Leslie Liao Stand-Up: Growing Up Asian in Orange County and Struggling with Being a Straight Woman

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  • Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
  • Comedian Leslie Liao talks about growing up in Orange County, California, being a single woman in her 30s and struggling to be straight.
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  • @gurujr
    @gurujr 11 місяців тому +225

    Big fan from her UA-cam clips of her club stand up routines. So happy for her getting some Tonight Show recognition. And Netflix too. She's going places like Ali Wong.

    • @phunchurchgirl
      @phunchurchgirl 11 місяців тому +3

      Yeah , same. I have been following her on IG for ages but didn't know her name

    • @pmlstk
      @pmlstk 10 місяців тому +9

      Leslie is actually 10 times more funnier than ali wong

    • @rogerc23
      @rogerc23 8 місяців тому

      I have to agree. Ali works get delivery extremely well but Leslie’s raw jokes and actual humour are vastly superior. @@pmlstk

    • @mrkang4080
      @mrkang4080 5 місяців тому +1

      The only comparison you can think of is the only other mainstream Asian female comic... LOL

  • @KeanuReevesIsMyJesus
    @KeanuReevesIsMyJesus 8 місяців тому +177

    😂 I could tell the audience doesn’t know what Kumon is.

  • @helenatube
    @helenatube 7 місяців тому +37

    Watched her live at small clubs in LA (she is fantastic even impromptu) and now she is on the Tonight Show. Such a trajectory. Leslie is a star!

  • @yenasung
    @yenasung 11 місяців тому +300

    “Im a straight woman but I don’t find men attractive” i felt that in my bones

    • @soni8995
      @soni8995 8 місяців тому +3

      100%

    • @MrZacwentworth
      @MrZacwentworth 8 місяців тому +1

      So happy to know that I’m not the only one

    • @T_tintin
      @T_tintin 8 місяців тому +3

      Yea even though I am straight I really like checking out girls and I agree they are very pretty

    • @helenatube
      @helenatube 7 місяців тому

      ugh tragedy of my life

  • @DDD2323-z5i
    @DDD2323-z5i 10 місяців тому +24

    She's so talented. Every time I see her videos it hits me again. She says everything with such confidence there's never an awkward moment. All her jokes flow together so well she seamlessly switches from topic to topic and you don't even realize when it changed. True talent.

  • @b-meaker99
    @b-meaker99 11 місяців тому +71

    I think her voice sounds great. Look forward to more

    • @rogerc23
      @rogerc23 8 місяців тому +4

      Zip it back up hero. She’s mine.

  • @airport862
    @airport862 11 місяців тому +160

    Hats off to her. Otherwise she may not like you if you wear one.

  • @TheCulinaryTeen16
    @TheCulinaryTeen16 11 місяців тому +69

    Saw Leslie's set last week at a small bar in California, and she is hilarious!!! I laughed the entire time. I know she's gonna be big. So happy for her!!

    • @MrCednumber1
      @MrCednumber1 11 місяців тому +1

      Wow!
      I wouldn’t mind seeing her in person myself.
      I’m in the Oakland East Bay California Area.
      Where did you see her?

  • @maeganhood857
    @maeganhood857 11 місяців тому +44

    She keeps all her jokes fresh and is so engaging with the audience. What a talent, so smart and funny! Can’t wait to see what you do next for women in comedy Leslie! Congrats to you!

  • @emb5091
    @emb5091 11 місяців тому +47

    Solid funny set! This is my first time ever hearing of her and I really enjoyed her set! I look forward to her Netflix special! Great job Leslie!

    • @MrBrewman95
      @MrBrewman95 11 місяців тому

      Bot

    • @emb5091
      @emb5091 11 місяців тому +1

      @@MrBrewman95 nope not a bot. You actually think Leslie's management or the tonight show paid for a bot?

    • @miguelrivoch
      @miguelrivoch 10 місяців тому

      @@emb5091 her bits on Instagram are way better!

    • @Micsq4lv
      @Micsq4lv 8 місяців тому +1

      @@MrBrewman95Tit

  • @christytorres5863
    @christytorres5863 5 місяців тому +6

    Yesssss all those jokes KILL the audience was lost idk why I love her so much

  • @DreamerTrain
    @DreamerTrain 10 місяців тому +20

    I've listened to her tell this joke like 30 times now. I'm probably gonna do 50 before i'm satisfied. lol

  • @michaelrmurphy2734
    @michaelrmurphy2734 7 місяців тому +11

    She IS funny! And I LOVE that voice of hers!

  • @Rashid55598
    @Rashid55598 3 місяці тому +2

    Her voice sounds great !!

