Joel Kim Booster

So I love doing like, my favorite thing to do is like a secret headlining spot at like the store or something like that where like nobody, everybody just shows up and has, and again, like it's like having these moments where like, Most of those people don't know who I am either. Like, they ain't watching Fire Island. I ain't showing up on their algorithm.

And so it's, like, really necessary for me to do that. Yeah, totally. Because, like, it really does pinpoint those spots where it's, like, oh, that was a fan. There was a gas leak in the audience. You guys are drunk. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And so it's, like, really necessary for me to do that. Yeah, totally. Because, like, it really does pinpoint those spots where it's, like, oh, that was a fan. There was a gas leak in the audience. You guys are drunk. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Coming from Chris Fleming, that's huge.

Coming from Chris Fleming, that's huge.

One of the all-time greats. For real. It makes me believe that stand-up can be funny and interesting. You're so mean.

One of the all-time greats. For real. It makes me believe that stand-up can be funny and interesting. You're so mean.

What?

What?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yeah, actually, I do. It's so one of the when again, going back to 2016, when I first started touring, the only time I've ever done a comedy club and bombed pretty much all six shows for an hour straight every night was Phoenix, Arizona, the week before the 2016 election. And Who hates you? That puts you up right there.

Yeah, actually, I do. It's so one of the when again, going back to 2016, when I first started touring, the only time I've ever done a comedy club and bombed pretty much all six shows for an hour straight every night was Phoenix, Arizona, the week before the 2016 election. And Who hates you? That puts you up right there.

I was doing this club and I was the last minute replacement for the comic who was supposed to be headlining that week. And I was sitting there and all the old comics, like tabletoppers and poster was still up. And I was sitting at the bar before my first show there.

I was doing this club and I was the last minute replacement for the comic who was supposed to be headlining that week. And I was sitting there and all the old comics, like tabletoppers and poster was still up. And I was sitting at the bar before my first show there.

And this is like before my first show, this guy's sitting at the bar, ordered a drink, looks at the tabletopper and turns to the bartender and goes, this guy isn't too much of a faggot, is he? And I'm sitting there and the bartender knew I was the replacement. And she was like,

And this is like before my first show, this guy's sitting at the bar, ordered a drink, looks at the tabletopper and turns to the bartender and goes, this guy isn't too much of a faggot, is he? And I'm sitting there and the bartender knew I was the replacement. And she was like,

oh well actually we have a different comedian than that one and like I was just like well here we go you said bad news for you to make matters worse the opener they had chosen for me his closer involved getting the audience to chant lock her up in unison with him and I was like, and of course he was one of these guys who's like, I think they're both bad.