberg was great at it too.

His cadence reminded me a bit of Christopher Walken. I thought it was pretty funny. Of course he's working his persona as an immigrant with an accent. Even Seinfield hit the Jewish jokes pretty hard some episodes. There's nothing wrong with it -- it's their culture.

>> ^potchi79:
"Nobody took a bite out of this peach when it was ripe." That was great.


Yeah i never heard that before...

>> ^davidraine:
Up and coming is right... Guy needs to work on his timing, but his material is okay. I'm guessing he was a bit nervous to make his TV debut. Oh, and note to self -- If ever invited to be on television, watch an episode or two of the show first to see how it's supposed to go.

>> ^poolcleaner:
I dunno, I thought he was maybe doing a bit of dry deconstruction like Andy Kaufman's foreign man. In either case, it appeals for the same reasons; even if it was unintentional, it was unintentionally funny -- which works. Note to self: If I ever get invited to be on television, be awkward and wander around like I'm lost.


Maybe. I guess the key is to see how he develops. Regardless, I'm interested to see more of his work now, so it was a successful set from my point of view.

Out of all the clips on the sift, I have never seen so much disapproval leveled at such an unassuming target. That alone earns my upvote, and I can't wait to see him at the Comedy Studio if he's there this summer.

some sifters are easy to impress...

>> ^gargoyle:
Intonation sounds like Stephen Hawking.


Christopher Walken