African parents are the same I had no idea my aunty could even speak English. When I brought my white friend home she pulled out the posh accent I was floored. 😮😮😮😮
@@DeerBoy736actually it’s less crazy. It’s more likely that an old African person (from a former British colony) had a British education and so it would actually be somewhat expected if you knew that.
The Asian community has this very strange fetishizing relationship with the white community, which is honestly very similar to how some Americans fetishize Asian culture. It’s more applicable to older generations but it’s very noticeable, my mom and dad would always casually teach me how important it was to impress white people and my family elders. 0% joking or exaggerating
Yeah this is just an ESL thing Most teachers of English in asian countries will usually have a strong british or American accent so typically when someone learns how to speak English formally they end up with a reallt strong accent either way
Jimmy, you have the ability to make someone laugh that hardly Ever cracks a smile. Her name is Yang, we met at work. I was on break and she watched a few of your videos, first I saw a smile and know I heard a giggle. Thank you😊😅
@@lsdstrawberry6260 true. Nothing was weirder than the daily compliments people would give our son (when my husband and I had a baby) about how white his skin was, how he has big hazel eyes... literally people on the street would scream about how cute he was. This was in Japan; we've since moved to Canada and the screaming has stopped lol I mean, I agree, but that's because I'm his MOM and besides all babies are so freakin adorable 🥰
@@nilanjasa007 lol thank you 🌻 he's adorable, but so are non-white and non-mixed babies ❤️ and sometimes it felt like others were putting my son on more of a pedestal... Frankly especially rude when I was out with other moms and their ADORABLE kiddos weren't getting the same reaction 😭
@@Givebackthescarf Well, I do appreciate context, but for Japan this isn't entirely accurate. I lost a very dear Japanese boyfriend because his parents wouldn't allow us to get married. We thought about defying them, as we really wanted to get married, but realized that we'd spend a lifetime in conflict, and that we'd likely find other people with whom to be happy. The couple whom we trust to raise our son if something ever happened to us is mixed, with her being Czech while he's Japanese. His family completely cut off ties with him because of her. Finally when their daughter was born, they agreed to meet her - except for one of his siblings, whom my friend will maybe never see again. Because of race. Having lived in Japan for 8 years, I absolutely know that as a Canadian/French person I was definitely treated better than friends who were black or SE Asian, and that's partly due to my pasty paleness for sure. So while you're definitely not wrong about white colour being "prized" by society, there are a lot of issues around "mixing the Japanese race" that many Japanese have It will change slowly, though - soon 1 in 10 kids in Tokyo will be biracial, I heard recently! (Although I didn't fact check that, so idk for sure) Oh, and since the conversation with my ex's dad was in Japanese, he used the words specifically for foreigner (the kind of rude one) and white-race (not complexion) 外人 and 白人
@@jyyauIf by "these people" you mean Chinese immigrants, I don't think you have considered the sheer population of the group and how tiny HK is. Do you have any source to support that? It contradicts everything I know about Chinese immigrants and I hope you weren't just speaking without checking any facts.
@@val.6724 Jimmy O Yang was born in HK around 1987. It means his dad Richard had been in HK no less than 13-14 years before their family moved to USA in 2000. Considering the education in mainland in the 60/70/80s, most immigrants from mainland in that generation speak very little English. Richard must pick up his basic English skill in HK. I was born in early 60s in HK. I have met many friends who are immigrated from mainland during that period of time. So what do you know differently?
For those who wonder, Jimmy's dad went to an international school (or something) so he doesn't have a strong Chinese accent but a natural British one. I don't think it was mentioned in this special but Jimmy said it in the San Francisco one (which I went to).
It was a weird ass thing when I met my girl's parents. I came in there ready to eat humble pie, lay myself a lil low to show respect. He looks super stern, she looks super stern. Then they see my ass and light up like a kid on Christmas morning. Suddenly, he's kind of friendly, still obviously testing if I'm a scumbag or not. Twenty minutes later, we're having some drinks and he's forcibly separated me from her to hang out with me. We're talking cars, sports, hobbies, life, the bullshit at work (we have two very different careers). I left that house with more leftovers than I've had in my fridge in a whole year. Very bizarre experience.
