The Comment Section with Drew Afualo


LASHING OUT Ft. Atsuko Okatsuka ｜ Episode 175


Summary

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka joins Betsy and Amanda to talk about how she got her start in the comedy game, how she became one of the funniest people in the world, and how she almost died on stage at a comedy club.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 People started making memes of me on me doing stand up at different natural disasters.
00:00:06.800 Me on an erupting volcano, me in a flood, me in the middle of a tornado.
00:00:14.000 I was like, oh, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:00:16.220 You should have been there.
00:00:17.320 Where were you?
00:00:23.680 Hey, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the comment section show.
00:00:27.220 Sorry, me, your fave.
00:00:28.120 Everybody knows me, cares about me.
00:00:30.000 On to the guest.
00:00:31.040 Today, we have the iconic, the legendary, the unbelievably hilarious, Atsuko Okatsuka.
00:00:36.340 Woo!
00:00:37.860 Thank you so much, and hey, everyone.
00:00:39.680 I'm here with New York Times bestseller.
00:00:42.140 Oh, is it my turn to, we introduce each other, right?
00:00:45.380 You can jerk me off at the end.
00:00:46.200 Huh?
00:00:46.680 You can jerk me off at the end.
00:00:47.860 At the end.
00:00:48.260 Yeah, happy ending.
00:00:49.400 Okay, got it.
00:00:50.020 For me.
00:00:50.300 I missed that part.
00:00:51.160 Because it's my show.
00:00:52.640 I was like, oh, you know, it's very Simon Says.
00:00:55.820 Right.
00:00:56.180 Oh, you said it.
00:00:56.880 You're just mirroring me.
00:00:58.160 Yes, I love that.
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00:01:32.540 Yeah.
00:01:32.600 That's why we look so much alike.
00:01:33.820 Like, oh, I mean, you would be surprised how some people would actually mess that up.
00:01:39.500 That's true.
00:01:40.360 Knowing the world today.
00:01:41.640 Yeah.
00:01:41.780 Right.
00:01:42.740 Some people would.
00:01:43.940 Yeah, they would.
00:01:44.680 I did a lineup show recently where I was going up after Ali Wong.
00:01:50.360 Yes.
00:01:50.660 Love Ali Wong.
00:01:51.860 Love her too.
00:01:52.620 We know each other.
00:01:53.360 And so after she was done, I was about to go up on stage.
00:01:55.780 Yeah.
00:01:56.060 But then the producer stopped me and he was like, actually, no, never mind, don't.
00:02:02.840 And then he put up a Michael in between us.
00:02:06.600 Okay.
00:02:07.560 Oh.
00:02:07.940 And I was like, oh, right.
00:02:09.080 Because if we went back to back, the audience might, you know, get, right?
00:02:16.640 Like, what is this?
00:02:18.080 A fundraiser?
00:02:19.080 You said it's not AAPI month anymore.
00:02:23.820 Oh, yeah.
00:02:24.380 So you're done.
00:02:24.760 Is it Lunar New Year?
00:02:27.340 Am I at the Lunar New Year event?
00:02:30.320 As if I didn't get this haircut so that maybe people can tell people apart.
00:02:35.920 But you would be surprised.
00:02:37.660 Really?
00:02:37.920 I bet you somebody would be like, Drew had her cell phone.
00:02:41.960 Drew got a new haircut.
00:02:42.960 Yeah, Drew got a new haircut.
00:02:44.820 Or Drew's sister got a bowl cut.
00:02:47.440 You know what I mean?
00:02:48.440 And then it's like, ugh.
00:02:49.740 Oh, my God.
00:02:50.360 I can't even imagine.
00:02:51.340 But first off, I'm a huge fan.
00:02:53.460 I think you're so fucking funny.
00:02:55.380 Oh, my God.
00:02:55.640 Which I think, I mean, you don't need me to tell you that.
00:02:57.540 But I just want to tell you that.
00:02:58.820 Thank you.
00:02:59.040 I think you're unbelievable.
00:03:00.320 And you're a ledge in the comedy world.
00:03:02.360 Feelings mutual.
00:03:03.500 Oh, thank you.
00:03:04.040 You're so fast.
00:03:05.160 Thank you.
00:03:05.360 You're so witty and icon.
00:03:07.100 Thank you.
00:03:07.700 But I'd love to know, like, just so for those, maybe the two people that maybe don't know,
00:03:13.120 what your lore is, how you got into stand-up, and how you got started in the first place.
00:03:16.360 Oh, I got into stand-up, like, maybe 16 years ago.
00:03:21.920 And I found a class on Craigslist because I didn't know how else to start.
00:03:27.940 Like, I knew you could go to open mics.
00:03:29.660 Yeah.
00:03:29.820 But back in the day, oh, my gosh, 16 years ago, going to open mics, they're always late.
00:03:34.700 Like, it could go from, like, midnight to, like, 2 a.m.
00:03:37.580 Yeah.
00:03:37.820 They're always in dark alleys.
00:03:39.300 Those are the entrances.
00:03:40.780 And it was mostly, like, men.
00:03:42.500 Right.
00:03:42.720 Right?
00:03:42.960 Like, I was, oh, that's how you go missing.
00:03:45.440 Yeah.
00:03:45.660 You're, that's something born to happen.
00:03:48.660 Yeah.
00:03:49.160 Not feeding into it.
00:03:50.160 Just trying out a couple minutes of jokes and then going missing, that's not worth it.
00:03:54.260 Yeah.
00:03:54.620 So, I actually found an all-female stand-up class.
00:03:58.580 Oh, cool.
00:03:59.280 On Craigslist.
00:04:00.260 And when I showed up, luckily, like, it was actually.
00:04:03.400 For real?
00:04:03.960 Yes.
00:04:04.380 Exactly.
00:04:04.780 Right?
00:04:05.060 It wasn't just a man with an axe.
00:04:07.620 Yeah.
00:04:09.040 I was very, I was more adventurous back then.
00:04:12.220 So, that, yeah, I found the class and then I started to take it.
00:04:15.780 Yeah.
00:04:16.280 I love that.
00:04:17.080 Yeah.
00:04:17.260 So, there was, like, a, you know, supportive environment to start.
00:04:19.820 I love, I think that's wonderful, especially doing it 15 years ago, finding women who are also trying to pursue the same kind of, like, inundated with straight white guys industry.
00:04:30.760 I think that's really cool.
00:04:31.620 How empowering.
00:04:32.540 Yeah.
00:04:32.680 Just cutting out the BS.
00:04:34.060 You know, you can concentrate on the craft without being like, is my skirt too short?
00:04:39.120 Did he take a picture of me?
00:04:41.640 While I was walking up on stage?
00:04:42.980 Something like that.
00:04:43.680 Right.
00:04:44.000 You know?
00:04:44.480 It's very real.
00:04:45.200 And how was it when you were first going out on the scene?
00:04:47.580 Like, after you started kind of learning and you started going, doing open mics and everything or working up to, like, a full hour, how was that experience for you?
00:04:55.500 Oh, my gosh.
00:04:56.060 It actually took, like, years because I wasn't sure.
00:04:59.520 I didn't want to, like, take it too seriously because I didn't have the confidence.
00:05:04.360 I was like, there's no way.
00:05:05.940 They have enough stand-up comedians in the world.
00:05:08.440 Really?
00:05:09.060 You know, at the time, they really made you feel like there was only 20.
00:05:13.480 20 comedians and that's it.
00:05:15.140 That's it.
00:05:15.680 We have all of them.
00:05:16.760 No more needed.
00:05:17.880 Yeah.
00:05:18.040 Like, we hit our quota.
00:05:19.460 We're done.
00:05:20.140 I mean, that's for sure how it made it feel like because how many people, how many comedians can people really name back then?
00:05:27.000 That's true.
00:05:27.380 Yeah.
00:05:27.820 Let alone women.
00:05:29.200 Also, they were doing the quota thing.
00:05:30.980 We already have an Asian one.
00:05:32.800 Really?
00:05:33.160 You know what I mean?
00:05:33.820 Yeah.
00:05:34.360 That's why it was like Margaret Cho was the only Asian woman for a long time.
00:05:38.880 Love her.
00:05:39.700 Right?
00:05:39.980 Love Margaret Cho.
00:05:40.640 Yeah.
