#225 - Vivek Mahbubani on Opening for Jimmy O. Yang in Hong Kong

Host Vivek Mahbubani had the honor of opening for Jimmy O. Yang on all 5 shows in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Coliseum, in front of 7000 people each show. Vivek shares the full story of the surreal experience.

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Episode Transcript

(00:01):
So. I reiterate here, the bill is
dead. The story of this great city is
about the years before this night.

(00:22):
Hey everybody, it's a new episode of Ho Ho Hong Kong.
Feels like we haven't seen each other since.
Forever. It's been like what, 2 weeks?
The audience doesn't know, but no, this is.
Another another day that's into another podcast.
Oh yeah, but this one, oh man, alot has happened.
A lot has happened, man. It's like it's, it's still
surreal. Slash registering slash.

(00:43):
Yeah, I know. I acknowledge it.
Let me let me just remind you ofthe last time I saw you in
person. Yeah, before today.
The last time I saw you. Yeah.
You were standing on one of the biggest stages in Hong Kong.
Oh yeah, In front of a lot, a lot of people.
Yeah, it. Was like 7000 some people.
And you, you were talking. Yes.
That's the last time I saw you. Yeah.

(01:03):
Yeah, Yeah, right. That's.
Yeah, why? Why were you up there?
So apparently the Hong Kong Coliseum needed someone to do
comedy for them and I'm like, I fine, yes, I'm available.
And I was like, what do I have to do with that?
So. You have to cancel your gig at
the the what is it called the hive at the.
Well, I cancel my gig at my homewhere I sit at my computer and
be like finally catching up on emails.

(01:24):
I was like, guys like, you know,I can't be doing this stuff.
Scheduled work to, you know, work at home and everything.
Like, fine, it's Hong Kong station, I can go there.
Wait, so back story here a little bit.
I found out about this like maybe two or three days before
SO. You're not.
Yeah. OK, so you know what happened
right now? We can talk.
Yeah. Now we can talk about.
Yeah. So basically MO messaged me and

(01:46):
he said, hey, we have this guestwho can do the podcast.
Yes. Can we do this Saturday?
Yeah, Right. You messaged me and I was like,
I'm going to be busy this whole weekend.
Yes. And like MO was like, is it what
I think it is? And I was like, I can't remember
exactly the word, but I was like, I can't.
I can't tell. You.
I can't tell you. Yeah.
Something like I can't tell you or like I can't tell you why I'm
going to be busy. Yes, yeah.
But I mean, it was so obvious you're saying it just you didn't

(02:09):
want to confirm what was the word so funny.
I will. I will find it.
Oh yeah. Yeah, because it was weird,
because when you messing me, they had just confirmed it I
believe that morning that I was like okay, yeah, the day before.
Okay yes here's you know we're talking about oh you know here's
we have this guest whatever yeahand then you respond with hey

(02:30):
man, I just found out I'm going to be busy this whole weekend
I'm not officially allowed to get into details You're so.
Bad at this? I'm not officially.
I've been an honest little boy my whole life.
I mean, this is lying thing. I'm not good at it, man.
And then I respond with an all uppercase.
I know what that means. I'm yelling uppercase.
I can guess. Oh my God.
And then you respond with don't make any guests a slash

(02:52):
announcement, etcetera. And I respond with yeah, and
then you go literally confirmed last night.
So you're already telling me. Yeah, I'm like telling I'm gonna
be busy this weekend. But yeah, don't tell anyone,
please. I'm like, I won't tell anyone.
You know me. Just give me a goddamn ticket.
Yeah, exactly. And I'll say, let me figure it
out and relax. This is just all like suddenly
happening, right? So, so basically what happened

(03:12):
was I did get contacted, but it was very ambiguous.
I was like, I don't know who this person is.
I don't know what's going on, but there was like.
Was it an account that says likeJimmy a Yang he?
Has one of the Jimmy Yang 2, youknow, this guy, basically the
organizer, he contacted me on Instagram.
He's like hello. And I was like hello?
And that was it. I was just like, OK, I'll leave

(03:35):
it at that, you know? Anyway, no Long story short,
they finally confirmed that I believe one week before the
shows happened, right? And I had I actually kept that
weekend on hold in my schedule because I wanted to go watch the
show anyway. And I was like, you know, it
seems ticket seems crazy and everything.
I don't know which day I can watch it so.
You haven't. You didn't have a ticket?
I didn't have a ticket. OK, so because what was your

(03:55):
original plan? Oh, wait, no, sorry, sorry.
So this guy, so William, he was very nice guy.
He, I had helped him before withsome of his charities and
everything. And he had told me that Jimmy's
coming to Hong Kong, right. Would you like.
And I was like dude, yeah, I mean of course, can you reserve
2 tickets this before tickets were on sale?
Oh, I see, I see. And I was like, I would really
be appreciated if 2 tickets and I was like, you know if I can't
find I'll go buy my own tickets,no big deal.

(04:16):
But I was like, I'll pay you back for it.
I don't want to do the whole free ticket thing.
Sure, sure, sure. He's like no problem, I can
reserve 2 tickets. He had the whole lot pre sale
tickets. He.
Reserved. Way back, way back.
So you. Were gonna go buy from him
basically, yeah. Kept 2 aside for you, yeah.
Yeah, yeah. So initially it was Saturday,
but he was like, I'm not really sure which night it will be.
I'm like, no problem, I'll just keep my schedule open.
So you let me know which night it is.
Whatever. OK.
And when ticket sales got all started, I went crazy.

(04:38):
I was like, oh, shit, OK, this is insane.
And I told him I'm like, hey, I will definitely take you up on
that thing. And I'll, you know, keep it
flexible. I have my weekend open.
So just which I let me know, yeah.
It's available, I will. Talk, you know you do what you
need to do. Whoever your friends, you want
to give you to them. They give me whatever you have
left the. Two, what was his relationship
with the gig like? Why does he have like?
Fans, I believe he knew some sort of like connection with the

(05:00):
American side organizers. OK yeah, yeah.
So you have that, you know, So basically, he had told me
because I, I Remember Remember when Rizal Van Giesel was here?
Yeah. And I told you, like, Jimmy's in
Hong Kong. Yes.
Right. And he, Jimmy's already posting
online. I'm in Hong Kong's in that
night. Yeah.
William actually messaged me that.
Hey, what shows are that that weekend, Right.
Jimmy wants to know. Yeah, I told him that this.
And I told Rizal Van Giesel doing the show I'm hosting.

(05:21):
I remember. And I told you right in touch.
Yeah. Yeah, and I told you I was like,
hey, reserve a booth just in case.
I remember that. But that was the same night
Jimmy O Yang decided to have dinner with Dao Wong, right?
And I was like, fair enough. OK.
Of course. Yeah, fine.
You know, I I would do the same thing as well, right.
So that was when everything wentcrazy, when I was like, Oh my
God. He had been with Dale and
everyone's like, OK, this guy's getting speculation.

(05:42):
Yeah, you know, All right, so basically, Long story short, the
whole time William had kept 2 tickets reserved.
I wasn't really sure which nightit'll be.
It might be Saturday, Friday. I know that's cool.
I go with that. And then I did get contacted by
organizer. I wasn't sure at the time, but I
was like, wait, I'm putting two and two together and this guy
seems to do concerts. I'm like, maybe it might be, you
know, and. Did you know the organizer from

(06:03):
before? No, not from before, OK, But I
did after he had not replied me for a day.
I was like, let me see who this guy is, right?
Checked out his Instagram. I'm like, wait, he's taking
photos with Nicholas Tan and allthese guys.
I'm like, right, He seems to be like a show organizer.
Yes, maybe, just maybe he does this stuff, OK, Right.
So and then I was like, OK, whatthe hell?
Why is why do I get like my phone is losing?

