Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger) | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #586

I've got some tour dates to tell you. about. I'll be in Cedar Rapids, St. Paul, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota, Rapid City, South Dakota, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rochester, New York, and. Detroit, Michigan. All in June and July. Tickets available now at. theon.com. Thank you so much for your. support. Today's guest is a content. creator, a restaurant tour, and a. comedian. Um, he is from.

Malaysia and he found his way to the UK. and America by doing comedy. He's known. for his character, Uncle Roger. Uncle. Roger, a grumpy food critic who roasts. celebrity chefs. And with that, he's. gained more than 30 million followers. Uh, quite the ride with today's guest. I. couldn't be uh more geeked to get to. hang out with Nigel. I. know. And I will find a song I've been.

singing. [Applause]. [Music]. Good. All right. What What's the most uh. vain Asians you think? Cuz Asians you. don't think of cuz people think about. Asians a lot, right? Yeah. Do they do. they think about Asians a lot? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Why why why. would you think about this a lot? Cuz I.

think it's fascinating. Okay. Right. Because people can't Some people can't. believe it. They see it, they you show. somebody like you show a baby an Asian. or whatever, they I think they'd be. surprised kind of. No, they look the. same. Smaller eyes, squintier eyes. That's it, you know. Oh, that's a good. point. Some of them are I guess if you. have a tall baby. Yeah. Yeah. We got a. little little squintier little flatter. nose. That's it really. You're all the. same, man. Yeah. Some of us can look whiter than. you. Some of us can be fairer than white.

people. Oh, yeah. That's a good point, huh? Yeah. I think we should have the We. should have some white white privilege, you know. Yeah. Yeah. That's a I'm. whiter than you. Look at this. Yeah. Look at this honky. Look at this freaking uh sesame cracker. A Thank you. It's ridiculous. Thanks for. inviting me on here, Theo. Dude, it's a. pleasure, man. Thank you so much. But. no. What? What? A um Nigel. Nigel. Nigel. Nigel. Nigel. Yes. And how do you. say the last name? Ang. It's a Southeast.

Asian Malaysian last name. That's where. I'm from originally. Yeah. That's a. living. You got to You're the damn. living in word right there. I can't. even. I know. It's dangerous, isn't it? Oh, it's dangerous. Yeah. Yeah, it is. Just a few letters away. It's risky. N I. G. There's no A in there, thankfully. Yeah, but if there's enough there, I. think where a like people would be like, "What's going on?" Yeah, there's there's. that Vietnamese there's that meme of the. Vietnamese. restaurant. The the name of the.

restaurant is B I C H N G A. Oh. Oh, just pronouncing just ordering food. Huh? Yeah. Just call it the Vietnamese. Yeah. There's one where there's a black guy. narrating over it and saying, "You can't. tell me this is not bitch." you know. Wow, brother. That's what I'm saying, man. Cafe, but I also like his. cafe. I love the ribs.

So, this is a popular sound in And you. said you're from Malaysia. Yeah. Yeah. That's not in Vietnam, it would be NG. something. Okay. Nga, NG. UNI, right? But in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, you will see NG. NG. Yeah. Yeah. It's It's confusing. Yeah. Yeah. I went to Malaysia one time. when I was a student. Oh Really? Yeah. We went to What's the capital? Koala Lumpur. Koala Lumpur. Yeah. For. what? We I just was a student on this.

thing called Semester at Sea. It's like. a floating school. Uhhuh. And one of the. stops was over there in Malaysia. So we. took a boat, like a boat over there, like a cruise ship. You got It's like a. like a like a pull it up. That's a long. trip, man. Oh, it's a long trip. We left. out of Vancouver. Yeah. Canada. That's how I got here from the same. boat, I think. Oh, really? Yeah. I just. crawled on to your, you know, your boat. without a visa. Oh, yeah. Welcome. That's how most people are getting in, dude. That's at sea. We're not the best.

tourist destination, though. Malaysia, you know. We're like a little tiny. little uh country. We We live well. there. The quality of life is pretty. good, but we're not like a big tourist. place. Yeah, that I think it felt like. that. I think it felt like the beaches. and then kind of what do we do here a. little bit? There's nothing to do there. You just eat and and live live your. life. But are but are so don't forget. this. Are Malaysians the most vain? Who's the most vain? Koreans, man. Is. it? Yeah. Like Korean Koreans? Not not. Bobby Lee Korean. You know, Bobby Lee's.

I think he was born here, right? He's. Yeah. There's undeniable that guy does. not have a birth certificate that's. legitimate. You know what I'm saying? He. probably he's obviously a P, you know? Yeah. He has a very P energy. That's. true. And you have a lot of a lot of. trauma, I think. Yeah. He have a lot of. burn marks on his back, too. Oh, really? Yeah. From cigarettes, I think, from. gambling issues. But people say. different things, you know. Yeah. But I. think Koreans are the venest Asians, man. They have a whole skincare. They're. known for skincare. The whole country is.

known for skincare and plastic surgery. Oh, really? Yeah. Bring up some of that. uh Asian skin care. There's lots of. stuff, man. They put snail that snail. juice, you know, when a snail crawls, it. leaves behind like a a trail of goo. Yeah, they put that on their skin. No way. Look at Look at Look at that. woman. She's like glowing. Look at that. Oh, they got some porch lampations over. there. They got Yeah. Yeah. That's why I. think they already Some people look dead. already because they just are preserved.

Yeah. Preserved. Well, bring up that. snail juice thing. I want to see that. Can we get something about that? Have to. Google snail mucin. M u c i n. Yeah. That's why I have a I have a joke about. this that I do in my act that it's hard. to find Asian pedophiles because, you. know, they all look like they're 12, but. they're actually 35. You know, why would. you take the risk on an illegal one, you. know? Oh, yeah. You'll find you just. molesting yourself. Yeah. Just molesting. your people and then you're like, "Oh. they look 16." Advanced. Yeah.