00:05:40.900 And there's only so many TV slots.
00:05:42.700 So, you know, I just was like, oh, it's maybe like a hobby.
00:05:45.640 I was afraid to say it was like a dream and, you know, a job of mine because I didn't want
00:05:50.240 to, you know, not have it come true, you know?
00:05:54.340 And so I, yeah, it took years for me to really, you know, take it more seriously.
00:05:59.760 Yeah.
00:05:59.980 Yeah.
00:06:00.200 I even went to like art school.
00:06:01.560 I was like, maybe this is a backup plan.
00:06:03.420 Oh, that's nice.
00:06:04.100 You know, even.
00:06:04.660 What's your sign?
00:06:05.700 I'm a, I'm a guest.
00:06:06.880 Oh, do you have guesses?
00:06:08.000 I don't, I don't know if I have a guess.
00:06:08.980 Because I see your noggin going.
00:06:10.420 Yeah.
00:06:10.600 Because you seem like a planner.
00:06:12.520 Yeah.
00:06:13.040 Oh, really?
00:06:13.520 Planner?
00:06:13.920 Yeah.
00:06:14.120 I'm a planner, but I'm a Virgo, but I don't know if you're a Virgo.
00:06:16.720 Planner makes sense.
00:06:17.640 Yeah.
00:06:17.940 Well, so I thought you were going to say, because you were like trying to keep up with me.
00:06:21.680 I was like, I did this and then this.
00:06:22.820 I thought you were going to say that I'm distracted easily.
00:06:25.800 So it was opposite.
00:06:27.140 I'm going to take my jacket off too.
00:06:28.900 Okay.
00:06:29.260 Please do.
00:06:29.380 Because I'm warm.
00:06:30.440 Okay.
00:06:30.680 Please do.
00:06:31.140 I got warm.
00:06:32.000 Do what you got to do.
00:06:32.760 Let's go.
00:06:33.280 I'm so hot.
00:06:34.580 I can be me.
00:06:35.680 I can be me.
00:06:36.600 I don't love showing my arms because I think I have a bug bite.
00:06:39.980 Do you still think I'm organized?
00:06:42.100 Sure.
00:06:42.700 Okay.
00:06:42.980 Well, you're letting your hair down by taking your jacket off.
00:06:45.180 So there you go.
00:06:46.440 Don't bring up the hair.
00:06:48.280 I can't.
00:06:49.240 I love your hair.
00:06:49.960 I miss doing a ponytail.
00:06:51.700 Do you really?
00:06:52.260 Yeah.
00:06:53.380 I got so much hair on my head.
00:06:55.240 I have a theory that if I shaved my head bald, I'd probably never sweat again.
00:06:58.760 I'm unwilling to test the theory, but I have a strong feeling.
00:07:01.800 That you would never sweat again.
00:07:03.260 Oh, because it's the hair that's keeping you warm.
00:07:04.960 Yeah.
00:07:04.980 I feel like that's where most of my heat, my body heat is, is in my head.
00:07:08.000 Wow.
00:07:08.420 Yeah.
00:07:08.780 There's power.
00:07:09.140 It's all of my follicles.
00:07:09.940 Yeah.
00:07:10.260 She's her own person.
00:07:11.540 Yeah.
00:07:11.960 Your hair.
00:07:12.700 Yeah.
00:07:13.340 Right?
00:07:13.780 Yeah.
00:07:13.920 Like Medusa.
00:07:14.980 Yes.
00:07:15.520 So that's why when I look at men, they turn to stone.
00:07:17.260 See, that's why I want it.
00:07:18.580 Like big, like waves.
00:07:20.700 You could do ponytail, all kinds of style.
00:07:24.280 But no, I'm a Gemini.
00:07:26.480 Don't hurt me.
00:07:29.600 Honestly, I think the haircut lends towards Gemini.
00:07:32.020 Yeah.
00:07:32.320 I think so.
00:07:33.180 Yeah.
00:07:33.420 Because one thing I love about Gemini's is Gemini's are so, first of all, always so
00:07:37.780 fashionable, in my opinion.
00:07:39.100 I have lots of Gemini friends.
00:07:40.260 Wow.
00:07:40.560 They have such a, they have such a distinct sense of style, but it's like tailored to
00:07:44.460 them specifically.
00:07:45.400 And they're so confident in who they are.
00:07:47.260 Now, I love Gemini's.
00:07:48.920 The people I always dog out are Capricorns.
00:07:51.160 I'm always swinging on them.
00:07:52.600 Okay.
00:07:52.920 I know the least about them, actually.
00:07:55.160 I know they're a land animal.
00:07:56.680 Is that, wait, is that what it's called?
00:07:57.940 It's, it's air sign, water sign, land animal, right?
00:08:02.340 Land animal?
00:08:04.200 Are you thinking capybara?
00:08:05.980 It's different.
00:08:06.720 Oh, those are so cute.
00:08:07.840 I do love a capybara.
00:08:09.100 No, there's, okay.
00:08:09.840 No, what is that?
00:08:10.520 Earth sign.
00:08:11.200 Earth sign.
00:08:11.600 Thank you so much.
00:08:13.800 Have I told you this isn't my first language?
00:08:17.520 Earth sign.
00:08:18.100 Your first language is actually Gemini, I would say.
00:08:20.880 That's right.
00:08:21.520 Yeah, you're speaking Gemini to me.
00:08:22.820 And you're fire, right?
00:08:24.480 No, I'm actually earth.
00:08:25.280 I'm actually earth.
00:08:25.840 Oh, you're earth too.
00:08:26.400 I'm land animal.
00:08:26.880 You're a land animal.
00:08:27.440 Yeah.
00:08:29.160 What's your favorite animal?
00:08:32.220 Virgos.
00:08:35.000 Love that.
00:08:35.960 Are you afraid of any animals?
00:08:38.320 Oh, gosh.
00:08:40.160 I don't think so.
00:08:41.600 No.
00:08:42.200 You know, I'll be careful around a snake.
00:08:44.580 Okay.
00:08:45.120 Because I can't tell the difference of what they're like.
00:08:47.700 Oh, this one's poisonous.
00:08:48.740 This one's not.
00:08:49.580 I'm so sorry.
00:08:51.260 You think I have time?
00:08:52.700 They're all snakes.
00:08:53.520 You think I have time to take out my almanac?
00:08:56.880 Like, let me look up if this one's venomous.
00:08:59.120 Yeah, because you know how it's always like with spiders too.
00:09:01.340 It's like, if the butt is red.
00:09:03.120 I'm so sorry.
00:09:03.780 If I can see the butt, I'm too close.
00:09:06.600 Okay?
00:09:07.280 It probably killed me.
00:09:08.920 Oh, it has bitten me multiple times and my grandma too.
00:09:12.860 And she's an elderly.
00:09:14.260 I take care of her and I cannot have that.
00:09:16.580 So yeah, snake and a spider if people consider them an animal.
00:09:21.820 Yeah.
00:09:22.200 I would say I'm afraid of a lot of animals.
00:09:24.660 I would say I have a healthy dose of fear of animals.
00:09:26.620 What kind?
00:09:27.160 Like animals that people would usually think is cute?
00:09:30.380 Yes.
00:09:30.900 And I just like, I don't like any sea creatures really.
00:09:33.920 Like they all kind of scare me.
00:09:35.240 Hate birds.
00:09:36.160 They scare me.
00:09:37.220 Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:09:37.960 Yeah.
00:09:38.140 Birds are like, have you ever seen that thing about how they say crows remember faces?
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00:10:09.760 Like crows have like facial recognition.
00:10:12.280 Could that be the government?
00:10:13.220 Who knows?
00:10:13.860 That's true.
00:10:14.620 Yeah.
00:10:15.020 They're the first drones.
00:10:16.520 Yeah.
00:10:17.160 Yeah.
00:10:17.520 Just like pigeons.
00:10:18.360 And I've seen, and what's sad about pigeons is they were first like grown to be eaten.
00:10:23.600 Right.
00:10:24.060 And then they got out of control.
00:10:25.720 Right.
00:10:26.260 We were like, oh, shoot.
00:10:27.500 When you like breed food that flies, it's hard to catch them.
00:10:32.300 Right.
00:10:32.720 And control them.
00:10:33.880 They didn't think about that.
00:10:35.060 No, they didn't.
