LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "KNOCKED UP,"
"THE HANGOVER," AND "COMMUNITY."
PLEASE WELCOME, KEN JONG!
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HAVE A SEAT.
WELL, GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IS ANYTHING WRONG?
NO, OH, NO.
>> Stephen: LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, WHICH WAS A YEAR AND A
HALF AGO, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I ONLY ASK BECAUSE YOU
DANCED OUT THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE.
I LOVED IT SO MUCH I ACTUALLY-- I HAD A CLIP--
>> OOOOH...
>> Stephen: ...OF YOU.
YOU SEEMED VERY HAPPY, AND THEN-- THAT'S GOOD, JIM, THANKS
VERY MUCH.
I THINK WE GOT THE...
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
JUST SEEMS VERY DIFFERENT THAN NOW.
YOU SEEM LIKE ARE YOU UPSET?
>> NO, I'M JUST TRYING TO REBRAND MYSELF AND MY BRAND, AND
IT'S JUST MORE OF THE, KIND OF THE LESS-FLASHY, MORE QUIET,
INTROSPECTIVE ME, AND I LIKE IT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SO YOU DON'T-- YOU
DON'T WANT TO-- YOU DON'T WANT TO DANCE AT ALL?
>> YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING-- I MEAN, THOSE WERE
GREAT TIMES AND I CERTAINLY ENJOYED THAT, BUT I MEAN, THERE
IS JUST SOME RESIDUAL.
OKAY-- SORRY, LET'S JUST-- JUST KIND OF--
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> I'M-- OKAY.
I--
I JUST-- IT-- WHO AM I KIDDING?
YOU CAN'T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS!
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> GUESS WHO'S BACK!
>> Stephen: SO, YOU USED TO BE A DOCTOR.
( LAUGHTER ) DID YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU WERE A
DOCTOR?
>> I DANCED IN EVERY EXAM ROOM.
KIDDING.
>> Stephen: REALLY, YOU DIDN'T DANCE FOR A PAP SMEAR?
>> NO IN -- >> Stephen: WHOA!
HERE WE GO.
>> HERE WE GO!
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I WANT $5 WORTH OF
WHATEVER YOU'RE ON.
( LAUGHTER ) I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE
HAPPY.
I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE HAPPY, MAN.
>> VERY HAPPY, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THE THING ABOUT THE DOCTOR-- HOW LONG WERE YOU A
DOCTOR?
>> I WAS A DOCTOR FOR SEVEN YEARS AT AN HMO, KAISER
PERMANENTE.
MY WIFE'S A DOCTOR, STILL WORKS THERE, KAISER.
>> Stephen: YOU WORKED SO HARD TO BE A DOCTOR.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO MAKE THE SWITCH?
LIKE, WHY DID YOU GO, "AH, ENOUGH OF HELPING PEOPLE.
LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE."
>> NO, MEDICINE IS THE BEST MEDICINE.
HAVE YOU TRIED KLONOPIN?
>> Stephen: DID YOU BRING ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE.
>> IT'S IN THE BACK OF MY CAMRY.
DO YOU WANT SOME?
NO, ACTUALLY, I BOOKED MY FIRST MOVIE, ACTUALLY, WITH PAUL RUDD,
AS A DOCTOR ON "KNOCKED UP."
I PLAYED THE DOCTOR IN "KNOCKED UP."
AND I DELIVERED KATHERINE HEIGL'S FAKE BABY OUT OF HER
FAKE VA-JAY-JAY.
>> Stephen: I WOULDN'T KNOW.
>> IT'S FINE.
IT'S ALL FAKE.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
>> BUT IT WAS THE GREATEST MOMENT OF MY CREATIVE LIFE AT
THAT TIME.
EVERYBODY WHO WAS ANYBODY WAS IN THAT MOVIE.
LESLIE MANN, CRAIG ROBINSON, BILL HADER, JONAH HILL, JASON
SIEGEL, ADAM SCOTT-- IT WAS LIKE "THE AVENGERS" OF COMEDY IN THAT
MOVIE.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST MOVIE I DID WHILE HAVING MY DAY JOB.
I TOOK A VACATION WEEK -- >> Stephen: FROM BEING A
DOCTOR.
>> FROM BEING A DOCTOR I TOOK FOUR DAYS OUT AND I PLAYED A
FAKE DOCTOR FOR FOUR DAYS.
AND IT WAS JUST HEAVEN SENT WORKING FOR JUDD.
AND I GOT TO MEET EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF MY HEROES IN
COMEDY.
AND TOW THIS DAY IT REMAINS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS WHEN JUDD
APATOW SAID, "YOU'RE MY DISCOVERY.
I WILL PUT YOU IN ALL MY MOVIES.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO WORK WITH YOU SOME MORE."
IT'S BECAUSE OF HIM THAT I HAVE A CAREER.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL.
( APPLAUSE ) YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN THE NEXT DAY I HAD TO GO BACK TO KAISER.
( LAUGHTER ) AND I WAS SO-- THIS IS TRUE.
I WAS VERY DEPRESSED GOING BACK TO WORK.
I JUST COULDN'T-- I COULDN'T GO BACK.
IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GO PRO.
I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO SEE EYE JUST COULDN'T STEE A PATIENT--
THERE WERE PATIENTS WAITING FOR HOURS TO SEE ME THE NEXT DAY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
AND I LITERALLY WAS JUST LIKE IN THE WHOLE TIME, LIKE A DEBBIE
DOWNER.
AND MY NURSE CAME OUT TO ME AND SAYS, "DR. JEONG YOU HAVE A
PATIENT IN EXAM ROOM 2 THAT WANTS TO SEE I."
AND I WAS LIKE, "WELL, NURSE, YOU HAVE A DOCTOR WHO DOESN'T
GIVE A (BLEEP).
I JUST DID A MOVIE, CAROL!
IT WAS AN APATOW!
YOU DON'T GET IT, MAN!"
SO I QUIT MY JOB.
I ACTUALLY AT THAT POINT, I QUIT MY MEDICAL JOB-- I SAW A COUPLE
MORE PATIENTS, AND THEN I QUIT.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THEN ONCE I QUIT MY JOB, MY
STRICT TRADITIONAL KOREAN DAD WAS VERY, VERY PISSED.
HE ALWAYS WANTED ME TO BE A DOCTOR HIS WHOLE LIFE, AND WHEN
I MADE THE DECISION TO QUIT HE WAS LIKE, "YOU BRING SHAME TO
JEONG FAMILY!" AND THEN AFTER "THE HANGOVER,"
"WE ARE SO PROUD."
( APPLAUSE ) "OF YOUR TINY DING DONG."
( LAUGHTER ) SO WHEN YOU GET "HANGOVER"
FAMOUS, IT KIND OF CHANGES THE ASIAN FATHER FROM FATHER TO
FREELOADER REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW.
WHEN I WAS A KID HE WAS LIKE, "YOU BETTER GET ME GOOD GRADES."
AND NOW HE'S LIKE, "YOU BETTER GET ME S-CLASS MERCEDES!
NO E-CLASS!" >> Stephen: YOU'RE A GOOD SON.
WELL, LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN SEE KEN AT CAROLINE'S ON BROADWAY AND ON
TOUR AROUND THE COUNTRY, KEN JEONG, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY FLORENCE & THE
MACHINE.