  • @soni8995
    @soni8995 11 місяців тому +6

    I cannot get enough of her!!! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @Infraredx
    @Infraredx 11 місяців тому +59

    that was a solid set from someone ive never heard of bravooo

  • @theglamword1870
    @theglamword1870 Місяць тому

    So happy to see her getting so much recognition ❤well deserved

  • @Joebl0w619
    @Joebl0w619 11 місяців тому +29

    I got to admit, she's pretty funny !

    • @rogerc23
      @rogerc23 8 місяців тому +2

      Very few female comedians make me laugh. She is truly hilarious.

  • @Itsant33
    @Itsant33 11 місяців тому +13

    I bought my ticket to go see her already ❤

    • @MrCednumber1
      @MrCednumber1 11 місяців тому +1

      Where?
      I’m in Northern California, Oakland area.

  • @Whitemilkenator
    @Whitemilkenator 10 місяців тому +5

    So glad she came this far!

  • @Yinkv
    @Yinkv 11 місяців тому +8

    Great set!

  • @Teeliciousstyle
    @Teeliciousstyle 5 місяців тому

    Oh my Gosh! Our wishes came true. She has her own Netflix. Yasss.
    I learned all her lines as i been watching her since Cv-19. I see she has refined her catching phrases…am like a kid waiting for candy…when is that line gonna come ;)))

  • @alice75201
    @alice75201 11 місяців тому +25

    Wh..why did Jimmy bow to her? 😂

    • @shmoodiee6173
      @shmoodiee6173 11 місяців тому

      cuz she's asian duhh

    • @MrCednumber1
      @MrCednumber1 11 місяців тому +5

      Maybe because it was an outstanding short set.
      Then again, who knows, it could have been a subconscious thing on his part as bowing is a regular custom in certain Asian countries.

    • @christietheys2329
      @christietheys2329 10 місяців тому

      Maybe to respect her personal space as she didn't move towards him.

    • @Odysseus_Outis
      @Odysseus_Outis 5 місяців тому

      I think it was because she's of Chinese descent.
      He bowed to her as a sign of respect for her Chinese heritage.

    • @edwardjam9832
      @edwardjam9832 5 місяців тому

      That might be like 20% racist.

  • @SK1MD
    @SK1MD 11 місяців тому +2

    Relatable. Spot on!

  • @patrick4158
    @patrick4158 5 місяців тому +1

    More of Leslie please!

  • @maryalthene
    @maryalthene 11 місяців тому +16

    😂❤luvin her nw and it's the first time i seen her

  • @Bobb1to
    @Bobb1to Місяць тому

    She's funny, glad she's starting to be recognised. Good luck to her!

  • @tabularasa7711
    @tabularasa7711 9 місяців тому +3

    Leslie! I was just watching your set this morning on UA-cam. Love you! Happy for you to get onto TTS! I'm a single guy whose dating life makes no sense and I'm angry too. "The one" i'm looking for -- yeah. She's so in trouble and I've not even met her yet. But Wow, as a performer we all know what that's like. The jokes in the set are planned to kill. And then there's a man, Tariq, who wears a hat in your "sight line" and you're thinking. Do I tell this last hat joke, or try to improv. And you stick with the routine. You did good. Tariq will be your friend forever, and next time you can do new material!

    • @rogerc23
      @rogerc23 8 місяців тому

      Dude you’re writing a comment on UA-cam. You’re not speaking to her. Get a reality check you weirdo.

  • @paulchan446
    @paulchan446 11 місяців тому +3

    omg, I definitely saw her at the Santa Monica pier a while back! not performing, just waiting around. said she was meeting someone there for a date. It was 9ish.

  • @arrestedfan
    @arrestedfan 11 місяців тому +9

    We love Leslie!

  • @asynchronicity
    @asynchronicity 9 місяців тому +5

    She would be great doing voiceover work

  • @mkate1947
    @mkate1947 11 місяців тому +1

    I love her. The part about being the monster is so relatable 😂

  • @9reddog2
    @9reddog2 11 місяців тому +2

    Love this, get it girl!

  • @wayneerichsen
    @wayneerichsen 11 місяців тому +2

    Slow start but finished strongly. 👏

  • @TheBrandiElizabeth
    @TheBrandiElizabeth 11 місяців тому +3

    Yay I hoped she’d get a Netflix special

  • @jesekreanne
    @jesekreanne 11 місяців тому +1

    Yess Leslie!

  • @triple_sec0
    @triple_sec0 11 місяців тому +19

    absolutely loved her! will definitely catch her show on netflix.
    (all the references prolly flew over boomers’ and gen x heads) 🤭

    • @MrCednumber1
      @MrCednumber1 11 місяців тому +2

      I can relate.
      Your reference comment totally reminds me…
      A lot of people in younger generations probably think "prolly” has always been a word!