00:10:35.680 They were like, oh, shoot.
00:10:36.480 So then they were like, let's try to make them send mail.
00:10:39.900 Right.
00:10:40.640 That's the second part.
00:10:41.960 I know way too much about pigeons.
00:10:43.120 By the way, I didn't really have human friends until maybe like 10.
00:10:47.460 So pigeons, I've hung out with a lot of them.
00:10:49.700 You and pigeons are real close.
00:10:51.000 So I'm trying not to act offended that you're, you're like afraid of my, afraid of my family.
00:10:58.260 That's your family.
00:10:59.220 That's your kin.
00:11:00.140 My bad.
00:11:00.460 That was my first chosen family.
00:11:02.800 But whatever.
00:11:05.040 Crows though.
00:11:05.680 Crows do.
00:11:06.340 Because I've seen crows follow people.
00:11:08.280 Right.
00:11:08.840 And peck at them.
00:11:09.700 Yeah.
00:11:10.100 And they remember if you're like mean to them.
00:11:12.120 If you harm like a crow, like they memorize your face.
00:11:14.860 So they'll come and look for you later on.
00:11:16.940 And you know what?
00:11:17.900 Like you shouldn't be harming a crow though.
00:11:20.000 I know.
00:11:20.740 I mean, that's what they get.
00:11:21.960 That's karma.
00:11:22.660 I'm just saying that's kind of shocking.
00:11:24.180 Yeah.
00:11:24.560 To find out birds can do that.
00:11:25.780 A person should be taken down if they have enough strength.
00:11:28.700 And like height to hurt a crow.
00:11:32.300 Because crows fly.
00:11:33.520 Right.
00:11:33.880 That is a person dangerous to humans too.
00:11:36.300 Take them down.
00:11:37.180 Take them down.
00:11:38.160 I agree.
00:11:38.720 That's actually such a good point.
00:11:40.360 You know what?
00:11:40.560 I take back what I said about your chosen family.
00:11:42.300 I'm sorry about that.
00:11:42.960 No, no, no.
00:11:43.380 But birds and then sea creatures.
00:11:45.140 Is it because like, you know, I don't know.
00:11:47.060 They're more mysterious.
00:11:48.220 We know less about sea creatures.
00:11:49.880 Probably.
00:11:50.440 And I would say too, a lot of my fear is based in honesty respect.
00:11:54.480 Because I'm just like, I don't want to bother you.
00:11:57.480 I don't want to hurt.
00:11:58.400 I don't want to like encroach on any territory.
00:12:00.520 I don't want any problems.
00:12:01.960 Like my theory is like, if Planet of the Apes ever happens, I'm just giving myself over willingly.
00:12:06.760 I'll ask them if they need a translator.
00:12:08.580 I'll do something like that.
00:12:09.660 You ask the birds?
00:12:11.040 Or I mean the animals?
00:12:12.400 The monkeys, yeah.
00:12:12.700 Or the monkeys.
00:12:13.420 They'll let them take over.
00:12:14.680 If Planet of the Apes does happen.
00:12:16.100 And how would you go up to them to ask them this?
00:12:18.900 You speak?
00:12:20.340 Like champ?
00:12:21.460 Yes.
00:12:21.860 I was like, what's the language?
00:12:25.740 Yeah, you speak that?
00:12:26.140 Well, in the movies, they adapt and learn English.
00:12:29.840 So I'm just, because I'm a lazy bumfuck American, I'm just kind of banking on them knowing English.
00:12:34.680 I'm like, well, you live here, so you should know English.
00:12:37.260 You'll be more of a peacekeeper, right?
00:12:39.160 Because they'll be like, we don't need a translator.
00:12:42.000 We speak you.
00:12:43.360 Right.
00:12:43.760 And then when they say that to me, I go, okay, what about a clown?
00:12:46.480 Do you guys need entertainment?
00:12:47.780 Right, right, right.
00:12:48.360 Do you need like a jester?
00:12:49.440 Right, right, right.
00:12:50.240 I'm just kind of giving in.
00:12:51.160 I'll be there.
00:12:51.920 I'll be.
00:12:54.300 And they'll call us the twins.
00:12:56.100 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:12:56.660 Because we look so much alike.
00:12:57.280 Yeah, and they're racist too.
00:12:58.680 Yeah.
00:13:00.280 They're like, these.
00:13:01.020 The monkeys have adapted racism into their ether.
00:13:03.640 Yeah.
00:13:03.740 They're like, these Samoan bitches.
00:13:05.620 These Samoan sisters, they're twins, I think.
00:13:08.920 Yeah, they're all the same.
00:13:10.200 It's fine.
00:13:11.080 It's us and Ali Wong.
00:13:12.100 I keep cutting my hair shorter and shorter to try to look different.
00:13:16.280 They still can't tell.
00:13:17.700 You know, you know it'd be the world.
00:13:20.240 To be honest, though, I can't tell a lot of animals apart.
00:13:24.880 Right.
00:13:25.480 Some people have been like, Atsuko, you can't say.
00:13:27.600 I'm like, I'm sorry.
00:13:29.140 You can't tell me every golden retriever looks different.
00:13:34.220 That's true.
00:13:35.020 Right?
00:13:35.300 Am I lying?
00:13:35.800 No, not at all.
00:13:36.740 Would you be able to tell?
00:13:37.760 Like, it's the same kind of monkey, okay?
00:13:39.740 Right.
00:13:39.980 There's 10 of them.
00:13:40.680 You know which one's Bob, which one's Mary?
00:13:44.180 I don't.
00:13:45.300 I don't.
00:13:46.400 Sorry.
00:13:46.640 That's where prejudice is okay.
00:13:48.300 When they're animals.
00:13:49.820 Yeah.
00:13:50.380 And they keep to themselves.
00:13:51.820 They're like.
00:13:52.080 Yeah, they're not bothering anyone.
00:13:53.260 They're not about interspecial.
00:13:54.760 Right.
00:13:55.340 Exactly.
00:13:55.860 You're right.
00:13:56.660 So, unlike us.
00:13:58.480 Bummer.
00:13:59.020 I think it's okay, right?
00:14:00.380 And it's good for people to mix.
00:14:03.620 Yeah.
00:14:04.220 Right?
00:14:04.460 I agree.
00:14:05.200 Yeah.
00:14:05.600 Absolutely.
00:14:06.440 Right?
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00:14:49.740 Have you seen that argument online where like a bunch of men were saying, if a hundred
00:14:54.300 men could take on one gorilla?
00:14:56.000 Have you seen that argument online?
00:14:57.760 I think I have heard of it.
00:14:59.100 Yes.
00:14:59.300 Yes.
00:14:59.660 It's more recent, right?
00:15:00.880 Yes.
00:15:01.240 So like recently within the last like month or two.
00:15:03.120 So what was the point again?
00:15:04.740 No.
00:15:05.200 What was, what were they trying to show off?
00:15:07.320 They said.
00:15:08.080 I'm assuming just general physical prowess over a gorilla, over a singular gorilla.
00:15:13.680 I'm assuming that's what it is, but like I have a job, so I'm, I'm not too certain
00:15:17.680 of why, you know what I mean?
00:15:19.140 Why they would spend so much time on it, but I think it was just men trying to assert physical
00:15:23.420 dominance in a fantasy scenario, which I think gets them off if I had to guess.
00:15:28.000 And then they were like, it's going to take a hundred of us.
00:15:30.740 Is that what happened?
00:15:31.640 Yeah.
00:15:31.980 They were just like, I think a hundred could take on one gorilla and it kind of just spiraled
00:15:35.880 from there.
00:15:36.420 I think.
00:15:36.640 That's also like nothing to show off on.
00:15:38.820 That's like a lot of you.
00:15:40.580 Yeah.
00:15:41.000 That's a ton of you.
00:15:42.140 That's a hundred losers.
00:15:44.540 That's not good.
00:15:45.540 Right.
00:15:46.020 You shouldn't say that out loud.
00:15:47.220 Right.
00:15:47.700 And I even, I, I even asked, cause my fiance knows a lot about animals cause he wanted
00:15:53.140 to be like a zoologist when he was a kid.
00:15:55.140 So he knows so much about animals.
00:15:56.320 He loves animals.