That that kind that kind of thing. Advanced snail 96 mucin power essence. lightweight essence which absorbs into. the skin fast to give skin a natural. glow from the inside. This essence is. created from nutritious low stimulation. filtered snail mucin to keep your skin. moisturized and illuminated all day. Wow. Yeah, it's good marketing marketing. writing, right? Yeah. I don't know how. how real it it is. How do you know it's. actually snail mucin? Yeah. You know, it. could just be water and sugar and corn.

starch. Oh, yeah. They could have. anything in there. They kind Yeah, we. they they don't do that kind of I. think that's Yeah, I think they just. Asian right there. No, it's a white. woman doing it. Yeah, but we learned it. from you guys. I mean, that is cheekbone. sashimi. That's true. That's true. We. bring a lot to the world. Oh, that's so. wild. So, that's a real thing that. people are buying this. And how much. does it go for? Give me a How much for a. quart of it? Oh, CVS has it. Nuhuh. Go.

get some later. bought it. Really? $24.99. $24.99 for Oh, for 72 O, huh? Yeah, you. don't need it. You have good skin, man. I'm okay, but you know, everybody wants. to do a little bit more. But how do you. even farm it out of them? Do you follow. right behind them with a little scooper? I don't know, man. Maybe they just have. a whole cage full of snails and Oh, and. maybe it's like a the floor has it just. drips down into a bucket or something. That's correct. I haven't thought of I. haven't thought of this. forcing snail.

to release mucin through harsh treatment. like dunking them in salt water. No way. That's very That's very mean. This was. probably taught by a lot of the um. forces in Vietnam. Some of this is. illegal. Some of the go back to it. Some. of this this is considered. waterboarding. I think snail mucin a. popular skinare ingredient is collected. from live snails through various methods. some more humane than others. Traditional methods involve forcing. snails to release mucin through harsh. treatment like dunking them in salt.

water or chemicals. Oh, it's like. killing a whole family just so someone. can have like smoother skin. Oh, many. companies now use methods like gentle. stimulation or allowing snails to. naturally excrete mucin on mesh nets, ensuring their well-being. Wow. What's. gentle stimulation for a snail? You. know, I think just a little uh little. little fingering action on just petting. petting heavy petting. Maybe listening. to some um what's a popular Malaysian. like love musician. We don't really have.

We don't really have that. You can you. can use an American musician. I probably. some Marvin Gay. I guess you can play. some Marvin Gay. Some Marvin Gay. Is that fair? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. If. we had some uh Melvin Gay. Yeah. And we. played that that would be beautiful. Let's get it on. Yeah. And you just. touching that snail's back. Yeah. Yeah. A few snails, not just one. Yeah, that's. true. Can't just foreplay with one. snail. That's weird. They move too slow.

Yeah. Yeah. You got to get a little. batch. It's like, you know how that that. chess movie where the one person is. playing against 10 chess masters, but. it's you against 10 snails just Oh, yeah. You just It's almost like one of. those uh It's like that thing where. those things are dropping and you're. catching them, you know? Yeah. Yeah. I. like it. Nigel, good to see you, man. Good to see you too, man. Thank you for. all of the entertainment, man. You. definitely I make too many videos, man. That That's the life of a YouTube. person, you know. It is. Huh. Yeah. I. got my start. I started doing standup.

2010, 2011. You had a special that came. out a few years ago, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I did uh released on Moment House. Yeah. Have you used that platform. before? You just sell tickets, people. buy it, and they watch it. Uhuh. Yeah. But I'm going to whack it on my YouTube. eventually. Moment house. Yeah. Yeah. Is. it live performance on Moment House or. is it you just tape it, put it up and. then there's a premiere? Yeah. Yeah, something like that. I think Andrew. Schultz did it here. Oh, yeah. That kind. of thing. And you started So, did you. were you were you born in Malaysia? Yeah. Yeah. I was born in Malaysia and.

then I went to lived there for 20 years. of my life. Then I went to university. I. went to Northwestern in Illinois near. Chicago. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And then then I. moved to the UK for a few years for. eight years. Then I'm back here in LA. What are Malaysian? because I don't know. a ton about the Malay, right? Yeah. Yeah. Me neither. Really? Uh, you know, you have so many different races there, you know, in Malaysia. Yeah. There's. Chinese Malaysian, which I'm I'm I'm. that Malay Malaysians and Indian. Malaysians. And we don't really make. We're pretty segregated, you know.

Really? Yeah. So, there's beef between. what type of Malaysian you are? There's. there's no beef. We just don't really. care as much if you're not part of the. the group. Oh, I see. But it's very. peaceful. It's very peaceful. Yeah. Yeah. So, it's not violent, but it's. still like you just kind of stick with. your tribe. Yeah. Yeah. We try to. venture out, but you know, sometimes. it's hard. They eat different things and. there limitations to what Malays can. eat, you know. Oh, Malaysians can't eat. everything. Yeah. Well, Malay Malaysians. are Malay. They're Muslim. Yeah. So, they they can't eat pork, right? And.

also in in Malaysia, uh certain. restaurants need to be halal certified. for Malay people to to eat in. If you if. a Malay person is caught eating at a. non-halal restaurant, depending on where. you are, it could be, you know, you. could get into trouble basically. Yeah. So, there's that that those little. things, but we overall we're pretty. peaceful and we like each other. You. like each other, but every now and then. there's there's a little bit of. Mongolian beef with each other. I feel. that. I've had that. Yeah. Yeah. It's.

okay. It's bad. American Chinese. It's travesty. It's something you just. It's something you fill your jaw with. while you look at through Target, you. know? It's nice at an airport, you know. You get an airport Panda Express. You. know, it's the best thing there. Yeah, it's good. But it's a lot of sugar, though. Yeah, sugar is good. But sugar? Yeah. You like sugar? Come on. I like. it, but I just know it doesn't. It's I. know it's secretly plotting against me. That's what I feel like. Really? Sugar. is plotting against you. Well, I feel. like it gets in your system and it knows. it's going to win cuz it's like a. deterior deteriorant. Deteriorate. It.

deteriorates you. Yeah. Well, most. things do though. Most things that taste. good are deterren. You know, cholesterol, fats, butter, olive oil. Yeah. Yeah. Even vagina. That'll ruin. your life. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That it. takes it ruins your time. Really? Just. chasing vagina all the time. And I'm. glad I'm out of that phase of my life. now. Yeah. That's what I heard. I heard. that you got married. You're married a. couple years now. No, I'm I'm I'm.