  • @LOVER_LINK
    @LOVER_LINK 11 місяців тому +2

    Tarik was like what did I do 😂

  • @joaquinmendoza8561
    @joaquinmendoza8561 11 місяців тому +2

    Pretty good 👍. She got the audience laughing and into it.

  • @gosikh
    @gosikh 4 місяці тому

    Love her voice and she is funny. Congrats to her for this debut.
    May she go on to more success.
    I do agree with her, women are gorgeous. Uffff!

  • @melloe
    @melloe 10 місяців тому +1

    i loooove her voice

  • @gh5208
    @gh5208 11 місяців тому +2

    So evokingly hilarious

  • @SLO722
    @SLO722 6 місяців тому

    Bravo!!!!

  • @jazzfan7491
    @jazzfan7491 5 місяців тому

    she's so great

  • @FranciscoCruz-ie5qf
    @FranciscoCruz-ie5qf 9 місяців тому

    Crazy how vulnerable comedians be

  • @peaceinthemiddleeast4349
    @peaceinthemiddleeast4349 10 місяців тому +19

    I'm so happy for her. She came a long way

  • @JenniferPChung
    @JenniferPChung 3 місяці тому

    Omg I love her 😂😂😂😂

  • @twistedtransistor4748
    @twistedtransistor4748 3 місяці тому

    Yay!! Congrats on the feature! 🎉
    I usually find men attractive from afar but lose interest once I talk to them 😜

  • @ericahenderson7262
    @ericahenderson7262 11 місяців тому +1

    Awesome job!

  • @kjfacilities-maint
    @kjfacilities-maint 9 місяців тому

    She's awesome!

  • @KennethFord-y7c
    @KennethFord-y7c 6 місяців тому +3

    Her voice is sensual and seductive!!!!

  • @beatpirate8
    @beatpirate8 10 місяців тому +2

    Ive been waiting for MORE Leslie LIAO!!!! YAOOOhHH! cant wait see you sexy deep voice sis! cant wait til you whisper low tone your whole
    comedy to us! SING IT!!!

  • @brandycehenry
    @brandycehenry 11 місяців тому +2

    Literally just watched her DryBar set before bed last night, what a coincidence

    • @MrCednumber1
      @MrCednumber1 11 місяців тому

      Thank you for mentioning that!
      I’ll have to pull that up!

  • @heygirl35
    @heygirl35 2 дні тому

    This girl is funny!

  • @Esdroxin
    @Esdroxin 10 місяців тому

    Love love love her 🤣😂

  • @coulton-davisjazz2872
    @coulton-davisjazz2872 7 місяців тому

    She is very good.

  • @JJ-fr2ki
    @JJ-fr2ki 11 місяців тому +2

    I’m white and grew up in the OC as an Asian and speak Mandarin.

  • @tys.5065
    @tys.5065 5 місяців тому

    She is really good. First rate.

  • @alexlayne967
    @alexlayne967 11 місяців тому +4

    People from OC have such a hard life.

    • @MrCednumber1
      @MrCednumber1 11 місяців тому

      That’s funny! 😆
      If it’s NOT sarcastic on your part
      It’s REALLY FUNNY! 😳🤣

  • @thebabyfacedking7441
    @thebabyfacedking7441 11 місяців тому +1

    Too bad it wasn't on HBO I really want to see more of her stuff and by HBO I mean Max

  • @Silvia-pq1pb
    @Silvia-pq1pb 10 місяців тому

    Love her 😂

  • @dirfrops
    @dirfrops 7 місяців тому

    Too funny. I was married to a Chinese woman for 12 years until covid happened and now she’s on her 2nd boy friend. I tell myself she walked out on her family because I refused to pay her dad a tithe. Her parents called me Fay Dzai which roughly translates to “fat boy” in Cantonese. My name is also Russ. Why couldn’t I get that cool nickname like that audience member in one of your shows?: “White King of China?” Thank you!!!!

  • @raysmusic49
    @raysmusic49 8 місяців тому

    I like her!

  • @chimakalu41
    @chimakalu41 4 місяці тому

    She is funny.

  • @cassieyuan464
    @cassieyuan464 10 місяців тому +4

    She spoke out the inner voice of women and the men in the comments cannot handle it.

  • @DavidPat
    @DavidPat 11 місяців тому +1

    I know her from tik Tok and I love her material

  • @hinatasigosson8812
    @hinatasigosson8812 11 місяців тому

    Hi There (audience laughter) You got that voice when your ASMR gig flopped (haha) You got that voice from a viral infection in O.C. oceans (haha) You got that voice screaming for the Champion L.A. Rams to return to the O.C. (haha)

  • @clistpost
    @clistpost 5 місяців тому +1

    I didn’t even crack a smile…

  • @garyonuma
    @garyonuma 11 місяців тому

    wow!!!!

