Laughter is Medicine | Anjelah Johnson | TEDxUniversityofNevada
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- čas přidán 13. 03. 2019
- Anjelah Johnson shares with us some of her stories and jokes from her one hour special, Mahalo & Goodnight. From getting an awkward massage to her struggles walking in high heels, Anjelah brought the funny and reminded us that laughter is medicine.
Anjelah Johnson was born and raised in San Jose, California and is of Mexican and Native American descent. She became an internet sensation with her viral video, “Nail Salon” which led to many stand up, television and film opportunities. That same year she joined the cast of, “MADtv” as a series regular, which spawned another internet sensation, “Bon Qui Qui.” This original character, a disgruntled fast food employee with no filter, has been enjoyed, viewed and replicated by over 65 million people worldwide. After recording and releasing 3 songs and 2 music videos as Bon Qui Qui, Anjelah signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records to release a full album titled, “Gold Plated Dreams”. Anjelah resides in Los Angeles with her husband and continues to act and tour the country with her sold out comedy shows.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
I like that fact that she doesn’t have to use any profanity or vulgar words to make people laugh. She keep it classy and nice 👍
She's a Christian. We don't do this kind of stuff.
@@louiseleite3866, I wish but it's not true, You do not much about history, sorry.
@@oliviawutam I actually do.
@@louiseleite3866 lol im sure all christians are saints
I agree. I love her. It’s so refreshing not to have to listen to all the profanity. She proves you can be funny without the need to use it.
She's so stinkin' cute and real. I'm so happy I've found her. What a breath of fresh funny!
I just found her a few weeks ago also she has cheered me up so much I love the video of her concert SAY I WON'T or maybe it say I will but it's great 😁
She's one of the few comedians I would love to see live in person because she's hilarious and clean at the same time and makes you laugh non-stop.
I would love to meet her in person
She’s going to be near where I live on April 8th but I have to go to church ⛪️ 😅 so I am going to miss her 😢
I saw her in our local Indian Casino. She opened for JoKoy and really enjoyed her. Too bad that JoKoy decided to double down on cussing. That turned me off that the next time he came to town, we decided not to go as the jokes were rerun of what he already said ( like the Netflix show) and also the cussing. Not again.
She's so funny and cute!!! Simply adorable
😅😅😅😂❤❤❤ I love this lady!!!!😅
She's the sweetest, smartest, and funniest. What a lovely, deserving human. Xx
Is anyone else just proud of her ❤️❤️
Why?
@@Happybidr BECAUSE iys harder for women to break into the comedy business, still much like many other things and she's good at it for many years. What part of this don't YOU comprehend?
I’m very proud of her too. I just wish her joke delivery was faster because she tends to have long pauses to try and hear the laughs. I’m sure people are smiling and laughing but just needs speed up her joke delivery. I been following her for years and love her nail salon skit.
Absolutely
Absolutely
I love all her jokes!! I appreciate that she is clean and family friendly!! I love the nail salon joke!!
He fell asleep!
At the end when she's speaking Vietnamese she's actually saying Vietnamese words, though it doesn't make sense. The first thing she says is almost "happy new year," then some random words and numbers. I'm actually impressed!
I came here for this information. Thank you!!!
I’m Vietnamese and had no clue what she was saying.
Hahahaaa that's probably just what she's picked up😅
Anjelah's nail joke is like Russell Peters' joke about his dad from his first special. Both of them are timeless
i've heard that nails joke like 15 times but its hilarious every single time!
Every single time!!! Cracks me up!!!
simple mind
@@roger5173 wasted comment
T Will yes the salon routine is hilarious I love Bon Qui Qui
She can be very funny... but this sucked
She is so funny, clean, classy, and I love her set about moving to Nashville. I hurt so bad from laughing so hard. I want to see her live. Anjelah Johnson is great like the real funny guys, Bob Hope, Carol Burnett, Johnathan Winters, Tim Conway, Rodney Dangerfield, Don Rickles and Nipsey Russell. Those were comedians, and she is in their class.