engaged a couple years now, but uh I'm. getting married in July. Oh, you're. getting married in two months? Yeah. No. way. And so is this a traditional. Malaysian wedding? No, no, we're doing. it in Europe. My my fiance is American. She's from Miami. Well, South Florida. Okay. You know, and were was it scary. for you to choose a fiance? Had you h. how had dating been like for you in your. life? Well, I've been married before. Yeah. Married young, divorced young. Do. you have I recommend that. Get that out. the way. You That's That's my.

fiance. Sorry. YouTube's Uncle Roger. shares photos from engagement shoot with. fianceé Sabrina. A beautiful couple. Yeah, she's cute. Congrat Well, you. know, so I I I got her. I was like, "Lock it in." You know, can't do any. better than that. So, let's That's when. That's when men lock it in. They're. like, "This is it." Yeah. She's nice. She's hot. She's smart. All right, let's. do it. Yeah. Yeah. Way better than the. previous one, you know. Oh, really? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, the P song. She.

was fine, but she just end up grew. apart, you know. It didn't fit. Well, I. was I was really doing standup hardcore. at the time, and it just takes a toll on. your relationship. Oh, yeah. You can't. have a rel if you're doing standup, I. think it's impossible, you know, because. also the hours that you're out, it's. very like um and I had a day job, too. So, I was like 9 to5 at the day job. Then I was doing this all this in the. UK. So after after my day job finishes, I'll just take a long train up to. Birmingham or something, the middle of. the UK from London, 2-hour train, do my.

set, come back, arrive home at 1:00, that all I see her is sleeping. She just. sees me sleeping, I see her sleeping, and then seven years later, hey, we're. not the same person anymore. Okay. Who. would have guessed, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're awake. Yeah, we're. awake. And I don't like you when we're. awake. That's issues with a lot of marriages, I. think. Yeah. Marriages. Go to bed. Yeah, I like you more when you're unconscious. In Malaysia, is it popular? And sorry.

because we've never had a Malaysian. guest. You should get Ronnie Chang next. We've tal I've messaged about it. He's. so funny. I got We got to do it. He's. Malaysian. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, some. people keeping secret then because I. didn't know that. Yeah. But I would love. to see um is it in Malaysia? I just want. to learn about a little bit of the. tradition of the place. Okay. Do you have to is it arranged marriage. or what is dating like there? No, it's. not arranged at all. Yeah, you got to. find someone. We got incelss there, too. You know, arranged marriages would be a.

great solution to the incel problem, wouldn't it? And when incels, you say, what do you mean? People incels, you. know, the like gamers or whatever. They. can be incels some of them. You know, there's a whole movement, isn't there? on the the Reddit people, the the call. it blue pill, red pill, black pill, some. something pill, the incelss who they. can't get laid and then they start. hating on women, that kind of thing. Yeah. Yeah. But no, no, in Malaysia it's. all it's not arranged. You have to. arrange it for yourself. Yeah. Their. gamer tag is like these are. ruining everything. 6,000 or whatever. Thailand to sleep with some hoes, you.

know? Yeah. Oh, that kind of thing. Yeah. But that's not We don't really. have that either. That's why I'm saying. in Malaysia there's not much to do in. Thailand. There's that. There's beaches. There's the the red light district. Bali, there's beaches and you know other. places have other things. Vietnam has. the beaches and beaches and hoes really. all of Asia really except for Malaysia. So we're a bit boring. And why is there. a different do they outlaw that kind of. stuff there? So they must have cuz it. seemed like you would just keep a.

stricter Yeah. Why don't they have that. prostitution and stuff like that and or. just put some people to say hose fun. hose or whatever fun money hose. the. religion thing. It's majority Muslim. Okay. In Malaysia, so maybe that that's. frowned upon a little bit more. I'm sure. you can find some maybe some like sugar. baby type arrangement, right? Yeah. But. I've never. Secret. Oh, there's there's an app for. that. I think it's called Sugar Book. Sugar Book. Yeah. Look it up. It's a big. app in Asia. And I know I know this app.

exists in Malaysia. So, it's like a. dating app, you know, where romance. meets finance. There you go. where. romance meets finance. Oh, definitely. I. mean, what about. $40 a week? It goes far, man. It goes. the money. US dollar goes far in Asia. Dude, what if our podcast we sponsored a. couple of. sugar? We book some sugar. Let's book. some sugar. It's a deterrent, you know. It slowly claw away at you. Oh,

definitely. I can see it ruining a lot. of things. How many episodes of a pot. you put out a week is going to get that. number way down, man. But what if we book some sugar, right? Yeah. And we just support it and every. now and then they just check in. But. there's they don't have to do anything. sexual. We have them maybe get a good. hobby. Yeah. Maybe help around the. neighborhood, clean up, pick up trash or. something. That would be nice. I'm sure. they'll be down. This is This is safer. than, you know, you know that the Only. Fans model who fly to Dubai and they get. shhat on. Yeah. You know that Sugar Book.

is a safer alternative, you know. Oh, I'm a huge Sugarbook fan all of a. sudden. Yeah. I think it's good. But I. do I would love to look into Nick maybe. the price of if we could sponsor a. couple of good um women sugar. sugary sugar girls. I think a grand a. month. Oo, that's a lot. Yeah, that's a. lot. I mean, you said it goes far over. there, dude. I'm talking 80 maybe 120 a. month. You would get a different quality. of woman for 80, but that's okay.

But would it be great to sponsor that. lady? Let her just say, "Hey, take the. week off." Yeah. Go relax, go for a run. or something. Okay. Yeah, that would be. good. Sign up for something. That would. be great. And we can support the uh. infrastructure over there. Yeah. Is. family big over there? Is that like a. big thing? What's it like there that you. notice that's different between u. Malaysia and US or UK culture? I think. it's uh it's really the difference. between Asia and and the West really. Family is big. People live with their. parents and it's socially acceptable to.

do that, right? And then when the. parents get old, we don't really send. them to homes, you know. We we we bring. them in to our own home. Oh, yeah. Instead of sending them to a nursing. home. It's better, huh? It's nice, I. think. Yeah. But I what I like about the. West is everybody everybody's so. confident and they have an opinion and. they're not afraid to express it. And. sometimes in Asia because we are taught. a little bit more just obey, obey, obey. You don't really have that that. confidence and that assertiveness. And. sometimes that doesn't work well here.

