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

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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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  • @KeanuReevesIsMyJesus
    @KeanuReevesIsMyJesus5 ай бұрын

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

  • @michaelrmurphy2734

    @michaelrmurphy2734

    4 ай бұрын

    I do. There are several of them around here.

  • @DogDog173

    @DogDog173

    Ай бұрын

    wow that username

  • @yenasung
    @yenasung9 ай бұрын

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

  • @soni8995

    @soni8995

    6 ай бұрын

    100%

  • @MrZacwentworth

    @MrZacwentworth

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @T_tintin

    @T_tintin

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @helenatube

    @helenatube

    5 ай бұрын

    ugh tragedy of my life

  • @gurujr
    @gurujr9 ай бұрын

    Big fan from her KZread 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

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @mb0133

    @mb0133

    7 ай бұрын

    Leslie is actually 10 times more funnier than ali wong

  • @rogerc23

    @rogerc23

    6 ай бұрын

    I have to agree. Ali works get delivery extremely well but Leslie’s raw jokes and actual humour are vastly superior. @@mb0133

  • @mrkang4080

    @mrkang4080

    3 ай бұрын

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

  • @helenatube
    @helenatube5 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @airport862
    @airport8629 ай бұрын

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

  • @MrCednumber1

    @MrCednumber1

    9 ай бұрын

    Great, related,comment!

  • @jusapoet72

    @jusapoet72

    8 ай бұрын

    Lol

  • @johnjones220

    @johnjones220

    17 күн бұрын

    😂 best comment

  • @b-meaker99
    @b-meaker999 ай бұрын

    I think her voice sounds great. Look forward to more

  • @rogerc23

    @rogerc23

    6 ай бұрын

    Zip it back up hero. She’s mine.

  • @TheCulinaryTeen16
    @TheCulinaryTeen169 ай бұрын

    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

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @DDD2323-z5i
    @DDD2323-z5i8 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @maeganhood857
    @maeganhood8578 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @DreamerTrain
    @DreamerTrain7 ай бұрын

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

  • @peaceinthemiddleeast4349
    @peaceinthemiddleeast43498 ай бұрын

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

  • @christytorres5863
    @christytorres58633 ай бұрын

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

  • @Rashid55598
    @Rashid55598Ай бұрын

    Her voice sounds great !!

  • @emb5091
    @emb50919 ай бұрын

    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

    9 ай бұрын

    Bot

  • @emb5091

    @emb5091

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @miguelrivoch

    @miguelrivoch

    8 ай бұрын

    @@emb5091 her bits on Instagram are way better!

  • @Micsq4lv

    @Micsq4lv

    6 ай бұрын

    @@MrBrewman95Tit

  • @Infraredx
    @Infraredx9 ай бұрын

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

  • @michaelrmurphy2734
    @michaelrmurphy27344 ай бұрын

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

  • @jettoh
    @jettoh3 ай бұрын

    Watched her clips a couple of times and now we know she’s Leslie Liao ! You’re definitely going places liao ! 🎉

  • @soni8995
    @soni89958 ай бұрын

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

  • @Joebl0w619
    @Joebl0w6199 ай бұрын

    I got to admit, she's pretty funny !

  • @rogerc23

    @rogerc23

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @Teeliciousstyle
    @Teeliciousstyle2 ай бұрын

    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 ;)))

  • @Yinkv
    @Yinkv9 ай бұрын

    Great set!

  • @Whitemilkenator
    @Whitemilkenator8 ай бұрын

    So glad she came this far!

  • @mkate1947
    @mkate19478 ай бұрын

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

  • @Itsant33
    @Itsant339 ай бұрын

    I bought my ticket to go see her already ❤

  • @MrCednumber1

    @MrCednumber1

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @SK1MD
    @SK1MD8 ай бұрын

    Relatable. Spot on!

  • @JEDIMASTERPOOPJUICE
    @JEDIMASTERPOOPJUICE9 ай бұрын

    Lol, she was pretty good. Nice job.😂

  • @mjccarpenter
    @mjccarpenter4 ай бұрын

    The crowd was a bit lame. Leslie is hilarious!