I know it seems funny, but.... as a massage therapist with 30 years experience i can honestly say I've fallen asleep HUNDREDS of times... for about a second each time. Yes, I startle myself awake - AND I make sure I do it EXACTLY THE SAME on the other side, and that, my friends, takes TRUE talent!
Hi👋, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
Hey man, you gotta keep it even so your muscles are balanced
No foul language! Great comedian never get tired of her!
As a vietnamese I looooooooove and appreciate this classic joke! So true! And yes, my mom's American name is tammy.
Vi Tran lol my nail girl’s American name is Tammy!!!
Good to see you being a good sport about the joke. Many Vietnamese people did not like the joke and found it offensive.
@@jeffpro8 then perhaps they should not sit there while tending to you andand speak to everyone else but can understand them and their own language. Nails are expensive, even just the upkeep I've gone with a friend who speaks the language and is not Korean she verified all the things that we're being fed and they were talking about their customers.
Please forgive the typos.
@@jeffpro8 Racism's polar opposite is being able to laugh at your self and/or your own race. Something us Americans forgot about 20ish years ago.
New jokes, old jokes..... I can watch her tell them all day!! She’s hilarious!!💜
me too ♡
@Vanesza.Issachar me too 😂😁
Ciutnes 😉 💕
The camel fold....love this lady for 10 yrs! Shoutout bon qui qui!!!!!
Thank you so much for being a CLEAN funny comedian. Very talented. May God bless with many many more shows.
This lady is too funny! I like the way she can talk and make jokes and not cuss.
Absolutely LOVE that she keeps it clean ....so hard to find. You Da best Giiiirl.
There is something on Facebook called Dry Bar which is all clean comedy. I figured as an Atheist I would help the jesus lover out. Your welcome. :)
Angel CityGirl thanks. I like Dry Bar!
@@angelcitygirl Allow me to return the favor! It's "you're," not your ;)
Seriously In Christ check out the Dry Bar Comedy channel all clean and funny!
@Gamer Rage You should do yourself a favor and read previous comments.
When we can poke fun at each other and instead of anyone being offended, everyone feels loved .....
If you can't do jokes without offending folks, then you're not funny
@@anthonygibson660 tell that to david chapelle. he makes offensive jokes and he is widely considered the best comic. so many funny comics are offensive to a minority of people.
She's so proud of her latina and native culture.
as a full blood native, pret proud of her too. she would have had so much more to talk about if she came from a rez
Mario Bros my wife is from the Rez and wow. Lots of stories
@@davidbrogan606 so do GOP
@@mariobros4328 Lots where I live in Canada
Where’s your next Netflix special Anjelah?! We’re waaaaiting.
She would make a killing by doing a special on the California/Mexico border - half the audience on one side, half on the other...especially during the Mexicans spank other people's kids joke.
Does she have like 2 now ?
She has them
Go to her website for the link. It’s not on Netflix.
She needs one and more!
I saw her Live in Oxnard, Ca.
Drove three hours and stood in the rain just to hear this Joke!! Well worth it.
I feel like she studied phonetics but never had a knack for vocabulary. She's so damn good at the accents. Super authentic. And she can play hers up or down, which she does to great comedic effect. I just really enjoy the attention to detail.
She studied speech communications at De Anza College
She's actually saying real Vietnamese words. I lived in Vietnam for 6 years. The first thing she said is "Happy New year" either with the last word mis-pronounced or possibly with a southern accent (I lived in the North, but most Vietnamese in the US are from the south, and accents vary A LOT in Vietnam). Then she says some random words and numbers.
vocabulary seems good to me ..