If you're an Asian person in the West. and you have a corporate job and you. just keep to yourself, you miss out on. promotions because you're just not. you're just not, you know, speaking. enough and not bullshitting enough and. not, you know, building that social. relationship enough. Yeah. Yeah. And do. Asian people want to say more? Like, do. they have a feeling inside of them where. like I want to speak up, but I don't. think it's appropriate or is it I'm. afraid or it's just not part of. their capabil natural capability. I. think it's all those things. I think.

it's cultural. It's like, I'm afraid. Why don't I just mind my own business? You know, put your head down and work. hard. But sometimes that doesn't work. out well, you know? You can't just put. your head down. You got to put your head. up and look at the world and talk some. Oh yeah, dude. That's what standup. is, right? Yeah. Oh, you have your head. down for a half hour, somebody will. start you around here, you know? It's a dangerous area. Never have your. head down. Oh yeah. Some freaking narcan. monkey will start freaking jacking you. from the back over there, you know. Yeah. So, it's definitely you got to.

have your head up, man. Is there. something do you think that um Americans. could do to better support Asian people? Like to like like ask more like is there. something like you know what I'm saying? Like cuz sometimes there's never this. communication about how culture should. interact and we're all just left to. figure it out. You you ask me like I'm. the leader of all the Asians, but you. can. The doors been open for many moons. Anybody can come. Anybody I mean just. just come legally. I I hear they're. cracking down on that a little bit, you.

know. Just wipe your phone, you know. Wipe your phone before you come. Uh I. What What can you do? Honestly, I enjoy. living in LA because I feel like the. Asian food here is probably some of the. best in the world. Maybe New York is. better. I don't know. But here, I just. drive 20 minutes to San Gabriel Valley, and that's all the Chinese and Taiwanese. people. And then there's Korea Town, a. 10-minute drive from me, then little. Tokyo. You just I like that. Just don't. with us. Let us do our thing and. everybody's happy, you know. Just enjoy.

Just enjoy enjoy our food. Enjoy the. food. Yeah, it's great food. Yeah, it's. a lot of good stuff, man. It's not like. when I do the laugh factory, they just. Oh, don't let me on because I'm Asian. So, I I feel like I get the No, no, no. I They don't do that. I get the same. opportunities. I think so unorganized. over there. It seems like I hate to say. that, but people everybody's been saying. it, but um they've been good to me. You. know, they've been good to you. I like I. like the audiences there because it's. like you get such a tourist crowd, right? So I feel like I'm playing to to. all of America, you know, West Coast,

East Coast, middle, everywhere, the. South. And I think if a joke works. there, you know, you can take it on the. road with you. Yeah, it's a good point. I think I think one thing that makes it. tough in there is the lighting, the way. the lighting like the whole room is kind. of lit up. Yeah. And so I think it. creates an ambiance there sometimes. where the audience is more involved in. the show. That's true. You can see. everyone, right? And then they feel like. they're supposed to be involved cuz. they're kind of not protected from just. like the, you know, cuz usually the. audience is kind of in the dark. Ah, yeah, I see that. And so Asian families,

Malaysian families, a lot of times. you'll live at home. Um, yeah, it's. common. More common than here. That's. cool, man. And right now in LA, hopefully, you know, if things go well, I can buy a slightly bigger house with. an ADU, then fly my mom over, you know, let her stay with us for a few months. Oh, like a ADU is like a what? additional dwelling unit. Okay. So, like. a separate guest house like a cassita or. something. A cassita. Yeah. Like the. accessory accessory dwelling unit. Secondary residential dwelling unit.

located on the same lot as a primary. residence. Yeah. And so essentially a. smaller separate living space. So a. smaller house for the the mom and the. mother-in-law with their own kitchen. because Asian cooking can stink up a. house. It's delicious but during the. cooking process it it it smells it's. bad. It's bad. It smells bad, but it. tastes good. Why? What are some of the. Is it because it's a lot of I'm guessing. fish maybe or pepper? Shrimp paste. Oh. god. Yeah. And then pepper paste. Oh, a. lot of pork. You know how when you cook. bacon, the whole house smells like.

bacon. A lot of pork, a lot of garlic, shrimp paste, you know, sometimes. fermented shrimp paste. Fish sauces. But. why? But why? Why? Tastes good, man. Yeah, it tastes good. It adds a. different sort of flavor. It adds this. thing called umami to your food. M. Yeah. Try it. Umami means what? Umami is. like um you know how the tongue can. taste like four flavors. Sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. Umami is like the. fifth flavor. It's a meaty meaty savoriness. Yeah.

Umami is one of the five basic taste. sensations along with a sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. And is often. described as a savory or meaty flavor. M. cheese has a lot of it. You see cheese. So when you eat pizza, that's why it's. so good, you know. Oh, it is perceived. through taste receptors that respond to. compounds like glutamate is inos. inosinate and guani guanul guanulate. Yeah. Which are abundant in foods such. as meat, cheese, tomatoes, and. mushrooms. Yeah. I'll bring you around.

some Asian restaurants. Food is my. thing, you know. I do comedy about food. now. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I know. I got. to I I want to get into some of I want. to ask you, I'm just trying to get a. little bit more idea of Malaysia, just. of what it feels like to be Malaysia, cuz you don't hear a ton about it. And. the biggest thing you heard about. probably is the plane that you guys. Yeah. Yeah. We still lost, man. Is it. really? I still can't find it. Oh, it's. crazy. What's the word over there? Bring. that up. Malaysian 370. What's going on. with it, I think. And the most I've gone. into a rabbit hole about this. And also,

Ca Kathleen Madigan, she's a comic here. She has the best bit. If you want to get. the best standup routine about Malaysian. Airlines, go search Kathleen Madigan. MH370. Okay. But my theory is the pilot. uh wanted to kill himself. And so he. just because of the way the plane. swerved the the plane the path the plane. took, it swerved past his hometown first. before riding off into the Indian Ocean. So he just swerved past his hometown. just to take one last peak. But by by.

but by by that point all the passengers. on the plane were already unconscious. really because of the pressure. Yeah. He. depressurized the plane but then the the. the cockpit that pressure stays on for a. little bit longer. So you're just taking. one last peek at his hometown and then. just driving off into the sunset and. ocean. It's almost kind of it's. romantic. That's what I was going to. say. Don't give them any ideas, man. United Airlines don't need to hear this. I hate to say this, but it sounds a. little bit romantic. Yeah. Let's play. one clip right here. What do we have?

