Joel Kim Booster

it was real deep and it was like honestly like because i was like really like i want to go to college and like i need to take the act's and like prep for that and like at this point no one was like managing my my schooling at home yeah like my parents both went back to work so i was just like home chilling like reading and like that was your getting the math answers out of the back of the book and like not learning at all so by the time i went to public school i was like

light years ahead of people in reading and writing, but so far behind in math and science. It was really jarring for me. I just actually told my partner this, but I really didn't understand how to do homework or study for tests until I was probably a sophomore or junior in college. That skill set was just lost on me. I did not know how to study. I was a terrible test taker.

light years ahead of people in reading and writing, but so far behind in math and science. It was really jarring for me. I just actually told my partner this, but I really didn't understand how to do homework or study for tests until I was probably a sophomore or junior in college. That skill set was just lost on me. I did not know how to study. I was a terrible test taker.

great like any writing portion like nailed it you know like that's it but like taking a test and doing like homework I was like wait but like I just was at school for eight hours like now I have to do it more like you mean I have to take this home yeah I was like I did not like it was just so strange I was like why aren't we doing this in school like why were we talking about this shit you know like um but yeah so it was a rough transition um academically for me in a lot of ways but

great like any writing portion like nailed it you know like that's it but like taking a test and doing like homework I was like wait but like I just was at school for eight hours like now I have to do it more like you mean I have to take this home yeah I was like I did not like it was just so strange I was like why aren't we doing this in school like why were we talking about this shit you know like um but yeah so it was a rough transition um academically for me in a lot of ways but

My sophomore year of high school. Damn, you were on those marble slabs? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. The Ghia is what it's called. Thank you very much. The technical term for those slabs. Don't want to disrespect your craft. And, like, the Cold Stone at this time was, like, the Underground Railroad for gay teens in my...

My sophomore year of high school. Damn, you were on those marble slabs? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. The Ghia is what it's called. Thank you very much. The technical term for those slabs. Don't want to disrespect your craft. And, like, the Cold Stone at this time was, like, the Underground Railroad for gay teens in my...

basically like they all worked at this Cold Stone and so like that was like my first intro because they were like I would be telling them like what I was doing in homeschooling and they'd be like that's crazy you need to go to school if you want to go to college and so that job really influenced like everything you know like I went to school because I was like pressured by Cold Stone creamery employees to do so and

basically like they all worked at this Cold Stone and so like that was like my first intro because they were like I would be telling them like what I was doing in homeschooling and they'd be like that's crazy you need to go to school if you want to go to college and so that job really influenced like everything you know like I went to school because I was like pressured by Cold Stone creamery employees to do so and

And gay people. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

And gay people. Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

Exactly. And the best thing that ever happened to me.

Exactly. And the best thing that ever happened to me.

I remember getting the call. I was in Portland actually sleeping in a hostel in a bunk bed in a hostel and And I was like doing a show out there and I had just done like a showcase for TBS and like in L.A. actually. And like it was like a really it was like I had like really crafted this five minutes of stand up material and like like I knew like it was like.

I remember getting the call. I was in Portland actually sleeping in a hostel in a bunk bed in a hostel and And I was like doing a show out there and I had just done like a showcase for TBS and like in L.A. actually. And like it was like a really it was like I had like really crafted this five minutes of stand up material and like like I knew like it was like.

all of my best jokes that from like the however many years i'd been doing stand-up at that point um like four or five and like i knew that it was like just a killer set and i i crushed that that showcase and from that showcase they booked they the conan booker was in the audience it was like we want you to do that exact set on conan and um yeah a couple it was like a couple weeks later i did it and like um it was life-changing it really was yeah i was gonna say the reception after i'm sure it was crazy no it really was like i i remember watching it on youtube

all of my best jokes that from like the however many years i'd been doing stand-up at that point um like four or five and like i knew that it was like just a killer set and i i crushed that that showcase and from that showcase they booked they the conan booker was in the audience it was like we want you to do that exact set on conan and um yeah a couple it was like a couple weeks later i did it and like um it was life-changing it really was yeah i was gonna say the reception after i'm sure it was crazy no it really was like i i remember watching it on youtube

I don't think anybody like the response from like the Asian community, the Asian community, the gay community, the adopted community, you know, it was like a big deal because like so many people had not seen anything like me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. In 2016. I'm very grateful that I'm not the only one holding the torch by any means now, you know, and it wasn't at the time either. Yeah.

I don't think anybody like the response from like the Asian community, the Asian community, the gay community, the adopted community, you know, it was like a big deal because like so many people had not seen anything like me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. In 2016. I'm very grateful that I'm not the only one holding the torch by any means now, you know, and it wasn't at the time either. Yeah.

But like, you know, there's just like there's so many of us now.