I really love her personality!! She's absolutely hilarious and has honest and clean comedy 😂😂👍
She and her husband does a CZcams channel thing together, that's good too. Comedy and real-life experiences.
same.. i really love how comdians run into funny stuff in their own lives that gives them bits, and inspiration.. like the masseuse falling asleep on her foot massage.lmao
Nail salon jokes ..... hilarious! 🤗💜🌈
I 100% agree Kaitlyn 😁:)))))))
I have combined group therapy with stand up comedy and it’s really successful. I’ve used comedy to navigate and overcome my own trauma and I absolutely 100% agree laughter is the best medicine, especially when shared with others. Telling people what it’s like being you, using comedy is life brilliant. And finding commonalities and community and acceptance. Changed my life. Hope everyone is having a great day 🤣🤣😍😂🥰
How do you combine them? I sure would love a group therapy that incorporates comedy would be great!
ya know Biblical truth to laughter is best medicine. So glad Anjelah knows Jesus and has given people healing through laughter.
She'll forever be one of my favorite comedians 💖
Love her so much, she starts out with the hurting her back from nowhere, and I'm currently in the same boat. I went to sleep fine and woke up with my neck all jacked up, welcome to 49! Anyway, she's hilarious and doesn't have to use bad language or vulgar talk and she's freaking hilarious!! Love her!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Love love love listening to her! Wish I could see her live! She is so clean & funny! Jokes never get old!
She's very funny....😂😂.... How are you doing Susan?
👍kudos to her. Well, how are you doing today Susan ?
Hi, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
Love her humor!
So funny without all the crude language!
Its comedy we're adults.
Oh My God, I sooo agree! Spare me from that heinous and horrible verbosity!
I love clean humor.
Cosby was (is) The King Of "Clean Comedy". Don't you forget it, You Fuckin Fucks!
The camel joke was the best I’ve EVER heard!!!! I had to stop watching, because I was at work and couldn’t stop laughing and crying!!! Love you. God Bless you!
I'm late to the party when it comes to Anjelah. I just stumbled across her on CZcams last week. I then watched every suggested AJ video CZcams put up. I thought, "Damn, she's really funny! A great performer!" Then I saw that she's going to be in my area in 3 months so I thought, "Hey, my wife would love to go see her. That would be perfect!" Click on the link, see $390 tickets. What??? That can't be right. So I went to the comedy club's website and it all became crystal (gel) clear. The shows are sold out. Original price $40. She's so popular that resellers are making a small fortune off her!
I'm reading several people who all discover the same time as me which was a few weeks ago. On CZcams. I hope you get to go see her in person one day! She really cheers me up
She is so beautiful and funny love the nail salon gig the best .
Never gets old. Love her.
I just love to watch you. Listening to your jokes is my medicine Thanks for the laughter.
Hi, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
Laughing so hard about getting older and hurting your back. I'm literally having icy hot rubbed on my back right now, not knowing how I hurt it
The Beautiful Nail joke is funny no matter how many times you hear it.
Yeah pretty and funny 😂😂😂
😆😆😁🌈 Reality is hilarious!
Frr😂😂
"Ummmmm he's from my house." 😂 "can I touch your hair?" "You can touch my fist." 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That is sooo me 🤣🤣🤣
Love that one. Her delivery is so low key. I think that may be why people are not so loud in their response. Just quietly chuckling matches her delivery style. Doesn't mean we don't appreciate her.
Thank you. Laughter is THE best medicine
I would truly enjoy seeing her in person, but I will make sure I see every video she has. Abundance laughter, clean and leaves you wanting more of her comedy. ❤🇺🇸🚑
Humble person. She’s awesome
One day my daughter and I were getting pedicures. The lady doing the girls feet next me looked up at her client and said “How your mom?” I love the nail bit so I immediately start laughing hysterically for seemingly no reason! My daughter was like “mom! Shut up!” We had the most fun that day at the shop
😂😂 My nail ladies always ask how my mom is too, lol. I can’t help but to laugh
Definitely my new favorite comedian.
No lie...I was walking by the salon in our Walmart and heard the oriental lady say, “It better for you!” 😂
She love you long time!
lol
Funny, Rick. But, Asian people like being called Oriental like white people like being called HILLBILLIES.