00:15:57.240 So I asked him about animals pretty frequently and I was like, do you really think a hundred
00:16:02.000 people could take on a gorilla?
00:16:03.080 Cause I, I know a gorilla has unbelievable strength.
00:16:06.080 So I was like, do you think a hundred men could take on a gorilla?
00:16:08.380 He was like, I mean, I think so, but that would just be like wearing the gorilla out.
00:16:12.520 It's not like whether or not one man could defeat him.
00:16:15.160 It would just be, he would get overwhelmed by numbers eventually.
00:16:18.420 Dang.
00:16:18.820 And he was like, but that's still not a win.
00:16:20.380 Like, it's not like you're physically dominating him.
00:16:22.360 He just gets tired and then gives up eventually.
00:16:25.060 Wow.
00:16:25.480 And it was funny cause my fiance and I were talking about it where we were almost like, I was
00:16:29.420 like, okay, well let's say they're in the jungle.
00:16:31.380 Like I was just presenting all these options cause I just don't want men to win.
00:16:34.820 So I was like, well, let's say it's nighttime and it's raining.
00:16:37.020 Do you think the gorilla would win?
00:16:39.220 Right, right, right.
00:16:40.040 If he picked them off one by one, like the predator, do you think the gorilla would win?
00:16:43.460 I mean, pretty much he kept saying, yeah.
00:16:45.620 Yeah.
00:16:45.900 And then he was agreeing with me and I said, perfect.
00:16:47.280 I knew it.
00:16:48.900 Perfect.
00:16:49.340 Right.
00:16:49.700 I got the answer.
00:16:50.280 I wanted, I knew it.
00:16:51.080 It sounds like gorilla wins and is alive either way.
00:16:54.080 We love, we love you.
00:16:56.300 Gorilla.
00:16:57.520 We love you.
00:17:00.340 Okay.
00:17:01.160 Well, perfect.
00:17:02.020 I was like, let's pivot back to your comedy career.
00:17:04.100 Oh, now I'm cold.
00:17:06.860 Oh, you're good.
00:17:07.340 It's so hot and cold in here.
00:17:08.460 Still giving Virgo?
00:17:09.420 Yeah, of course.
00:17:10.260 When you put it back on, you're giving Virgo and you take it off, you're giving Gemini.
00:17:12.940 I've had to give more Virgo as I aged, actually.
00:17:16.220 It's something I had to learn because, because I was so unorganized.
00:17:20.000 And then, so I had to think more ahead, plan for future me, you know?
00:17:24.420 So that's what I'm doing all the time.
00:17:25.840 Yeah.
00:17:26.140 It's a prison.
00:17:26.740 Honestly, I'll be honest with you.
00:17:28.280 Really?
00:17:28.680 Thinking that far ahead all the time.
00:17:30.940 Yeah.
00:17:31.120 That's a little daunting.
00:17:32.120 Virgos thrive because of that though.
00:17:35.040 That is true.
00:17:35.740 That is why we were successful, but mentally ill.
00:17:39.060 Hey.
00:17:39.380 Love that.
00:17:41.900 I'm not.
00:17:44.000 My nose is bleeding.
00:17:47.600 There's something in that nose though.
00:17:49.400 Back to your comedy career.
00:17:51.020 When did you feel like it was actually, because I know you were saying that you were a little
00:17:54.940 worried to call it like your dream or your career in the beginning, but when did you feel
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00:19:02.320 This is actually something that's turning into a real thing.
00:19:05.980 Yeah, for me, I have to like do what I don't like to do first and be like, ooh, that's
00:19:10.760 not me.
00:19:11.460 I always say like the key to life is knowing who you're not.
00:19:14.600 Yeah.
00:19:15.040 Oh, that's true.
00:19:15.760 Yeah, I love that.
00:19:16.500 That's a great way of looking at it.
00:19:17.820 It's easy to be like, you know, okay, just find out what you like.
00:19:22.120 Yeah.
00:19:22.320 And it's like, oh, that could take years.
00:19:23.940 Yeah.
00:19:24.520 But I know immediately when I feel, ooh, I don't like this thing that I'm doing right
00:19:28.840 now.
00:19:29.160 Yeah, that's so true.
00:19:30.280 Yeah.
00:19:30.480 And in art school, I was like, ooh, I had spent three years, you know, on two majors.
00:19:35.840 Like one was creative writing and another was filmmaking.
00:19:39.100 Yeah.
00:19:39.580 And, you know, it wasn't bad.
00:19:41.560 I was like, but God, I really miss doing standup, you know?
00:19:45.320 And I knew that it didn't feel, if I thought about doing, you know, like filmmaking forever,
00:19:53.400 it made me feel not good.
00:19:54.920 Yeah.
00:19:55.240 I was like, oh, I don't think that's my true passion.
00:19:57.320 Yeah.
00:19:57.580 And then so after art school, I was like, I want to just try it, give standup more of
00:20:02.960 an actual chance.
00:20:04.000 Yeah.
00:20:04.560 And my husband at the time who was, you know, we were just dating, he was like, you know,
00:20:08.060 yeah, I'll support you in it.
00:20:09.500 You know, like I'll work extra shifts and you just go and, you know, do more, more shows.
00:20:15.740 Yeah.
00:20:16.100 Yeah.
00:20:16.480 That's so sweet.
00:20:17.560 I love that.
00:20:18.420 Yeah.
00:20:18.680 And I love a man who's married to a funny ass bitch.
00:20:21.080 I love that.
00:20:21.860 Oh my God.
00:20:22.520 Would you say you're funnier than your husband?
00:20:23.680 It's okay.
00:20:24.020 You can say it.
00:20:24.440 He's not here.
00:20:26.340 Yeah.
00:20:26.740 I mean, you know, but he's, he's very witty.
00:20:28.400 He tours with me.
00:20:29.440 And so I'll try my jokes on him.
00:20:31.620 That's how my man is too.
00:20:32.080 It's similar.
00:20:32.780 They have to be funny too.
00:20:33.920 Yeah.
00:20:34.380 Because we could never be with someone who's not funny.
00:20:36.880 Yeah.
00:20:37.300 Oh, never in a million years.
00:20:38.660 Well, because then what?
00:20:39.540 You're talking to a wall.
00:20:41.400 That's, I don't need a man.
00:20:42.700 I'm not performing at home too.
00:20:44.280 I don't need a man.
00:20:44.960 I have four walls around me at most times all day.
00:20:48.200 If I just want that, you know what I mean?
00:20:51.440 I'm already with, along with my thoughts most of the time.
00:20:54.400 So no.
00:20:55.500 Yeah.
00:20:55.900 Someone who can laugh with me.
00:20:57.580 Right.
00:20:58.160 And gets your humor.
00:20:59.020 But what I love about that is you're with someone, like you are a very successful, amazing
00:21:03.660 stand-up comedian.
00:21:04.500 And I think that's, I think it's so fucking awesome when funny, successful women are with
00:21:09.780 men who are like, yeah, my wife is so funny.
00:21:12.260 Yeah.
00:21:12.480 I love that.
00:21:13.160 I think that's so great.
00:21:13.980 A lot of men can't handle that.
00:21:15.400 I know.
00:21:16.260 I know.
00:21:16.560 I'm trying to imagine them right now and I just see them.
00:21:19.440 I can't imagine them because they're like, where are they?
00:21:23.480 I don't know these people.
00:21:24.400 Do you know?
00:21:24.920 Have you met these people physically in person?
00:21:27.120 Not.
00:21:27.600 Oh yeah.
00:21:28.020 I've met a couple of men in person who I could tell really don't like when women are funnier
00:21:31.700 than them.
00:21:32.300 Okay.
00:21:32.580 I'm sure you're a funny ass woman.
00:21:34.280 So I'm sure you've been in circles where some men, they kind of start showing a little
00:21:38.620 bit of, they show some flickers of like irritation when you're running the room.
00:21:42.220 Like you're kind of like, all right, someone's jealous.
00:21:44.440 That's very true.
00:21:45.520 I had just probably blacked out their face, but now they're coming back at a show or something.
00:21:52.240 Yeah, exactly.
00:21:53.320 Or even in like, uh, if you're in like mixed company, like you're with people and you met
00:21:57.320 new people and then you can tell there's a dude that really doesn't like when women are
00:22:01.040 killing it, telling jokes, just generally like entertaining.
