The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Talking Comedy with Joel Kim Booster and Marlon Wayans | Guest Spotlight

Episode Date: June 9, 2024

Ronny Chieng sits with Emmy-nominated comedian, Joel Kim Booster, to discuss the new Netflix documentary, "Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution," and the lasting impact queer comedy has made on culture. A...nd Marlon Wayans returns to The Daily Show to chat with Ronny about his new comedy special, "Good Grief," the advice he has for younger comedians, and how he gets away with making fun of other comics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 John Stewart here, unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show, we're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. My guest tonight is an Emmy-nominated writer-actor comedian who is in the new Netflix documentary, Outstanding, A Comedy Revolution. Please welcome Joe Kim Booster. Oh my god, you're so good looking. First the mandatory, Asians on TV. Yes.
Starting point is 00:00:49 Oh, they love you. First, the mandatory Asians on TV. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. moment yes all right okay let's go into it yeah thanks for coming on a show man thanks for having me man dude I know you know because you were in New York before I got here and we were both comics run around New York but we were never like I feel like we never really we were orbiting but we never like smash yeah yeah and and technically still haven't yeah yeah but you were in New
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Starting point is 00:01:50 No, it was, I remember meeting you in San Francisco too when you did my show. And you, um, I was so intimidated because you have this like, rotted personality, and you ended up being the nicest person on this, and you were always so welcoming, and like the stuff I was tha tha tha tha thi stuff thi stuff thi stuff thi stuff thi stuff thi stuff thi stuff thi stuff thi stuff thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to to to to too, like, to to to to, like, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, th. th. thi. I I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I'm, thin, thin, thin, too. I'm, thin, too. I'm, too. I'm, so welcoming. And like the stuff I was talking about in that clip, you gave me like actual good advice. What did I tell you? You were like, be funny. So, really, yeah. Wait, I told you that?
Starting point is 00:02:14 Yeah, yeah. That's so condescending from you said it. You said it pre the set, it would have been insulting. But, yeah. Oh, what was the context of that? I don't know. We were just shooting the shit about stand-up and stuff like that. Well, I mean, this documentary, well, that's the thing, you know, comics, we love talking about comedy. We talk about all day. And in this documentary, the documentary, the, too, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, is, is, is, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, is, is, is, is, is, I...a, I.a, I.a, I.a, I.a, I.a, the, I.a, the, the, the, the, the, the, I.a, the, the, the, I.a, the, I. the, I. And, I. And, gay, gay, comic. Global, queer comics.
Starting point is 00:02:45 And I will say I am like such a small part of that tapestry. The documentary is so cool because it really shows you like people who should be household names, who were actually trailblazing and breaking down barriers and stuff like that, so I could go out on stage and talk about Dix and stuff and stuff like that without losing my career, you know, in fact, th th th th th th th th th th th th that that that that that that that that that, that, thi thi thi thi thi thi. And I thi. And I will thi. And I will thi. And I thi. And I will thi. thi. thi, I thi, I th. I the. And I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi. I thi. I thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. the. theeee. theeeeeeee. thee. thee. the. the. the. I'm the. I'm the. I could go out on stage and talk about Dix and staff and stuff like that, without losing my career, you know? In fact, I've made a pretty lucrative way out of it. Yeah, so it's really- So it's cool meeting, meeting your heroes, I guess, when you are?
Starting point is 00:03:15 Absolutely, yeah. We, part of the documentary is we did a huge show at the Hollywood Bowl. There were like 30 comics th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thiii, there and it's great because I think like especially when I was coming up there would always be like maybe one queer comic on the lineup and that was it that would be like that's too much as it is and so we rarely got to like hang out on the same show and so it was really nice it was like a nice little like homecoming to just all be together on the same show backstage on stage it was great yeah it was some oh yeah it was cool you know that's that's that's kind of how I feel whenever I see you on the lineup and if I'm on the show as well I'm always
Starting point is 00:03:54 like oh yeah it's y'all you know it's always like we don't need to explain there's a shorthand and you know and just for a record I mean that the comics were in that documentary that the the the the the the the the the the th you th you th you th you th you th so the th I th so th so the th. th. th. th. th. I th. I the. I the. the. the. the. the. I'm that that the. that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that's that's that's that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that th. the. the. that the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's the comics who are in that documentary, who are on that show. So the documentary is about this big show they did at the Greek theater in Los Angeles. And some of those comics are my heroes too. You know, Wanda Sykes was always super cool to me. The Lily Tomlin, I have her vinyl that I bought. I've been trying to get her in person and that was also like the Hannah Gatsby was in that Australia zone and I think that was um who else was in the I mean we could go on all night. Right. Oh Margaret Cho. Margaret Cho. The OG.