(06:24):
I'm losing my mind my God dude, it's buzzing at this hour.
I'm like who the hell is callingme?
It's not stopping. What is it?
Apparently some video call thing.
I'm like doesn't matter. Okay, so basically I checked my
okay, this guy seems to be a concert organizer.
Maybe this might be by the JimmyO Yang thing.
And I responded back and he messed me the next day.
Hey, what's that? Me.

(06:45):
OK, this guy's gonna be something, right?
So then I'd message him. But he he's a slow responder.
I could imagine he that deals with so many things.
Of course he'll reply me when hereplies to me after 2 days and
get a response to my ad's fine. You know, I'll, I'll follow up
in a couple of days and see. So Long story short, I believe
it was like the Saturday before the shows happen.
He confirmed. Yeah, we're interested in having
you open, but it wasn't clear ifI'm doing 1 show or all shows.

(07:08):
Right. And then I replied it to him.
I'm like, hey, no sure thing. Just letting you know, I'm
actually, I'm available the whole weekend, right?
Let me know which show. It's all cool.
Yeah, right. I'll work around you think I'm
happy? It's my my pleasure to help out,
you know, no problem. And then they got back to me
saying, no, we'd like to to openall five shows, right.
And I was like, so all. Yeah, it was 5, but yeah, five
shows. Yeah, it was 5.
And I was like, yeah, OK. What?

(07:30):
You know, and I was like, how long do you want, you know, do
you want like, and I was like, hey, I'm happy to talk to you.
Then they gave me the contact with the the pharma guy Sequan,
one of the the, the shorter guy,right?
Yeah, they got me his contact. He he wants to talk to you, to
get to know what you're. Explain to the listeners and the
audience who pharma are. Okay Pharma is a Hong Kong rap
group that also does comedy and like fun concerts, that kind of
thing. So think of it as like like like

(07:52):
a parody song group, like a likea duo.
And they do like the the double talk the song, same thing.
They do that the dual talk thingas well.
So in other words, I wasn't evensure what the details, you know,
what the arrangements and everything.
I didn't know. So they told me.
So organizer wants you to talk to the other opening acts
basically. And I was like, I guess that
they're going to be opening, right.

(08:13):
So I contact the sequel on WhatsApp and we had a quick
call, He said, I just want to get an idea what you talk about
so we don't overlap. I'm like I'm telling you we
won't overlap because I'm. Because you don't.
You're not Indian. Yeah, you're not Indian #1 And I
was like, and I was like, you know, the fact that the
organizer told me, hey, we want to do some English, mix it with
the Cantonese a bit. And I was like, I, we have an
idea what bits will kill. And I was like, I'm doing 8

(08:34):
minutes, let me rock it with these strong bits and
everything. And I told them, yeah, I was
joking about how are you speaking in Cantonese in Hong
Kong? People don't assume that I don't
do it. Or like learning Cantonese
doesn't really make sense. And they're like, OK, that's
fine, but it won't overlap. Because I figured, like pharma,
what they would like to do, talkabout Jimmy or talk about being
in the Coliseum. I'm like, sure man.
I'm all not roofing not. Roofing yeah.

(08:54):
So I was like okay, cool. And then so I wasn't really sure
about my set, but I kind of thought about it.
I'm like do I want to do this bit that bit I was timing stuff
to see what's solid. Will this be Canto enough?
Is this too much Canto stuff like that?
And then by I believe that Thursday I had a gig at night at
6:00 PM All right, so I totally organizer.
I can be there Thursday the whole day.
I got to leave by 5:30. I get there.

(09:15):
So before Thursday, before we'regoing to call.
So Thursday is rehearsal. Day.
Yes, exactly. One day.
Friday is the first show, right?Yeah.
So this is me, this little kid who's only been to the Coliseum
as an audio spectator. I go there and I show up, right?
And I'm like, OK, I guess we go to the staff area.
Empty. It's empty.
I walk in and I get there around2:00 for rehearsals, right?
I was like, in case they do it, they wanted me to be there at

(09:36):
2:30. I'm like, no problem, I'll be
there. You know, whatever we get there.
I'm looking at the room like, whoa, this is insane.
Yeah. And I was just filming like, Oh
my. And till that time I wasn't
allowed or was told don't post anything yet.
Of course. I'm like a fair, you know, no
announcements, no, nothing, Right?
Sure, fair enough. All right.
So I'm over there just like losing my mind.
I'm like, wow, this is so cool. This is very cool, right?
Did you, did you already like light up the screens and

(09:58):
everything? They had the screens lit up.
They were doing their testing, this and that, right.
And at 233 o'clock and nothing'sgoing on.
And that's cool. You know, you take your time.
As long as I leave by 5:45, I'm good.
Yeah. All right, so then I think about
3 something Jimmy shows up. He's like they were probably
filming some other stuff. Now, oddly enough, once I was at
the venue, everyone was super nice dude, let me tell you.

(10:20):
Compared to like what's that message and everything dude way
nice. Like, I was like, dude, these
guys are really nice, I thought.Sometimes it's just like, yeah,
the ones have like they don't want to.
It's Hong Kong, right? Dude, they're very straight
like, that's it. Yes, there's no like but.
In person they're like, Oh yeah,yeah.
Super nice dude. The guy was like telling me, hey
man, you know I saw. You interact with him like
backstage. Very nice, super nice, super
nice guy, right? And I was like, he was
something. Nice to me, he doesn't know me.

(10:41):
He's just nice. Yeah.
Right. So he was basically telling me
he's like, you know, sorry. The artist is busy with filming.
So I'm not wrong. You know, I'm here to 5:45.
It's all cool. Yeah.
We all know he'll leave by 5:45.We got it in a schedule.
Cool. So we're waiting.
Jimmy shows up. He's doing his thing.
At the time, I met Jimmy's uncleWilliam, who, if you see the
photos with him and and Dale Wong and everything, he's the
uncle behind over there, Right. Right.
So William, where does he live? I'm not sure, but I think Hong

(11:03):
Kong OK, right, so. He's like the Hong Kong.
He's like, yeah, He's like, yeah, yeah, in a way.
Or he's like the uncle that's I'll take care.
I'll. I'll give you comments.
You know, sure, sure, sure. Yeah.
So at that time I met William and he was very nice and
everything we're talking. And then when we're doing the
sound and light checks and everything, at some point I was
like this, this doesn't seem right.
This light, you know, they put OK, you know, concerts, you have

(11:24):
smoke, right, to get that lighting effective, right?
So they tried all the stuff and I was watching.
I was like, it seems the smoke doesn't work because, like, the
smoke's distracting. It's in the background.
It's, you know, the light's shining on it and it flattens
the whole thing. And I was like, you know what?
I don't know if I if I'm the person who's saying exactly.
Yeah. You don't think that was good?
Maybe Jimmy? Maybe smoke is like.
Jimmy's paper, right? Yeah, Yeah, You know, And now.

(11:45):
It's like, hey, this smoke is dumb.
Yeah, yeah, You know, And I was like, you know what?
I don't know. It's just visually is not right.
And then I was like, hey, uncle,like I just feel like.
He does he speak Cantonese, English.
And Cantonese? No, but he's speaking English.
Yeah, he's very fluent in English, right.
And I was like, hey, you know what the smokes making it seem
it's very distracting because I've seen the smoke, not Jimmy
so much, right. And I've seen.
Oh, wait, so you're sitting fromthe audience.

(12:06):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I see.
I'm. Watching as well at the time,
right, because I want to I want to see what it's going to be
like and I'm like learning how the production works.
But I was just like, I was really as a nice going, like,
dude, it's just, it was good without smoke, man.
And I really, really want this show to be epic because I'm
like, dude, I went hungry and belike, fuck, comedy is great.
Yes, yes, yes. And I was like, hey, Uncle I I
really feel that smoke is distracting because I can see
the textures and it's flatteningthe whole thing.

