>> Stephen: OH, HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK, FOLKS.
MY NEXT GUEST IS A COMEDIAN AND ACTOR YOU KNOW AS JIN YANG ON
"SILICON VALLEY."
PLEASE WELCOME JIMMY O. YANG!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I GOTTA GET ME ONE
OF THOSE.
THAT'S A SWEET LINING.
GOTTA REPRESENT.
HEY, I LOVE "SILICON VALLEY."
IT'S A REALLY FUNNY SHOW.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WOULD T.J. MILLER.
YOUR CHARACTER IS RUNNING THE INCUBATOR NOW THAT HE USED TO
RUN.
DID YOU FORCE HIM OUT?
>> NO, I DIDN'T.
MAYBE.
I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, HE MIGHT JUST POP UP ANYWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: HE'S AN ODD CHARACTER.
>> T.J. IS ACTUALLY A GREAT FRIEND AND WE HAVE SUCH GREAT
CHEMISTRY ON THE SHOW.
I WAS REALLY SAD WHEN HE CALLED ME ONE NIGHT AND SAID, "I'M NOT
GOING TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR."
I WAS SAID AND WORRIED.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MY CHARACTER WAS GOING TO DO WITHOUT EHRLICH.
BUT IT WAS A BLESSI BLESSING IN DISGUISE.
I TAKE OVER SOME OF HIS INCUBATOR, AND I TAKE OVER
( BLEEP )-- CAN I SAY THAT ON THE SHOW?
>> Stephen: NO, NOT REALLY, NOT REALLY, BUT IT'S FINE.
>> WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
>> Stephen: YOU WORK ON HBO.
I WORK ON CBS.
>> OH!
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME YOU HAVE EVER BEEN ON A
TALK SHOW, ISN'T IT?
>> YES, DISTAND-UP ONCE ON ARSENIO HALL YEARS AGO, BUT THIS
IS MY FIRST TIME ON THE COACH.
>> Stephen: WELCOME, WELCOME.
( APPLAUSE ) I THINK WE HAVE A CLIP OF YOU
ASSERTING YOUR NEW AUTHORITY AS HEAD OF THE INCUBATOR.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS, DO YOU KNOW?
>> I HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE INCUBATOR, AND IN ORDER TO DO,
THAT I HAVE TO PROVE THAT EHRLICH BACHMANN IS DEAD, AND
THIS IS MY TRYING TO PROVE THAT HE'S DEAD.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
COMEDY.
>> I NEED TO PROVE EHRLICH IS DEAD, SO I WANT TO SHIP A DEAD
BODY FROM CHINA, BUT IT'S HARD TO FIND A WHITE BODY IN CHINA,
ESPECIALLY FAT LIKE ERIC.
SO I BUY A FAT WHITE CADAVER FROM CINCINNATI MEDICAL SCHOOL.
BUT TO SHIP IT TO CHINA, THEY SHIP A BOX, THEY SHIP BACK, IT'S
WAY TOO MUCH MONEY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HE'S GOT A PLAN.
HE'S GOT A PLAN AT LEAST.
>> YEAH, IT'S A MAN WITH A PLAN.
AND THOMAS, GREAT ACTOR, BUT KEEPS CRACK UP WHEN I SAY,
"CINCINNATI MEDICAL SCHOOL" FOR SOME REASON.
THAT TOOK ABOUT 40 TAKES.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK.
IT'S CALLED "HOW TO AMERICAN."
IT'S AN IMMIGRANT'S GUIDE.
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU CAME TO THE UNITED STATES?
>> I WAS 13 YEARS OLD.
I CAME HERE FROM HONG KONG.
>> Stephen: HONG KONG, OKAY.
SO WHAT WERE SOME OF THE HARDEST PARTS OF AMERICAN-ING.
DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?
>> I DO NOW.
BUT THERE WAS -- >> QUITE WELL, QUITE WELL.
>> YEAH, I TRY.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU FIRST GOT HERE?
>> WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I LEARNED ENGLISH HOW AMERICAN
KIDS WOULD LEARN SPANISH, LIKE OPAPER.
BUT IF YOU DUMP A 13-YEAR-OLD KID IN AMERICA, THEY CAN'T
SURVIVE.
AND I BARELY NEW HOW TO SAY "LIBRARY."
AND THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, I REMEMBER JUST-- THE SLANG.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE SLANG.
AND I GIRL CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, ," WHEN ASSUP?"
THEY DIDN'T TEACH ME THAT IN HONG KONG.
I LOOKED UP FOR, LIKE, FIVE SECONDS.
AND I LOOKED DOWN.
I WAS LIKE, "WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WHAT'S UP THERE?" FIRST PERIOD EVERYBODY STOOD UP
AND PUT THEIR HAND ON THEIR CHEST AND STARTING RECITING "THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE."
THEY DIDN'T TEACH THAT YOU IN HONG KONG.
