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Okay, here are some of the jokes and humorous moments from Jimmy Ouyang's stand-up routine, extracted from the transcript:
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Asian Representation in Media:
- The joke about Crazy Rich Asians and Jeremy Lin winning a championship being big moments for Asians.
- The bit about Matt Damon in The Great Wall and how white actors with accents are seen as talented, but Asian actors with accents are automatically assumed to be from another country.
- The pressure of representing an entire race and having to be a "good Asian" all the time.
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Asian Stereotypes:
- "Chinese tip" - leaving a small tip.
- The bit about Asian seniors doing Tai Chi in parks.
- Making up fake Chinese holidays to get out of doing things.
- Pretending not to speak English to avoid getting a ticket.
- The joke about the girl who said he was the first Asian guy she'd been with and acted like she'd unlocked a new Street Fighter character.
- The joke about the girl being glad the stereotype about Asian men wasn't true, and his response about everyone deserving an average-sized dick.
- The joke about his uncle in Shanghai needing an extra pump.
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Growing Up Asian-American:
- His parents being overly ambitious and giving him the name "Wan Cheng," meaning "ten thousand successes."
- His dad naming himself "Richard" because he wanted to get rich.
- Being sent to a ping pong training camp in China.
- His dad's "inspiring" pep talks that were actually insults.
- Not being allowed to use a calculator until he was 15.
- Stealing his brother's calculator and doing math homework as an act of rebellion.
- His dad being more proud of him doing math homework than catching him masturbating.
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Culture Clash:
- Not knowing what the Pledge of Allegiance was on his first day of school.
- Wearing "tidy whities" to gym class.
- Learning English by watching Rap City and wanting to be like Jay-Z in "Big Pimpin'."
- Forming a rap group called "Yellow Panthers."
- His dad judging the TV and wanting him to explain everything, especially rap videos.
- His dad saying "I'm thirsty too!" after hearing a rapper talk about someone's girlfriend being thirsty.
- His mom being obsessed with deals and buying things she doesn't need.
- His mom watering down the hand soap for six years.
- The bit about organic food and how Asians prefer to see their food swimming or walking.
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American Identity:
- Being mistaken for Korean and insulted with three English words.
- Getting detained at the Canadian border because he didn't have a business visa.
- The old man at brunch who said, "Keep it up," and Julian's interpretation of it.
- The joke about not seeing Asians in the NFL or in beer commercials.
- His version of the Dos Equis commercial: "The Most Asian Man in the World."
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Other Jokes:
- The joke about Chip and Joanna Gaines from Fixer Upper and how Chip just hires Mexicans to do everything.
- Living in a rent-controlled apartment and it becoming a generational thing.
- Being afraid of ghosts and not wanting to buy a house.
- The joke about what kind of loser haunts an apartment.
- The joke about asking a ghost what his credit score was when he died.
- The joke about the people in Kansas City looking at him like he was an episode of National Geographic about giraffes.
- The old lady at his show asking if he was first chair or second chair in the violin section.
- The joke about high heels making a tall woman's butt at his eye level.
- The joke about going to a Billie Eilish concert and wanting to be picked up.
I hope this is helpful!