C-SPAN: Joe Wong at RTCA Dinner
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Who is still watching in 2024? 🙋
Who came here from Joe Wong stand up presentation in Stephen Colbert late night show?
This is gold!
Yup! I love stand up and I'm so glad to have found him.
me
ca8rio8ca me!
Joe *Wong
Who?
Joe Wong writes jokes with the discipline of a PhD - he puts insane amount of thoughts behind his work.
As one of the comments even pointed out, he is funny and original without using curses or being vulgar. There is so much talent in that alone, there are no longer many.
And he actually has a PhD in biochemistry
@@Wafaloo microbiology
Wong: So if elected, I will go with text messaging.
Trump: Roger that
He upgraded it to twittering
now I know why Trump has been doing this.. because of WHO
Trump is "twitting" NOW!
Hahahaha first thing it came to my mind. Trump tweeting agreeing....
He would be more : Who's Roger ?
The fact that he is able to be funny without being vulgar, swearing, or insulting another race, belief, personality, opinion, religion etc shows how much of a genius and a good comedian he is.
yes quite
he can't be more badass than that
A Vivaldi he is funny and intelligent
Wrong. Only garbage comedians insult their own race.
Mani, I don't see his first joke has offended anybody nor any race including his own. "Hu" is a very common family name in China and it is perfect normal that most western are not familiar with the pronunciation of it just like the other way round. Actually you need to get your psycho treated before insulting others by spurting shit from you mouth instead of the ass.
I understand how hard it is to be funny in one's second language. You have my respect, HuangXi.
I agree. I have trouble imagining an American going to China and using similar verbal wit in their language!
@@Garysviewfinder 中文确实比英文难，这是公认的。
Damn.... that was"Wong"
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Third language actually
Who?
We need to support Joe Wong for a netflix special! Being a comedian ain’t easy, he has the wit and delivery for it!
J H that is a brilliant suggestion
Amen to that!!!
Id watch that
joe is actually currently hosting a myth busting talk show and doing stand up in china because it was too hard for him to make enough money off comedy in the us, so he only goes to the country when he's invited to events
@@FirstnameLastname-rm7bm I watched him perform in Xiamen china once. I am sure he will do well in any show that he does.
He started off his jokes saying ppl know him as "who?" His campaign will be who cares. Brilliant.
Chinese name (Hu) pronounce Who
Yeah, the joke is that Hu is a surname and pronounced same as Who. So Hu cares? Wong! Nay Ge cares!
Smart. I just realized it.
Which make it more funny is that, in 2010, the last name of the Chinese president is exactly "Hu".
Large Stripes me too
this guy is genius. u can usually hear another wave of laughing since his jokes has may layers
for sure i was always looking for the 2nd joke with in the joke, after the first few. Joe wong kills it
One needs to be intelligence to understand his jokes
Timmy MOORE Indeed. And half the crowd seems to lack it.
Who cares? Haha
Robert Wanko 🖕
"omg, u r building a nuclear weapon?"
"but u r doing it wrong, lol~"
hahahaha, just made my day~
"life is kinda like peeing into the snow on a dark winter night... you've probably made a difference, but it's really hard to tell" Pure Gold.
Silkysmooth420, that there wasn't a joke it was a message. Powerful
@Yuanrun YAO what skin colour joke? I think you get it wrong.
@Yuanrun YAO bro, I think you think too much. ;-p
Yuanrun YAO bet you have never peed in snow. if you pee in snow, you would always try to draw something. But if at a dark night, how you tell your buddy you are doing something different 😂😂
@Yuanrun YAO wow pal probably that was his real means
My childhood memories are totally ruined by my childhood - Gold
"Hu Cares" - I love this so much !
+music 2015 Hu,Wu is another last name
@@PuroCyanHQ W
Hu cares It's a really witty slogan that starts with his name but throws another meaning into who care...it seems to be sarcastic about the situation Obama Care is having a lot of trouble with...
man, he deserved every bit of that standing ovation.