(12:27):
All I can see is just one flat layer.
Yes, He's like, you're right, you're right.
He's like, hey, Jimmy. And then they're like, oh, OK.
Wow. And I was like.
Oh damn. Oh, OK, it's a team effort.
Yes, yeah. All right, all right.
You know, nice then. Then I was like.
There was smoke, but I think they put it up.
Much less. Yeah, much less.
They had way more in rehearsal, testing everything.

(12:48):
It was there because you need the smoke to see the light
beams. Yes, yes, yes.
So I'm over there. And then I was like, OK, OK.
And then the room, and then theywere testing the lights and
everything. I was like, I was like, the room
lights are very bright. And I was like, is this going to
be the Showtime light? Because it's quite bright.
I was like, you're right, it's too bright.
Yeah, he's like, how can we turnthe lights and everything?
To the house lights. Yeah, house lights.
Yeah. Well, then it was.
Brighter because I had thought already it was very bright

(13:08):
during the show. Because they were filming the
show, they went to show the audience.
Yeah, OK. During rehearsals, Bright and I
was like, this is this gonna be so crazy?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So there's a bit of that.
And OK, I wasn't gonna be the time.
Listen to you. Yeah, like a couple.
Of things that but like if I wasgenuine, I was like, dude, I
really I'm not saying this just to say some yes, but I was like,
dude, I'm. You want Hong Kong to look, I

(13:30):
want. This to be like the best fucking
show, you know right, right. I mean, look, put aside all the
stuff you don't mean, right? If I'm on it, it's really that
quality of. Course, Yes, yes, yes.
So we do all the stuff, rehearsal every day.
I'm watching clocks like 5:00 PMOK, yeah, OK.
I'm still here, I'm fine, whatever.
But Jimmy had to do a lot of rehearsals and he had to bounce
up and all that stuff. So he was doing that already.
He's had to learn how to how to jump up.
And Oh my gosh, he watched him jump up like 100 times.

(13:52):
No, no, no, no. A few times only.
OK, but still he's like, oh, I get it now, right?
Was whose idea was the whole jumping?
Was it his it? Must be the concert guy.
OK, I'm sure the guy, the concert guy is called Alex,
right? So yeah, it must, he must have
been like, dude, let's fucking do this, right, right, right.
The fireworks, that all that stuff.
He was like, dude, let's make this the best.
Right, right. Yeah, and I don't.
Make you jump from yeah, I mean,dude, I, whoever was the

(14:14):
marketing and PR and everything did a fantastic job.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course theywent all in.
Yeah, they built the hype well. The hype was so well done.
I'm like, man, you, whatever it is, I hope to see your your
flagship on your portfolio. Yeah, yeah.
And I'm sure it is. I'm sure.
Yeah, yeah, for sure. So all that stuff happened,
right? It's 5:00 and the coolest thing
is this like during at 4:00 PM, you know, rehearsal's happening.

(14:35):
I'm standing over there, Jimmy'sdoing his thing about whatever,
right? And then.
So the whole time Jimmy's just like mostly doing the whole
jumping. Thing he's don't say dude
whatever. I walk around seeing this.
But obviously no mic action, so you're not really hearing what.
No, no, no, but you can kind of hear the talking.
It's so quiet for sure. Right.
So this is, this is where I lookParamus, like, whoa, right.
Two things happened #1 he's doing his stuff.

(14:55):
And then I was just walking around, be like, let's see what
it looks like from this. I was trying different seats,
the front rows. This is a side seat.
I get it, right? And then I do that.
Now, Jacqueline, the other main person who I've been dealing
with also, dude, it's crazy how nice these people are, right?
Jacqueline is Jimmy's team. No, no, no.
She's a Hong Kong team, right? Super nice and everything.
Then she throws me my lanyard with the passing right.

(15:18):
Sure. I look at it AAA.
Wow. AAA dude.
Full access, Full access, Yeah, yeah, yeah, right.
So it's me and Gloria. Yeah.
AAA passes. I'm like, whoa, AAA.
It's amazing. I thought it was just me.
Me, Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Fair enough. In case, because, you know,
being an assistant, whatever, incase you should go backstage.
Yeah. And I was like, oh, cool, cool.
Cool. Right.
Yeah. And then Jimmy's doing his thing
and he's he's talking to the guy.

(15:38):
He's he's talking to the Oh, Vivek, Hey.
He walks over to me, shakes my hand.
Wow. He's like, love your stuff, man.
Thanks so much for helping man. No, my pleasure, dude, you.
Do cool. So very nice.
Very like, like, yeah, saw your stuff.
Like yeah, yeah, yeah. He must have seen the videos in
it too. Approve it, right?
Yes. So very nice guy.
Then went back to his thing. I'm like, no worries.
You do your thing, you know, I just want to help out.
So that's when I was on his uncle.
I was giving comments. All right, so 5:00 PM comes and

(16:00):
I'm just like, OK, I guess we'lljust wait.
It's cool. We'll do the rehearsal tomorrow
if we have to. Man, I respect this.
It's all by Here now 5. 45. Yeah, yeah, Yeah, exactly.
All right. So it's 5:00 PM on my right,
5/10, 5:50 and 5:20. And I'm like, OK, all right,
it's fine. Yeah.
I mean, what is that to rehearse, to be honest.
I walk out, take the mic. That's it, right?
Right, right. Yeah.
For you it's like actually not much.

(16:21):
Nothing to rehearse, but it's just.
And obviously they're not going to, like, fuck up the sound
after. Yeah, yeah.
They know what to do, right? I'm like, I'm like, buddy, it's
just play, walk on, fade out. That's it, right?
All right, So finally around like 535, Jimmy went back to
rest or whatever, and they were like, hey, we can do a quick
rehearsal. I'm like, no problem.
Yes. You know, I just want to make
sure the queues. I know what to do.
Sure. So the first rehearsal, they

(16:43):
told me they're like, you're opening.
You're the first act Farmers after you.
Sure. And we decided instead of.
Because it was going to be me. Go out there, thank you very
much. And I leave.
Yeah. Then they get another voice
over. Then fire comes out like, no,
no, no. Jimmy wants to be faster.
So you're going to introduce Farmer.
OK. All right, Sweet.
No problem, you know. And Farmer was there.
They were there as well. Yeah, because they were going to
rehearse after me. Sure.

(17:03):
Fair enough, man. So I go, they play the pancha
and I walk out and I imitate thewhole point at the crowd, you
know, make some noise because I wanted them to see.
I'm like, I'm I'm planning on doing that.
Of course I don't want to just walk up like the fuck, you know,
and I was doing the whole thing to an empty room, which is
bizarre Every time I have to do that, like I can't hear you.
No one's in the audience. So I.
Actually talking as well. No, no, I'm doing the whole, you

(17:24):
know, the whole Hogan thing where I'm like what what?
I can't hear you with my with myears.
Yes, alright, I do all that stuff.
I go out there. Hello.
Everybody there speaks English. How's your canopy?
I'm doing that. I skipped to my last bit, which
is again a little Chinese tag that I do.
And I'm like, all right, thank you very much.
All right, our next, your next opening act is some is a local
act that you definitely should know.

(17:45):
Please welcome Longfo. All right.
And they come out. I go back down and Alex comes up
to me. He's like, hey, you're going to
do English, right? I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah,
don't I? Just the beginning and the end
has cancelled everything in the middle, which is the.
Parts that you did that there are so.
Yeah, right. And then I was standing there
with them and I was like, do I, do you want me to run by run
this by you and everything? William.