Starting point is 00:04:32 Oh G. Margaret Cho who like, like, I talk about the stuff that the try and like to tryl-I. the, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th. I, the, th. I, th. I th. I was, th clip, like, I wanted to talk about the stuff that people wanted to keep behind the curtain, and she was doing that at a time when it was actually risky to do that, you know? And so, yeah, she really is the person who opened the door for me. Yeah, I feel like, like, comics, we always like, like to tip of the cap to the, I don't know, I, I, I, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, the, the, the, the, to, to, to, to, to, the.. to. to. the. about you, but I almost feel more beholden to them than than the audience in some ways. Like I just want to, you know, right? No, it's so funny, like I could be crushing in a room but like I'm paying attention to the people standing at the back of the room who I'm like,. And I honestly, Ronnie, and this is not just me second year on national TV, but you, you are that person for me. Like, you are, no, no, you really are for a lot of us.
Starting point is 00:05:32 You are. Like, no, no, no. I mean this sincerely. You made me sound like a piece of shit when you said, I gave you advice. That doesn't sound like, guys, I'm not going on to people's show and going like, hey, here's some advice from this comedy, genius. It wasn't so much, it wasn't so much advice. I think I was probably complaining and being like, oh, I'm always getting told like what
Starting point is 00:05:53 to say and what not to say. And I think for you, your reaction to that as a comic was just like, it doesn't matter, you know, if you're gay, straight by, whatever it is, as the end of the day, if you're funny, you're funny. That's why I still do stand up, because it's the closest thing to a meritocracy in our industry. Yeah, I think so. Because like, with all the politics and everything of people saying, like, oh, I only got here because of woke guys Okay, that's not how it works like it's just like no matter how
Starting point is 00:06:30 Progressive you want to seem if the joke isn't funny then you're not laughing. Yeah, and that's why like stand-up feels so good. Yeah, yes, because Yes. And so, yeah, I agree. Totally agree. And for all its flaws, stand up is the meritocracy. And you know, I think sometimes it's hard to explain comedy to people. I mean, I quote you in a recent Esquire article, oh no, sorry, Hollywood Reporter article. I read all your press. I read all your press. You said like, uh, you find it difficult in this documentary to talk about comedy versus, you know, just doing it? Well, no, because like, when you're in a doc and you're sitting behind the camera
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Starting point is 00:08:06 and there's no other Asians on that lineup, you know, it doesn't, you just got to figure it up. Because I think there's this weird assumption that because we tick some of the same demographic check boxes that all of our material will be the same. Yeah. But it's like, you and I will never talk about the same line. We cannot be different. We can the same. We the same. We can the same. We can't be the same. It the same. It the same. It the same. It is the same. It's the same. It's the same. It's the same. It's the same. It's not, you the same. It's not, you can not, you can't, you can't, you can't, you the same, you can't, you can't, you can't, you can, you th. It's, you th. It's, you thi. It's, you th. It's, you th. It's, you th. It's, you, you, you, you, you th. It's, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you the same, you the same, you the same, you the same, you the same, you the same, you know, you know, the the the the thi. It's not, thi. It's not, the thi. It's thi. It's the the the the thi. It's the thi. As Asian, as men, as like any of it. We just, we're not, we're not living the same lines. Top bottom, every, just different, just totally different. But anyway, Joe, hey, you're my brother in many ways and one. Thank you for being so cool.
Starting point is 00:08:36 Me when I first came to America, you're killing it right now. I love everything you do. Everything you do, I always watch it, and you're the best. Joe Kim Booth's Outstanding. Thank you. A comedy revolution will release on Netflix, June 18th. Joe Kim Boos, everybody. Hey, everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, it's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God, it's th. We we we we we we we we we we we we we we we we we' th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. We're the. the. We'll the. We'll the will the. We'll the will th will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will the. We'll the. We'll the. We'll the. We'll the. We'll the. We're the. We're the. We're the. We're the. We're the. We're the. the. We'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God it's Thursday. We're
Starting point is 00:09:08 going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to a daily show.
Starting point is 00:09:51 My guest tonight is an actor and comedian who set up special is called Good Grief. Please welcome, Marlon Wayan. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The people love you. They do. You know, I'm a little jealous of you right now. I want to rob you up that seat right now.