This guy is gold
@@nickclark18 you are gold
No!!!! He's Chinese
*Transcript* because captions are so out of sync
Good evening, everyone. My name is Joe Wong, but to most people, I'm known as "who?!" (laughter) which is actually my mother's maiden name, (laughter) and the answer to my credit card security question. (laughter)
But joking aside, I just want to reassure everybody that I am invited here tonight. (laughter)
I grew up in China, who didn't? (laughter) And my childhood memories are totally ruined by my childhood. (laughter) When I was in elementary school, as part of the curriculum, I had to work at a rice paddy right next to a quarry where they use explosives to break rocks, and that is where I learned that light travels faster than sound. (laughter) which is almost as slow as a flying rock. (laughter)
My dad was a grumpy guy, but occasionally he would try to cheer me up with jokes, but he doesn't do it right. When I was seven, one day he said to me, "hey son, why is tofu better than centralized socialist economy?" (laughter) so five minutes later I said "why?" (laughter) He said "because I said so!" (laughter)
I came to the United States when I was 24, to study at Rice University in Texas. (some applaud cheers and some laughter) that wasn't a joke (laughter) until now. (laughter) And I was driving this used car with a lot of bumper stickers that's impossible to peel off. And one of them said "If you don't speak English, go home". And I didn't notice it for two years. (laughter)
Like many other immigrants, we want our son to become the president of this country and we try to make him bilingual, you know, Chinese at home and English in public, which is really tough to do, because many times I have to say to him in public "Hey listen, if you don't speak English, go home" (laughter) And he would say to me, "Hey dad, why do I have to learn two languages?" I said "son, once you become the president of the United States, you are going to have sign legislative bills in English, and talk to debt collectors in Chinese" (laughter)
When I graduated from Rice, I decided to stay in the United States, because in China, I can't do the thing I do best here, being ethnic. (laughter) And in order for me to become a U.S. citizen, I have to take this American history lessons, where they ask us questions like "Who is Benjamin Franklin?", where I was like "ah, the reason our convenience store gets robbed?" (laughter) "What's the Second Amendament?", where I was like "ah, the reason our convenience store gets robbed?" (laughter) "What is roe vs. wade?", where I was like "ah, two ways of coming to the United States?" (laughter)
Later on I read so much about the American history that I started to harbor white guilt. (laughter) In the America they say that all men are created equal, but after birth, it kind of depends on the parents' income, or early education and health care. (laughter) I read in the Max House Men's Health Magazine that President Obama every week has two cardio days and four weight lifting days. You see, I don't have to exercise, because I have health insurance. (laughter) I live in Massachusetts now, where we have universal health care; then we elected Scott Brown (laughter) - talk about mixed messages. (laughter) I think there was a movie about him - it's called "Kill Bill" (laughter)
I'm honored to meet vice president Joe Biden here tonight, (Joe turned to face Biden) I actually read your autobiography, and today I see you. (Joe turned back to face audience) I think the book is much better. (laughter) They should've get guest cast Brad Pitt, or even Angelina Jolie. (laughter)
So to be honest, I was really honored to be here tonight, and I prepared for months for tonight's show, and I showed the white house my jokes about President Obama, and that is when he decided not to come. (laughter) And he started to talk about immigration reforms, (laughter) Take that, Stephen Colbert (laughter) And president Obama has always been accused of being too soft, but he was conducting two wars. and they still gave him the Nobel Peace Prize, and he accepted it. (laughter) You can't be more bad ass than that. (laughter) where actually, I'm thinking the only way you can be more bad ass than that is if you take the Nobel Prize money and give it to the military. (laughter)
We have many distinguished journalists here tonight, whom I consider as my peers. (laughter) because I used to write for campus newspaper. (laughter) I think journalism is the last refugee for puns. Only on the newspaper can you say things like "I was born in the year of horse and that is why I'm a naysayer" (laughter) my point exactly.