(18:05):
Uncle William was over there andI was talking to him.
I was like, hey, he's like, OK, you know, I'm like, don't worry,
man. It's going to be mostly English.
Yes, and then I was, I tell you what, let me give a quick
summary so you have an idea. So I tell them about the bed
that are there. And then William's laughing as
well. They're having the time.
They're like, they're like, OK, all right.
We like it. We're like this good.
Approve. I'm like, yeah, good.
Because I was my main thing. I was like, I just want to make
sure they kind of have an idea. Of course I want.

(18:27):
You don't want surprises. I don't want surprise for them
and. I want them to know what to
expect. And I'm like, look, I like, I
don't know how to tell people. It's like, for me, something
like this, I want this to be fucking ridiculously good.
When people are like, dude, I'm ready for a show.
Of course. Right.
Yeah. And they were happy with it.
Great. Yeah.
So then I went back, did my gig at night.
All that stuff went well. And so this is The funny thing.
When I go to the gig, I'm at Renaissance Hotel in one.

(18:49):
Yeah. All right.
And this gig's a Chinese gig, and I'm working with one of the
other Chinese comedians. She's an old lady, or I think
her 80s, called Lily, right. Lily too.
In the 80s In the 80s comedian. In Chinese.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's very cool.
She's been featured in some interviews and everything people
know of her, right? Yeah.
And in my head, I'm just like, dude, this audience has no idea
that just now I was in the Hong Kong Coliseum.

(19:09):
Yes, yes. They have no idea.
In 24 hours, I'm going to be on that stage.
Yes, they have no clue and a lotof the audience people will
probably be at the gate maybe maybe when I'm over the weekend.
You know, and I'm just like, do you have no clue?
Yeah. That's so insane.
Yeah, right. So I do.
Think so? Funny because I saw you that
night. You came to give me the tickets.
Oh, I met you, right? Yeah, Yeah, yeah.

(19:31):
No, Yeah. That night, because I was the
same guy. Yeah.
So I do like it, yes. Exactly the the giddy part I
there are messages between you and I when I'm like, dude, I've
known you for so years. You're always just like, you
know, a grumpy. Yeah, I'm like, that's a do with
the man, you know? Yeah, yeah.
And this is the first time I seeyou like, actually like
bouncing. Dude, I was like, I was ready
because I it. Was so cute.

(19:52):
It's. Cute, right?
It's OK. Like I'm again, tomorrow's big
day, right? Yes.
So this is bizarre thing, right?I do the gig, everything is
good. You know, Lily, actually, she's
old. And So what happened was she was
in her dressing room, she got itwas a bit cold, so she did her.
So basically I go up there, do 3minutes, whatever.
I introduced her. She does like 2-3 minutes.
Then we do this interactive thing, we finish, she goes and
sits on the side. It's the end of the whole

(20:12):
performance. Yeah.
And she's like shivering, right?And I was like, is she OK?
Maybe the adrenaline rush, whatever.
No, turns out she was really cold.
She's 80. She has no adrenaline.
Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
Right, so this is The funny thing.
Like we did the thing. She's shaking and everything.
I'm trying to warm them up. We give her some warm water,
everything to the point the organiser was like, hey, is
there any way you could take herback, you know, help Just we, we

(20:33):
don't feel safe. I'm like, I couldn't, I couldn't
leave her like this. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I got to the Uber taxi and went all the way to like Chunk 100.
My God. Walking with her, go there,
dropped her off in her house, came back out of nothing.
I'm like water in bed, right? You know, And I'm like, in my
head and in my head, I'm like, dude, I was just in three hours
ago at the Coliseum. They'd be like, all right, come
on. Yeah.
I'm like, I'm Ocema. OK, go, go home.

(20:54):
OK. Hold on.
Stay warm. All right?
Does she? Live by yourself.
I think so, yeah. Yeah, right.
Because I was like, dude, I haveto make sure you're OK.
I cannot, I will not sleep well with this.
Yes, Yes. And then I get a get an Uber,
taxi back and everything go homeand I'm like, all right, OK,
That just happened. Then I contacted you said, hey,
where are you? I have your ticket.
You're like, I'm in Ebenezer. I'm like, I'll come down and get
you. All right.
So I go down there and I'm just like, I'm like, dude, this is a

(21:16):
fucking what is going on, man? Just a few hours ago.
I'm in the call, then I'm dropping off an old lady.
Here I am meeting you at Ebenezer like no big deal.
Like 2 Saudi guys. Right.
Yeah, what the hell is going on?Right.
I go down. There, the games haven't even
started yet. Haven't started right.
And that is like, this is so insane.
So I go there, I meet you, give you the tickets, talk to your

(21:36):
friends and everything. And this other couple sees me.
He's like, oh, I saw yes. And then he's like, oh, yeah.
And of course you're going to goJimmy Show.
And that was the first time, as you saw, I was like, actually, I
can't say this, but I was like, dude, at this point, yeah, I'm
just gonna open frame. But he's like, I can't get
together. My eye in my head.
I'm like, I'm sorry, dude, what you want to do?
Right. Yes.

(21:56):
And then, yeah, I remember goingback home.
And yeah, So again, this is one of the things where I was at
home. I'm like, alright, man, this is
Gloria. I was like, if you don't go, I
should tell you the same thing, right?
So the few days leading up to it, I'm trying to think of my
setlist. Sure.
And as you know, maybe this bit,maybe that bit oddest bit, you
know, do I want to use the bit? Because once you do it, you
can't get it back or whatever, right?
Yes, yes, I remember this is again, this is all that fucking

(22:16):
motivation tapes and everything,right?
Yes, I'm thinking of a stuff andI go up to Gloria.
I'm like, Gloria, go big or go home.
This is it. This is fucking it.
Yeah. And I'm like going my whole site
up. It's go big, OK?
This is why I'm doing this. I want people to be like, what
the fuck? You know, that's up.
I wrote it down on a paper. It's on my.
It's literally on the little note wrote.

(22:38):
I have. A big or go home.
Oh yeah, yeah, it's amazing. I have this notepad, this
waterproof notepad in the bathroom when I shower and get
good ideas, right, It's written down.
Go big or go home. All that shit.
I'm, I'm gonna. I know.
You're writing with. Pencil, pencil, pencil.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Say, man, I was like, I do not
want to be like, maybe. I know, I don't know.
Yeah. I could know, yes.

(22:58):
Yeah. We're doing this.
Let's fucking do this, right? Okay, so Friday happens right
now, to be very honest with you,everybody, I was extremely
nervous and anxious. Yeah, the whole day.
I told my mom we were having lunch and everything, and I was,
you know, the last time I was this anxious was back in 2007
when I did the comedy competition.
Wow, yeah, the whole day competitions were brutal for for
just like, like anxiety and stuff.

(23:20):
It was just so stressful. And this is every time.
Yeah, I've done it a few times. And you're like it.
Was always so fucking stressful.Like, yeah, you know what I
mean? So you know what I mean?
It's like, yeah. And The thing is that I remember
this feeling because I was like back then, there's no
experience. And I'm like, Oh my God, like
just just yeah, it's not, it's not self doubted, sad worry of
like, oh man, this is it. This is it.

(23:40):
This is what it's Yeah, I go there.
I think the show was, I believe 7 something.
I got the. Show was at 8:15.
Some of the yeah, I got there five.
They wanted to run through whatever.
I'm like, I'm there no problem. I can be there early just for
safety. Let's get it done.
So you have your own green. Room.
Yeah. I have my own green room and
everything. I go there, I'm settled, I'm
comfy. And then we go out there, do one
more run. I won't go quickly film the room

(24:02):
before things fill up. I'm like, let's film it while I
can. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then that night, things are happening and then it's raining
outside and everything. And so.
OK, OK, I forgot to say this. Right.
So in rehearsals, they were doing like, a voice of God intro
for Jimmy. And they had like, I think some
Hong Kong local guy, like, Are you ready?
Yeah, Please welcome, Jimmy. You know, that kind of.
That's all right. And I told Jacqueline like, hey,

(24:22):
if you want a voice over, I'm more than happy.
I love doing this stuff. Yeah, you're, you're a
professional voice over. Guy, I mean, that's what I do,
right? Yes, Say OK, we'll think about
it. I'm like no, no, the offers on
the table take the it's totally cool, yes, right.
That night. OK.
So yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.So that night, actually, funny
enough, you had done the announcements with.
The rain. So OK, let's go back.