I met my Korean girls parents for the first time… I was very nervous, hoping to not clash with any cultural life’s styles or beliefs… I walk in, they are German. She saved the fact she was adopted for me meeting them. It was one of the funniest days of my life. Turns out it was her dads idea to keep it secret to mess me up 😂😂😂 Edit: I’m still trying to figure out how to mash with the Germans hahaha my Jewish heritage is always a fun topic for family discussion lmfao
Eyyy, it happens! My dad's side of the family is Iranian, Jewish, and German. So of course his favorite joke is saying, "my ancestors killed themselves and each other three times over. So now, I hate everyone equally." 😂
Aiya, Asian patents ma 😂 Everytime i bring my girlfriend back, my parents became soo normal and they're just like some high class parents in front of my girlfriend 😂
I'm Chinese and i totally feel ya, Jimmy. My stepdad worked in Canada for 20 years, also he's English ed so it's a given that he doesn't sound weird. My mom on the other hand left school early and learned her English from Chinatown. When she talks to any white person, she suddenly has an accent (which i can't even put my finger on but I'm sure it ain't Canadian).
You are a funny guy You're naturally funny whatever comes out of your mouth is funny. I would share you more with my family if you weren't cussing. You have talent That's for sure!
I had a professor who was from China, he taught a bunch of history courses, and it straight up sounded like he learned English in the UK, but it was mixed with his actual accent, it was very interesting to hear him lecture
😂 I think I've seen this behavior on them, especially from parents as in this case. I think it is because, as a parent, they get nervous, want to act properly, and do not know what to say 🤣
Before I first heard it from him, I always thought of Jimmy as a white person too. He's not black, so what's the point? By the way. I lived next door to a black man from the States. He always showed me he liked me but he was so lazy, not my taste in a relationship. But a good friend. One day he said: You don't want me because I'm black. I got really excited and replied: Really? Do you think I can still recognize your color after all these years? And that was true, I saw his face, not his skin color.
As a non native speaker of English it seems pretty common to learn English the British way. Because English was first born in the UK and not in the USA. That's maybe why
At least his father didn't start the sentence with "Jimmyah...!
😂😂😂
It straight changed to "my dear son Jimmy"
@@leezhiengJames
😂😂🤣
"aiii Jimmyaa..." coughs out his balls
African parents are the same I had no idea my aunty could even speak English. When I brought my white friend home she pulled out the posh accent I was floored. 😮😮😮😮
This story sounds even crazier.
Bruh what
@@DeerBoy736actually it’s less crazy. It’s more likely that an old African person (from a former British colony) had a British education and so it would actually be somewhat expected if you knew that.
Oh man it's really deep in there...
@@cantripleplaysyes and all this time they kept that hidden. You'll be surprised
I think he was nervous too and tried his best to impress her.
The Asian community has this very strange fetishizing relationship with the white community, which is honestly very similar to how some Americans fetishize Asian culture. It’s more applicable to older generations but it’s very noticeable, my mom and dad would always casually teach me how important it was to impress white people and my family elders. 0% joking or exaggerating
@mirofeya nah it’s Pinkerton syndrome. I live in an Asian country and that’s how lots of asians act when they interact with white people
@@magenta_brown5327 as a Filipino i can confirm this is true
@@SpicyPepperonwhite ppl used to be harder to impress now u give them pho once and they start turning into rcat kids
@SpicyPepperon, that's incredibly fascinating. What is the cause of this? Is it just a product of history or is there something more to it?
He probably approves that your gf makes bank 😂
Or at least thinks she's inheriting a piece of the bank 😂
Nah, cuz if she was a black venture capitalist it might not have been such a happy meeting.