And tonight is my first time on C-SPAN, which is a channel I obviously always watch, when I couldn't stand the sensationalism and demagoguery of PBS and QVC. (laughter) If I still couldn't fall asleep after watching C-SPAN, there's C-SPAN2 and C-SPAN3. (laughter) Thank you very much. (laughter)
So I became a U.S. citizen in 2008, which I'm really happy about. (applause) thank you very much. American is number one, (laughter) that's true, 'cause we won the world series every year. (laughter)
After becoming the U.S. citizen, I immediately registered to vote for Obama and Biden. (Joe turned to face Biden) you're welcome. (laughter) You handed me a had me at "Yes We Can" (laughter) (Joe turned back to audience) that was the their slogan. (laughter)
So after getting Obama and Biden elected, I felt this power trip. (laughter) And I start to think maybe I should run for president myself. Where, I have to take a step back and explain a little bit, you know, because I have always been a morose and pessimist guy. I felt that life is kind of like, pee into the snow in a dark winter night, you probably make a difference, but it's really hard to tell. (laughter) But now, we have a president who's half black half white, it just gives me a lot of hope, because I'm half not black half not white. (laughter) Two negatives make a positive. (laughter)
You may be saying "Hey, what would be your campaign slogan?" You see, I spent ten years in the past decade (laughter) oh you too? okay. (laughter) So I understand that American people are suffering, so my campaign slogan would be "Who (Hu) Cares". (laughter)
If elected, I would make same-sex marriage not only legal nor required, (laughter) that will get me the youth vote.(laughter) You see I'm married now, but I used to be really scared about marriage, I was like "wow, 50% of all marriages end up lasting forever" (laughter)
And I will eliminate unemployment in this country, by reducing the productivity of the American workforce. (laughter) so two people will have to do the work of one, just like the President and the Vice President,(laughter) or the Olsen twins. (laughter)
And despite heart disease and cancer, most Americans die of natural causes. So if elected, I will find a cure for natural causes. (laughter) You seem to like that one. (laughter) but you won't be covered by health insurance though, (laughter) because of pre-existing conditions. (laughter)
And I have a quick solution for global warming. I will switch from Fahrenheit to Celsius, (laughter) It was 100 degrees, now it's 40. (laughter) You're very welcome. (laughter)
And I'm great with foreign policy. Because I am from China, and I can see Russia from my backyard. (laughter) I believe that Unilateralism is too expensive, and open dialog is too slow. So if elected, I will go with text messaging. (laughter) I will text our allies just to say hi, (laughter) and text our enemies when they are driving. (laughter) "OMG you're building a nuclear weapon?" (laughter), "but you're doing it wrong LOL" (laughter)
I just want to thank Video TV correspondence Association for having me here tonight. This is the first time I wish my son knew what I was doing. Thank you so much and have a very good night. Thank you Linda Scott.
Benjamin Crouzier thx bro. reeealy helps!
Wow...tq
nice
+Benjamin Crouzier, thank you very much for this job, some words I didn´t catch , this really helped me. God Bless.
my lord! you are a hero!
The level of this humor is at a certain level of intelligence. It takes a person at a certain level of intelligence to understand this humor. This is brilliant.
unfortunately, by a "certain level of intelligence" you mean anything higher than a public high school intelligence, so not many Americans would understand it... :/
Something Seems Off correct... Not many American have an intelligence higher than high school sadly.
I agreed. I love my friends to death, but when I showed this to them hoping to get the same reaction I did when I first warched it but they were not laughing. I had to explain some jokes to them. I love comedy and this is comedy gold to me.
Sounds like you need to 'upgrade' your friends. :)
Cland Estine haha no, they're the best. But they just don't have enough background knowledge about American politics to get these jokes and contexts.
10:50 *"Life is kinda like peeing into the snow on a dark winter night. You probably made a difference, but it's really hard to tell"*
---Joe Wong, 2010.
I've watched this clip about 10 times. Always make me smile
Thanks Joe.
I’ve watched it for 50 plus times, no joke.
Same here 😁
WHO CARES!
Joe Wong jokes are intelligent
That's why most people don't think his funny , yep most people are dumb
xiaoyi zhang hey now, some of my best friends are people! But seriously, you may need to lighten up, because most people do find him funny so maybe they're not as dumb as you think. He got a standing ovation and I didn't find a single negative comment in this thread.
they are still simple enough to be understood by many though, sign of a truly funny comedian
Honestly my favorite standup routine of all time. The writing is so original and brilliant, and the deadpan delivery is perfect. I've returned to watch it again and again over many years.
