Bowen Yang Was Fooled by Grey's Anatomy

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Bowen Yang drops by the studio to talk to Tobin and Kathy about Sandra Oh, Saturday Night Live, and bad representation.

— Bowen Yang is a comedian, producer, and formerly mediocre chemistry major based in Brooklyn, NY. He co-hosts the podcast, Las Culturistas, and you can find him on Twitter @bowenyang.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom. Theme by Alexander Overington.

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0:00.0	Cafe. Big news. Okay.
0:02.5	I have finally answered a major question for myself. Okay, what's that?
0:08.0	My patronus is a capybara. I don't know if I know what that is.
0:16.5	It's like a rodent. It's an adorable rodent creature. Okay.
0:20.1	They're large and cuddly. Okay.
0:23.3	Looking at the Wikipedia page, it says that they prefer social groups of around 10 to 20
0:29.5	same. Okay. Interaction with other humans. They're friendly, but it's not encouraged. Same.
0:37.4	In my head, I'm picturing you as a giant hamster that enjoys hot tubs.
0:45.9	From WNYC Studios. This is Nancy. With your hosts, Tobin Low and Kathy too.
0:59.6	Cafe, I have a question for you. Okay. What do you know about lip syncing?
1:07.6	What I know is that I am not good at it. Okay. Boy bands are the best at it. How dare you? Keep going.
1:14.0	And it's a thing that happens on drag race. Very good. All of those things are true.
1:20.4	But have you seen the lip sync videos by Bowen Yang on Twitter? Yes, because you've shown them to
1:26.5	me a million times now. Okay. So for people who haven't seen it a million times, imagine taking an
1:33.4	iconic scene from TV or film like say Tyra Banks flipping out on America's next top model.
1:39.3	When my mother yells at this is because she loves me. I was rooting for you. We were all rooting for you.
1:46.4	So now imagine Bowen sitting in his room. He's a gaysian just like us. He's got short hair,
1:52.1	glasses. He's in selfie mode on his phone. And he is lip syncing the entire scene work perfect.
1:58.4	Like one of my favorites is him as Merrill Streep in Devil Wars Prada. That blue represents
2:03.6	millions of dollars in countless jobs. And it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a
2:09.5	choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when in fact you're wearing a sweater that was
2:14.7	selected for you by the people in this room from a pile of stuff. So you can't see it right now,
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