@@atomicrocausm4487oximoron, at least for kfc ski mask americans. For hustling yorubas, it's a different story
Stereotype 🤷♀️
@@TheOneWh0KnocksWhat are you even saying
Jimmy's girlfriend got that colonizer aura 💀
Underrated💀
Brings back so much childhood memories to Jimmy's dad 💀
@@leezhiengbro I'm dying here😂
@@hills625his is literally the top comment what do you mean underrated
@@jgcoverkknot5701 bro I said "underrated"
prosperous young couple😂
I had a Japanese friend who gazed at me and said "Oh, my!" just like George Takei does now, but this was back in the late '70s!
The British accent might be a Hong Kong thing 😂😂😂😂😂
Stepdad from Thailand with Chinese also in his lineage does the same sometimes
Yeah this is just an ESL thing
Most teachers of English in asian countries will usually have a strong british or American accent so typically when someone learns how to speak English formally they end up with a reallt strong accent either way
Every filipino i know sounds like theyre from california. @@teejay1646
That's what I was thinking 😂
Jimmy, you have the ability to make someone laugh that hardly Ever cracks a smile. Her name is Yang, we met at work. I was on break and she watched a few of your videos, first I saw a smile and know I heard a giggle. Thank you😊😅
Comedy is cool
It's a gift
Godspeed soldier, you got this
I remember an ex's dad just being excited because "it doesn't matter if she's white, when do I get grandkids?? Yah you better marry her!!" 😅
It matters though,they r obsessed with mix babies
@@lsdstrawberry6260 true. Nothing was weirder than the daily compliments people would give our son (when my husband and I had a baby) about how white his skin was, how he has big hazel eyes... literally people on the street would scream about how cute he was. This was in Japan; we've since moved to Canada and the screaming has stopped lol
I mean, I agree, but that's because I'm his MOM and besides all babies are so freakin adorable 🥰
@@sarahberlaud4285But big hazel eyes are really adorable 🙈😊
@@nilanjasa007 lol thank you 🌻 he's adorable, but so are non-white and non-mixed babies ❤️ and sometimes it felt like others were putting my son on more of a pedestal... Frankly especially rude when I was out with other moms and their ADORABLE kiddos weren't getting the same reaction 😭
@@Givebackthescarf Well, I do appreciate context, but for Japan this isn't entirely accurate. I lost a very dear Japanese boyfriend because his parents wouldn't allow us to get married. We thought about defying them, as we really wanted to get married, but realized that we'd spend a lifetime in conflict, and that we'd likely find other people with whom to be happy.
The couple whom we trust to raise our son if something ever happened to us is mixed, with her being Czech while he's Japanese. His family completely cut off ties with him because of her. Finally when their daughter was born, they agreed to meet her - except for one of his siblings, whom my friend will maybe never see again. Because of race.
Having lived in Japan for 8 years, I absolutely know that as a Canadian/French person I was definitely treated better than friends who were black or SE Asian, and that's partly due to my pasty paleness for sure. So while you're definitely not wrong about white colour being "prized" by society, there are a lot of issues around "mixing the Japanese race" that many Japanese have
It will change slowly, though - soon 1 in 10 kids in Tokyo will be biracial, I heard recently! (Although I didn't fact check that, so idk for sure)
Oh, and since the conversation with my ex's dad was in Japanese, he used the words specifically for foreigner (the kind of rude one) and white-race (not complexion) 外人 and 白人
Jimmy gives me reasonable, kind, sweet and gentle guy vibes his gf is a lucky girl. I hope they will be very happy together.
Because Hong Kong people speak British English
True, but in part only, might be mixed with a Cantonese accent, too, in many cases.
Also, he’s dad isn’t originally from Hong Kong.
@@eikosato5297
Many were migrated to HK from the mainland. But these people picked up their basic English language mostly in HK.
@@jyyauIf by "these people" you mean Chinese immigrants, I don't think you have considered the sheer population of the group and how tiny HK is. Do you have any source to support that? It contradicts everything I know about Chinese immigrants and I hope you weren't just speaking without checking any facts.
@@val.6724
Jimmy O Yang was born in HK around 1987. It means his dad Richard had been in HK no less than 13-14 years before their family moved to USA in 2000. Considering the education in mainland in the 60/70/80s, most immigrants from mainland in that generation speak very little English. Richard must pick up his basic English skill in HK. I was born in early 60s in HK. I have met many friends who are immigrated from mainland during that period of time. So what do you know differently?