If anyone can think of any other routine that comes close, please share.
"This is the first time i wished that my son knew what I was doing." That right there is a MOMENT and his son will always have it.
His jokes are so deep and smart that some of them took a pause/few seconds for the audience to get it. The awkwardness of the silence is what added to the uniqueness of his comedy.
His jokes are multilayered that it takes time to sink in the first layer then the second after.
Some never got it 😊
True. I had to google some of them to figure out. Like the Roe vs Wade joke.
This must be the most watched C-SPAN video.
They got more watched videos, but about stand ups I think this one of the top 5, altogether with brilliant Michelle Wolf’s performance.
*Still one of the best roasts in 2018! He deserves every bit of that standing ovation!*
This iss really a comedy genius. He doesnt need to yell or act with funny face but just word playing. Great job Joe !
" I felt that life is kinda like.... peeing to the snow in the dark winter night, you probably made the difference but it is really hard to tell."
that ladies and gentlemen what I call a Masterpiece punch line.
I dont get it? please explain!
are you serious?
Yes please explain, my brain isn't very good
Beepthenose as we know VP is like an ambassador of the government, a foreign affair diplomat, the position is only one rank down but the power is way smaller than a president. He said this right after the jokes on Biden's auto, I guess he's trying to tease the VP again by saying: oh you might have dreams of making a difference but ur just like peeing in the dark winter night. You might change sth but no one will notice. Well it's just my take, or it might be just a small joke without accusation.
RIGHT of course thanks bro you really helped me move towards enlightenment, now you sir have pissed in broad daylight!
Standing ovation!! Well deserved!
standing ovation. Awesome!!!
Racist stopped laughing at us asian
He's a biology professor....imagine being in his class!
It must be no different from this show. lol
na..he has PhD in Chemistry.
hu cares, LOL
Biochemistry
“I immediately registered to vote for Obama and Biden” turns to Biden “You’re welcomes” 😂😂😂 This guy is so adorable
You had me at guess we can
Very subtle and cerebral brand of humor. Won't make you burst out laughing but it'll make you chuckle and think. Very nice.
What? I actually burst into laughter. What were you doing
It’s more, once you think about it, you chuckle 🤭
"But joking aside, I just want to tell everybody that I am invited here tonight" in reference to the Salahi couple state dinner security breach in 2009.
Watching this after 11 years, amazed and disturbed by how things has changed...
Joe Wong is hilarious. He kills you slowly and softly
Wow I wish I had known about this guy sooner! Super intelllectual humor without the need to swear or be vulgar.
I have a lot of respect for people who can produce non-vulgar humour.
I love vulgar humor. I just love vulgar. Call me a vulgar man
15 minutes of brilliance. I especially love how not all the jokes landed, but he eventually won them over.
He doesn’t make jokes. He just tells the truth in a polite way mixed with things people want to hear.
"Many truths told in jest"
Joe Wong is hilarious!!! He deserves an award for this gig. Awesome punch-line based comedy.
Hu Cares 2016
lolz
wong slogan !!!
I might have a chance
now, I understand the joke! thank you.
Hu Cares 2020
kinda spooky when he says he'd do politics by texting when he'd be president. 2017. reality check.
Seymour Dicks Umm, have you seen Trump's Twitter? Your comment spews ignorance :P
And what is a tweet but a public text. Yes, the satire is rich in his set and now we have a president who texts instead of talks.
Seymour Dicks Trump's tweets are literally all over the news and the internet, there is no way you couldn't have heard about them.
@@bilbobaggins6223 You'd be shocked how far some ppl will go to remain ignorant. They fancy themselves woken up from the matrix, but they're really just tin foil hat wearing loonies.
Trump accomplishes more by tweeting from his commode than the Kenyan Klown did by touching his forehead to the feet of dictators.
This man is wittier than half the audience could fathom.
Very clever and funny. Dark sense of humour and no-holds-barred mockery of race, politics and everything.
