- Hey guys, I'm Jo Koy.
You might know me from
my podcast, The Koy Pond,
or my Netflix specials.
I'm gonna make some cookies,
that look just like me.
(bright happy music)
Boom!
Why did I choose this cookie?
It's the same skin color.
First and foremost, let
me see with this stuff.
Why, 'cause it's gold.
Gotta put gold on a gold cookie.
I many not know how to bake,
but I know how to draw.
I swear to God this is gonna look
just like me when I'm done.
Gotta give a nose.
That's one thing I do have is a nice nose.
If you look from the side,
it's just got a lot of power right there.
It's a powerful nose.
I'm gonna give myself a powerful nose.
I started comedy in 1989.
This will be my 30th year.
And I knew I was gonna be a comic
when I was about, I'd have to say 11.
1981, '82, when I saw
Eddie Murphy, Delirious.
I was like, that's who
I wanna be, and I need
that red leather outfit.
Mom, get me a red leather outfit!
And then my Mom said, "Get it yourself."
I went to Eddie Murphy, Raw, live.
I actually went to the concert.
I was 15.
I bought the tickets with my
Mom's credit card on the phone.
I basically stole those
tickets and I could not wait.
And my Mom drove me.
She thought I had tickets
to an Eddie Murphy movie.
And when she dropped us off
in front of the Coliseum,
she goes, "You're going to a concert!
"You're only 15 years old!
"Are you crazy?"
Bye!
We left her in the car for two hours.
I don't know if you notice this,
but I have a big beautiful beard.
I'm gonna put this on the cookie.
I don't know if you guys,
are you seein' this?
Look at that!
I mean, does that not
look like me already?
Look at the tone.
Let's go.
My first big break in comedy,
would definitely be The Tonight Show.
When I got The Tonight Show,
I was workin' at Nordstrom Rack.
Nordstrom Rack is a discount Nordstrom.
Basically they had a bunch
of shoes on the floor,
and it was my job to find them for people.
And I had no idea how many people
were watchin' The Tonight Show.
I got a standing ovation that year.
The next day at work, it
was like every other person
walked up to me and said, "Oh my God,
"you were on The Tonight Show.
"You were hysterical."
I'm like thank you.
And then they'd be like,
"Can I get this in an eight?"
And I'm like, yeah.
I'll be right back,
and just walk away.
(shoes squeaking)
But you know what's cool?
A month later I was able
to quit my job completely.
I never went back to work again.
You know, last year, Just for Laughs,
which is basically the
Super Bowl for comedy.
You know I'd been goin' to it for years.
And for my peers to give me that award,
it was one of the, I cried.
I cried on stage.
That trophy sits beautifully in my house.
And it's a constant reminder of just
when you believe in something
and you're passionate about
something, it'll happen.
I like the fact that my son gets
to see that accomplishment.
'Cause I want my son to do the same thing.
Whatever it is that he's passionate about,
I will support him 100% and
(record needle screeching)
next thing you know you're
making cookies in New York.
This is looking really good.
When I did the first
special, Netflix was like,
"We already got enough specials,
"and we're not really gonna purchase
"any other specials right now."
So I went and shot that
first special on my own.
I financed it and everything
and brought it back to 'em.
And they ended up buying it.
And I'm glad they did that.
I'm glad they said no to me,
'cause maybe I wouldn't
have worked as hard.
That's another example of
just believin' in yourself
and making things happen.
And I'm glad I did that
because the second special
that you see now Comin' in Hot,
they ended up payin' for it.
God bless Netflix.
That special right there
is 30 years of my work.
I waited for that moment for a long time,
and I'm just happy that
everyone gets to see it now.
I gotta give myself some grays.
I don't know where there's gray at.
Found it (chuckles)!
Here's the thing about my Mom.
Most Filipino moms can cook, except mine!
She's starting to get
better, but it's late now.
I already moved out!
Yeah, she tries.
But you know what's crazy is
I'm cookin' Filipino dishes.
It's kind of cool to get people
to try the cuisine of my people.
Filipino food is delicious.
You know Asian and Spanish inspired food.
It's a fusion.
If you ever go to a restaurant,
a Filipino restaurant,
try the Chicken Adobo, try the Sinigang.
Try our Lumpia and you
will thank me later.
It's that good.
Now I'm looking for tones on my cheeks.
So I need like a brown.
Got it!
There was one joke I did in my...
Oh, that's not what I wanted to do!
There's one joke that I was scared
to do on my last special,
Live from Seattle,
where I talk about my sisters moving out.
In Vegas, I performed it in front of them,
and they came up to me and
they were laughing about it.
So if would've walked up to me and went,
"No Jo, don't do that."
I would've cut it out of that special.
It would have killed me to cut it out,
because I love that joke so much.
It's the joke about my
sisters moving out at 17
and how I stayed at home
until I was in my late 30s.
Women mature faster than men, hands down.
That's not even a joke.
It's real talk.
You could pretty much walk up to any woman
in this country and go
when did you move out?
Usually they'll say, 18.
And then you go up to any guy and go,
when did you move out,
and they'll be like,
"I still live at home.
"I don't know what you're talkin' about.
"My Mom cooks a mean meatloaf.
"Why should I leave?"
I wanna give myself this right here.
Well this is what I really
wanted to do for my cheeks.
I don't know if you noticed,
but they're kind of reddish.
I'm gonna put that right here.
I also have an animated series comin' out
called This Functional Family on truTV.
This Functional Family.
It's a play on words that
when you say it fast enough,
it sounds like dysfunctional.
And it's based on my family.
When you look from the outside,
we look like a dysfunctional
(chuckles) family.
You got the Mom and the Dad
divorced, raisin' a child.
I'm best friends with
my ex and her boyfriend.
I got my sister in it, who's Filipino
and then her husband who's
black and my Mom and her husband
who's old white guy from West
Virginia, retired military.
From the outside it just doesn't
look like it's gonna work,
but actually we work better
than any other family out there man.
And that's what I wanted
the whole show to be about.
This is coming out so good!
I need black eyebrows.
I mean, come on.
Who else has done this?
No one, just me.
I think you guys we're doubting me.
There's no way this man can make a cookie
to look just like him.
And now you guys are
thinking to yourselves
that cookie looks just like him.
I also have a podcast
called The KoyPo(n)d.
It's the one time I get
to just sit and riff
and just talk about random topics
and it sharpens my skillset
as an improve comic.
One of my favorites was, of
course, Too Short was on there,
The Lucas Brothers were on there.
It was so funny.
It's like my friends just hangin' out.
Weekly show, The Koy Pond, check it out.
I did notice that I don't have ears.
How am I gonna be a cookie without ears?
I don't know if this cookie looks good,
but it smells good, and
that's all that matters.
And that my friend is a Jo Koy cookie.
I don't know about you guys,
but I think I killed it.
That cookie looks just like me.
And you can see more of me on my new tour
called, Just Kidding, and that starts now!
Go to jokoy.com and every social media
platform out there, jokoy.
But most importantly Netflix,
watch my specials and laugh,
and think of this cookie when you do it.
(chuckles)
