{"id":18784,"date":"2017-07-04T08:58:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T00:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=18784"},"modified":"2017-07-04T18:18:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T10:18:43","slug":"jo-koy-fil-am-comedian-who-made-it-to-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/07\/04\/jo-koy-fil-am-comedian-who-made-it-to-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo Koy: Fil-Am Comedian Who Made It To Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are subscribed to Netflix, Jo Koy should be on your list. He is a Filipino-American comedian who stood out with his gags that are mostly rooted in his Filipino upbringing and experiences with his Filipino mother. Many of his jokes are relatable to Filipinos but also very funny for the international audience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18786\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Jo-Koy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Jo-Koy.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Jo-Koy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Jo-Koy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Jo-Koy-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Jo Koy is a Filipino-American comedian who made it to Netflix. \/IMAGE Jo Koy Facebook page<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>46-year-old Jo Koy recently self-produced his own stand-up comedy special, \u201cJo Koy: Live from Seattle,\u201d which found its way to Netflix. And if you haven\u2019t seen it, here are some of our favorite excerpts from the show which will convince you to check it out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I told my mom I wanted to be a comedian, she cried.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At one point in the show, Jo Koy shares the first time he told his mom, Josie, about his dream of being a comedian. His Filipino mom\u2019s reaction was hilarious but somewhat reflects the typical mom who likes to intervene in her child\u2019s future. Despite that, Jo Koy&#8217;s present status proves that he got all the support he needed from his family.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Follow Your Dreams&quot; | Jo Koy : Live from Seattle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gYjVZ14eb0c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>A clip from Jo Koy: Life from Seattle. \/VIDEO Jo Koy YouTube Channel<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMy mom cured everything with Vicks VapoRub.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jo Koy seems to have a lot of funny stories about his Filipino mother. This time, he shared how his mom would rub every part of his body as if Vicks were a medicine of the gods!<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Women will laugh and cry because they&#8217;re emotional creatures.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are a woman, you might huff a bit, but you will surely join the whole crowd in laughter as Jo Koy exaggerates gestures and expressions that are undeniably common among girls. You just can\u2019t hate this guy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cJosep!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how his mom calls Joseph, Jo Koy\u2019s real name. And you will hear it all throughout the show.\u00a0&#8216;F&#8217; is not really a part of Filipinos&#8217; native tongue.\u00a0People just find bad pronunciations really funny\u2014and even funnier when you imagine Jo Koy&#8217;s mom doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Jo Koy already has fans all over the world, and many of his shows in the U.S. sell out fast. Now, you have to see it all for yourself. Aside from &#8220;Jo Koy: Live from Seattle&#8221; on Netflix, you can also find Jo Koy on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Jokoy\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jokoy\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/JoKoy\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written by: Rizelle &#8220;Rei&#8221; Lea\u00f1o<br \/>\nImage grabbed from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jokoy\/\">Jo Koy Facebook page<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Video grabbed from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Jokoy\">Jo Ko Youtube Channel<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you seen Jo Koy on Netflix?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[502,3469,3468,3467],"class_list":["post-18784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-story","tag-comedy","tag-funny","tag-jo-koy","tag-netflix"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Jo-Koy-1-e1499159992162.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18784"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18790,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784\/revisions\/18790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}