@@dimitri.l.clark.7756 wait i still don't understand how oriental is not pc. i know much worse ones for them. also i didn't know whites don't like hillbilly...i'm in a small town midwest so i know they don't mind it. but hey, they're only just words anyways.
😂😂
I love it when she talks about her and her husband. I mean, those kind of "opposite" characteristics relationship really caught my attention. Cant help 😂😅
She's blessed and keeps her jokes clean.
Her husband is beautiful !!
@@juanitadoe4057 actually. It depends on what you think clean is. I already know.
The BEST medicine ever is LAUGHTER. Thank you 😊😇
Hi, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
She's always so hilarious..what a great comedian!
She really is, I agree with you William and is also very gorgeous too 😂😁👍🏻:)))))))))
Angela’s so hilarious!!! I feel so uplifted after listening to her .... Can’t wait for more
Love the nail joke never gets old. She hilarious!! ♥️🙂
I love this one. She is a true comic, for she doesn't rely on profanity to be funny. She's good clean funny!
The camel 🐪 joke...HAD ME DYING!!!!😂
Same!
The best of the best. It’s a show where you could bring your family and not be embarrassed.
She’s so good, fresh and professional even if she is bowlegged. Once the audiences realized that they were just there to relax and laugh the atmosphere improved. She’s got comedy magic.
Bowlegged? What does that mean or have to do with comedy?
@av201 Tell me you didn't watch her talk without telling me you didn't watch her talk...
She beautiful legs and figure.
She has a joke skit in one of her stand up about being bowlegged. It's hilarious.
See 12:31
She is like Jerry Seinfeld. She should have a sitcom TV show. I love her she is clean funny and hilarious
She's like Seinfeld only she's actually funny
Please give her a television show!
She was on mad tv as bon Qui Qui.
“It’s better for you” became my go to joke with my friends lol
"I look like a camel tryin' to fold itself to get some rest.".... then she DOES it! I'm crying 🤣.. so many of us can relate!! Shes so hysterical, and still as funny as her Crystal Gel bit all those years ago! 🥰 Still so gorgeous too!!
I think she means GLITTER gel. Sooo funny. I don't get tired of listening to the same joke over and over.
Hi👋, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
I have heard this one many times and it's still funny, thank you Anjelah you're a gift
❤
Best Tedx talk of all time. Love Anjelah
Me, too!
Why does the joke never get old!?!?!?! I’m still laughing. Wtf?
You are seriously my favorite comedian!!!
Hi, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
First time hearing the nail joke! I cracked uuup with laughter! It is to FUNNY! Love it! Pearl 7/2021
I tried one of those massage chairs once. It was the closet I ever came to getting married.
😂😂😂 👌
The Voice From The Cheap Seats I felt to sleep ones for almost an hour! I heard a guy saying that must so relaxing so that wakes me up! 😂
That's hilarious! 😂😂😂
Omg i was brushing my teeth when she told the heels joke and i spit toothpaste foam everywhere lol
@@johansebastian8302 so you copied the comment from the other guy...
Nail salon--I watched it so much I can recite it along with her.
Omg!! I had a massage therapist with bad breath once and it traumatized me for a while! It was at Massage Envy too! 😂😂
Hi👋, how are you today? I hope you're okay?.
Did the massage therapist ask " How You Mom?"
OMG the joke about the back pain... And putting your socks on... On point to my back pain today! Unbelievable! So surreal! She is the best!
Remember seeing her from the beginning....so great to see her come into her own...shes so matured...
Hi👋, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
The audience is dead😑 she deserves way more laughs
Considering they came for a Ted talk and not a comedy show, I get why it’s not a laugh fest.
It's dead cause she sucks . Especially the ebonics talking
Not funny and nothing new
Paul Mc Go it’s not even dead..
Lmao Im bored it’s still funny
I'm in tears, she's so funny. The whole set was awesome especially the nail tech.
i love this chick...her "nail salon" is awesome
She's so spot on!