00:22:04.860 Yeah.
00:22:04.960 So I've met, I've met quite a few men like that.
00:22:07.240 Yeah, that's true.
00:22:08.060 Yeah.
00:22:08.300 And then most, and then the rest of them kind of live online.
00:22:10.900 So I don't really know what they look like.
00:22:12.860 Exactly.
00:22:13.400 Not good.
00:22:13.900 I can tell you that.
00:22:14.660 Cause their picture is like a rabbit or something.
00:22:17.700 But if I do find what they look like, they're always ugly.
00:22:22.520 It's okay.
00:22:23.460 Yeah.
00:22:23.860 They're always really unfortunate looking.
00:22:25.440 And I said, yeah, you know what?
00:22:26.460 I'd be mad too.
00:22:27.720 Because if I saw me being hilarious and I looked like you and I was an asshole, that would suck.
00:22:32.920 I would hate me too.
00:22:34.040 And it doesn't even have to be that way.
00:22:35.200 Go get some sun, sweetie.
00:22:37.440 It's not too late.
00:22:38.740 Plus they're actually fans cause they'd be watching.
00:22:41.200 Right.
00:22:41.740 Exactly.
00:22:42.240 I'm sure.
00:22:43.000 Speaking of like, have you ever, this is one of my favorite questions to ask, uh, female standup
00:22:46.880 comedians, but like, have you ever gotten unsolicited advice, any memorable, like unsolicited
00:22:51.800 advice on your, on your jokes, on your tags or anything like that from men?
00:22:55.780 Oh yeah.
00:22:56.780 I think I have, I will say in the past when I have like done, uh, gone on tour and my husband
00:23:07.220 comes with me.
00:23:07.940 So when I was like more start like earlier on in my touring, which was not too long ago,
00:23:13.100 just like three years ago, starting in clubs.
00:23:15.480 A lot of times the husband of the wife, who's the fan of mine will go up to Ryan, my husband
00:23:21.240 after the show.
00:23:22.340 Yeah.
00:23:22.600 He won't talk to me, but he goes to my husband and we'll say, you know, like, you're so funny.
00:23:27.940 Right.
00:23:28.180 I didn't think she would be, or like, you know, I didn't know because my wife's the one that
00:23:32.960 dragged me here like that.
00:23:34.180 Oh, they talk about you.
00:23:35.320 Right.
00:23:35.720 To my husband, to my husband.
00:23:37.380 But man, she really surprised me.
00:23:39.140 And my husband would be like, you should listen to your wife more.
00:23:45.600 And, uh, you should tell Atsuko that she's funny.
00:23:48.520 Not me.
00:23:49.080 Why are you involving me in the conversation?
00:23:51.020 They still won't talk to me.
00:23:52.420 They'll still talk to man to man.
00:23:54.300 You know?
00:23:54.700 So, so it's a little different than what you had asked, but that's what I could remember.
00:23:58.980 That's so real.
00:23:59.760 It's the same thing.
00:24:00.620 It's like, it's very like their pride's a little too big to tell you to your face.
00:24:05.260 Right.
00:24:05.660 You're so funny.
00:24:06.540 Yeah.
00:24:06.880 You're so, they, they have to tell you two, like two steps left of center.
00:24:10.700 They're like, you should tell her she's really funny.
00:24:12.980 No, I know.
00:24:13.920 And, and that they didn't think I would be.
00:24:15.860 Yeah.
00:24:16.220 That part too.
00:24:16.760 Exactly.
00:24:17.360 I was going to say, it's, it's such a backhanded compliment.
00:24:20.120 So it's like, you know, I had my doubts.
00:24:22.380 I wasn't sure.
00:24:23.580 Yeah.
00:24:23.960 And then I get, you got a couple of chuckles out of me.
00:24:27.280 Gee, thanks.
00:24:27.860 I wonder if that's why I keep my hair because it's kind of like a deterrent.
00:24:31.880 Like, you know what I mean?
00:24:33.500 Probably.
00:24:33.940 It's like you're in or you're out very quickly.
00:24:36.320 Very quickly.
00:24:37.480 Right.
00:24:38.020 Confront it immediately in front of me.
00:24:39.360 Yes.
00:24:39.480 Yeah.
00:24:39.860 Yeah.
00:24:40.260 I love that.
00:24:41.060 People will be like, oh, nevermind.
00:24:43.060 No, no, no.
00:24:43.780 And it's like, yeah, go away.
00:24:45.660 You're, you're going to be that person that didn't think I was going to be funny anyway,
00:24:49.920 because.
00:24:50.480 You're so real for that.
00:24:51.460 You're weeding them out fast.
00:24:52.760 I love that.
00:24:53.860 That's awesome.
00:24:54.480 Well, I still get comments online sometimes from these guys.
00:24:57.860 You know, it's always about my hair, but it's always like, is it a boy or girl?
00:25:01.460 Same comment.
00:25:02.260 Is it a boy or girl?
00:25:03.220 Cause girl, long hair, boy, short hair.
00:25:05.900 And don't you get near my butt.
00:25:08.220 This is somewhere in the middle.
00:25:09.360 No, I know.
00:25:10.320 This is somewhere in the middle and I'm confused.
00:25:12.020 Yeah.
00:25:12.260 They're confused.
00:25:13.100 They're like, why am I so attracted to it?
00:25:18.360 You're, you know, they're just mad.
00:25:22.420 Yeah.
00:25:22.640 They're so upset.
00:25:23.720 They're like, I wish I had a gorilla to fight.
00:25:27.860 Ah, you know what I mean?
00:25:29.880 Right.
00:25:30.440 Am I gay?
00:25:31.640 She has short hair.
00:25:33.540 It's crazy.
00:25:34.800 It's insane.
00:25:35.700 They're like, short circuiting.
00:25:39.660 Yeah.
00:25:40.020 So it's like, well, they're, I can't, they're never going to listen to the words out of my
00:25:43.560 mouth.
00:25:43.840 So don't even come to my comedy show.
00:25:45.240 If you can't even get over this.
00:25:47.340 Hey, eat it immediately.
00:25:49.300 Yeah.
00:25:49.520 I got other things I'm going to say.
00:25:51.020 Right.
00:25:51.400 Yeah.
00:25:52.060 Yeah.
00:25:52.680 I love that.
00:25:53.620 If that is the real reason, like if you find out one day deep down, that was part of the
00:25:57.360 reason that you really like love your hair like that.
00:25:59.900 I think that's fucking awesome.
00:26:01.620 It's just like upsetting them.
00:26:03.260 Like it's, and it's in a way that's like, that's what I think is a tributes to like removing
00:26:08.680 yourself from the male gaze.
00:26:09.840 It's like you do what you like because that makes you feel confident.
00:26:14.520 That makes you feel good.
00:26:15.520 And when men don't, don't find it attractive, they like get upset at you.
00:26:20.500 Like they get pissed off.
00:26:21.500 Like they're like, everything you do is supposed to make me want to fuck you.
00:26:25.180 And this is getting in the way of that.
00:26:27.160 So like they get, they take that shit so personal.
00:26:30.420 Right.
00:26:30.860 And I find it, it's so embarrassing.
00:26:33.000 I'm like, don't you want to hear jokes?
00:26:34.820 Who cares?
00:26:35.560 Yeah, I know.
00:26:36.640 Who cares?
00:26:37.400 I know.
00:26:38.020 It's why like, yeah.
00:26:39.660 It, you know, I wonder if some female comedians have ever wanted to just be like an avatar and
00:26:45.060 do standup that way.
00:26:46.080 Right.
00:26:46.480 You know what I mean?
00:26:47.000 Because it comes so much with your physical appearance.
00:26:50.340 Absolutely.
00:26:50.940 And it's funny too, because even female standups, I talked to my friends in comedy about this
00:26:55.060 a lot.
00:26:55.360 Like there are some things they can't even joke about that men can joke about.
00:26:58.720 Like they could say the exact same joke and it will obviously be received differently
00:27:03.300 when it comes from men, especially if they're white men.
00:27:05.700 And I was like, I was joking around with my friends the other day and I was like, oh man,
00:27:10.180 if I gave that joke to a white straight guy pursuing comedy, he'd sell out Madison Square
00:27:15.180 Garden.