I'm Chinese-American so my fascinated discovery tonight on RUclips was Asian comedians, since it is rare for us to do stand-up. I saw some of them, they were cool, but they were also somewhat derivative of other comedians, especially ethnic ones. Even though he is more Chinese than Chinese-American in perspective and also has a stereotypical geeky Asian style unlike the other Asian comedians I saw, I think I like him best, especially on this night, because his cerebral humor impressed the hell out of me. It doesn't hit the funny bone as immediately as common denominator raunchy humor, but in the end, I just felt more impressed by what he came up with than I was by the other comedians.
and also with this accent. not all Chinese-Americans have this sense of humour AND this accent at the same time. )))
Victor Ha I think because of his own experiences, compared to other Asian-Americans that were actually born and raised in the U.S. Joe wasn't and because he isn't a typical American, it gives him the advantage of seeing things in a different way. Not to mention, he has a freaking PHD. That's what makes him unique and vastly different in general based on his situations.
He has a show in China's CCTV for children, and that is hilarious, too!! My younger sister loves him, but in a different way from me though hahaha
Well stated Victor. I like humor that makes you think. A lot of humor puts people on cruise control. Joe is very intelligent and funny. Best combo for comedians. Like the late George Carlin...Joe's humor sometimes takes a minute for people to get out of cruise control and use that thing between their ears.....
Hey, I remember this comment! (made it 2 years ago :-) ) Hope Joe has been doing well, and that I'd be just as impressed by his act if I were to watch it again.
Carlin is a great one; I would also add Monty Python to the list of comedians who make your mind work a little harder to have a more profound laugh. Maybe Joe's deliver has a technique similar to Mitch Hedberg; it's deadpan and concise and makes you arrive at the punchline after a pause.
"this is the first time I wished my son knew what I was doing" awwh that's so sweet.
I come back to this every now and then. Golden material for laughter.
Killed it man. He didn't have the crowd but he won them over truely. Original and funny stuff
scared of marriage....50% lasts forever. !!!
"I read all your autobiography, and after meeting you, I think the book is much better".
Wow, that's a compliment within a compliment while sounding like a diss. This guys got layers in his punchlines.
And he predicts.😀
Back-handed compliment be like.
What a legend
Genius! Such a healthy, smart, and innocent humor! Loved every bit!
They're not laughing because he's Chinese. They're not laughing because the jokes are too smart for them.
*not because
He is a former classmate of my husband's Ph.D. friend who is now a professor in Yale University. They were graduate school classmates in China and Ph.D. program classmates in Rice University. What a small world.
no way......he's actually my youtube subscribers video on youtube what a small world and my dog walker's cell phone providers second cousin in laws uncle from adoptive parents caretakers wives laundry attendants little brothers school friend 3rd grade teachers assistants friend from college
？
I bet his PhD thesis was hilarious
That's nothing. We are so close he is few inches away from my face in my laptop!
Why?........just...why do you have to be that person. I bet you're a hoot at parties.
Brilliantly delivered and absolutely nailed it. I'm late getting to know this chinese American comedian. However his brand of humour transends time, so the appreciation and enjoyment isn't diluted at all here in 2018. Well done Mr. Wong.
This guy is so funny. It's hard enough for a native English speaker to be this funny and well-thought out, imagine doing it in your second language!
Plus imagine the pressure, no notes infront of such an audience
Hilarious! He deserves that standing ovation and big rounds pf applause. His sense of humor, his fine demeanor, his wording are all best.
Has anyone caught the last part of his speech, just before he thanks everyone?
Paraphrase: If I were elected president I would text message our allies and enemies....I would text message our enemies while they are driving. "OMG You're building a nuclear weapon? But you're doing it wrong, LOL."
I am guessing Trump saw this and got the idea of using Twitter.
Joe Wong is hilarious. Keep it up!
Was just about to comment with the same observation. Seems particularly appropriate now
I think texting your enemy will break the ice for more talk instead of official channels. It will allow our President to build trust with the enemy and hear their concerns.
And Milania took the "Who (Hu) cares?" Slogan... but she got it all Wong.