  • @stereomois

    @stereomois

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah, feels like she didn't connect with the audience. The audience in her clips is really into it

  • @paulchan446
    @paulchan4469 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @georgeparker8198
    @georgeparker81988 ай бұрын

    She's very funny I've seen all her clips on KZread so I've heard these jokes but she is terrific. Also lmao at Black Thought catching that stray 😂😂😂😂

  • @patrick4158
    @patrick41583 ай бұрын

    More of Leslie please!

  • @alice75201
    @alice752019 ай бұрын

    Wh..why did Jimmy bow to her? 😂

  • @shmoodiee6173

    @shmoodiee6173

    9 ай бұрын

    cuz she's asian duhh

  • @MrCednumber1

    @MrCednumber1

    9 ай бұрын

    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

    7 ай бұрын

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

  • @Odysseus_Outis

    @Odysseus_Outis

    2 ай бұрын

    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

    2 ай бұрын

    That might be like 20% racist.

  • @ericahenderson7262
    @ericahenderson72629 ай бұрын

    Awesome job!

  • @9reddog2
    @9reddog29 ай бұрын

    Love this, get it girl!

  • @tabularasa7711
    @tabularasa77117 ай бұрын

    Leslie! I was just watching your set this morning on KZread. 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

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @maryalthene
    @maryalthene9 ай бұрын

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

  • @twistedtransistor4748
    @twistedtransistor474826 күн бұрын

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

  • @wayneerichsen
    @wayneerichsen9 ай бұрын

    Slow start but finished strongly. 👏

  • @gh5208
    @gh52089 ай бұрын

    So evokingly hilarious

  • @SLO722
    @SLO7224 ай бұрын

    Bravo!!!!

  • @LOVER_LINK
    @LOVER_LINK8 ай бұрын

    Tarik was like what did I do 😂

  • @arrestedfan
    @arrestedfan9 ай бұрын

    We love Leslie!

  • @joaquinmendoza8561
    @joaquinmendoza85618 ай бұрын

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

  • @Esdroxin
    @Esdroxin8 ай бұрын

    Love love love her 🤣😂

  • @FranciscoCruz-ie5qf
    @FranciscoCruz-ie5qf7 ай бұрын

    Crazy how vulnerable comedians be

  • @melloe
    @melloe8 ай бұрын

    i loooove her voice

  • @jesekreanne
    @jesekreanne9 ай бұрын

    Yess Leslie!

  • @triple_sec0
    @triple_sec09 ай бұрын

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

  • @MrCednumber1

    @MrCednumber1

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @asynchronicity
    @asynchronicity7 ай бұрын

    She would be great doing voiceover work

  • @kjfacilities-maint
    @kjfacilities-maint7 ай бұрын

    She's awesome!

  • @pricerowland
    @pricerowland8 ай бұрын

    My favorite part of the hat joke is it always summons at least one man with a hat

  • @TheBrandiElizabeth
    @TheBrandiElizabeth9 ай бұрын

    Yay I hoped she’d get a Netflix special

  • @gosikh
    @gosikh2 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @JenniferPChung
    @JenniferPChungАй бұрын

    Omg I love her 😂😂😂😂

  • @terrib.1801
    @terrib.18019 ай бұрын

    Funny Lady !!

  • @Silvia-pq1pb
    @Silvia-pq1pb8 ай бұрын

    Love her 😂

  • @jazzfan7491
    @jazzfan74912 ай бұрын

    she's so great

  • @user-xg7iz4ok5z
    @user-xg7iz4ok5z4 ай бұрын

    Her voice is sensual and seductive!!!!

  • @beatpirate8
    @beatpirate88 ай бұрын

    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!!!

  • @beatpirate8

    @beatpirate8

    8 ай бұрын

    barry white!

  • @brandycehenry
    @brandycehenry9 ай бұрын

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

  • @MrCednumber1

    @MrCednumber1

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @garyonuma
    @garyonuma8 ай бұрын

    wow!!!!