00:27:16.120 If I gave that to him, if I said it, they'd be like, um, I think that's kind of fucked
00:27:20.240 up because, oh, you know, all of a sudden there's logic being applied to comedy.
00:27:23.920 I'm like, for sure.
00:27:24.980 Right.
00:27:25.340 No, they would run.
00:27:26.360 They would run with it.
00:27:27.540 They'll never see you again with the same joke.
00:27:30.380 Yeah.
00:27:31.500 What would you say has been your most memorable milestone in your career so far doing standup?
00:27:37.320 Oh my gosh.
00:27:38.600 Um, it's hard because, you know, you always think, oh, this is it.
00:27:42.300 Wait, cause I wish it was like a marathon where you knew like now I'm at mile five, mile
00:27:48.720 seven or whatever.
00:27:49.760 Yeah.
00:27:49.900 So you can pace.
00:27:50.860 Right.
00:27:51.300 And then the finish line is literally physically tangibly there.
00:27:55.000 Yeah.
00:27:55.360 Yeah.
00:27:55.680 With comedy, it's like, oh, it's, oh me, you know, opening for Margaret Cho.
00:28:00.580 Oh wait, but now we're friends, you know?
00:28:02.460 Oh, it's me doing, you know, having an HBO standup special.
00:28:06.600 Yeah.
00:28:07.100 Being the second Asian woman to ever have one.
00:28:09.220 Yeah.
00:28:09.420 The first ever one being Margaret.
00:28:10.840 Yeah.
00:28:11.280 27 years later.
00:28:12.840 But then you go, wait, is that a good thing?
00:28:14.620 Why did it take so long?
00:28:15.860 So it's up and down.
00:28:16.920 Yeah.
00:28:17.060 You know what I mean?
00:28:17.920 Totally.
00:28:18.380 There's, you know, and that was just two years ago that I had my HBO standup special.
00:28:23.000 And then, you know, so there hasn't been a third yet, you know?
00:28:26.280 And so, you know, and then sometimes you think, oh, I did a standup set during an earthquake
00:28:31.260 and no one died.
00:28:32.640 And I, you know, that's also a win.
00:28:35.000 I did that too.
00:28:36.140 Yeah.
00:28:36.640 It's funny because that's on your fun facts with me on here.
00:28:39.720 I have some fun facts that she once got hit with an earthquake in the middle of a live
00:28:43.580 standup set.
00:28:44.880 Yeah.
00:28:45.660 7.1 magnitude.
00:28:47.600 That's crazy.
00:28:48.880 And you know what's tragic?
00:28:50.160 Like, so the video went viral.
00:28:52.160 Ah, ha, ha, ha.
00:28:52.980 You know, it's like, bitch, it was scary.
00:28:54.600 Oh, man.
00:28:56.920 Ha, ha, so good.
00:28:57.620 Oh, ha, ha.
00:28:58.300 Everyone's laughing.
00:28:59.640 People started making memes of me on me doing standup at different natural disasters.
00:29:06.440 Me on an erupting volcano.
00:29:08.880 Me in a flood.
00:29:10.580 Me in the middle of a tornado.
00:29:13.580 I was like, oh, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:29:15.820 You should have been there.
00:29:16.900 Where were you?
00:29:18.580 You laugh now.
00:29:19.900 You were on the front lines.
00:29:21.360 Yeah.
00:29:21.560 You were there.
00:29:22.020 In the video, you could see that the room is shaking like that.
00:29:25.640 You think I'm dancing.
00:29:27.480 And that's why everyone's screaming.
00:29:29.100 But no, it's screams of terror.
00:29:32.200 And so, yeah.
00:29:33.520 Did that kind of make sense for you?
00:29:35.300 Where you're like, that would happen to me.
00:29:37.540 I would be.
00:29:38.160 A hundred percent.
00:29:39.440 Yes.
00:29:40.460 Yes.
00:29:40.800 I'm not the kind of person that's like, oh, I'm just so, I was born so hot and everything.
00:29:46.200 Oh, so much money.
00:29:47.820 Oh, I'm just so pretty.
00:29:49.540 I'm just, oh, I can eat anything I want.
00:29:52.340 And everyone, I'm not like that.
00:29:54.200 No.
00:29:54.480 And that's, and props to girls like that, too.
00:29:56.620 I want that for you.
00:29:58.140 I want that for you.
00:29:59.440 But for me, yeah, it's always like, oh, of course I have a mom with schizophrenia.
00:30:03.740 And of course, oh, of course we're, you know, moving to America.
00:30:09.700 Like, you know, I thought it was a vacation at first.
00:30:11.620 And then they were like, you're going to stay here.
00:30:13.980 And of course we're living in a garage.
00:30:15.940 Of course that's my love.
00:30:18.660 It's, you know.
00:30:19.340 Do you look at it and you're like, well, no wonder I turned out funny.
00:30:22.220 Yeah.
00:30:22.440 I told my.
00:30:22.980 There's no other way.
00:30:23.480 Either that or I'm killing everybody.
00:30:25.860 No, I know.
00:30:26.660 Right.
00:30:27.220 Either that or I'm a serial killer.
00:30:29.360 Exactly.
00:30:29.920 Or I'm going to retire as a crow.
00:30:31.460 OK, I will fucking.
00:30:34.340 Yeah, I will troll every person as a crow for the rest of my life.
00:30:40.020 Yes, because, yeah, I mean, I told my grandma, I said, by the time it's like, OK, so you kidnapped
00:30:48.280 me from my dad in Japan.
00:30:50.160 You told me this was a two month vacation.
00:30:52.780 Now we're undocumented in America living in a garage.
00:30:56.100 I said, Grandma, if you wanted me to become a comedian, you should have just told me.
00:31:00.320 You could have just told me.
00:31:02.440 We could have cut all of this middle stuff out.
00:31:04.100 What else did you think I was going to do?
00:31:06.940 Be a doctor?
00:31:07.660 Where was I supposed to go after that?
00:31:08.880 Yeah.
00:31:09.340 Be a doctor?
00:31:10.020 With what money?
00:31:12.260 What?
00:31:13.680 I didn't even have big dreams.
00:31:15.760 This is, you know, it wasn't supposed to happen.
00:31:17.780 Right.
00:31:18.200 My biggest dream, because I was afraid to dream big, was to work at an ice cream parlor.
00:31:22.800 As a kid, I wanted to work at an ice cream parlor.
00:31:25.160 Oh, wow.
00:31:25.560 Anyone in particular?
00:31:26.800 Like, was there a favorite one you had?
00:31:28.540 No, just truly anyone.
00:31:30.160 So very, very attainable.
00:31:33.260 Very attainable.
00:31:34.240 Pretty open.
00:31:34.960 Yeah.
00:31:35.520 And at 17, I did.
00:31:37.680 Yeah.
00:31:38.400 And I said, fuck.
00:31:41.040 Well, I already reached my dreams.
00:31:43.240 You said, damn, I climbed this mountaintop.
00:31:44.800 I don't like the view.
00:31:45.920 Yeah.
00:31:46.040 I said, does everyone reach their dream this quick?
00:31:50.480 Because I said, well, now what?
00:31:53.320 I have to dream more?
00:31:55.060 That's scary.
00:31:56.000 I don't want to.
00:31:57.040 When anything is possible.
00:31:58.860 I've never, I need limitations.
00:32:00.940 Right.
00:32:01.280 If you give me $2, I know what to do with it.
00:32:04.400 Got you.
00:32:04.960 Okay.
00:32:05.320 Right.
00:32:05.620 You need parameters.
00:32:07.040 You say, here's a million dollars.
00:32:09.080 I'm like, I don't, and more.
00:32:10.820 Oh, my God.
00:32:11.780 I would like, I don't know what to, that's too much power.
00:32:14.740 Right.
00:32:15.000 I would like start a war or something.
00:32:16.720 I was going to say, are you afraid of the power?
00:32:18.640 Or you'll, you'll be like, turn into a supervillain.
00:32:21.820 You just don't know.
00:32:22.420 It's so overwhelming.
00:32:23.380 I couldn't help, you know, stop world hunger.
00:32:26.360 I could, you know, get someone to help bathe my grandma.
00:32:29.320 Someone to take care of your grandpa.
00:32:30.880 Right.
00:32:31.380 There we go.
00:32:32.180 So that your family.
00:32:32.840 Thank you.