Starting point is 00:10:33 What me? You are in the seat. I know how it feels and I miss me a, you know, humble daily show host. Who has been watching your family since I was a kid in Malaysia. Thank you. We used in Malaysia? Yeah. Somebody owed some money. They said we is only a local.
Starting point is 00:11:02 Yeah, you know, I always have to concentrate really hard to say Wayans because in Malay, Wyann means older brother? No, it means Nepal baby. No, it means, no, it means, no, it means, no, it means, performance. Performance. I like Neppobabab. So I go, weigh-ins, weigh-ins. So I go, weigh-ins, it's, not, not because, not, not because, not because, not, not, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, because, because, to, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, to, to, to, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to, go weigh-ins, weigh-ins, way-ins, not because it's just a language.
Starting point is 00:11:31 That's why you need to have, you know, friends of every culture. Yeah. Because you never know what your name means in a different language. No, it's true. I went to Bali and I found out that and Wayne, it was all over the place. And I was just like, I don't to know to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to tho tho tho tho the the their to to to their name their name their name their their their their their their their their to go. I to go. I went to go. I went to go. I went to go go go. I went to go go go. I went to go go. I went to go. I went to go. I went to go. I went the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tho. I was to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to to to the to the the tho. Way in. And I was just like, I don't know how my name came about, but Wayen means older brother and Indonesia. In Indonesia.
Starting point is 00:11:51 All right. So, and then my grandma, I think she got high. And our last name was Wayne, W.A.N. I think she smoked some weed, it was like, I like Wayans better. Yeah, but speaking on family, but this new special I watched, it's super funny. Thank you. Very touching, very, very emotional.
Starting point is 00:12:15 Yeah. Some would say, I don't know if you, I don't want to spoil anything, but the opening to it already kind of gets you win. Because I don't know if how much I can, I don't want to it already kind of gets you win because I don't know if how much I can I don't want to you can tell you it's on Amazon though to watch it right now it's on no it's on it's on it's about it's called good grief it's, I should clarify, it's super funny, but you talk about you dealing with the death of a lot of people. And what really kind of drew me in right from the first second was the opening sequence, you kind of play these voicemails, your parents. And me walking down the street and I'm walking through all the places that I grew up around New York and where they grew up in Harlem and
Starting point is 00:13:06 You know all because I it was I want the audience to kind of know Get an introduction and an investment into the people into the voices of my mom and my dad and what kind of what I I experienced with them so it's not just like I wonder how they were you get a little slice of it. Right, and did you, were you worried that that'd be too much of a bummer? No, then I knew I had to follow myself. Then you know, you gotta be really funny. So that I like the added pressure, you know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:13:34 It'd be sad if I couldn't overcome it. Like, comedy, the deck against yourself with the voice mail from the... He should have stopped at the beginning. That's all. No, it was very touching because I'm not sure if it's clear but the, you know, your parents passed away. You know, you play the voicemail and I think people who have had parents passed away, they, as soon as you play it, you know, it's all, man, like it really, it really, it really just really gets you in the mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood mood moods for the moods for the moods for the moods for the moods for the moods for the mood you in the mood for laughing at comedy. Dead parents void last words to your son and they're all touching. I'm like, I'm already there like, oh my god, this is the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. I was just like, please.
Starting point is 00:14:16 But it's true, that's when you know it's funny. When you could take something that's not supposed to be something funny, something that is painful, something tha supposed at our news, look with the Daily Shows every day. You take something that is tragic, which is our politics and you go completely funny. It was funny about it. That's very, yeah, that's a very noble pursuit. And yeah, because I'm an aspiring comic myself and I just wondered, like when you do comedy specials, you know, you've been in this industry for so long now, you know, you've seen so many, you know, you've got decades, if not centuries on me in life, and, you know, and you're just so old, even though you don't look at it.
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Starting point is 00:15:26 Don't, A, don't rush. B, wait until you have like enough time under your belt that you understand your point of view. It's only special, I think, when you start digging into pain. And it's okay to drop one or two, but then three, four, five, and six and you start, as you go down on the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, the road, the their, their or two, but then three, four, five, and six, and as you go down the road, I think it's more important not to, because comedians want to talk about the world, they want to talk about sports, they want to talk about pop culture, and want to talk about politics. I think the best comedians talk about themselves, and talk about their pain, and they, and they, and they, and they, and they, and they, and they, and they, and they, and they, and they, and they, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their, and their........... And, and, because, because, because, and, because, because, because, and, because, because, because, and, because, their... And, their. And, their. And, their. And, they.com. they.com, they.com, they.com, they.com, they.com, they. they. their, because, and last longer than anything that is in pop culture in the news.
