Will You Be Jimmy O. Yang’s Friend?
The Sam Sanders Show
KCRW & Sam Sanders
4.9 • 707 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang is full of contradictions.
On stage, he exudes a party guy vibe, always down for a good time. But in actuality, Jimmy is pretty serious. He edits his own stand-up specials and thinks a lot about starting a family.
Jimmy works through all of this in his comedy. He tells Sam how he learned English as a teenager, his favorite karaoke song, and how he’s actively trying to make new friends. His latest special ‘Finally Home’ is out now.
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| 0:00.0 | So what do you do now at 38, Jimmy, to cultivate new friendships or deep in the ones you have? Speaking about this male loneliness. I'm trying to find hobbies. So I got into board games. I got into Magic the Gathering. I'm collecting cards. I'm actually like bleeding money from that, you know? Wait, they can be that expensive? It could. Magic the Gathering. Postmoe spent like $2 million on a card. I'm not at the I just spent like six hundred dollars. |
| 0:22.2 | Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop. |
| 0:23.5 | This is straight culture. |
| 0:24.5 | What? It could. It could. I mean... Post Malone spent like $2 million on a card. I'm not... |
| 0:21.6 | I just spent like $600. |
| 0:22.6 | Stop, stop, stop, stop. |
| 0:23.6 | This is straight culture. |
| 0:24.6 | What? Post Malone spent $2 million on a Magic the Gathering card? It's a one-for-one card and now it's worth $16. It's the best investment ever. That's why y'all lonely. Yeah, I know! I know. |
| 0:33.1 | That's why you're all lonely. |
| 0:36.4 | Hey, y'all. |
| 0:37.2 | Sam here. |
| 0:37.9 | Thanks so much for checking out my show with KCRW. |
| 0:41.0 | You just heard... That's why you're all lonely. Hey y'all, Sam here. |
| 0:37.8 | Thanks so much for checking out my show with KCRW. |
| 0:40.9 | You just heard Jimmy O'Yang. |
| 0:42.9 | He is a comedian and actor that I am obsessed with because he's an exercise in contradiction. |
| 0:51.2 | On stage and on camera, Jimmy has this whole chill party guy vibe. |
| 0:56.0 | Down to hang, down for a good time. |
| 0:59.0 | I love these Chinese karaoke systems, man. |
| 1:02.0 | After every song, the machine gives you a score. |
| 1:07.0 | You get graded after every single song. |
| 1:11.6 | I don't even know what kind of technology they use. |
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