There are so many, but one person that comes to mind is Lisa Beasley, a.k.a. Nominate one comedian you don’t know personally who you think is overdue for wider recognition and why. I remember actually saying, “Umm, sorry … I can’t remember any of my jokes.” I fumbled my way through the set, then cried backstage into the singer’s boobs.
I think my set was in between a fire dancer and a gospel singer, but when I got up there and saw my dad in the crowd, my mind went completely blank. The fact I had to audition should have already been a red flag, but I was happy I got booked and invited my parents like an insane person. I had done stand-up maybe six times at this point and auditioned to be on this women’s variety show. I try to block out terrible comedy experiences because they don’t serve me, but one of my first-ever shows is seared into my brain. Tell us everything about your worst show ever. Can you imagine? This question is impossible and so mood-dependent, but let’s go with “Bad Girls,” by Donna Summer. If you had to come onstage to just one song for the rest of your life, what song would it be and why? But then I’d have her end up on a ranch in the Southwest selling turquoise, because ultimately that’s kind of my own fantasy and I’d love a reason to live in New Mexico for six months out of the year. I’d probably go the semi-autobiographical, multi-hyphenate creator route by naming my character after myself and pulling from my own experience as a copywriter at a digital agency who was having an existential meltdown.
#Donna summer i remember yesterday series
If a network green-lit a semi-autobiographical series for you to star in tomorrow, what would your character’s name and job be? I wish we had stayed, though, because even as a kid, I think I was like, Wow, I love that so many women work here! She shooed us to the parking lot, then came running back with three Cokes a few minutes later.
I remember watching her look at the servers and the clientele and slowly realize we should absolutely not be here (she’s from Hong Kong and had no idea what Hooters was). My mom saw a restaurant across the street with “a friendly-looking owl,” as she describes it, so we went in. We were walking around the Loop and all complaining about how we were hot and wanted to sit down and drink something. One summer when I was probably 8 or 9, my mom took me, my best friend, and my little brother to downtown Chicago for a fun day in the city. Tell us one story from your childhood you think explains why you ended up becoming a comedian. We really showed how creative and entertaining you can be on Zoom, and because it was remote, we were able to cast so many of our favorite Asian comedians. Our goal was also to raise money for Chinatown mutual aids in both New York and L.A., and we would have been happy if we had raised $1,000, but we ended up with almost $10,000 in donations. I fear I may be best known for my impression of Miya Ponsetto in jail, because many people somehow actually thought it was her, even though the first thing I say in the video is “I smuggled my phone up my ass.” But what I’m probably most proud of is the live Zoom reading of an episode of Bling Empire I wrote and produced with Tien Tran last year. What of your work do you think you’re best known for, and what of your work are you most proud of? What would your Real Housewives tagline be?
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