(24:43):
We were going to. Delay.
Yes, yes. So I leave the Colosseum on
Thursday after rehearsals. I came to my gig and
Renaissance, I take the MCR. Of course.
This is like so anti Rockstar. Yeah, I took the.
MTR take the MTR and no one has any idea.
No one has any idea like. 35,000Hong Kong people.
Were gonna watch me soon, right?Yeah, whatever.
Anyway, so I go to the gig and Iremember leaving Exhibition

(25:04):
Center Station and I get a message from Jacqueline and
she's like, hey, actually, couldyou just record that control
with your phone in a quiet placewithout echo and everything?
That's actually I got to listen to that at Ebenezer.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you want to know the crazy
thing I, I and she's like, can you do before 7?
I get there at 6:00. I do the rehearsals, whatever.
But when people come in right sure.
So we do the rehearsals lightingI all good.

(25:24):
I go to the dressing room. The dressing room has carpeted
floors, right? However, I'm like, I need the
acoustics to be good carpet fantastic, right?
No bounce back, but I need like some wood or something that it
doesn't it it you know, it's warm enough.
Of course I'm literally crouching down in a corner
facing on the floor. Yeah like Are you ready?
No, and I'm doing the I don't give a shit.

(25:45):
I'm sending this in right, I gotit sent it to them that I use it
whatever, but however, at the end, Jimmy was like the timing's
not perfect. I was like, dude, I'm I'm
recording this blind. I don't know what the video
whatever is right, so he's like no, he'll do it himself like
sweet, no problem. That's.
Cool, you're bringing himself. Up he'll yeah, he'll choose I'm
like fair you do you whatever you like it's.
Your show. Yeah, However, first night
show's about to begin. It's running late because the
rain's really strong. Yes, people are.

(26:06):
Ready. So I was in the audience.
You. Were in the audience, right?
Yeah. OK, so rain's happening on stuff
that like, hey, could you make the announcement that due to the
weather live? Yes, due to the weather, Right.
Yeah. All right, So I always go like,
ladies and gentlemen, due to theweather, our our the show will
be put slightly delayed. You know, if you need to use the
toilet, please do so now. So soon enough we can enjoy the
show. Yeah, soon the candidate like

(26:27):
did. You write that like.
Did you just come up with that? I.
Wrote down real quick because I do not want to ad hoc like yeah,
I want to write down and also with Chinese I'm like, so I ask
Laura this word and why she say OK cool, I do that all good
right and then the show show stars.
They have a I believe in AI or some prerecorded thing.
Please welcome Hunkos very own that AI I believe so they got it

(26:47):
the night before. So I don't think they got some
guy to record that. Right, right, okay.
Which is fine. Yeah, I go up there.
Now this is where it gets crazy,right?
Yes, people are cheering becausethe lights go out.
They're like, oh, it's Showtime,right?
And me like, please welcome Hunkbecause I wrote it for them.
Like, please put like, you know,please welcome Hong Kong's very
own very well, Bunny. Yes, I always like to say.
Hunk so when they ask you what intro you want.
I wrote it down and I told him Iwas like, Hong Kong's very own.

(27:09):
I like to say that Hong Kong's own, you know, it's our own,
right? Yes.
And then I go out and now peopledon't know me as Vivek ol Bunny,
they know me as Avi. Generally, the Hong Kong.
Especially the local. Yes, so if they're like Mil
Bunny and they're like you couldyou could sense the clapping OK,
Showtime right and I probably some foreign act whatever you
brought him with him whatever right yes, I go out there.
I don't know if you notice it like the the cheering was like.

(27:31):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh shit, that guy.
Yes, yes, Oh my God, that roar. I was like, whoa and.
So what did? Yeah, what did it sound like for
you? Dude, it was insane.
'Cause obviously there's no rehearsal for.
It I've never done that roar in my life I've done 10,000 ZS of
course, but no so I've done 3000ZS.
I've never done like 10,000 yeahyeah yeah and that roar was like

(27:51):
raw. Now the thing in me, first of
all, let me clarify everybody. That was Pantera 5 minutes
alone. My favorite intro 'cause it's
just like, yeah, I'm not walking.
I'm like, yeah, and I'm doing mywhole, you saw me with the whole
like raise your hand. I'm like.
Come on. Yeah, yeah, that shit, right?
Which is actually smart because you're walking out.
This stage is huge. Huge.
I gotta do something. You're walking for like 20

(28:13):
seconds. Yeah, exactly.
Right. So long, Yeah.
Then I'm doing the whole thing. I can't hear you.
I'm pointing at this side. More depth over there, all the
stuff. So I'm acknowledging the crowd.
I'm like, are you? Seeing.
Yeah, you're, it seems pretty lit up.
You're seeing you. Can kind of see everyone.
Yeah, you can kind of see. Upstairs too.
Yeah, everybody. Yeah, and I and I had, I'd been
on the stage visually kind of get in my head in case I can't
see nothing. So I know what to expect.

(28:34):
Yeah, but I'm up there like. Yeah, yeah.
I mean, we talked about this before, but I would much rather
see nobody and have very, very blinding light.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Than seeing everybody.
It was, it was different. It was different for sure.
Seeing everyone, I'm seeing thatnumber of people, yeah, dude,
that's insane. But to to see they're like, oh,
this is, oh, it's soaking it in,right.
Yeah, yeah, of course. I go out there, I'm like, and I,
I remember, I'm like, yeah, what's up?

(28:56):
Oh, God, you feeling good? You know I'm doing that, right?
And I was like, if I before I continue that, I'll do my set.
I get the laugh and all that stuff, and I'm upset doing my
thing. And then this is the bizarre
thing. They had a little clock, a timer
on stage, on stage, right? And I'm doing my set and I timed
this and I was like, this is a good 7 1/2 minutes, yes, with
the laughs, 8 minutes, Boom, done.

(29:17):
I'm not over it. I was 8 to 10.
That's what I was. Yeah, so.
Anytime anything between 8:00 to10:00 is happy.
Days. Yeah, exactly.
And I timed it. I'm like I'm not going over.
I want to respect it. I want to show them that I will
get this done right. Yes and I'm doing my my last bit
about the MTR with the phone call thing.
Let. Me actually try to guess you
went short. No, their timer was wrong.
Really. I.
Actually felt this is the only show I've seen.

(29:37):
I felt like you went short. No, no, no.
I really, I timed on my on my watch because I was timing and
everything I recorded because. I was like, you're doing so well
that actually what do you just zoom more?
Yeah, yeah. And it zoomed by.
Yeah, Yeah. But I actually thought like you
did like 7 1/2 minutes or. Something it was basically the
with the lapse was 8 minutes. I haven't recorded everything
but I was watching. I was like why are we at only 5

(29:58):
minutes? Oh shit, that's, that's scary,
man. How's it Fuck Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This can be right, And they're like.
So their timer showing is it count up or countdown like?
Count up count up going towards 8 minutes Yes yes and my 5 did
it just. Oh, so it's still running?
It's not like running broke. But I didn't see what time it
started. Exactly.
You know, like so maybe someone fucked up and started it late.

(30:19):
Yeah, yeah, you know with the whole what's up and they
probably thought oh, now we is the thing like oh dude, I
started talking yeah, you shouldstart counting from the moment I
walk on, of course right, whatever right.
OK, so I do the thing that. So wait, so you're about to wrap
up. You already got your last.
Laugh. I'm in the middle of my last bit
right? And I'm just watching like I
have another minute and 1/2. At least this doesn't.
Make sense? I'm like, dude, you know what?