00:32:33.060 I'm glad you included me.
00:32:34.060 So that your parents could take a break.
00:32:35.540 Yes, of course.
00:32:36.880 You know, buy another house next to your grandpa's.
00:32:40.420 We just keep buying them one at a time.
00:32:42.200 I'll move in.
00:32:42.880 Yeah.
00:32:43.080 You'll move in.
00:32:43.680 Then your grandma moves in on the one next door.
00:32:45.700 Yeah.
00:32:46.260 So we're just one big, and then they'll really think we're related.
00:32:49.800 Yes.
00:32:50.020 And then we'll gentrify.
00:32:51.240 Yeah.
00:32:51.560 Yeah.
00:32:51.660 Then we start redlining differently.
00:32:53.300 A hundred percent.
00:32:54.360 See?
00:32:54.960 Okay.
00:32:55.400 So I do have some plans.
00:32:56.760 Yeah.
00:32:57.460 That being said, I have a half a whole plan.
00:32:59.420 Yeah.
00:32:59.600 But this is just living situation.
00:33:01.920 I don't know.
00:33:02.620 Yes.
00:33:04.660 What?
00:33:06.000 We've been talking five minutes.
00:33:08.860 It's only been five minutes.
00:33:09.940 I haven't even asked.
00:33:10.960 I haven't even asked her, her goals and dreams.
00:33:13.180 I can wrap it.
00:33:16.100 I can keep going and wrap it.
00:33:17.400 Oh, right, right, right.
00:33:18.000 Yeah.
00:33:19.560 She's like, bitch, I went through one question.
00:33:22.140 Okay.
00:33:22.300 Osco has to go, team.
00:33:23.780 Osco has to go.
00:33:25.120 So we're going to rapid fire some fun facts.
00:33:27.220 I'm going to rapid fire some fun facts about you.
00:33:28.760 Oh, good.
00:33:28.960 I'm historically really good at talking fast.
00:33:31.840 And we were talking about apes for too long.
00:33:34.120 I'm sorry about that.
00:33:35.120 I'm sorry.
00:33:35.840 This bitch is so fun that we ran out of time.
00:33:38.700 My bad.
00:33:39.100 I'm sorry.
00:33:39.560 We're so fun.
00:33:40.420 Sorry, we're literally Lindsay Lohan in the parent trap.
00:33:43.820 Yes.
00:33:43.980 We got separated at birth by our mom and dad.
00:33:45.880 My long lost sister.
00:33:47.180 I'm sorry that time flies when you're having a good time.
00:33:51.260 Okay.
00:33:51.700 Rapid fire.
00:33:52.280 Rapid.
00:33:52.600 I'll just.
00:33:53.040 So like what?
00:33:53.600 Wanting word answers?
00:33:54.400 I'm just going to spit them at you and then you give me whatever reaction you would like.
00:33:57.840 But fast?
00:33:58.800 I won't go too fast.
00:34:00.080 Good, because I.
00:34:01.040 I'll talk you through it.
00:34:02.300 Yeah.
00:34:03.000 Because I, you know, the cans that you kind of huff.
00:34:07.360 Yes.
00:34:07.660 I did that when I was 19.
00:34:09.060 Probably too much.
00:34:10.300 Oh, right.
00:34:11.060 So like.
00:34:11.620 Sure.
00:34:11.880 That's why you're delayed.
00:34:13.100 Yeah.
00:34:14.740 I'm sure it's not the hair.
00:34:16.040 I'm sure it's the huffing.
00:34:17.840 This bitch has been in my comments.
00:34:20.260 Now trying to.
00:34:21.080 Now she's mad because she's going to miss me because I'm leaving.
00:34:24.280 That's true.
00:34:24.960 I'm leaving so soon.
00:34:25.700 I'm lashing out.
00:34:26.420 I'm pissed off.
00:34:27.120 I'm lashing out.
00:34:27.360 She has to do another episode after this, but it's not going to be as fun.
00:34:30.000 Exactly.
00:34:30.600 She's lashing out on me.
00:34:32.040 Now trolling.
00:34:34.080 You're right.
00:34:34.900 You got me.
00:34:35.640 Sorry.
00:34:35.980 Sometimes the people you get along with the most are your first bullies.
00:34:41.220 Go ahead.
00:34:42.400 What?
00:34:43.020 Give me the rapid fire.
00:34:45.160 Go ahead, Drew.
00:34:46.780 Hit me.
00:34:47.820 That's what says you were a cheerleader in high school.
00:34:50.320 Yes, I was.
00:34:51.080 Were you.
00:34:51.540 What were you?
00:34:52.440 Do you remember what position or whatever?
00:34:54.120 Were you a flyer?
00:34:54.980 Were you a tumbler?
00:34:56.040 I was base.
00:34:57.020 I was the one.
00:34:59.320 I was the one throwing bitches in the air.
00:35:02.380 Catching them.
00:35:02.860 I quit cheerleading because I got too big to be a flyer and they wanted to make me a base.
00:35:06.960 And I said, that's not true to my spirit.
00:35:08.900 I can't be doing that.
00:35:09.740 That is.
00:35:10.240 Yes.
00:35:10.540 We love a girl that knows her boundaries.
00:35:13.180 I did not.
00:35:14.080 I never was a flyer.
00:35:15.640 I started at base.
00:35:16.800 So I said, I can only go up from here.
00:35:18.900 They said, sweetie, no.
00:35:22.940 Sweetie, no.
00:35:23.500 Actually, that's not how it works.
00:35:24.600 You are staying.
00:35:25.460 You are staying on down.
00:35:27.120 You started down.
00:35:28.000 You stay down.
00:35:28.940 They're like, no, you're grounded forever.
00:35:31.140 Because they kept casting girls lighter and lighter.
00:35:33.480 I was like, okay, I guess all the catching bitches.
00:35:37.160 They're like, damn, she could throw everyone.
00:35:38.620 Yeah.
00:35:38.980 Put more in there.
00:35:41.220 That was me.
00:35:41.920 Okay, it says your parents met on a Japanese dating game show.
00:35:45.700 Oh, it was actually speed dating.
00:35:47.500 Speed dating.
00:35:48.200 Okay.
00:35:48.620 Love that.
00:35:49.680 Is that how you met your husband?
00:35:51.000 Speed dating?
00:35:51.740 No, I wish.
00:35:52.900 That would be, you know, what is it?
00:35:55.040 Historical?
00:35:56.220 Yeah.
00:35:56.680 That would be legendary.
00:35:58.840 No, we've just met through a friend.
00:36:00.600 Classic.
00:36:01.480 Oh, nice.
00:36:02.160 Boring.
00:36:02.360 Boring.
00:36:03.700 Boring.
00:36:04.440 It says you used to teach dance fitness classes in LA.
00:36:07.960 Yes.
00:36:08.360 Yeah.
00:36:08.640 What kind of dance?
00:36:09.600 Dance hall.
00:36:10.660 Yeah.
00:36:10.780 Okay.
00:36:11.380 Yeah.
00:36:11.540 Any particular type of dancing or is it just kind of free?
00:36:14.820 So dance hall music, like Jamaican music.
00:36:17.400 Oh, I see.
00:36:18.800 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:36:19.380 Oh, okay.
00:36:20.380 Well, when I see you, I think Jamaican music.
00:36:22.980 Exactly.
00:36:23.540 That's what happens in Outwater Village.
00:36:25.000 I was the closest thing to Jamaican they could find.
00:36:28.060 Okay.
00:36:29.580 They said, I said, no, no, it's the other ja.
00:36:32.680 Other ja.
00:36:34.260 Same first two letters, different country.
00:36:36.640 Japanese.
00:36:37.400 Japanese.
00:36:38.340 They're like, no, no, no, you're available.
00:36:40.200 I said, yes.
00:36:41.400 Yes, I have experience.
00:36:41.980 You're available in ethnic?
00:36:43.520 Get in there.
00:36:45.020 It was just me and 10 to 12 white soccer moms finding their hips for the first time.
00:36:50.040 Love that.
00:36:50.420 That's me when I got hired in college to do a hula for a birthday party for bougie rich
00:36:57.080 white people.
00:36:57.480 And they were going to pay me like what was a bajillion dollars to me at the time.
00:37:01.980 It was like 200 bucks.
00:37:03.180 Wow.
