what's up what's going on everybody
welcome to our second video in
collaboration with ABC inspire brother
new show fresh off the boat alright so
today we're at a cool Asian bakery we
got some boba we got some crazy baked
goods and we're gonna talk about the
most embarrassing but funny stories we
have being raised by immigrant parents
yeah cuz you know fresh off the boat is
about an immigrant family trying to
figure it out in America in my case you
know as we're here at the Asian bakery
immediately the first thing I think of
is food well let's talk food cuz there's
so much to talk about I remember when I
was a kid growing up in elementary
school my parents would never ever buy
me the little square hand with the
square cheese with a circle hand too
crummy crackers in that was just too
expensive and I remember my mom would
just no no that's too expensive
something funny that my mom always used
to do she wouldn't exactly give me that
meal that came with the toy but she
would give me a $1 menu and then she
would go to the counter and ask them if
they would give me a toy nine times out
of ten it would actually work and to be
honest I didn't even know there was any
other items on the menu
other than the dollar menu Oh until I
got my own money I couldn't order it
still carries with me the day because
even today I'm still ordering off the
dollar menu a lot we talked about being
raised up by immigrant parents you have
to include the saving money part yes
which could be embarrassing and funny of
the same mother basically our pantry was
dictated by what was on sale that week
so whatever snacks our cereal even grew
like if the strawberries were on sale my
mom was stocking up but if they weren't
we just weren't eating them so one funny
story I have about my parents trying to
save money is them going up to my
basketball coaches and asking them if
they had low income discounts for being
on an expensive basketball team and my
coach would always be like yo rich man
you parents be trippin man and he would
joke about at practice and stuff
you know they just doing this thing when
we deal with a family my mom would buy a
1t and we would share it amongst six of
us cuz you're gonna order tea and then
it will come with the tea bag tea bag
then you order what or hot waters or
something you take the back nine the
waiter comes back she's like did you
guys what a Morty we're like no that's
actually really smart I've never thought
about that tea leaves go a long way and
a big part of our childhoods growing up
was definitely my mom returning a lot of
things and she still does to this day
and it's not a bad thing because it
saved us a lot of money because she
would always be like hey guys money back
gaurantee it says it right here on the
box you're Dennis she returns fruit my
mom has returned grapes before when it
comes to my mom everything can be
returned ain't no shame in the return
games so a lot of people realize be like
yo David I noticed your family's always
buying cars and my beard colors no
that's just cuz that's just the cheapest
one available is the purple or the - you
were like it wasn't purple it was how
did differ from what you guys did my
parents would actually buy the expensive
car right but then they would have a
brown van that was worth like 500
dollars that they would drive around so
they didn't have to drive the nice car
everywhere right no I remember the name
for it you called it the turd stirrer
hahaha we have four girls in the house I
remember getting hand-me-downs from our
cousin Dennis who is from Hong Kong so
we get all these funky Hong Kong brands
like clothes we go crazy
Rocco get different funny windbreaker
jackets and we get this big box from my
aunt and uncle and then oh yeah time to
go and then I bring back a bunch of
clothes for me for the school year but
on the shoes it would have like four
patches of different brands so you
couldn't go wrong with it you had
everything yeah here's my dad
I think associated a nerdy girl with
like the best wife ever
which I mean there's of course good
quality to that I think it was so funny
cousin Everett and passive-aggressive
way you'd be like oh yeah what about her
man she seems smart David I just
remember my dad look at me with a
straight face ago if you really think
about it it is best not to date until
after college and you have it charm ten
years okay to have
but before you are after college and
have a job then having a girlfriend will
only distract you from your goals now
you're gonna say destroy you one thing
that I can really relate to
fresh-off-the-boat is Eddie's father
Lewis loves American culture I thought
it was interesting because my mom really
embraced American pop culture my dad was
definitely more on the traditional side
Eddie's dad is more into American
culture than his mom
though I remember sometimes watching
American shows with my dad dad could
always like make comments at things that
you didn't approve of just some girls
show up on the screen maybe in like
skirts for whatever reason my dad doing
what show is this like he's been
watching it for like 45 minutes and then
all of a sudden what we watching we're
gonna - my dad would always sit down
watch for about like three minutes see
somebody didn't like oh are you guys
turning it off change the channel
you tie this in a fresh off the bow and
I think this is why a lot of people are
excited about the show because even
though it is based around an Asian
particularly Chinese family I think
you're gonna see a lot of things that
all immigrant kids do and there's gonna
be this whole immigrant kind of
experience is very similar about not
understanding American culture I think
any kid world with immigrant parents can
relate to the fact that one if you can
look back on your life experiences these
are pretty funny okay that gives you a
sense of humor
it also gives you a different
perspective on American culture even
though you know there's definitely pros
and cons you know whether you're not
being fully accepted as American you
don't feel as American as other kids but
you also have this other culture here
that helps you look at things through a
different lens I
that is also put in a different way and
if you can use those things to your
advantage it's awesome alright guys that
was it for reminiscing of the funny or
embarrassing stories from immigrant
parents there was like a literally some
stories I hadn't thought about for like
15 years so that was really crazy
throwing back down memory lane again
this list was inspired by the new ABC
show fresh off the boat so again make
sure you check out the new ABC show
fresh off the boat on February 4th with
a very special two episode for me at
8:30 7:30 Central and then after that
check out another all-new episode on
February 10th at 8 7 central well peace