Insight with Chris Van Vliet - Jo Koy On How Stand-Up Comedy Has Changed & His New Movie EASTER SUNDAY

Episode Date: August 5, 2022

Jo Koy (@Jokoy) is a stand-up comedian and actor. His new movie "Easter Sunday" is in theaters now. He talks about the difference between comedy on stage and comedy in a film, what his family thinks of the impressions he does of them, how comedy has changed since he started in 1989, the best advice he ever received and much more! For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media:  Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All systems are going. Ladies and gentlemen, Chris. All right, my friends, welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight. I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet, and if you haven't yet, please take a moment today to leave a rating or review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. We're almost at a thousand ratings on Spotify, and I can't even articulate to you how helpful it would be if you could do that. Such an honor today to have one of my favorite. comedians, the hilarious Joe Coy, on the show. He has a new movie that just came out called Easter Sunday, and I'm so pumped for him

because he's been doing comedy since 1989. I mean, he sells out stadiums all around the world, but this is the first movie that he's the main character in, and it's based around his life. Easter Sunday, trust me, you're going to love this. Give him a follow on social media if for some strange reason you don't already follow him. He's at Joe Coy, J-O-K-O-Y. If you're not following me for some strange reason, it's just my name, at Chris Van Fleet.

And let's just dive into this. Ladies and gentlemen, it's me and Joe Coy. Joe, so good to see you. Good to see you. Welcome back to Las Vegas. Oh, man, I love Las Vegas. That's my hometown. I have a house there.

You know, I'm getting ready to play T-Mobile Arena, November. So it's going to be, it's incredible. I love this. I can't imagine you're actually spending a lot of time in Vegas because you're so busy right now. It's nonstop. I don't mind, though. I want to stay busy always.

That's great. Look, when you're on stage, it's very easy to tell what's funny. You're getting that immediate reaction from the audience. When you're on set, how do you know if something's working? You know what? You don't. You really don't.

You've got to really trust your gut. and then you have to really trust the director. Like everything is in the director's hands, and you gotta trust him. And if he says, I got it, then you just go, okay, he's got it. And there were several times right. You know, I felt like he didn't have it.

You know, I didn't feel like I gave it to him, but he was right. So, big shout out to Jay Chandar Saker. Was there ever a point when your character in this film was actually going to be called Joe Coy? because there's a lot of similarities between Joe Coy and Joe Valencia. The whole movie was based on my knees. So it was, you know, the stand-up comic aspect.

We just didn't want to go up as coy because that's just, it just doesn't make it fun to watch. You know what I mean? It wasn't a documentary. We wanted to make a movie. So we had to change my name. So much of your stand-up is talking about your family and telling stories about them, doing voices.

What do you think is more difficult for them to deal with? The stories you're telling about them, or you doing their voices, them going, that doesn't sound like me, Joe, come on. Yeah, I'm always going to get that. Even my son says that, I don't talk like that, Dad. It's like, yeah, you do. Yes, you do.

This is an embellished version of you, but this is exactly what I hear. So that's the version I'm going to give. Your character in the film is so famous for the beer commercial, in the catchphrase, you know, let's get the party started, baby. Yeah, yeah. What's the thing people say when they come up and meet you? What's the line they say?

Joseph. Joseph, I mean, it's nonstop. And it'll be from far away, too. So now I've got to look around and who said it. So it's like, Joseph! And then what is your response? Is your immediate response to do the voice back to them? Oh, no.

I just acknowledge, you know, I get it. Like, people just want to meet. me and they want to find some type of ice breaker, but, you know, it's, it's, I got to realize that. It's like, hey, that's, that's one of those phrases that people love. So I got to remember that all the time and not get mad about it. The United States Soccer Federation present the U.S. Soccer Podcast. My name is David Goss, and I'm joined by my co-host, Megan Clevenberg. And now we're giving people an inside look at the World Cup.

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Follow and listen on your favorite platform. You've been doing this for a long, long time. I'm so curious to know what's the biggest difference that you see in comedy now versus 1989 when you started? What I see now is a really big, big push for stand-up comedy now. You know, when I was doing it, there was nobody doing stand-up.

You know, it was like you could name the comics and that was it. And then all the guys that were working in the comedy clubs you really didn't hear about because there was no social media to put them out there. So if you weren't on the Tonight Show, people didn't really know who you were.

So, but now with IG and TikTok and Facebook, everyone's got like a shot, a winning chance, you know, at stand-up. So yeah, and then YouTube, you know what I mean? A lot of people are going to YouTube to get their content out there. So I love that, you know what I mean? So you get a variety and everyone gets to be heard without having to wait for someone to give them a chance.

What do you think is the best piece of advice that you got early on in your career that you still take with you every time you step on stage? Oh, man, there's so many I got. There's three comics. Cory Holcomb. I love Corey Holcomb. I used to open from all the time. And he used to say, I don't know who you are.

So you need to tell me more stuff about you. So that's where all these, you know, I was already telling stories, but I needed to be more specific and get more creative with my stories. And then another one was Joe Torrey. He said, never be scared of silence. Don't always go for the big applause breaks because when they're silent, they're listening. And then, of course, Cedric the entertainer, like whoever's in front of you, if they're smashing, then go out there and smash even harder because you're

a headliner. You know what I mean? They paid you the big money. You go earn that big money. Don't don't just walk through like it's a walk in the park. Kill it. So those, those three really stood out the most. Joe, I love seeing you crush it. It's always such a pleasure to talk to you. And huge congratulations on Easter Sunday. Thank you so much. I love you, man. I'll see you in Vegas, right? Yeah, of course, bro. I love to chat with you for longer next time. Let's go. All right. Love you, man.

Thanks, bro. Love you. Team Mobile. Make sure you're there for Team Mobile. We'll do it. I'll see you there. All right. Yes.

Joe Coy. And what he's talking about there with T-Mobile Arena is November 19th. He'll be live there in Las Vegas. So if you were planning a trip to Vegas, hey, that might be a really good time for you to go. His new movie, Easter Sunday, he is in theaters. Now, go check it out. Go check him out on social.

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