Yeah. A disturbing reason for the plane's. disappearance. On and off search efforts. have failed to locate the plane, which. disappeared with 239 people on board. more than four years ago. 60 Minutes. Australia brought together an. international group of aviation experts. who say that the plane's pilot crashed. the flight. intentionally. Joining me now to discuss. this is CBS contributor and former. chairman of the National Transportation. Company. For sure. And it looks like he. probably shorted the uh Malaysia.

Airlines. Oh, he definitely is, dude. First, the flight path that was. reconstructed using military radar. What. was suspicious about that? Well, the uh. the plan showed that he was going in and. out of various countries between. Thailand and Malaysia. Uh, one would. have thought based on that pattern that. someone would have sent up some military. aircraft to look at them, but uh,

according to the uh, television experts. uh, they said he did this on purpose to. evade the military radar. Well, one of. the experts kind of boring. Yeah. What. do you expect, you know? Yeah. What do. you expect? And it's like people like. something it's like hideand go seek. They never found the guy and people are. just wondering where he is. We find like. a a part of a wing every two years, you. know, it's like a little fun little. treasure hunt. It comes up. I keep I. keep track of this, man. This is the. this is my true crime. Oh, it is. You. know, it's the only thing people know us.

for and I I love it. But also, in a way, it's almost beautiful like a place so. like it almost makes it mystical in a. way. Malaysia. Yeah. Oh, thanks. You. know, one one big the biggest thing that. when my fiance when she traveled to. Malaysia for the first time, she's. American, right? So the biggest thing. she noticed is she told me she's never. seen Muslim people who look Asian. I. would say that is the biggest not. culture shock but the biggest. observation you'll get. They look like. me but they're Muslim. Oh that's a.

surprise. Yeah. Yeah. Over in the US you. don't see none of that. No you see. nothing like that. Yeah. Yeah. You see. um a lot of people call Muslim slims or. whatever is like a nickname or slims. Yeah. It's like a good it's like a new I. don't want to say racial slur but it is. what it Sounds like it almost one. syllable, you know, just Yeah. Look at. these slims, right? Yeah. Look at these. But I like it. I like, you know, Muslims. are definitely really interesting. I've. been learning Muslims in Malaysia, you. know. Well, everybody in Malaysia, they're not slim, though. We are like a. fat country, right? It's fat country. They're catching up to you guys. Oh,

fat. Yeah. And people die early or what? How long are people living over there in. Malaysia? Put up a bring up a uh not a. corpse. Bring up a website. Bring up a. link. We love our sugary foods. We love. our fatty foods. That's why people fat. dying. Yeah, fat dying. That'd be a name. of somebody I feel like. Fat dying. Fat. dying. That's a Vietnamese name. P H A T. D A N G or something. Fat dying. Malaysia. 76. 76 years in Malaysia.

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all still alive. But yeah, I think I. think they're all dead. They just he. just drove the plane until it ran out of. gas and it just sunk into the ocean. Oh, everybody was unconscious though, so. they didn't have that really scary. moment, right? I think it's like a a. less tragic situation than 911. You. know, 911 they were all conscious. They. knew they were flying into that. building. Yeah. Right. And some people. were probably trying to hurry up and get. their luggage cuz I hate it when people. get up on a plane early before it land. stops or whatever. Yeah. You know, think. they're out ruffling through the.

overhead storage. Oh, some hurried ass, some business is like, I got to. I got to get off first. It's like, we're Yeah, we're dead. Yeah. It's just crazy. But you can I. hate it when people get up early before. the plane is like at the gate, you know? Yeah. And then the the flight attendants. will tell you, "Please sit down. The. seat belt light still on." Yeah. I know. We Do you fly a lot when you tour around. the US? Or just a big the the the my. conception my concept of US touring is a. big ass tour bus with your face on the. side of it. Oh, no face. No face. No. I.

think that would be too ego. I think I. wouldn't want my face because I don't. want people to know like I don't want. people coming and looking for me or you. know you already have at night they'll. have some if you do a show in a town. sometimes we'll be in a tour bus. Yeah. Yeah. And um see if you bring up you can. put your face on a different bus. Oh. good idea. You ride a nondescript bus. You put your face on a different bus. just like the LA city transit bus. Just. face just riding around. It's just like. a Greyhound bus like going through.

Mississippi. It's like follow us to the next show and. you get there and it's just a bunch of. like people who just got out of prison. like. getting off and ham has his face on a. bus. Yokoy has his face on it. Have you. had him on the pot? He's like the other. leader of Asian people. Yeah. Yeah, we. definitely have had him on Jooko. Special guy. Special guy. Jookoy. Yeah. Jookoy. Joseph. Joseph. Joseph. Good. guy. There we are right there with the. tour bus. Yeah, we do like Nice. Yeah. A.

lot of times it's just the tour bus, but. nothing under the radar. Nothing really. crazy on inside or outside. We run a. pretty lean ship for the most part. Yeah. When I was on tour in in the US, I. just flew to every city. Did I didn't. even go with an opener on on tour. I. would open for myself. Uncle Roger was. my opener. No. You know, so I save a bit. of money that way. So Uncle Roger is. your assumed character kind of. It's. like a um it's another character, but. it's just you. Yeah, it's just me with. speak with a stronger accent and I'm a. little bit grumpier. But you don't.

you're not wearing a mustache or a cape. or anything. I wear an orange polo. Yeah, that's it. That's Uncle Roger. there. And it it just took off because. it came. across and mostly about Asian food like. fried rice and and those things. And if. you want to see someone complain about. Asian food, it better be someone like. extremely Asian, right? That adds the. authenticity and the comedy of it. Yeah. So that's why I took off the food stuff. Yeah. But yeah, he's he's just me with. the orange polo stronger accent. You.

