Joel Kim Booster

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The Comment Section with Drew Afualo · A FEAR DUMP Ft. Joel Kim Booster | Episode 166 · 23 Apr 2025 podcast

Don't let him in.

Yeah, no, it was...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

and it is like really demonstrative of like the breadth of our experience as like weird people or people of color whatever what have you yeah and like i'm so glad that like you know i'm for the first time in my life i'm on lineups with other gay comics not the only one with other asian comics not the only one and like it just feels great because it's like

Yeah, me and Matteo Lane, who started, like, a week apart from each other in Chicago and were friends in Chicago when we were coming up and are friends now, obviously. But, like, we had this moment where, like, early on we realized we were not getting booked on the same shows because people assumed that we were just, like, the same person, basically. And we were like, fuck that.

Right, you guys look so much alike.

no and it was like we talk about completely different stuff like our material did not overlap at all yeah it really like bonded us together and they like made us like really good friends because we were like okay this is bullshit yeah like we don't agree with this and like we started like demanding to do shows together because we were like we're friends and like we are different and like

yeah anymore because like the internet has made it possible for you know like if you're seeking out a queer comedian you can find a treasure trove of us on the internet now and like seek out and find us and like i perform in a lot of different rooms but like um it is so refreshing to be on the lineup of all gay comedians and like i can do one of those shows like once a week and they're packed and sold out you know and like and good natured yeah they're always really fun and they're down to laugh yeah for the most part which is nice

You're going to need to really work, get work to get them on your side. Exactly.

Well, I mean, all respect to you for being self-aware enough. Cause many people would not. I know.

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