  • @coulton-davisjazz2872
    @coulton-davisjazz28725 ай бұрын

    She is very good.

  • @maryalthene
    @maryalthene9 ай бұрын

    Jeongyeon, ryujin voice ugh Kelly Clarkson loves it too!

  • @thebabyfacedking7441
    @thebabyfacedking74418 ай бұрын

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

  • @raysmusic49
    @raysmusic496 ай бұрын

    I like her!

  • @JJ-fr2ki
    @JJ-fr2ki9 ай бұрын

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

  • @hinatasigosson8812
    @hinatasigosson88129 ай бұрын

    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)

  • @DavidPat
    @DavidPat9 ай бұрын

    I know her from tik Tok and I love her material

  • @CC-kl4nh
    @CC-kl4nh3 ай бұрын

    If it’s big I am gonna drive far for it. Lol! I totally get it. I am straight…. But I have seen beautiful men. Lucky me!

  • @irelandoreilly1575
    @irelandoreilly15758 ай бұрын

    So funny

  • @dirfrops
    @dirfrops4 ай бұрын

    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!!!!

  • @36GAJAR
    @36GAJAR9 ай бұрын

    ❤😂

  • @alexlayne967
    @alexlayne9679 ай бұрын

    People from OC have such a hard life.

  • @MrCednumber1

    @MrCednumber1

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @tys.5065
    @tys.50653 ай бұрын

    She is really good. First rate.

  • @cassieyuan464
    @cassieyuan4648 ай бұрын

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

  • @zephyrkhambatta
    @zephyrkhambatta5 ай бұрын

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

  • @embershen364
    @embershen3648 ай бұрын

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

  • @stephengordonwalker
    @stephengordonwalker9 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @xfiringsquadx
    @xfiringsquadx9 ай бұрын

    Is this when I'm supposed to laugh?

  • @clistpost
    @clistpost3 ай бұрын

    I didn’t even crack a smile…

  • @MySwag1993
    @MySwag19939 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

  • @clickster1883
    @clickster188324 күн бұрын

    (5:39) Does Fallon bow to every performer at the end of their set?

  • @peterkoh5632
    @peterkoh56322 ай бұрын

    Felt like the crowd laughed because they felt compelled to..

  • @thebabyfacedking7441
    @thebabyfacedking74418 ай бұрын

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

  • @RoderickSpode

    @RoderickSpode

    8 ай бұрын

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

  • @13danzar
    @13danzar9 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @chimakalu41
    @chimakalu412 ай бұрын

    She is funny.

  • @aaronfelman1000
    @aaronfelman10007 ай бұрын

    Catch the rising star

  • @rosea1021
    @rosea10213 ай бұрын

    LOL

  • @JamesYeang
    @JamesYeang3 ай бұрын

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

  • @stereomois

    @stereomois

    3 ай бұрын

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

  • @YelloFello15
    @YelloFello15Ай бұрын

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

  • @CarlosmariosOvandoSanchez
    @CarlosmariosOvandoSanchez2 ай бұрын

    😂hey hey. Wvu

  • @thebabyfacedking7441
    @thebabyfacedking74418 ай бұрын

    👋🏿👍🏿

  • @jamiezenichi1017
    @jamiezenichi10176 ай бұрын

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

  • @harlemdeni
    @harlemdeni9 ай бұрын

    Her voice. Mh.

  • @TylerTour
    @TylerTour9 ай бұрын

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

  • @Derrickthepeng
    @Derrickthepeng9 ай бұрын

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

  • @SugarSnapDragon
    @SugarSnapDragon7 ай бұрын

    I will marry you, Leslie!

  • @ansel_
    @ansel_14 күн бұрын

    we know why you're single lol

  • @PeterSu
    @PeterSu7 ай бұрын

    Hehe buying a house

  • @77Catguy
    @77Catguy2 ай бұрын

    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?

  • @naosmo
    @naosmo4 ай бұрын

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

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