>> Stephen: THERE'S NO "PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE" IN HONG KONG?
>> NO.
IT WAS SO INTERESTING.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THOSE WORDS MEANT, EVEN.
AND I JUST TRIED TO FOLLOW IT SO I DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THE NEW
FOREIGN KID WHO WAS WEIRD.
I STOOD UP AND STARTED PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE.
IT WAS LIKE JOINING A CULT.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH.
DO YOU-- DO YOUR PARENTS-- ARE THEY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE A
COMEDIAN?
>> I DON'T THINK THEY GET IT.
MY DAD STILL CALLS IT A "TALK SHOW."
I GUESS I AM NOW FINALLY DOING A TALK SHOW.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: SO HE THINKS THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO END UP
DOOR, OR HE CALLS DOING STAND-UP A TALK SHOW?
>> HE CALLS DOING STAND-UP A TALK SHOW.
THERE WAS NO STAND UP IN CHINA.
THE FIRST STAND-UP I SAW WAS ON B.E.T.
>> Stephen: NOT A LOT OF CHINESE GUYS ON THAT.
>> NOT AT ALL.
BUT THEY TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT CULTURE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS WHITE PEOPLE DO THIS, BLACK PEOPLE DO
THAT.
IN CHINA, IT WAS ALL JUST CHINESE PEOPLE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: ARE YOU-- ARE YOU
SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T TELL CHINESE PEOPLE APART?
BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF RACIST!
THAT'S KIND OF RACIST JIMMY O.
YANG.
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY, BUT SO NOW YOU'VE MADE IT.
YOU'RE-- YOU'RE EMPLOYED.
HOW DID YOU GET THE JOB, BY THE WAY, ON "SILICON VALLEY"?
>> IT WAS PRETTY CRAZY.
I GRADUATE U.C.S.B.-- I'M NOT AS FANCY AS YALE.
ANGELA BASSETT MIGHT BE MORE ASIAN THAN I AM.
>> Stephen: WHY, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF--
>> I COULDN'T GET INTO YALE.
>> Stephen: THERE ARE A LOT OF ASIAN STUDENTS IN YALE.
>> I AM A MEDIOCRE ASIAN AT BEST.
I COULDN'T GET INTO U.C.L.A., SO I ENDED UP AT U.C. SAN DIEGO.
I WAS AN ECONOMICS MAJOR.
THAT WAS THE EASIEST MAJOR THAT WOULD STILL PLEASE A FOREIGN
PARENT.
I COULDN'T CUT IT AS AN ENGINEER.
I WAS ABOUT TO GRADUATE, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
I JUST KNEW I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ECONOMICS.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THE ONE THING YOU HAD BEEN STUDYING FOR FOUR
YEARS.
>> FIVE YEARS, IT TOOK ME FIVE YEARS.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> LOWERING THE BAR.
>> Stephen: JUST TELL YOUR PARENTS YOU WERE INVITED BACK
ANOTHER YEAR YOU WERE SO GOOD.
>> YEAR, LIKE THE FIFTH SEASON OF A SHOW.
( LAUGHTER ) SO WHEN I WAS GRADUATING, I WAS
JUST TOTALLY LOST.
AND MY COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER HAPPENED TO BE MIKE JUDGE.
I HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE GRADUATE AS A PHYSICS MAJOR AND
HATED HIS JOB IN THE 80s IN SILICON VALLEY AND ENDED UP IN
COMEDY.
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO GO INTO ACTING.
MIKE, WHO DIDN'T KNOW I WAS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DAY
DURING HIS COMMENCEMENT SPEECH, GAVE ME THE BREAK.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A FULL CIRCLE RIGHT THERE.
NOW THAT YOU'RE ON THE SHOW, NOW DO YOUR PARENTS GET IT?
NOW DO THEY THINK YOU'RE FUNNY?
>> NO.
MY DAD WOULD SAY, "NO, NO, YOU'RE NOT FUNNY."
( LAUGHTER ) HE WILL GIVE IT UP.
HE WILL BE LIKE, "I DON'T THINK YOUR STAND-UP IS FUNNY BUT I
THINK 'SILICON VALLEY' IS FUNNY BECAUSE I THINK THE WRITING IS
GOOD."
>> Stephen: GOT TO LOVE THEM.
>> MY MOM DOESN'T GET IT AT ALL.
THE FIRST TIME I SHOWED HER "SILICON VALLEY," SHE SAID,
"JIMMY, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU DON'T HUNCH YOUR
BACK."
>> Stephen: YOUR MOM IS WORRIED ABOUT YOUR BACK?
>> I SAID I'M PLAYING A CHARACTER.
AND SHE SAID PLAY SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HUNCH THEIR BACK.
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU.
"HOW TO AMERICAN" IS IN STORES TODAY.
JIMMY O. YANG, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY JACK JOHNSON.