For those who wonder, Jimmy's dad went to an international school (or something) so he doesn't have a strong Chinese accent but a natural British one.
I don't think it was mentioned in this special but Jimmy said it in the San Francisco one (which I went to).
Its like how everyone in hong kong sounds posh to me as an englishman.
Aren’t they from Hong Kong?
@@ts1331tsjimmy’s dad moved from Shanghai to hk and Jimmy was borned in hk.
“…they start acting RIGHT!!!” %💯#FACTS
It was a weird ass thing when I met my girl's parents. I came in there ready to eat humble pie, lay myself a lil low to show respect. He looks super stern, she looks super stern. Then they see my ass and light up like a kid on Christmas morning. Suddenly, he's kind of friendly, still obviously testing if I'm a scumbag or not. Twenty minutes later, we're having some drinks and he's forcibly separated me from her to hang out with me. We're talking cars, sports, hobbies, life, the bullshit at work (we have two very different careers). I left that house with more leftovers than I've had in my fridge in a whole year. Very bizarre experience.
If you win the dad you win the girl. Errrybody knows that.
she brought back the boarding school memories.
they dont care as long as you make money and can support yourself
Someone needs to get him and his dad on a stage together.... at an awards show or something. Now that would be funny.
Your lucky, my dad brought home a half white half native american girl and my grandfather got so mad he refused to show up for the wedding.
??? Sooo not your mom?
I know it's not my business, but you can't just make a sentence like that not provide backstory.
@@john2g1fr he just gone he needs to provide the backstory
@@john2g1Gotta be courteous and do the math ourselves.. I think
@@Manas-co8wl I tried... That led to more math.
@@john2g1 this question made no sense
I have literally seen this whole special in the shorts
And then they start to say “ she looks like the actress from harry potter” or another movie that they know 😂
I married an Asian in Asia. I was like a celebrity there. I’m a solid 4.
The uniqueness definitely increases ratings.
Features don't matter, as long as you're lightskinned you're good to go
@@trishasurangana2278 and light eyes and a big honking nose 😆
I met my Korean girls parents for the first time… I was very nervous, hoping to not clash with any cultural life’s styles or beliefs… I walk in, they are German.
She saved the fact she was adopted for me meeting them. It was one of the funniest days of my life. Turns out it was her dads idea to keep it secret to mess me up 😂😂😂
Edit: I’m still trying to figure out how to mash with the Germans hahaha my Jewish heritage is always a fun topic for family discussion lmfao
Eyyy, it happens! My dad's side of the family is Iranian, Jewish, and German. So of course his favorite joke is saying, "my ancestors killed themselves and each other three times over. So now, I hate everyone equally." 😂
@@chelsmaria🤭
I love this
Jimmy's comedienne..
Aiya, Asian patents ma 😂 Everytime i bring my girlfriend back, my parents became soo normal and they're just like some high class parents in front of my girlfriend 😂
Love this guy, he always has some great material
Watch your movie twice, Love hard.
You made me cry Man. It was GOOD
I expected Jimmy's dad to go "look at you, can't you do better, my son was probably the worst option you could find on this planet."
He shows his respect for his parents with their humourous experiences. I don't think he will ever run out of material😄
If his parents are still in Asia, the approval ratings would go down.
Such pure and original content! Keep it up!!!
PTSD man thats hard to get through
I'm Chinese and i totally feel ya, Jimmy. My stepdad worked in Canada for 20 years, also he's English ed so it's a given that he doesn't sound weird. My mom on the other hand left school early and learned her English from Chinatown. When she talks to any white person, she suddenly has an accent (which i can't even put my finger on but I'm sure it ain't Canadian).
Him saying Wingspan made me think of the ACOTAR series and I was really confused for a second 😅
Your dad is like my dad😂
You and your Dad both are so funny 👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
So he don’t speak American he speaks Englandish
Hong Kong used to be British colony so it should be that accent
You are a funny guy You're naturally funny whatever comes out of your mouth is funny. I would share you more with my family if you weren't cussing.