know, when I when I do Uncle Roger's. portion in my tour, it's like my old. material. I just let the character do. it. Oh, yeah. That's me. Yeah. Orange. polo. But you know, the bar for. character comedy on YouTube is very low. That's a good Just put a shirt. You just. put a shirt. Holy Is he the same. person? Yeah, like Adam Ray's Dr. Phil. is higher effort than than whatever this. is. Yeah, dude. It just seemed like the.

very the best guy at Home Depot, you. know, like a student. You look like a. student at Home Depot. Oh, thank you. It's very great, man. Yeah, people love. Uncle Roger and people love learning. about different food through him. I. think that's one thing. Did you In. Malaysia there's I noticed when I was. there a big monkey issue, right? It's a. big monkey. Depends where you go. In the. city, that's fine. You probably went to. this place called Batu Caves. It's like. a cave, a Hindu cave, and then when you. walk up the steps, there are monkeys who. just steal food from you, right? But.

yeah, that sounds like a monkey issue. So, what I'm saying is, do y'all eat uh. monkeys? No, no, no. I know some Asians. do. Really? You know, some I think maybe. China's I've heard, and I don't know how. true this is, but some places I believe. it too, man. They would just have the a. table with a hole in the middle and then. the monkeykey's head would be just. coming through that hole and they would. just cut open the monkeykey's head and. eat that monkey monkeyy's brain as the. monkeyy's still alive and just.

squiggling under the table. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know how true that is, but I. like to believe that we eat everything. I love that. Yeah. I love thinking about. a bit inhumane though, right? It's way. it's next level to the snail muc stuff, right? But monkeys are they deserve some. of it. No, they're nice. They're nice. They're smart. They're smarter. Yeah, I. agree. Every now and then you see one. who you know, knows how to open. bag of Dorito or something. Yeah, they. can overall cute, too. No, put monkeys.

attacking woman for chips. Well, that. that's biased. You can also Google. monkeys being cute and loving. Okay, you. know, let's see both. We'll do a video. for each. The woman who was mauled by a. 200 200 pound chimp. Okay, that's not a. monkey. That's like King Kong, you know. I'm just saying this lady probably had a. little bit of chips on her. I watched. some monkeys attack a sister for a sack. of uh vinegar salt chips one time on a. stairwell. Okay. I need to know more. context, you know. Okay. So, go to his.

version now. What you want to pull up? Monkeys being cute. Monkeys being cute in Malaysia. Yeah, let's do that. Okay. Let's see that. Oh, that's a beautiful monkey. Oo, look at. him. doing back face. The monkey looks like back now. Okay. Yeah, we have a monkey problem. We have. racist monkeys. Yeah. Look at. this monkey, dude. Wow, bro. Look at this. Who is that? Oh,

that's Justin Trudeau. Look, look. He's not running for office. He's. swinging for office from his tail. But that is cute. Come on. He's not. attacking no one. No, that's a prime. minister. Of course not. Yeah, that's hilarious. Look at this. Here we. have Come on. Oh, beat up a monkey. Yeah, he's so tiny. He That monkey can't. beat anyone. Very romantic. Um, what. made you decide to go into a food.

direction on your YouTube, man? And and. some of my audience won't be familiar. with uh with Nigel or Uncle Roger, and. that's okay, right? But it's uh the way. you kind of effortlessly kind of just. like I think you seem this is what it is. to me and this is very judgmental. All. right, here we go. I'm used to seeing. some Asian people be more probably quiet. or not have maybe the similar sense of. humor. Uhhuh. And I think your humor. seems very si similar and relatable to. just somebody like me. Oh, thank you. So.

yeah, and and I don't mean it like it's. it's a judgment because it's like what. does that matter, right? But I think. that's why it seems so e like your humor. sometimes I feel like maybe some Asian. humor I wouldn't get it or even if it's. an Asian person with American humor I. wouldn't get it as much but yeah yours. just seems so like effortless and comes. across man I feel like every family has. an Uncle Roger type character right this. person who likes to talk this know. it all who likes to talk loudmouth. person who's just roasting everyone oh.

yeah I think every culture has someone. like that maybe pedophile or none yeah. no no pedophile keep keep it keep it PG. Okay, fine. Whatever, man. I don't know. Whatever. I'm just asking what the. question is. Um, do they have pedophiles. in Malaysia, though? They never know. Yeah, of course. Okay. Yeah, they start. young. Some Sometimes they start young. Sometimes it's allowed, too. Oh, really? They're different cultures, I think. Sometimes they they marry really young. and like the Burmese or whatever. The. Burmese. I don't know what specific. Asian cultures, but I I know of other.

people who are in Malaysia who would. marry a 14-year-old. It's rare. It's. rare and it's very frowned upon and. illegal. I I think I I don't know the. Malaysian constitution that well. Uh but. we Yeah, every country has a pedophile. problem, man. It's just that I think in. the US your pedophiles are higher. profile. They're successful pedophiles. here. Yeah, that's crazy. It's like, well, this guy's great at business. What's his secret? And his secret is. petting kids or whatever. You're like, well, that's, you know, I'll just do a.

vitamin D supplement or whatever. You. have a whole island, you know. You have. you have Epstein. Yeah, we had Epstein. It's great. We don't have someone like. that. Asia consent Malaysia 16, China. 14. Okay. Japan 13. 13. Whoa. Hold on. Lower. Bob. That's insane, dude. India, we're get. back to 18. And uh South Korea is doing. 16. Thailand 15. Legal 18. Effective.

What does effective mean? Oh, Bahrain 21. Wow. Old. Yeah. Pedophiles need to move away from. Bahrainian pedophiles need to move to. Japan. Yeah. Blame it on Bahrain, brother. Wow. Uh. yeah. Oh, why why why talk about food? You got into food. Yes. You you your you. your your channel seems like it kind of. really started to focus more on food. Yeah. Well, you know, I grow grew up.

growing up I think most Malaysians, most. Asians love food and we have opinions, a. lot of opinions on food and where the. best thing is and what what is the best. fried rice for instance, you know. So. during co I I I remember I went. full-time standup comedy September 2019. So 6 months before COVID hit, I was like. finally I saved up enough money. I got. enough paying gigs that I can make a. living off of standup. And then COVID. hit six months later I lost all my work. So I had to be like okay I have all this. time on my hands. What do I do? You. know, I have this idea for this.

character in my head. And then one day, somebody sent me that that very first. video, the BBC food, this woman making. egg fight rice. And I was just watching. and I was just like, "This is. horrendous. This is horrible." So, let's. put that character idea with this. reaction video, YouTube idea, and then. things just took off from there. So, and. I realized food is relatable, you know, to Asian people, to to to everyone, right? Fried rice, everybody's had fried. rice before. white, Asian, black, you. know, doesn't matter what race you are. Everybody likes it. Yeah, everybody. likes it. Everybody has had it.

