HEY, EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK.
MY NEXT GUEST IS A STAND-UP COMEDIAN WHO HAS AN HBO SPECIAL
OUT NOW CALLED "THE INTRUDER." MY FAMILY RAISED ME ON MIND
TRICKS, THESE MIND TRICKS AND IF YOU ARE AN IMMIGRANT OR CHIRP OF
IMMIGRANT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO RELATE, YEAH, BECAUSE WE LOVE
OUR FAMILIES, THEY ARE JUST SO SEEMINGLY GENEROUS.
THERE WAS EAT, PLEASE, EAT, PLEASE.
DID YOU EAT, NO. EAT, PLEASE, EAT, EAT, EAT, EAT.
EAT. DID YOU EAT?
NO, I DIDN'T THINK SO. EAT, PLEASE, EAT, DID YOU EAT,
NO, PLEASE, EAT, EAT, NO, PLEASE, DID YOU EAT, NO, PLEASE,
EAT, EAT, EAT, DID YOU EAT, I DON'T THINK.
SO I COOK, NOW, EAT, EAT, EAT. AND THE NEXT TIME THEY SEE YOU
THEY CALL YOU FAT. PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE
SHOW," ATSUKO OKATSUKA. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HELLO. >> HI.
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU, THANKS FOR COMING ON.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, STAND HONOR.
>> Stephen: THAT'S LOVELY FOR YOU TO SAY.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: IT IS A PLEASURE
TO YOU HAVE HERE. >> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU THE INTRUDER IS ON ALL KINDS OF BEST
COMEDY SPECIALS IN 2022, THAT MUST BE VERY SATISFYING.
>> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: YEAH, WE GOT "THE
NEW YORK TIMES" SAID IT, VARIETY SAID IT, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN
PROCESSING THE SUCCESS? >> YEAH, IT'S SO WILD, IT'S SO
COOL. SOMETHING THAT STARTED SO HERE
IN MY HEAD, YOU KNOW N MY BRAIN, COULD BE SO RELATABLE TO THE
WHOLE WORLD, YOU KNOW. YOU CAN ONLY HOPE AND IT'S
REALLY COOL THAT PEOPLE IN QATAR ARE WATCHING IT.
KAZAKHSTAN, I SWEAR, HEY, I'M FROM QATAR, I'M WATCHING YOU YOU
AND IT IS SO WILD. I DIDN'T KNOW HBO HIT SO MANY
PLACES. BUT CANADA.
NO, IT'S NOT PLAYING THERE. >> Stephen: IT'S NOT
AVAILABLE. >> NO,.
>> Stephen: NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA.
WOW, THAT REPRESSIVE TRUDEAU REGIME.
>> IT'S SO WILD. INDIA IS PLAYING BUT CANADA IS
LIKE WE CAN'T, AND IT'S RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW.
IT'S LIKE RIGHT THERE. >> Stephen: WALK UP TO THE
BORDER, THROW IT ACROSS LAKE ERIE.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU PREPARE
FOR DOING A SPECIAL. >> YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW,
REPUTATION-- REPETITION. I ALSO TRAVELED A LOT, YOU KNOW,
TO PRACTICE FOR IT I WENT TO EDINBORO.
I RAN IT 26 TIME TESS FRINGEE FESTIVAL THERE, I PERFORMED FOR
PEOPLE I NEVER, YOU KNOW, EVEN HEARD OF.
SCOTTISH FARMERS, THAT WILL MAKE YOU REALLY STRONG, YOU KNOW.
THEY JUST KIND OF LOOK AT LIKE I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A
TRAGIC PLAY. THE WHOLE TIME, YOU KNOW.
AND THEN FOR FRENCH CANADIANS I DID PERFORM IN MONTREAL.
AND THAT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY KIND OF REALTIME TRANSLATE
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. BECAUSE FRENCH IS THEIR FIRST
LANGUAGE, SO IT IS KIND OF LIKE PERFORMING ON ZOOM, YOU KNOW.
THERE IS-- . >> Stephen: A LITTLE DELAY.
>> A LITTLE DELAY, A LITTLE LAG WHERE YOU DO THE PUNCH LINE AND
THEY'RE LIKE-- YEAH T WAS REALLY CUTE, YEAH.
SO THAT IS KIND OF HOW, JUST DOING IT ALL OVER THE WORLD TO
SEE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE IF YOUR
COMEDY STANDS RELATABLE WORLDWIDE, YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT IS DIRECTEDDED BY OUR FRIEND SIGNIFICANT
NATARO. >> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW DID Y'ALL MEET?
>> WE MET THROUGH THIS NETFLIX STAND UP COMPETITION SHOW THAT
NEVER AIRED. BUT I WAS ONE OF THE
CONTESTANTS, 30 COMEDIANS, SIGNIFICANT, KNEEL AND COLE, AND
IT IS LIKE THE VOICE FOR STAND UP COMEDY.
>> Stephen: WHY DIDN'T IT EVER AIR.
>> THIS THING HIT THE ENTIRE-- ENTIRE WORLD.
>> Stephen: THIS IS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
>> THE PANDEMIC, YEAH, SHUT IT DOWN.
>> Stephen: WOW. >> YEAH, BUT WE GOT TO MEET AND
WE BECAME FRIENDS THROUGH IT AND SHE IS SO BUSY, YOU KNOW, SHE
PLAYS PICKLEBALL. >> Stephen: SURE, AN ACTION
MOVIE STAR. >> ACTION MOVIE STAR.