You have talent That's for sure!
So fucking true lmaooooo
Great comedian! Keep it up man!👍❤😂
I had a professor who was from China, he taught a bunch of history courses, and it straight up sounded like he learned English in the UK, but it was mixed with his actual accent, it was very interesting to hear him lecture
This dude is hilarious
This was my father with my Jamaican girlfriend at the time 😆
This set is so good!! Looking forward for more!
Okayy so audio was mute and I read intercourse instead of introduce💀
You're WONDERFUL!!!!😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
🤣🤣🤣 You're very good..God Bless!!
POV: When your dad sounds like Helen Mirren at public and everyone was shock. That's how Jimmy's dad did it. Well done Jimmy's dad.
jimmyah... that's when you know your father's proud of you he lowkey is.
That’s a great accent
Just completed silicon Valley and now i just can't see Jimmy the same way anymore 😭😭
My grandma was the same way with my sister's fiancé lol
😂 I think I've seen this behavior on them, especially from parents as in this case. I think it is because, as a parent, they get nervous, want to act properly, and do not know what to say 🤣
This is spot on +1,000.
I remember being the "white friend" that my Chinese friend brought home and his dad acted NOTHING like the way he was described. Maybe this is why 😂
Great comedian! 💕💕💕💕💕
your dad stories are great
new fan....thanks for the giggles
You are HILARIOUS!! I watch all your videod. Lmao!!
This was my family LMAO
I liked this one because you didn't feel you had to use the f-word and you were still clever and funny😊
I like the way you present yourself.Nice look❤❤
They just start acting right. "Hah." 😂 Prosperous young couple. Where does that come from?
;)
; )
🤣 oh Jesus jimmy is the best
I’ll never do anything like that 😂🤣
Because he is from old British Hong Kong
"God Dammit Jian Yang"
So true.. I thought only asians connected to this. So this is universal.. 😅😅😅
Jim roast his dad so many times 😅😅😅
I love your humour, very clean and funny, no mixture of rude sexual content like other Asian stand up comedians. Thank you.
He has such a gentle and feminine facial feature
OMG.. That is so true
Jimmy is very talented!
Before I first heard it from him, I always thought of Jimmy as a white person too.
He's not black, so what's the point?
By the way. I lived next door to a black man from the States. He always showed me he liked me but he was so lazy, not my taste in a relationship. But a good friend. One day he said: You don't want me because I'm black.
I got really excited and replied: Really? Do you think I can still recognize your color after all these years?
And that was true, I saw his face, not his skin color.
"ohhhh, prosperous young couple" XD
He approves 😂
This is awesome!
This is 💯 true😂😂😂😂😂 my dad is the same way
British accent...! Prosperous young couple 😆
❤❤❤❤ we love you Jimmy!😂😂😂
This sounds too accurate 😂
Jimmy you have me laughing out loud.
This guy's good, gonna go real far..😉
That's DAME Helen Mirren for you
'prosperous young couple' omg yes.
Prosperous young couple!
Pretty cool that Jimmy's initials are JOY
건강한 유투브! 유투브의 긍정적인 면! 수페 사랑합니다~~
Less Helen Mirren and more like Christopher Walken! 😂😂😂
"who knows if her wingspan is long enough..." the fact that you have to be familiar with his other jokes to understand.
I AM SOO SORRY FOR LAUGHING HARDER THAN I SHOULDVE
As a non native speaker of English it seems pretty common to learn English the British way. Because English was first born in the UK and not in the USA. That's maybe why
But RP is not an old accent/pronunciation.
@@rebeccahicks2392 I'm sorry but what's rp? Role play ?
Bro omg I love this guy 😂
He (the dad) wanted to make a good impression 😊
l love your work
I want to watch the full show
Dude, this is sooo true! 😁😄🤣
Jimmy is great.❤
As a dad ,we go instant wingman for our sons . It’s just what it is 😅😅😅😅
That Hong Kong influence came out. The British cast a long shadow 😂