Everybody has an opinion on it. Is there. fried rice krispie treats or no? Uh, no. We can start one. That's a good idea. Fried rice krispie treats. Put a little. packet. I like that. Huh? Yeah. But it's too. sweet though. Yeah. Very sweet. Maybe. you can come out with a savory one. Yeah, that that is the BBC food egg. fried rice video. The one that I reacted. to. And what is Yeah. Who is that? She. her name's Hersha Patel. We did a video. together. Wow. She was just, you know, like a collateral damage. She she was.

just a presenter and the BBC gave her. this recipe. And Hersha, she's got her. pronouns are heavy in her first name. Hersa. Oh wow. So she does a lot of bizarre. things, you know, like um I don't care. I would buy her a damn omelette. somewhere. Yeah. She's making the rise. and and so what is she? This is your uh. you know her I I Yeah. After the video. went viral and she was under a lot of.

she got a lot of hate messages about. this video for making bad rice. Yeah. Oh. yeah. This is like a Megan Markle effect. or whatever. Yeah. Something. And then I. realized uh my videos where I critique. when I roast celebrity chefs or I. critique food. Those go really viral. They do super well. M and then after. doing it for a few more years, I was. like, "Okay, people trust me when it. when I talk about food because I I try. to keep it honest. If the food is good, I say it's good. If it's bad, I say it's. bad." So that's why I think I think I.

can make, you know, do some good. business in the food world. That's why. now I have I have restaurants. I'm. writing a cookbook. All that stuff. And. it's fun, man. It's like fun. You know, I've done the I I love standup still. I. just don't have the time to do it. anymore. And I'm taking a break from it. because I realized I'm not I wasn't. devoting enough time to it, you know? At. most I could do two sets a week and. that's not enough. That's not enough. That's not enough. You get you feel so. rusty the first 10 minutes of your set. You're getting rid of that rust and you. can't really get better. So maybe one. day when things settle down a bit I'll.

get back to stand up because I I love. it. It's just that you know that instant. reaction from people. Yeah. Well, it's. also it's, you know, it's funny, I. think, how if you try like was it scary. to try your first that first kind of. food video cuz it's interesting for a. entertainer if you're in a certain world. or space, right? It's interesting to. then try something different. You're. like, well, my friend does this and it's. really neat. He he does it super well, but if I do it, is mine going to be. okay? Are people going to perceive it as.

okay? Right? I think that's a big fear. You know, you I have friends that do. great sketches like Shane Gillis does. some really great sketches like his. great Yeah. Gillian Keeves. Oh, I love. that Isis Toyota sketch. Some of it is. just so so funny. And there's times. where it's like I'll think of a great. sketch. I'll write it on my phone and. I'm like, well, if I did that, would it. be okay? Would I be too? But it's like I. think you think like that, right? It's. normal. It's normal. It's normal to. think like that, but nobody cares, dude.

Right. That's the truth, right? But then. I don't know if somebody saw somebody. doing something like a bunch you like, "Oh, this isn't the avenue for them.". But then if you're if you have a good. instinct for yourself, you would kind of. notice that as well. Here's what I'm. asking. Was it hard to do that? Was it. hard to just take that leap and be like, "I'm going to try this different thing.". Oh, yeah. Yeah. You fear I feared the. judgment of every back because back then. in the UK, nobody was doing YouTube, you. know. It was it was just we a weird. thing for someone to do for a standup to. do. People, other standouts would be.

like, "Oh, he's just a YouTuber." You. know, that kind of slur, right? Yeah. A. YouTuber. Yeah. YouTuber. Gh. But no. hard R on it. YouTuber. Yeah. That's. crazy, dude. YouTuber, please. Yeah, dude. Oh, have you heard that. song? YouTubers can be gay, too. Have. you heard it? No. I watch it right. You. got to hear this song. It's great. This. just like a It's a summer bop that's. really taken over. and then we'll get. back to the.

[Music]. expain to you. can be gay. Hell yeah. What a banger. This is that banger, bro. We got to remix your for the. summer, dude. Yeah. Very hard to sing along. That's in your car. You can say this in. your car. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You just say. this to your friend.

He's not wrong though. He can't be gay. Oh, he's definitely I support this guy. Yeah. Hey, this guy has a vote for me, bro. It needs to be said. I think that's. too much toxic masculinity in in that. n-word community sometimes. Yeah, you. got to let the air out the tire a. little, you know? That's what I'm. saying, boy. Sometimes the best. seasoning is a little bit of zest. Yeah. you know who likes that zesty barbecue. They snuck it in on us. They snuck it in.

on us with that zesty barbecue. Um, but. let's go back to what you were saying. Sorry. I just anytime I get a chance, I. love this artist, um, Ees. And so, I. just want to be able to support him and. put out his song that I think is a. banger and has not gotten the, uh, the. vibes it should have gotten so far. Mhm. Or, and it just needs to be resurrected. because it's been about eight years. since that song came out. Um what is I. wonder does in Asian culture even. because Asian culture to me right and I. I know I relate things to culture a lot.

but um I think it play it's played a big. role in my life I think somehow but. Asian people seem more reserved overall. right we kind of talked about that so is. that even scarier to put yourself out. there in an Asian like as a Asian you. think than it would be in other cultures. where it's more like boisterous you know. never thought about this I think it. would be you know in the in the US. Uh I. think people here like it when you're. being creative at least they they're. supportive, you know, like you go do you. do you. Yeah. People are more positive.

here. Be gay too, man. You know, if you. try to put on that that song in. Malaysia, Asians can be gay, too. That's. not going to go far. Come on, dude. I think I think in some countries that. would be illegal as well. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Asians can be gay, too. Muslims. can be gay, too. this, dude. That song. needs a remake in every. culture. Yeah. So, I just wondered if it. was even scarier and what like I guess. what got you that what made you kind of.