(30:40):
No, I I just want to walk. Out.
Yes. Yes.
Yes, there's no way I went this and I was talking even slower
than I normally do. Yes, you were.
You were right. Yeah.
Yeah, I remember all the stuff. Which is obviously smart given
how big yeah, like how much the sound travels.
I knew, I knew. I was telling myself like, no,
slow it down. I was like, there's no way I
timed it at home. There's no way.
I'm not fine. Yeah, maybe.
Did you have a thought of like, fuck maybe I'm so nervous like I

(31:05):
skipped a bit. No, because, because I've I've
really practiced the one. Yeah, yeah, dude.
So you already know the bits that came out of your.
Face I didn't mess things up, I didn't reverse anything it was
all dude. This is the first time I have
literally written out the whole set you.
Know what I would have done? What I would have actually
paused and asked all this? Did I do this one bit?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

(31:26):
Let me test you. No, man.
Like like this is how much I want.
I do like, I have not wanted this to kill so hard, of course,
in a long time because I was like, I'm going to write to set
up word for word. I want to know this.
I want to get it right. I'm signing.
No, honestly, yeah, it was so tight.
It was really, really. I took everyone.
So the even the closer that you had had a very organic applause.

(31:50):
Yeah. It wasn't like, oh, I'm closing.
It was like very like it came. Yeah.
And it got like an applause and then you left on that like high.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. You know, I timed it because I
was like, with the whole why? Yeah, I'm gonna get a lap of the
watch this. Yes, exactly.
I knew it. Right.
OK, so I finished it. Everything All right?
So now our next opening act is alocal artist that you may also
know. Please welcome.
Oh, yeah. They come on, I do the little

(32:10):
huggy thing and I leave. And I was like, whoa, that just
happened. That was crazy.
And I immediately quickly ran out to go to the side of the
room. I'm watching everything by the
show. Yeah.
But I remember I had to go to the dressing room and drop my
stuff off and everything. It was a bit like, whoa, all
over the place. Right.
So that's the craziest thing because, like, all right, we did
that thing. Long food did it.
I think they did it all in Cantonese.
The pacing was definitely slowerthan me.
Yeah, I'm way faster. Way, way more laughs.

(32:33):
Punch here. Yeah, punch here.
And then they did it. Then they they left.
And then they played the video for Jimmy and no show which
first of all it was as expected Show thought.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. People went nuts.
Nuts. Absolutely nuts.
OK, so that the. Show for Jimmy obviously, which
is funny because I didn't even no one knew that he's going to
do like the popping from stage. No, he knew, right?

(32:54):
But I actually have it even fromthe first time because he had
this goofy thing when he's like,oh, I paid so much money for
this, I'm going to go back in. Sure.
Yeah, that's a new one. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
But then I actually have it fromthe first time when he went up
because I was just filming. I thought he was just going to
walk out. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I have this radio and that first pop was crazy.
Yeah, that was really whoa, yeah, yeah.
But that's like a Michael Jackson kind of boss.
Yeah. Yeah.

(33:14):
All that stuff. Yeah, really cool.
Yeah, yeah. So that night he did it.
He just all set a lot more Cantonese than the other nights
as well. But they also knew like more
Cantonese speaking audience and also maybe because long.
There is a lot of celebrities inthe audience that.
Was not most celebrities? Yeah, most celebrities, right.
Obviously. First.
Now, why not? So let me see it first, right?
Fair enough. Right now, however, I believe he
probably did more canteen in thebeginning, maybe celebrities or
press, whatever, but because also Farmer Lung Fu, the second

(33:36):
act did Cantonese only. So he played because like he was
like I can't do straight all English have to transition
slowly. So he did a set.
Everything's good. It was awesome and finished the
set and that was an Ideo Wang was there right, yes, which
obviously is the first night. Why wouldn't you have him?
Of course, yes, finished everything he got.
He got like a nod, obviously from Jimmy, but also from Lung

(33:57):
Fu. Guys, when they like, you know,
I'll give him. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
because like they they call uponhim yeah yeah, they were like
this place we have to say the. So there's some key phrases
like, you know, we saw which is refund and also Choi if we would
just take over fast, which is something people shout out when
Dale wanted to show, but right. So obviously they're like what's
the things we have to say yeah and obviously the camera will
cut to Dale and they're like yeah, yeah, yeah, we know right,
yes, which again, great for themright.

(34:19):
Yeah, all. Yeah.
When I was on stage, I knew Dalewas there, but I told myself I'm
like I. Try to find them.
No, forgetting finding him. I do want to look at him.
I was like, I have one mission. I'm an opening act.
Yeah, this is not about me. It's.
Not about you. Yeah, this.
Is about this show and making the honest go like, get ready,
motherfuckers. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I told myself I this is again, one of those things I psyched
myself in the in the in the dressing room.

(34:40):
I was like, yeah, perfect. This is not about you.
Yeah. This is about making Hong Kong
love comedy and going out there and showing that yes, comedy is
awesome. Yeah, I went out there.
I was like, I don't care about the celebrities.
I don't care who the fuck you are.
I'm going out there with the slaughtering just to get ready.
Right. OK, yeah.
Show finishes. I'm at the back area because
I'm, I don't know what's going on.
It's it's chaos, right? And then lo and behold, I see

(35:01):
once you are Deo Wong, I'm like,Oh my God.
And me and Gloria over there. And then the doors open did.
You did you have any interactions?
With not yet, not yet not. Yet so he like he probably knows
you or whatever, but. He must have heard of me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But direct interaction?
No, I've never had that. How I?
Was there for that first moment.Yeah, so I'm over there.
I see the long and I see him. I'm like, hey, oh, thanks so

(35:22):
much for coming tonight. And then the doors open to all
celebrities come out. Yes.
And alright, now I know some of them, like the Scheck family.
I've done the Newsy party. Very nice people.
Yeah. Bob Lam, the big guy with the
round, that guy with the bald head.
Yes, he's ATV celebrity. He's on comedy as well.
And oddly enough, in City University in the orientation

(35:42):
camp in my first year, he was my, what they call the group
father. Yeah, that's how we met each
other. Yeah, right.
We were like the craziest guys in the group at the end.
All right, So cool. Him and his three daughters.
They were talking to me. I saw you and Graham were like
taking pics with Dao Wong and all that stuff, right?
All that stuff. I got a picture as well.
And then I was on the Bob. And this is a crazy thing,
right? His three daughters.
I have been to their school to give a talk.

(36:05):
I I was like, what? They're like, yeah, you're
crazy. And then like, it was so crazy.
They're like, they're talking tome.
They're like, can we take a picture with you?
I'm like, of course, no problem,right?
And it was just bizarre seeing celebrities.
Daughter like the children. The kids thing that you guys do,
but I'll be honest with you. Like this one, I have to admit,
with my ego, the respect I got from all the celebrities, Yeah,

(36:29):
like, they know of me. Yeah, I've been enough TV and
everything, guy, right? Yeah, it's easy to know the
Indian guy. Yeah, I know the guy, right?
But dude, like, I got compliments from Bob, from all
these guys, and it wasn't a goodjob, right?
They were like dude. Yeah, that was awesome that.
Was awesome, right? Yeah, they were happy and.
I mean, yeah, again, the set waslike 10 out of 10.

