1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:05,240 You guys, I have prepared some wonderful jokes tonight with 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:09,000 which I hope to astound and delight each and everyone of 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,480 you. I'm so happy to be here. 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,480 It's it's really an honor. I got to confess, I'm also 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:21,040 excited for the part when it's over and we all head home, think 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:26,760 about what we've done. I like to walk home because it 7 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:31,960 makes my friends worry and that makes me feel loved. 8 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:37,680 That's how the math goes. People hear me say that, then 9 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,880 I'm going to walk home. They tell me get home safe, see 10 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:43,760 how I dress. Get home safe. 11 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,320 You guys know about that? Get home safe. 12 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,040 It's an interesting thing to say, is it not? 13 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,680 It's polite. Get home safe. 14 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,440 It's nice, very nice. Get get home safe, Get home 15 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:06,760 safe. It's just it's not up to me 16 00:01:15,330 --> 00:01:21,210 necessarily. I'm going to do my part. 17 00:01:21,250 --> 00:01:28,370 Doop da doop da doop. When someone says get home safe, 18 00:01:28,370 --> 00:01:35,320 what I hear is hey listen slut, you're going to need a lot of 19 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:40,400 luck out there. Tonight might be your very last 20 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,400 one. So put up a good fight out 21 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,160 there. We're going to miss you slut 22 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,000 girl. Bye bye now slut. 23 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:58,280 Fight in your miniskirt fight. I wrote that joke because I was 24 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:06,800 walking through the park one day and I thought I saw a wolf, but 25 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:11,560 no, it was a man. One way or another, I'm going to 26 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,840 have to tell you about my life. Is that OK? 27 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,360 Yes. OK, here's my life. 28 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,160 I'm Joe. Yes. 29 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,720 Check. I'm from Ghana in West Africa, 30 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,000 and I moved to the US when I was three years old. 31 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:34,080 So it's like I'm an immigrant, but I did not help pack a little 32 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,000 bit of stolen valor on that one. So I'm chill about it, right. 33 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:47,400 Immigrant, not like Mr. Lin, Manuel Miranda, Hungry, Bobby 34 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,840 Aisle. You know how that guy is. 35 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:56,760 Drama, drama with him. For me, it's more that if 36 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,600 there's a scholarship, I will apply. 37 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,200 I've been learning more about Ghana lately. 38 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,920 I've realized a lot of things I thought were facts about Ghana 39 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,360 are actually just facts about my uncle Eugene. 40 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,800 OK, this can happen in We're going kids. 41 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,000 I feel like we all say the same stuff. 42 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,920 What do we say? Oh, I come from a culture that's 43 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:29,720 so intense, OK, and so success oriented my culture. 44 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:37,000 And I wonder, you know, is that the truth about your culture or 45 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,320 is that the truth about your parents? 46 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:48,040 The country's top 2 narcs who left that culture due to their 47 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,120 friends and family did not like them there. 48 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,240 Let's really wake this up because immigrating is hard. 49 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,680 Immigrating is for serious people who like to fill forms. 50 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,120 And this is when I've learned the relaxed people are actually 51 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,600 going to stay back in the village and relax. 52 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,520 How about that? People don't talk about this. 53 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,040 Immigrating is moving. Have you guys ever moved? 54 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,720 Yes. Nobody's born in Santroville, 55 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,160 Montreal. It wouldn't be natural. 56 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,560 Here's another Ghana fact. Ghana's very religious and I can 57 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,160 tell because of the way that we name our stores in the US. 58 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,960 We call our stores normal clear stuff. 59 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,120 In the US, we have Chick-fil-A, clear as day. 60 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,280 What they sell chicken. New York, we have this store 61 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,160 called Key Foods. I love that one. 62 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,200 What do they sell? The Key Foods that you need? 63 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,320 Awesome, awesome. Clear as day. 64 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:57,000 In Ghana, every store is called like Gloria, Gloria, Aunty, 65 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:04,080 Glorious, rise and above, lift his name to the sky, trust and 66 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:13,840 obey you to the Lord Almighty. Snack shop, they sell snacks. 67 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,440 Awesome. Awesome. 68 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,400 OK, so Ghana's so religious. Yeah. 69 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,600 And with that comes homophobia. So my family, very religious, 70 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,760 very homophobic. Here's what I need to say. 71 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:38,960 If you guys saw the kind of gay sex I'm having, as well as the 72 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:45,080 fervor with which I'm having it, you wouldn't know I'm actually 73 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,000 in a a lot of trouble back at home. 74 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,480 Poof. It is a dire situation. 75 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,720 I was wondering, have you been liking my jokes or have you been 76 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,720 laughing as more like political action? 77 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,160 OK, OK, that sounds different. That's info. 78 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:08,520 I'll. I'll tell you another story from 79 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,280 my life. The other day I was in the train 80 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:14,360 station. The man came up to me and asked 81 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,880 me for directions. OK, so I give him the wrong 82 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:18,880 directions. Everything's good. 83 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,680 Do I look like I'm not the Sacagawea? 84 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,360 Hey. Hey, I'm Joe. 85 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:35,440 And then as we're parting ways, he asked me, of course, on a 86 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,840 date. You guys know the problem. 87 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:44,880 I'm so busy. So I had to tell him, look, it's 88 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,240 just that I could not date a low value man such as you, Sir, 89 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:53,360 because here's the thing, I don't date men. 90 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:59,240 But I do think about, well, if I did well, it's not going to be 91 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:11,520 the one who is lost, is it? I'm looking for a leader. 92 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,880 If I if I had to date him, oh, my God. 93 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,600 But if I had to, if I had to date a man, I want somebody. 94 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,680 I want maybe like Dwayne the Rock Johnson. 95 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:26,680 Yeah, somebody strong, macho, a man who is lost in the train 96 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,120 station. Well, that is a woman. 97 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:33,960 What a relief. I'm finished. 98 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:34,920 Thank you guys.