STILL DOING STAND UP, YOU KNOW. >> Stephen: THE TWO KIDS.
>> YES, AND YOU KNOW, SHE EVEN SAID IN INTERVIEWS I DON'T WANT
TO DIRECT ANY MORE AND BUT I STILL ACT.
AND SHE SAID YES, THAT IS HOW THAT CAME TO.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE THE SECOND ASIAN WOMAN TO HAVE A HBO COMEDY
SHOW AFTER MARGARET CHO. AND I UNDERSTAND SHE HAD AN
INFLUENCE ON YOU. HOW DID YOU FIRST LEARN ABOUT
MARRING RET. >> SO WE WERE IN CHURCH-- .
>> Stephen: YOU AND MARGARET WERE IN CHURCH.
>> KIND OF, HER DVD WAS AT CHURCH.
IT WAS DURING A SERMON AND ONE OF MY CHURCH MATES, CHURCHEES.
>> Stephen: CHURCH GOERS. >> PLIE FELLOW CHURCH GO GOERS
WHISPERED AT ME, HEY, AND PASSED ME THE DVD LIKE IT WAS SOME
CONTRA BAND. AND I TOOK IT HOME.
I HAD NEVER SEEN STAND UP COMEDY BEFORE.
>> Stephen: OF ANY KIND. >> OF ANY KIND.
I WAS PRETTY NEW TO THE STAGE AND IT WAS SO COOL SEEING
SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE ME DOING, JUST STANDING THERE FOR
AN HOUR. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS A JOB,
THAT YOU COULD JUST TALK FUNNY FOR AN HOUR.
AND SO THAT REALLY WAS LIKE, IT HIT ME HARD AND IT ALSO, I THINK
YOU KNOW, IT STARTED MAKING ME THINK THIS IS HOW MY PASTOR
IS-- YOU KNOW, KIND OF A DRY SPEAKER.
AND IT REALLY LIKE PUT THE-- STANDARDS WERE HIGH AFTER
WATCHING SOMEONE TALK FUNNY FOR AN HOUR.
>> Stephen: YEAH. I HAVE SOME BIBLE FRIENDLY
JOKES. >> Stephen: DO YOU MIND
SHARING ONE. >> SURE, YEAH SO MY
BROTHER-IN-LAW JUST BOUGHT A GENESIS, A CAR, PRETTY PRICEY,
YOU KNOW. OF THOSE, I WOULD HAVE TO GET ME
A JOB. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
>> Stephen: GOD BLESS YOU. >> STUFF LIKE THAT THAT I FEEL
LIKE MY PASTOR COULD HAVE BEEN DOING, BUT NO, JUST OPEN UP PAGE
FIVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT. >> Stephen: NOW IN SOCIAL
MEDIA, YOU HAVE CREATED A PHENOMENON WITH SOMETHING YOU
CALL THE DROP CHALLENGE WITH YOUR GRANDMA.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: CAN YOU EXPLAIN,
BEFORE YOU SHOW IT CAN I SHOW ME THE ORIGIN OF THE DROP
CHALLENGE. >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE SONG
PARTITION BY BEYONCE AND THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL BEAT DROP THAT
HAPPENS OVER AND OVER. THAT SONG JUST ALWAYS STUCK WITH
ME THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AND I SAID GOD, WOULDN'T IT BE
FUNNY IF LIKE EVERY TIME THE BEAT DROPS YOUR BODY DOES TOO.
AND SO I JUST STARTED DOING IT AROUND LITTLE TOKYO OF LOS
ANGELES WITH MY GRANDMA AND POSTED IT AND EVERYONE IN THE
WORLD WAS LIKE WE WANT TO DO IT TOO.
AND THAT IS ALSO HOW HOW IT GOT TO MAITIONS IN LIKE QATAR.
>> Stephen: LIKE A BILLION PEOPLE WATCH IT.
>> YEAH, TERRY CRUISE HAS DONE T SERENA WILLIAMS HAS DONE IT AND
I LEARNED SO MANY DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS DO IT TOO BECAUSE I
LIVE UNDER A ROCK S WHAT I SOUND LIKE.
BUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE DOING IT AT THEIR JOBS.
SO NURSES WERE DOING IT. ROCK SPLITTERS, THAT IS THEIR
JOB. >> Stephen: ROCK SPLITTERS.
>> YES, THERE SAY MAN WHO SPLITS ROCKS FOR A LIVING SO EVERY TIME
HE WOULD SPLIT IT HE WOULD DROP AND HIT THE ROCK.
>> Stephen: LET'S SHOW THE FOLKS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
>> GIVE ME DROP. ♪
♪ >> Stephen: I SAW IT, THAT IS
FANTASTIC. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, SNS ISN'T
THAT BEAT JUST TOUCH YOU. >> Stephen: IT DOES.
BUT WHEN I HEARD WERE YOU DOING THIS WITH YOUR GRANDMA, I
THOUGHT YOUR GRANDMA WAS GOING TO DO IT TOO, THAT WOULD BE
THE-- WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT WAS GREAT. "THE INTRUDER" IS STREAMING NOW
ON HBO MAX. ATSUKO OKATSUKA, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. (APPLAUSE)