(36:49):
Yeah, Yeah, it was. It was for sure.
I hope you know. Like he said, just like.
Oh yeah. The night.
Maybe you bombed the other nights, but the first?
Night, yeah, every night was good.
Every night was good. That was amazing.
Yeah, yeah, I had, I had the good right mindset.
I had all that stuff ready. But I told remember time Gloria.
I was like, I think the thing that really sealed it for me was
after the set, people were happy.
They were, you know, grateful and everything and they enjoyed

(37:09):
themselves. They had a good night, but the
respect I felt from them, they were not being polite.
They were like, dude, that was great.
Yes. Even Dao Wong.
So this is what happened, right?After everything, everybody
left. Yeah.
I had taken a picture with Dao. Gloria helped me take a photo.
She didn't get a photo with him.Yeah.
And I was like, didn't you want a photo?

(37:31):
She actually did, but it was toochaotic.
I didn't want to bother him. I was like, I totally get.
And I was like, in my heart. And Gloria knows this.
I was like, I need you to get that photo, Dale.
Yes, he said. No, it doesn't matter.
I'm like, no, no, no, no. We.
I Yeah. I would not live myself if I
have a picture and you don't andyou and I was like, no, I let's.
I need to go yeah. I walked around.
I was like just in case he's there.

(37:52):
I don't know, dude, this is how crazy it is.
I was walking through the other the long way.
I was like, in case, you know, whatever.
I see him walking towards the exit.
Wow. I see him there and I'm like.
Just by himself. Walking.
Leaving. He's leaving, right?
I go to, like, this is all autopilot.
My brain just went to. I'm like, hey, in Cantonese.
Like the hell. You know.
Thanks so much for coming. This is really, like, surreal

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for me. Yeah.
I I'm glad you enjoyed it. My girlfriend really likes your
stuff. I I know I don't bother you, but
it would be alright. Take a photo.
Yeah. He's like, no problem.
Yeah. Very nice, right.
I mean, he saw me on face. Fair enough.
Yeah. You're fine.
Yeah, takes photo and everything.
I'm like in my heart I'm like, OK, thank you.
I needed that. I was doing well tonight.
Of course, yes, and I remember saying to him, I was like, I
actually been to the show before.
I really appreciate it. I I I, I admit I didn't grow up
watching her stuff. Yes, yes, but you have

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definitely influence, of course.Enough right.
The guy I was saying no is very good.
It is well done. Yeah, and I think I raised my
hand or he did whatever and highfived me.
Wow. Right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was like, thanks man, this
really means a lot too much. Have a good night.
Thanks so much. Right.
He left and now and and that wasthe moment.
I was like the seal, yeah, seal tonight.

(38:53):
For you. Yeah.
Seal approval. I was like, all right, you know,
he he approved it. He wasn't just being.
You could tell this wasn't this politeness.
Right, right. Yeah.
Like he gave me the the nice job.
Yeah. I was like.
Wow, it's also like one of thosecool moments of like the older
generation like. Yeah, the new generation, you
know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, you know, getting.
Yeah, yeah. OK, shit, you know, Nice.
The the the, the superior. Respected.
Exactly the master and the. Student all that thing, right?

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Yeah and I remember that was themoment I took around like two
things just happened #1 your photos done.
I can sleep well, I the whole time walking like, dude, this is
how crazy it is. Yeah, she was like, no, no, it's
not that. I'm like, no, you don't
understand. This mattered to me.
Yeah, that this is like one of the.
Not even about her anymore. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This the the principle of the matter, Yes, that this is the
rare Hong Kong celebrity that. You definitely he's not, he's

(39:36):
not that like public. Like, he's not, he's not public
at all. You don't seem all over the
place. No.
Yeah. Yeah, exactly.
You know, so, All right, so all that stuff happened.
And then you take the MTR, whichis hilarious.
Did we? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I left you in the Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
OK. So, so, so, so, so, so this.
So we finish our stuff. I sat in my dress room.
I I calmed down, been on my eye.This just happened.
It's all good. And it was, I don't know how to

(39:57):
put it this way. It's like it was just that
moment of there was I, I OK, this is, it's hard to explain
this. You know how you had the moment
of like, I fucking deserve this.Yeah, you know what I mean?
And I sat there and I looked in the mirror.
I was like, there's nothing to do with, oh, you just got lucky
and all lucky. I was like.
No, you earned this. I earned this.
Yeah. I I've put my pain in my dues.

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There's no like, oh, this guy just fucking knows people.
I'm like. No, yeah.
This was it. No.
And in many weird ways, again, put the ego side of everything.
I was like, if it wasn't me, whowould be appropriate?
Right In the Hong Kong scene. Yeah.
You know, I mean, like, I'm not trying to say I'm better.
I'm just. No, no, I'm just saying like,
right. This was the right choice.
Yes, it's the right choice. Yeah, You know, to really

(40:37):
represent the right choice, you know what it means.
I was like, OK, then that momentI was like, you know what?
I I I made the scene proud. Yeah.
All this stuff is all good. Then we left the fucking.
I'm high. I'm like fucking Gray, fucking
see you outside. And I'm like, oh, I guess that's
my fan base. Right.
Yes, Yeah, you're expecting the adoring.
Fan they're like Oh my God, yeah, you're gay.
I'm like. We waited here.
You're fucking smoking. Would you fail?

(40:59):
Like, I'm like, oh, OK, I guess this is it.
Yeah. Where the fuck is all the
groupies? Yeah.
Where the groupies? Yeah.
Nobody outside. There were people standing
outside where they normally hopethe celebrity will leave.
Yeah. Nobody acknowledged me.
I'm like, that's cool. Yeah.
Whatever. Right.
I see you guys were talking like, no big deal just happened.
Like I'm like, yeah, whatever, man.
You go this way regular game. Like, OK, you know, we're gonna

(41:20):
get some snacks, whatever, right?
And I leave. But no, there were a couple of
people who I did take pictures with.
They were nice enough with the MTR.
No, no. On my way over there there was
like a lady or something. Oh yeah, that's right.
Yes, I did see that. Yes, I was like, hey, I'm I'm
happy to go. I I know how it feels like, you
know, right. Yeah, so and.
Just like you. Yeah, you know, but no,
seriously, when there was those,those young, like this young boy
was hanging in the picture and I'm like, of course, dude, why

(41:41):
would I say no, you know? So, yeah, then we left and I
remember taking the MTR and thisis what I mean.
I sound Gloria. I was like this is so weird,
like here I am just now at the Colosseum.
Yes, fucking rocking on stage with your name.
Huge. Huge.
Name, dude. Oh my God.
Yeah. Which again, all props of
Jimmy's. Like V is just like bigger than
taller than you. Actually, yes, it was going to

(42:01):
be there. But I remember Jimmy at
rehearsal was like, no, let's put their names up, you know,
I'm like, disrespect, you know? Yeah, of course.
Why wouldn't you? Right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And his name is bigger anyway.
I'm like, everybody knows what it's like.
Why would he not want that, Right.
Yes, yes, right. So.
And yeah, I go home. And I remember I was like, it
was a really weird feeling whereI was like, wow, I get to do
this four more times. This is crazy, you know?
But I like at that moment, therewas a certain, there was a,

(42:22):
there was a there's a feeling ofsatisfaction of, OK, so Jim
Carrey has, if you've seen Jim Carrey's interviews, right, he
would say he used, he wrote himself like a check of $10
million and kept it in his wall.If I.
Didn't like that story? And he's like, the day will
come. Yeah.
And I'm not trying to make this all like, oh, my God, but like,
I have in my notebook written stuff.

(42:43):
Like, again, you see my notebooklike, I deserve too funny.
Yeah, yeah, Yeah. And I've written for years.
I'm like, greatness awaits me. And in the recent years, I've
changed to greatness this year. Yeah.
And I remember coming home and I'm like, that was it?
Yeah, that was great. That was it that.
Was greatness. That was when the, when I'm I'm
not Jimmy, I'm not expecting allthat, but I was like for what I
was given and I was like, that was.