00:37:03.560 And I was like, yeah.
00:37:04.340 They said they wanted a hula dancer.
00:37:06.700 I know hulas, but I'm not a hula dancer.
00:37:09.520 I would never call myself a hula dancer.
00:37:10.800 But they literally can't tell the difference.
00:37:13.360 So I did take that money.
00:37:14.960 Dang.
00:37:15.320 And I said, if a real hula dancer saw me perform that, they'd be like, that's not.
00:37:19.520 They would ask you from the community.
00:37:23.260 That's not.
00:37:24.620 But they were like bougie rich white people.
00:37:26.200 So I was like.
00:37:26.600 They'd be like, what are you, Japanese?
00:37:28.900 Doing another person's culture?
00:37:32.000 Nice try.
00:37:32.700 I mean, actually, you are Samoan.
00:37:34.160 So that's true.
00:37:34.700 There you go.
00:37:34.980 It's all the same.
00:37:35.640 At least you were doing your culture.
00:37:37.500 I wasn't.
00:37:40.380 It says your first intro to perform.
00:37:42.600 Oh, it was the Craigslist thing was also on here.
00:37:45.300 It says you originated the drop challenge across the Internet inspired by Beyonce's partition music video.
00:37:50.840 Right.
00:37:51.160 Right.
00:37:51.460 Yes.
00:37:51.820 How was that?
00:37:52.540 That was an accident.
00:37:53.700 Starting a movement like that.
00:37:55.680 Yeah.
00:37:56.060 I was just having fun with my grandma around little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
00:37:59.780 Yeah.
00:38:00.300 I had the song in my head and I was like, oh, man, that part that goes.
00:38:03.420 Oh, I was like, wasn't it?
00:38:06.260 Wouldn't it be so fun if your body also dropped during it?
00:38:09.400 And so I just started doing it around little Tokyo.
00:38:11.560 I told my husband, film me, film me.
00:38:13.360 And then we just posted it.
00:38:16.280 And then next thing you know.
00:38:17.600 Yeah.
00:38:17.840 The world was like, we like that drop taken by storm.
00:38:21.540 We should do one.
00:38:22.660 We should.
00:38:23.120 I would love to do one after we tape.
00:38:24.780 Yeah, of course.
00:38:25.540 I would love to do that with you.
00:38:27.100 And then the last one says in 2014, you made a short documentary called In Waiting about your real life mother and grandmother.
00:38:33.840 Oh, yes.
00:38:34.700 Yeah.
00:38:35.200 Yeah.
00:38:35.500 I feel like, you know, that's so that was when I was, you know, in art school.
00:38:40.340 Yeah.
00:38:40.600 I was going to say.
00:38:41.640 Yeah.
00:38:42.180 That was when you decided, God, I hate filmmaking.
00:38:44.800 I was like, oh, yeah, because I was like, I want I finished the movie and I was like, excuse me.
00:38:50.120 I'm barely in it.
00:38:53.060 Where am I?
00:38:54.160 I was holding the camera.
00:38:56.560 I was like, how are they going to know it's three generations of women?
00:38:59.960 Right.
00:39:00.600 The third one is behind the camera.
00:39:02.180 If the star is not in front of the camera.
00:39:04.140 Yeah.
00:39:04.560 I get it.
00:39:05.460 And it's a, you know, it's a very emotional piece.
00:39:08.000 But, you know, I could have shown more face in it.
00:39:10.420 I could have gotten more attention.
00:39:13.280 Yeah.
00:39:14.260 Yeah.
00:39:15.200 Well, thank you so much for coming on the show.
00:39:17.480 We did the rapid fire?
00:39:18.220 That was all of them.
00:39:18.880 You survived.
00:39:19.420 She's so fast.
00:39:20.180 Look at you.
00:39:21.360 She's so rapid and so fire.
00:39:23.420 I fucking love you.
00:39:24.620 Should we do the drop?
00:39:25.820 Yeah, we can.
00:39:26.500 You want to do it on camera?
00:39:27.480 I don't know.
00:39:28.080 We're going to.
00:39:28.680 We're not even.
00:39:29.380 We're too tall.
00:39:30.200 Oh, yeah.
00:39:30.720 We might.
00:39:31.180 We might.
00:39:31.460 Well, this is a wide that can see us pretty well.
00:39:33.500 Laura, want to come do it with us?
00:39:35.860 Oh, yeah.
00:39:36.160 And then I'll give you my phone, too.
00:39:38.020 Yes.
00:39:38.340 Because I'm doing like a three years later.
00:39:40.980 We're back.
00:39:42.500 Laura can airdrop it to you, too, if she makes it.
00:39:45.520 Oh, great.
00:39:46.260 Oh, we'll look at the phone.
00:39:47.320 Got you.
00:39:47.700 Got you.
00:39:48.000 Got you.
00:39:48.140 Got you.
00:39:48.340 Got you.
00:39:48.740 Let's do three.
00:39:49.700 Okay.
00:39:50.140 So.
00:39:50.420 Okay.
00:39:50.560 You got to.
00:39:51.000 You got to show me how to do it.
00:39:52.100 We should do one where we're just like laughing.
00:39:54.220 And then when she goes, give me some.
00:39:56.300 Well, we should be.
00:39:56.940 We stand up.
00:39:57.740 Okay.
00:39:57.940 Stand up.
00:39:59.320 Oh, tell us when and then we'll start chatting.
00:40:02.880 Okay.
00:40:03.360 Start chatting now.
00:40:05.780 Okay.
00:40:06.220 It's coming.
00:40:06.880 Okay.
00:40:08.020 Okay.
00:40:08.860 Great.
00:40:10.420 Give me some.
00:40:14.260 Move around.
00:40:15.300 Move in the middle.
00:40:25.180 That was good.
00:40:27.280 Yay.
00:40:29.240 That's perfect.
00:40:30.900 Walt, that was the first time you saw us do it live.
00:40:32.720 Well.
00:40:33.240 Look at us.
00:40:34.420 Well, well, well.
00:40:35.340 Thank you.
00:40:36.540 Thank you so much, Otsko, for coming on the show.
00:40:38.400 I fucking love you.
00:40:39.120 Thank you so much.
00:40:39.760 You're amazing.
00:40:40.300 For offering to drive me to Burbank, my next stop.
00:40:43.400 You're so welcome.
00:40:44.540 I do Uber on the side, so it works out.
00:40:46.440 Oh, my God.
00:40:47.000 You can give me a five-star rating.
00:40:48.120 That'd be great.
00:40:48.360 My sister's going to host the next episode, right?
00:40:49.780 Yes, of course.
00:40:50.620 Yeah.
00:40:51.080 We're just going to keep round robining.
00:40:52.300 Well, then you'll be in the chair and they won't be able to tell the difference.
00:40:54.280 Right.
00:40:54.580 They'll be like, wait, if she's here.
00:40:57.520 Who's driving the boat?
00:40:58.420 Who's in Burbank?
00:40:59.240 Who's driving the boat?
00:41:03.040 You're a boat Uber driver?
00:41:05.080 Yeah.
00:41:05.520 Yeah.
00:41:05.880 Aren't you?
00:41:06.380 Respect.
00:41:06.720 Thank you all so much for tuning in to this episode of the comment section.
00:41:11.960 Thank you so much to my amazing guests.
00:41:13.520 Otsko, where can everybody find you?
00:41:15.120 Oh, I'm at Otsko Comedy and on the comment section right now.
00:41:19.880 Period.
00:41:20.760 Yes.
00:41:21.300 And you have an HBO special.
00:41:22.900 Yes.
00:41:23.240 And oh, Hulu special.
00:41:24.740 A Hulu special.
00:41:25.300 I love that.
00:41:25.720 Hulu special is, yeah, Father.
00:41:27.780 And it's also on Disney Plus internationally.
00:41:30.440 Period.
00:41:31.920 Amazing.
00:41:32.460 Thank you so much, my amazing guests.
00:41:33.840 You're so fucking funny.
00:41:35.100 I love you.
00:41:35.520 It was so fun.
00:41:36.120 And I'm honored to have been with you here today, twin.
00:41:38.660 Oh my gosh, same here.
00:41:39.300 You're amazing.
00:41:39.940 Yeah.
00:41:40.660 Have fun with the next episode.
00:41:44.000 Thank you so much to all of you.
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