Starting point is 00:16:07 Sure. Yeah. So, yeah. No, that's, that's wise words. It's almost like you, you get to a place of comedy, you get so good at comedy, you can talk about pain now instead of just trying to. Because it's more therapy, right? It's deeper than just a bunch of jokes.
Starting point is 00:16:26 It's easy to tell jokes for like 60 minutes, but it's hard to have a 60-minute therapy session that has an elixir for the audience to come away with and go, wow, that really helped my life. It's one thing to change their mood, that's what we're they's they's they's they's they's tho, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, if their, if their, if tho, but, thi, thi, thi, but thi, but thi, but thi, but thi, but thi, but thi, but thi, thi, thi, but thi, but thi. thi. It's thi.. It's thi. It's thi. It's thi, but thi, but thi, but thi, but thi, but, but, but thi. It's thi, but, but, but thi, but, but thi, but thi, but thi, thi, thi, thi... It's therapy sessions like I did. Then you did something. All right. And I mean, in your special, you kind of joke about celebrities. And we, you know, I also joke about celebrities, but I think the difference between you and me is that you're famous enough to actually know these people. So when you kind of basically, I don't want to butcher the joke, but when
Starting point is 00:17:07 you talk about Shaq and you're shouldn't even Shaq, you've got to go to this guy's birthday party afterwards. I may skip that. But here, I only talk about people that either I know I could be like Kevin Hart or... That's the next special. The fire... Cold hour on Kevin. Yeah, him or people that I know can't catch me. Shack too big.
Starting point is 00:17:35 His knees is bad. He could barely catch Charles Barkley. He don't want none of this. Okay, I'm staying out this clip. This is... And, you know, like I was saying earlier that I've been watching your family kind of on TV in Malaysia For so long now, he's always such an entertainment family And one of my good friends Roywood Jr. He speaks very highly of you and he always said yeah, and your family is so sprawling and There's a lot of people in entertainment and Roy would tell me like you don't understand how the
Starting point is 00:18:09 Wayans roll they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they don't they they they they they they th the the the th th the the th th their their th th th th th th tho tho th th th th th th th th th th their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their tho tho tho to to to to to to thou to to to thou to their to their their their their their their their thoooooooo' their their the don't understand how the way in's role they don't they don't go NEPO baby they go you got to prove it yourself you got to do the work yeah so I mean the amount of work that Keenan and put me and Sean through was crazy because you can't just show up like I'm a wayant no you show up like, I'm a want. No. You show up and you're going to be a want. People are going to have these high expectations of you. So now we had to go through this rigorous training. When we did Don't Be A Minus, our first movie, my brother Keen made us right 26 drafts of the movie
Starting point is 00:18:38 before we even started filming. And we didn't understand why. And then we did the movie and the director messed the movie up. So they gave us money to film for seven days, a whole new movie. So my brother looks at us and goes, okay, what movie you're gonna write now? We was like, what? We have no more to do. And he was like, he made us go through it. And because we went through those 26 drafts, we were prepared to write to write to write, to write, to write, whole next draft that became Don't Be a
Starting point is 00:19:05 Minus so everything is training because you don't want to fail and when you get these opportunities because if you fail it's going to take so long to get back here so we make sure before we send you out there that you're prepared. So how do I join this family? Because this sounds like Korean boy band training groups where you got people in wherever trained to be weigh-ins that like all loaded up already. You should be do a master class or something on how to be a way-in. I like the Korean boy band thing.
Starting point is 00:19:38 That was hilarious. The Korean boy bands, they train super hard. Well, okay, well, I'm happy. Why do you want to do comedy? You just just join the Korean boy b-. You train super hard, man. Well, okay, well, I'm happy. You want to do comedy. You just join the Korean boy band. You'd be rich and shit right now. No, that's, that's, dude, those guys are literally like, they train like, the Korean boy bands.
Starting point is 00:19:54 They train like, you know,'m very happy to be the first Asian person you ever spoken to. So, it's a real honor for me. Thank you for giving me your time. I don't know. I'm afraid. And yeah, I really appreciate it. But you're a legend, man. Thank you.
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