(43:04):
For what were you working with and how much do you how far you
have come? Yeah.
Yeah, You know, Yeah. It's incredible.
Yeah. Yeah.
So that was cool. And I was like, all right, well,
you. Get to sleep and all that I.
Thought that like I think like 3or something.
Yeah, I can imagine just that. Oh dude, no way.
No way, dude. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I I told Graham that I need to be.
I can tell you we're not sleeping till three.
Yes, it was like 11 or 12 or something.

(43:24):
Yeah, I know this feeling. Yes.
This is not another. Yeah, it doesn't. 3 hours.
At least. Yeah, even if you're not looking
at your phone or whatever, you're just like, just like,
yeah, just. Like that, just like, just do
this, you know? Yeah, but that was really cool
and it was just overwhelmingly surreal.
And and I think Leah, the biggest take away was just me
being so happy that comedy of this level, yes, of this style

(43:46):
is is. Also, yeah, can happen in Hong
Kong. Yeah, and it was appreciated.
Yes. People left happy.
Wasn't like, oh, it was a good show.
They were like, dude, we were happy.
I was like, dude, I was. That was the show worth it?
Yeah. And Jimmy, all props to you for
making the prices, like decent prices.
Yeah, Yeah. Appropriate price.
Yeah. Now he could have charged him
account prices. Stupid.
Yeah, didn't. Yeah.

(44:07):
And I'm like, dude, respect. Respect.
Yeah, he could. Honestly, everything could be
00. Everything can be double easily,
given the demand. It's just market supply and
demand. Yeah, everything can be double.
Absolutely. Yeah, even when he started
adding shows and realized he could have been like, hey.
Yeah, now it's not the Hong Kongshows, the account shows.
You could be like, yeah, you don't screw it.
Yeah, yeah, it's a because it's a new venue.

(44:28):
You can't blame me. Exactly.
Yeah, different thing. No one knows economics.
Yeah, yeah. I was like fair respect and all
that stuff. And I was like, I was like, you
know, that? That's one thing I respect.
You get to like outside the formalities.
Did you get to hang out with himat all?
After the last show we did have the after show celebration
dinner thing. Not at the venue.
No, no, no. At a restaurant.
Yeah. Yeah.
So we went there. I got to meet him a bit.

(44:50):
I actually wrote him a thank youcard.
I was like, I really met him. I was like, you know, I really
appreciate this stuff. I'm going to write a little
thing. Yeah.
Visa doesn't read it. I don't really care.
Yeah, I did what I used to do. If he read it, great.
If he doesn't, great. If he read it and threw it away
again, totally don't care. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's. Just like it's for you as well
like for. Me.
Yeah, I want to say like, I sentthe message, received it,
whatever. Yeah.
And then so we were there. It was nice.

(45:11):
And then it was cool to see the crew, the main crew.
Not like just all the crew, but the main ones, yeah.
And so it's like his uncle the the promoter Allen.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, his. Promoter and also like the main
guys like the the the main legalguy this that and it was cool.
Then they left early and there was just a few of us and so so
Alex, so obviously this kind of crew, this is about drinking and

(45:31):
stuff. Of course.
Yeah. And like they had champagne like
whatever, right. Then they got out a 15 year
Glenfiddich whiskey. Oh, wow, 'cause I remember
saying something else. They like, you know, you should
be drinking more. I'm like, you know what?
We're all about the whiskey, right?
Yeah. And then we have, I'm like, oh
fuck right. They get it out and the lawyer,
the legal guy, he's all about drinking, right?
Okay, so he's like, you gotta have a drink with me.
I'm I fine, you know? Yeah, dude, it was smooth.

(45:53):
My God damn, that was good whiskey.
Yeah. And then to the point now this
is the problem. It's like when they see you
enjoy it, they're like you're fucked.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you're here more.
Yeah, right. I'm having a good time.
I'm like, you know what? We're all in good spirits.
It is good. This is drinking.
Every time someone cheers you, you got to drink it.
Fair enough. Sure.
Alex comes over. This fucking guy fills my glass
half full. Oh my God.
Sticks it to my mouth and just like pushes it towards.

(46:15):
I'm like, no, I'm like whatever,right?
Yeah. And then we do that.
And then it. It was fun.
However, I did get like tipsy, yeah.
And all that stuff. I got home and I was like, I
could feel the dizziness. I'm like tipsy.
I'm. I'm not.
Yeah, you're not, but you're notthe tipsy like you're I'm not
the drink you don't get. Yeah, I.
Don't get tipsy. I don't get right And I remember
like it was like 5:00 AM before I got into bed and I was still a

(46:36):
little bit dizzy, but I was likeI whatever it is what it is,
right? Wow.
But I was like wow, I. Wish I've seen that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I wasn't.
Tipsy Cross. I oh, no, no, I wasn't, not
like, no, I was like very, very,what's the word?
Like? I knew what I was doing.
Yes, yes, fully like the word spinning a little bit.
Bit of that you know one of those right you know my eye you
know this is the cool feeling you know what for tonight.
Fair. Yeah, fair.

(46:57):
Fair. No, but.
But in all honesty, I have to say it's been very cool.
I'm very grateful. This and every now and then on
the streets I go, hey, we saw your shows, great stuff.
And I'm like, thank. You, I appreciate it.
Yeah. So you're getting a lot of like
like responses. From responses from people,
yeah. Even I'm getting messages about
you. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, my God, that guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So it's very cool. And I all I can say is that I'm

(47:18):
genuinely grateful this opportunity.
I'm glad that I got a chance to do it.
And also I'm honestly just stillregistering it.
Yeah. But for anyone else, this is one
of those things where I'm like, dude, I feel that.
I hope Hong Kong now has more faith in comedy or homegrown
comedy, whether it's English candies, whatever to go.
Like, dude, you know what? Like, we're feeling inspired

(47:40):
now. But dude, man, Hong Kong is a
fun place, man, you know? So yeah, that's been awesome.
I mean, that is, that is amazing.
And honestly, like, you're not going to hear me say this a lot
on especially on the podcast, but no one more deserving.
Thank you, man. No one more hard working than
you and no one should be on thatstage opening for Jimmy.
No offense to anyone else. You are the most.

(48:00):
Deserved. Yeah.
Thanks man. It could be maybe people who are
less deserved. Maybe you'll be there if you're
retired. Yeah, Yeah, sure.
But as long as you're working ashard as you are now, you should
be up there. Yeah.
Thanks, man. And that, that, yeah, it just
makes sense. It just makes sense.
It feels like, you know, I can think of a few people, if
they're up there and be like, they were still killed.
Wait, what? No, no.

(48:21):
I. Mean.
So yeah, you're like, how? Would you get?
Why would you get this guy? Oh yeah.
Yeah, yeah, that's for sure. Dude, relax.
I have names on my body, buddy. Come on, man.
There's no way. What are we doing here?
You may own a comedy club, but no.
Yeah, I mean no. Oh Lord no.
Yeah, yeah, exactly. But absolutely amazing.
Very proud of you. Yeah, man.

(48:42):
Thanks everyone. That's thanks to everyone who
came to the shows. Yeah, obviously if you have
seen, feel free to to get in touch and tell us how how you
thought, how you thought of his set.
We're going to get into the Patreon now where we talk a
little bit more on the stuff. Yeah, maybe.
We'll figure it out. Yeah, well, not not, but I mean.
Don't don't get infused, man. I mean, like that was 1 great

(49:03):
weekend, but there are 52 weekends in a year.
Oh yeah. Of which like bills will need to
get paid, yes. So patreon.com/hoho pod.
Yeah, you know. $5 a month. If you think of $5, that's about
70 Jimmy O Yang tickets. Yeah, something like that.
No biggie at all. And you get to support 2.
Cool. Still one of them still

(49:25):
struggling artists. One is proper artists.
And yeah, well, that's on the Patreon.
Where you. We will see you there.
Videos are coming out now, so you can see our beautiful faces
as well. All right, all right, everybody
see you soon.