My son was born and the doctor handed me my son.
It's crazy as a father because I knew I would die for him,
right?
And I don't even know this dude.
He could be a terrible human being, but I would die for him, you know.
But when they handed me my daughter,
oh, it was different.
I was like, oh OK, OK.
I would kill for you.
I became a murderer. Overnight
fellow Texan actor TV,
host and comedian Michael Yo is known for making his audience
laugh through the stories of his life and so much more.
Yeah, he just made me laugh and today he isn't lying either because he's indeed
on in the studio right now.
Hey, I want to help,
I want you to help us welcome the Houston natives and fellow Scorpio Michael.
We got super warmed up earlier.
So
how are you
doing?
I'm great. I'm great. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
You know, I feel like that,
you know, that stand up piece right there resonates with anyone and it's so true like
the father of
a
boys and girls. So, you know, when my daughter was born, they didn't tell me that.
At first they're a little scrunched up and a little,
you know, I didn't realize that that was real shocking. Yeah.
That whole process of when you've never seen a baby. Yeah, it comes out.
You're like, oh,
and then the
doctor was like, no, it's ok. That's how they all look.
That's how they all look how you look as well at one point in your life.
But, you know, we're so excited that you're here in San Antonio.
You're here for a couple days for your, do I live tour? Why? That title?
Well, my mom is Asian and Korean and,
and she will say the most ruthless thing and go do I lie?
And then I'm like, oh no, you're not lying.
Like because she always, like she told my wi my wife doesn't cook that much.
She walked into her kitchen and goes, oh, beautiful kitchen for no cooking.
And then we were like, oh
a
little
jazz and they can get away with it. But then my mom goes, do I lie? And
no, no, you're telling the
truth.
So that's what we're doing on stage. We're just having some fun.
My comedy show is about bringing people together.
You know, I really feel I'm put on this earth to bring people together,
to make them laugh, not divisive, no politics.
It's just good fun that people can just relate to your experience is having,
you know, is your mother first generation or your first generation?
Oh,
yeah. Well, my mom's, uh, first generation here but
my dad was born here. You know. So you get the best of both worlds. That's right.
It's kind of my household too. Having, uh, my father came from Mexico.
So, like there's so many cultural barriers still but it's,
it makes your life kind of more interesting.
Yes, it does. Yes.
And it doesn't matter like what culture you come from, what ethnicity you are.
We all got a person in our family that speaks their mind all the time, no matter what,
we all got a sensitive one in the family, we all got.
So people relate to the show like that because they can take
a piece of it and they can take it home and go.
You're just like this person,
Michael Yo's family.
I was about to ask you is your mom's name? Virginia
because she,
because she sounds a lot like my mom. Oh
no, no,
we can't say my mom's name.
Yeah. Yeah. But my mom's name is Ku sounds very familiar.
I can totally, I can totally. Right.
OK. So you started your career with chess
uh Chelsea handler.
She says it like it is
always I'm around, I surround myself with a lot of women that say says it like it is.
No. Chelsea started me on uh Chelsea lately
I became good friends with Joe Coy and from Joe,
Joe Coy was my mentor in comedy and things just took off after that.
I went out and now I'm doing it on my own. Oh my God. Old footage of like
I was
a
baby.
Incredible though to say you, you know, you kept going. Was this always your dream?
You said you're meant to know people together though.
So that's the thing my dream was to bring people together,
but it came in different like entertainment at
the time was to bring people together.
This was based off of that. I, I live my life in saying yes.
When there's an opportunity, somebody's like, hey, you wanna do this?
Yes, because you miss out on so many opportunities saying no.
And comedy was one that the door opened. I tried it, loved it.
And now it's the career I chose, you know, so she seems like a great person.
She's an amazing person. And
the thing about Chelsea and I tell everybody, she is one of the most loyal people.
Like, like she can give you a hard time on the show.
But once those cameras cut off, she's the nicest person you'll meet
when someone is down to earth like that or sometimes they are how you see them still.
