Jo Koy on Stand-Up, Chelsea Handler and ‘Easter Sunday’

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🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What’s the difference between challenging stereotypes and perpetuating those same stereotypes? That’s just one of the many questions international comedy superstar Jo Koy tries to get to the bottom of on this episode. Koy talks about putting the jokes aside to deal with the harsh realities of his childhood as a half-Filipino, half-white kid in his new memoir ‘Mixed Plate’ and breaks down how he forged his own comedy path, refusing to take no as an answer from Netflix and gaining Steven Spielberg, who’s producing a new movie based on his life, as a fan. He also tells stories about turning down the chance to be Chelsea Handler’s sidekick and shares his reaction to mentor Jay Leno’s recent apology for decades of anti-Asian jokes.

This episode was originally published on April 6th, 2021

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0:00.0	This is The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and today we are
0:10.7	revisiting what I thought was a really fun and fascinating conversation with comedian Joe Coy.
0:18.0	That's because this weekend, his big new movie Easter Sunday, finally lands in theaters.
0:24.7	Here's a little taste from the trailer.
0:28.3	Joseph, are you coming for Easter? I don't know, Mom. I'm really busy. I just tested for this pilot.
0:33.1	You're going to be a pilot? A network pilot for like a TV show.
0:36.5	Ah, you're playing a pilot on the TV show.
0:39.7	No, a lawyer.
0:41.0	You could have been a lawyer if you only applied yourself.
0:45.6	Joe was already super hyped about this project when he joined me on the podcast last April,
0:52.1	revealing that Steven Spielberg actually helped make the film a reality
0:56.0	after seeing him perform stand-up. We covered a ton of ground in this episode, including a lot about
1:02.6	his history with another former Last Laugh guest, Chelsea Handler. And that was before they
1:08.3	became comedy's cutest couple and then ultimately parted ways earlier this summer.
1:13.6	In addition to Easter Sunday, Joe has yet another Netflix special, this one titled Live from the Los Angeles Forum, dropping September 13th.
1:22.6	So I figured there is no time like the present to repost this episode for anyone who may have missed it or just wants to check it out again.
1:32.0	Here's me with Joe Coy.
1:34.9	So, yeah, thanks for doing this.
1:37.6	I know I was looking back.
1:38.9	I remember we almost were going to do, you were almost going to do this podcast like two years ago when coming in hot came out and then it didn't end up working out for some reason.
1:48.6	But so I'm glad we're getting to do it now.
1:50.2	Yeah, thank God.
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