- Hey, I'm Jo Koy.
And it's time for Ask a Comedian,
where I answer questions
from Netflix fans about anything and everything.
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Man, I can go on for days on that one.
First and foremost, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor.
And then of course, Robin Williams.
Coming up as a comic,
I loved watching
Whoopi Goldberg, Sinbad,
Richard Jeni, Brian Regan.
I mean, there were so many specials out there
that I could not stop watching.
That's basically my Mount Rushmore right there.
That's a lot.
What are your travel pet peeves?
Over-packers. Can't stand over-packers.
It makes me want to break up with people.
Do you believe in ghosts?
Yeah, I believe in ghosts, man.
I've experienced paranormal activity.
Are you kidding me?
We rented out a house in Hawaii, and day three,
I called the owner and said,
"Man, we got to get out of here.
This place is haunted. Can we get some money back?"
You know, my little nephew got possessed, glasses breaking.
I can go on. Knocking on the doors...
Like, it was legit haunted
and they wouldn't give us the money back.
But we left anyways.
It was nuts.
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Man, you guys are gonna hate me, man.
I don't really care for New York style pizza.
I like the chains.
I love Round Table. Round Table Pizza all day, man.
The hardest part about writing a book
is reading your own book.
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Yes, I got my son-- that's my son's sign there.
Oh, I got my little nephew there.
I got birthdays.
They're little tiny tattoos, but it's kind of addicting.
So I will be getting more.
Favorite pop song?
I mean, legendary Michael Jackson's
"Man in the Mirror" is still by far the best pop song ever.
You put it on in any situation,
you got the whole room singing, guaranteed.
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I think the best one that I have is when I was opening
for this comic. We were doing, like, these really
bad casino runs, like Elko, Nevada.
It's a bunch of truckers,
and we were in, like, this little hall,
just a bunch of chairs all
over the place and it was just like a running spotlight.
There was a table of girls just screaming.
I ended up saying something very bad.
I shouldn't have said it, but they were being loud.
Whatever I said, I pissed off that table.
The guy in front of the spotlight, sitting in front
of the spotlight stands up, and you literally
can just see an outline, cowboy hat and everything.
And he goes, "That's my sister.
Don't you talk about my fucking sister."
Really? This is what I got to deal with right now.
Like, where do you go, what do you do, man?
I'm in the middle of Elko, Nevada, and I--
I just remember apologizing.
And then I had to do this whole thing about how
he would kick my ass or he would hog-tie me
and beat me.
It was so, so humiliating.
This was supposed to be a good heckler story
but it wasn't.
Does your son want to become a comedian?
I will tell you this right now.
If he decides to be a comedian,
it's gonna be the best day of my life.
My son is so naturally funny.
He's so gifted,
so talented, and comedic timing-- perfection.
And I can't wait to see what he chooses.
I think deep down inside, he's going to be a comedian.
If not, a comedic actor, for sure.
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I don't really barbecue that much, but when I do
we do Korean style barbecue.
So I got a bunch of these miniature grills.
I got, like, six of them.
We get the same type of meat
that you get at the Korean barbecue restaurant, and we
kind of just do our Korean barbecue nights at my house.
Do you have a favorite Filipino food?
Yes. It's called chicken adobo, and it's just chicken,
very easy ingredients:
Garlic, soy sauce, vinegar,
you can also add a little brown sugar if you want.
You need to try it.
And once you do, it'll be your favorite as well.
This has been so much fun, you guys.
I loved every single question,
and you can keep asking,
I'll keep answering.
But this has been Ask a Comedian.
I'm Jo Koy.
I'll see you next time.
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