They still are that way right now. Don't get me wrong. She doesn't like you.
She'll let you know
she'll
let you
in.
But you know, that's good. I think that's a good thing.
100% honest is perfectly fine. I think it's the way to go.
But, you know, you, aside from that you have hosted on TV,
I remember seeing you on extra.
I
used
to watch you, you know, so it's super inspiring as well, you know,
to be here listening to your story.
But now you have a podcast and I love that your wife joins you quite often
bring all sorts of celebs on the show. Yeah.
You know, I, it's a thing where I feel today it's about, uh, creating your own brand.
You know, and I, I, when I,
when I used to interview the rock and all these big celebrities,
they were telling me about their dreams.
I was like, oh, I'm gonna live my dream. You know, I wanna do what I wanna do.
So everything I do now I own and I just feel like that's the future.
There's ways you can get out your message to people
and your fans and that's what I'm all about.
Just bringing people to, you know, see the comedy, see my family,
see my parents that are crazy in a podcast.
So that's what makes it fun.
Well, you know, speaking of fun. Oh, what do we want? We like to have fun. Let's do it.
All
right. Yes, it is. It is time to have some fun. You wanna, you wanna play games?
Let's do it. All right. This is truth or lie. Bring it on OK.
Statements they pertain to our city. Oh, Ok, San Antonio, I'm from Houston.
So let's see. What? Ok.
First one. All right, let's begin.
The San Antonio Spurs have won six NBA Championships. Truth or Lies.
Well, I know they've won three. I will say that's a lie.
No, but I know they won three, I think. Three, at least three, at least three.
I remember.
So, five total so far we are always in the race for S
Paul. You made a little joke. I made a little joke earlier.
Yeah, we won six games this year. It was a race for,
but y'all got like the future, we got the future Wendy.
We
all right.
Inventor Gatorade was a San Antonio native through their life. That's false.
He was from Florida.
We have that. It's true. True.
But I thought the guy was from Florida.
Hey, I didn't write this.
I thought the guy was.
No,
no, no, it might be,
it might be true. But I know he actually, maybe he was working in Florida.
He was working at the Florida Gators, but maybe he's from San Antonio now. You know,
we learned something.
Yeah, I was, I was right with you though. OK.
San Antonio is one of the most haunted c 100% true. I know this.
I used to go to the Alamo, stay at the hotels.
And the first thing as a kid, the first thing that people say there's ghosts here.
It's like, why would you tell that? She's a nine year old kid.
So, get a good night's sleep. I had a good
night sleep.
There's ghost all around here.
You're less friendly. No, no, no. So, yes, I know. That's true. Ok. Truth or lie.
Our city holds the Guinness world record for the smallest cowboy boots in world.
We have them on display somewhere here. Smallest cowboy boots.
Well, it has to be true if you have a display.
Biggest cowboy.
Oh, the big one, the big ones at North Star Mall. That's right.
I gotta go take a picture there. Are you seen them?
I've seen them. I'm from Texas. I'm,
I'm from Texas. I come
to
San Antonio a lot. All right. This is the last question, is a
very important question.
All right, great day. S A is the best show in the world. 100%
has the best crew too. Don't
do. They're
saying
we love
it.
So, ok, you're here tonight tomorrow.
You
need to get tickets, two shows tonight, two shows tomorrow. What's the website?
Lol San
antonio.com,
Michael,
check him out on social media. Please follow
his podcast and hopefully he comes to join us again on great days.
So, and by the way, I've got to find out where you got that from. I have no idea.
My wife, my wife buys all my clothes. Ok.
Yes, I have no taste. Well,
we had that.
I just wake up and she's like I got this. I was like, great. I'll put it on.
The woman knows, the woman knows,
the woman always knows. Thank you so much for being with us. We're gonna cook
one throughout the
show with Michael. We're gonna cook in a little bit. Speaking of that local.