I looooove the nail joke 😆 doesn’t matter how many times I’ve heard it!!!
The nail joke never gets old. Thank you!
Love it! .... 😎💜🌈
@2:08 Anjelah spot on about her knee going out. My knee did the exact same thing. I was walking just like she was walking! LOL
I've done that too
Happens to me all the time. I call it a dippsy doddle
Happens to me too. 😆
Knees are tricky like that😍
Gorgeous and hilarious 😆 😆 love this lady!
@David B I agree with you, she really is gorgeous and hilarious, love her as well 😂:)
I love her famous joke 🤣 So relatable! 👏
Hi👋, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
I really need to see her live. Favorite stand up comic hands down.
Kevin Ortega-Rojas She is so real and down to earth.. connects with her audience so easily.
So so funny! I’ve been watching clips all night. Just what we need in the world right now. Laughter!
She is the best female comedian in a long time. First saw her like 10 years ago. She has genuine material so people can relate.
I love her - don't know what the dislikes are doing but anyone who can make people laugh deserves alot of respect. I could never stand up in front of that many people and do anything! She seems like such a kind, caring person. And those people who gave her a thumbs down should just go outside and bury their heads in the sand. How can someone not love this woman??
Her observational skills shine, and she's naturally charming and funny. She deserves the elite level for her creativity.
Enjoy Anjelah! I don't watch a lot of TV, but I will watch her in sitcom.
Omg i was brushing my teeth when she told the heels joke and i spit toothpaste foam everywhere lol
i cracked up when she did the "Camel Fold" while in her heels... she did it perfect! lol
😂
So you spit, but don't swallow. Your boring.
🤣🤣🤣
I’ll never get tired of the nail salon joke
So funny! I have been binge watching her videos lately... I love her humor and it feels so good to laugh!
Bon qui qui got a ted talk nice
That's how I know her... Not by this nail joke...
Xavier Bastida Noway! Gads. Must see!! Yippee!!!
Ted X. Totally different
I had heard that joke that made her famous I didn't know it was her!!!! This is amazing
Hi, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
The nails joke was the classic jokes. And joy still looking beautiful.❤️❤️❤️❤️
I really enjoy her, because she is clean, unlike a lot of male comics ,where every other word is four letters.She is awesome.
Lol still love you 10 yrs later!!!
She's been a comic that long
You do such a great job imitating the nail salon jive! I have had to hold my laughter a few times in confusion trying to decipher that type of learned English. God bless them, they work hard, learn the language and do a nice job! Can you imagine trying to adapt to their native languages (there are SO MANY dialects)? Such a difficult communication barrier to hurdle.
Hummmmmm... Your comment sounds supicioysly like a hard working nail salon lady under cover...😄 just joking, but it's nice what you wrote about them.
I tried one of those massage chairs once. It was the closet I ever came to getting married.
Her jokes never get old. I love you Anjelah!! Keep up the good work beautiful ❤❤
Hi👋, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
Anjela! You are so so talented, not only in comedy, but you also have a great voice! Love your performances!
I Love Anjelah!! Great Talk!!!!!
Hi👋, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
Love this woman. Love that she is appreciative of her audience
She's so funny.
Been in love with her for years 😍
Laughter is definitely GREAT medicine!!! Keep it coming!! Love her!
you are absolutely right kris holmes, Well, How are you doing ?
Hi👋, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
Beautiful Nail probably got such a good business boost! 🍊
Love her Asian "sing song" accent/imitations at the end. Fantastic.
She's great, kept me laughing all the time! 👏👏👏
Hi, how are you today? I hope you're okay?
I remember the Beautiful Nail bit shortly after her cheering days and have loved her since. She has come a long way and she has only improved since. I love that this beautiful woman scan make fun of herself about being bow legged and wearing high heels. Her portraying walking in them as looking & folding like a Camel floored me. Would love to see her live.
Didnt think it would be as funny as it was hearing those jokes again, shes good!