Jo Koy

Comedian

1971-06-02

Quotes by Jo Koy

• I get involved in the political, but I don't bring it to the stage because that's not my style.

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• I learned from my dad's mistakes. I think that's why I'm so into my son. I bring him lunch every day: McDonald's, Taco Bell, whatever junk food a kid likes, I will bring it for him. I've canceled gigs so I could be at moments for him. That wasn't a big thing for my dad.

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• The West Coast blew me up years ago. Ten years ago, I was already selling out five or six shows in a row in the West. Then all of a sudden, the Midwest, Chicago, Illinois, just embraced me so well.

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• The appearance on 'The Tonight Show' was one thing, but the YouTube afterlife was incredible.

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• I didn't realize how many people watched 'The Tonight Show.'

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• I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave you over to the desk; that pretty much meant you were about to be the most successful comedian in the country for the next few years.

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• Comedy is just an unspoken language. Everybody understands it. Funny is funny. When it's not funny, they'll let you know.

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• I started in 1989. I was the booker, the promoter, the headliner. I wore all the hats.

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• I was working at Nordstrom Rack, Borders Books, and I was cleaning yachts on the weekends for private parties and being a busboy. I had to break down the tables and roll the forks up in napkins. And I was still doing standup.

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