14:14 ....so if elected (President) I will go with text messaging........he said it 10 years ago!
Absolute gem of a quote. And he forecasted the future - our current president who lives to text.
Funny how you can see some people hating on this really funny comedian. This guy is actually a great comedian.
This was a great routine! Never heard of him before until this video...thanks RUclips and C-span!
And C-span 2 and 3!
His mom surname is "Hu", and his campaign slogan is "Hu cares", and not "Who cares". He's wrapping up the end of his jokes to the beginning. Brilliant!
The first convenience store joke was alright... and then I realized it was just a setup to the actual joke 😂 its brilliant
This Joe Wong is a dangerous man, lol.... funny as heck,.. and his speech was almost prophetic,... truly.
Fucking hilarious. Some people not to bright to get it or just plain haters.
Or they simply have a different sense of humour? What the fuck.
I think he's the most hilarious among all of RTCA speakers
It's 2023 and the jokes hit even harder!
This is the funniest Correspondents dinner I have ever seen. Those guy don't laugh easily.
This is my 11th time watching this. Goodness.
It's very well prepared. Great job.
This type of comedy is of real intelligence and depth! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
This guy is so impressive! Comedic brilliance in action!
i will text our enemy while they are driving
Best idea ever ..texting our enemy to say Hi. Want to get lunch.
@@maolo76 Video call works better, distracting your enemy in a sec
one of the best comedians i have ever seen
*I hope Joe Wong has a comedy special out there somewhere because I'm gonna go looking for it now. I love his humor.* 🤣
This was amazing, as you could see him translating in real time! Amazing.
I have watched this at least 5 times and laugh everytime
Hi. Over 10 times for me. Every time when I'm down I listen to Joe Wong.
saultube44 funny
me too
Me too. It never ceases to make me laugh. A high-brow comedian who doesn't need to do physical antics or make faces. You just have to listen very well.
slayed every single person in the entire audience with them all rooting for him. Sensational.
I like the way at the beginning you could tell the audience were thinking “who’s this guy?” But by the end really warmed to him!
I loved how he used the fact he was unknown, to make that joke and then build on it with even more jokes - he’s a master craftsman 🤓
"I wish my son knew what I was doing." Legend.
"Why is tofu better than centralized socialist economy? BECAUSE I SAID SO!!" hahahahahahaha! :) this guy is god.
After listening to his interview on WTF Podcast, I had to look up his act. What an amazing guy!
Intellectual jokes . You have to be smart to understand
OMG !! This guy is brilliant. So glad to see he got a standing ovation at the end.
He deserved every second of that standing ovation 👏 great jokes
He won the crowd with the joke about signing legislation bills in English and talking to debt collectors in Chinese. From there on I feel that people started to pay attention to what he was saying.
HOLY CR*P. This is from 8 or 9 years ago. Start at 14:15 and he predicted what 45 is doing today!!!
Love your shows, wish you still produce these awesome shows.
i laughed the whole time there was some great stuff in that speech im half not black and half not white hahah
I like this guy! He's got some fun cultural jokes but some edgy political ones too.
He is way smarter than most of the audience. He's literally showing us how stupid we are.
he's brilliant, he really is. I want to see him perform but can't find a tour schedule. (it's Feb. 2019). hysterical!
this is the best piece of comedy i have seen in a while. joe wong is totally classic and funny. what is most important and amazing to me is that he is smart and well educated. his jokes have meanings. it took me some time to totally understand him. but it is awesome!!
that was amazing, i think he got pretty choked up at the end. Great comedian
Who’s here after Joe is now the President-Elect?
I am! :)
Me
Me
here
+1
I just realized these are actually the best jokes in the last decade.
He was joking about being president and using texting to dictate foreign policy eight years ago........
Trump stole Joe's idea!!!
Joe Wong was right. Now the president does contact others via texting ~~Twitter
When there is a second wave of laughter in one single line, it means the jokes is really good. 👍
'Hu' is still watching this in the year 2022 :)
I think its incredible that he had his audience laughing through the whole 15 minutes
what a great speaker
he's a humble comedy genius