  • @thebabyfacedking7441
    @thebabyfacedking7441 11 місяців тому +1

    Similar experience as a black dude it's just like cut my life into pieces

    • @RoderickSpode
      @RoderickSpode 11 місяців тому

      Being BLACK in Jim crow Anti-Black racist Amerikkk can do that to you.

  • @xfiringsquadx
    @xfiringsquadx 11 місяців тому +3

    Is this when I'm supposed to laugh?

  • @maryalthene
    @maryalthene 11 місяців тому

    Jeongyeon, ryujin voice ugh Kelly Clarkson loves it too!

  • @JamesYeang
    @JamesYeang 5 місяців тому

    Hilarious, but I didn't get the dad missing games in 3:00. Can someone explain it to me pls 😅

    • @stereomois
      @stereomois 5 місяців тому

      She means the guy played school sports as a kid and his father missed those games, if I understood your question right

  • @GreenFeen15
    @GreenFeen15 3 місяці тому

    What's wrong with Costo basketball shorts? Fiscally responsible.

  • @bettycheung2127
    @bettycheung2127 Місяць тому

  • @zephyrkhambatta
    @zephyrkhambatta 8 місяців тому

    Damn I wanted to hear more about her thought you guys were gonna talk

  • @irelandoreilly1575
    @irelandoreilly1575 10 місяців тому

    So funny

  • @samaval9920
    @samaval9920 Місяць тому

    Amazing! In the past, Chinese & Westerners saiid that Chinese & other aasuansa were toi reserved!
    Niw there is a generation of Chinese & others, like
    Leslie Lia
    He Husng
    Dawn Wong
    Jiaoying Summers
    Chinese + Jessie
    Etc.?
    Chinese (& other E SE S Asian
    comediennes have arrived !!!

  • @jamiezenichi1017
    @jamiezenichi1017 9 місяців тому +2

    Men, this is why you don't want to get married. Yes, now you remember.

  • @embershen364
    @embershen364 10 місяців тому

    Deep voices are better if you want to sound serious and be promoted to boss 😂

  • @aaronfelman1000
    @aaronfelman1000 10 місяців тому

    Catch the rising star

  • @77Catguy
    @77Catguy 5 місяців тому

    The big question: In what way would her search for a successful male-female relationship beneficial to both parties possibly be realized in a culture where such relatiohips are so despised anbd opposed by those in charge of the current propaganda narrative?: Why should any of us care about the destructive goals of such propaganda?

  • @13danzar
    @13danzar 11 місяців тому +2

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Sitbear
    @Sitbear 11 місяців тому +1

    As a Chinese-American from Orange County… I didn’t find this all that funny

  • @BlakieTT
    @BlakieTT 11 місяців тому +7

    I'm in to her. ♥

  • @naosmo
    @naosmo 6 місяців тому

    Why you so mean to me? I told you that shit and you're OK with it? I love you

  • @rosea1021
    @rosea1021 5 місяців тому

    LOL

  • @jennycadot3635
    @jennycadot3635 24 дні тому

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @CarlosmariosOvandoSanchez
    @CarlosmariosOvandoSanchez 5 місяців тому

    😂hey hey. Wvu

  • @ansel_
    @ansel_ 2 місяці тому

    we know why you're single lol

  • @JEDIMASTERPOOPJUICE
    @JEDIMASTERPOOPJUICE 11 місяців тому +25

    Lol, she was pretty good. Nice job.😂

  • @SugarSnapDragon
    @SugarSnapDragon 9 місяців тому

    I will marry you, Leslie!

  • @TylerTour
    @TylerTour 11 місяців тому

    I related to everything except the Asian part - a gay white man fed up with men but still hoping for a good husband

  • @harlemdeni
    @harlemdeni 11 місяців тому

    Her voice. Mh.

  • @PeterSu
    @PeterSu 9 місяців тому

    Hehe buying a house

  • @chillfluencer
    @chillfluencer 11 місяців тому +1

    05:02 - if women would be gorgeous they wouldn't need filters...including the AFK filter known as make-up.

  • @36GAJAR
    @36GAJAR 11 місяців тому

    ❤😂

  • @abudorayakobu
    @abudorayakobu 3 місяці тому

    I mean to be honest women are hot. they don't seem to keep me mentally intrigued or interested half the time might be because I have adhd. I could talk with men for days on end about interesting topics.

  • @badseed5555
    @badseed5555 10 місяців тому

    😂😂😂

  • @kkp4297
    @kkp4297 11 місяців тому +10

    you gotta approach these with an open mind.
    A lot of you have already made up your mind before she uttered the first word.