brave enough to take that to take that. leap? Because in my life, I've noticed. that the the toughest thing is just that. first step every time. Well, I I went to. university here and that helped. I went. to Northwestern and it's uh you know I I. was very lucky I got a scholarship. because it's an expensive school but a. lot of people who go there are like very. upper middle class mostly white. Midwestern kids they're all so confident. and even though they have the exact. wrong answer but they're still like just. saying it with their chest you know.

yeah you're talking about being a kappa. sig dude I think something like that one. I wasn't very popular with the the frat. people they they had their own culture, right? When you talk about culture, frat. is his own culture. Oh, yeah. They like. to vomit on each other until somebody's. secretly gay. You know what I'm saying, dude? That's the type I'm into. Type boy. Shout out Pikes. Pill. gang. Can you still do those things? The. hazing rituals. It's just sexual. assault, but on pe on your friends. I didn't know vomit could be a.

lubricant, but hey, here's another bush. light, Ricky. Yeah, they they're just so and and I see. them just their way through. university. I was like, I I need some of. that. I need some of that that white. male confidence. Not not too much. You. have too much, you become annoying and. entitled, right? You have 20% of it. Just a little bit. Not too much. Yeah. You don't want to turn into Chad Hanks. or whatever. He went to our school. Did. he? Northwestern. Yeah. Let's go. Nice, man. He came to see I was in a black. sketch comedy group back in university.

Chad Hanks and Tom Hanks were at our. show once. and Rita Wilson, Tom Tom's. wife. And they all came to your show. They came to the show. It was a me and a. group of people. And black folks. Uh. yeah, mostly black folk. They always. need one Asian guy and one white person. So I was a token. He was a token. Yeah. Yeah. We got the pass to say the N word. in certain sketches. That's cool. Yeah. Oh wow. They're doing that at. Northwestern. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hell. yeah. That's what the N stands for in. Northwestern, dude. That's what I'm. talking about. That's what we need more. of. Dude, I've said this for years. Mhm.

And not for years, but I've said this. for almost four months. If you had if. you auctioned off the nword, say. somebody's going to say it, right? Like. tonight, Uncle Roger is going to drop. the inbomb at 11 p.m., right? But you. auction it off. You say, "We're going to. I'm going to donate money to to watch. the stream. I'm going to pay." They say. it and the money goes towards like a. black organization. Yeah, I think that. would work. I think that's a good idea. Yeah. But do you have limitations in how. they say it? No, I think they just get.

they have to say it within three or four. minutes. So, they could do like a little. bit of a dance ensemble and then say it. at the end like. D, you know, hard R or no hard R. I. think it's up to them and I think it's. at what price level you pay. Like say. Angelina Jolie is going to drop that. thing, right? Okay. I mean, I would tune. in to watch that. I think more people. would like that than that. Imagine song that they did a few years. ago. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Imagine words. That's what I'm saying, dude. That's.

what they need to do. So, I'm just think. cuz people always talking about. reparations, this, reparations that. Mhm. But you're out here policing people. for the nword. Organize. That's a great. idea. And make some money for your. community. Yeah. By auctioning it off. People are already saying it. Yeah. For. free. That's a problem, dude. I love it. The United Nations. meeting, dude. Let's start a Twitch. stream. Okay. Yeah, tonight. Yeah. Who would be the. best that you would love to hear say the. N word? And let's be honest, and this.

isn't a racial thing. This is just about. vernacular and raising money for a. community. I I want I want to see Trevor. Wallace say the N word. Yeah, cuz it he. does not say it, but he he looks like he. wants to say. Oh, if you tickle him. Yeah. I bet he. says it in his sleep. This is sleep. talking. Sorry, Trevor. Oh, yeah. He puts the N. and ambient, dude. You know what I'm. talking about. What's up, Kyle? Dude, that would be so great. Yeah, I'd.

love to see that. Yeah, I would love to. see Trevor Wallace. And then who's. someone that's older that I would love. to see say it? Someone who's probably. like in a coma or something, but if you. could get them to whisper it or. something for like a an expensive. stream. I'm talking like about a 134. stream. Who's somebody look up older. people in comas, celebrities or people. on their struggling? Something like. that. Old people who are struggling. Put. almost rip you can put on there. Ooh, Clint Eastwood. Oh, hey, that'll be a. that'll be a legend. He did it for free, huh? That'd be leg That would be.

legendary. He says it already. Yeah, he. first. Oh, yeah. There's like three movies about. him almost saying it. Oh, Buzz Aldrin. Definitely, dude. Yeah, bro. Is he the guy who went to the moon? Yeah. You know, if you're out in space, you got to yell it out there once. Yeah. Nobody hear Nobody can hear it. Only. Houston can hear. it. We got a problem. Houston, we have a. problem. Yeah, it's Paul Wall, baby. I'm. the people's champ. We got a problem,

Houston. And Buzz is racist. Clearly. racist. You don't think a white guy named Buzz. was dropping bombs after a few whisies? After a few whisies and fake trips to. the moon, you don't think he's driving a. inbomb. First of all, if you. send me to a fake moon and drug me up. and send me to a fake moon, I get one. inbomb, man. Yeah, he could open up for. Angelina Jolie, but it's just good to. think about how you can raise money. And. that's where I'm at. It's like, you. know, are we raising money or not? Um, I.

wish we had a such a cool like racial. slur for Asian people, you know? We got. we got but it's nowhere near the. cultural coolness. Yeah, I'm trying to. think of uh chop dogs would be good, but. that's kind of fun. Yeah, that's funny. That's funny to say. Look at my chop. dogs right here. Yeah, look up best. Asian racial slurs if you can. Sorry, that's probably on X, not on. YouTube. Best Asian slurs. Yeah, Elon if.

you can. We're going to need Yeah. Excuse me, Grock. Do you know if these. slurs are definitely Asian? Let's just. look up a couple. I don't want to get. crazy. Yeah. Have you had Elon on the. pod? I have not. Ah, Mama I. thought that was for like Down syndrome. people. Not for Asian. That's just. redneck people who don't know how to say. uh Mongolia. Mongolian. We have some Mongaloid beef. Look, I ate so much of it. I can't even.

read that well anymore. My. forehead got bigger after eating some. Mongaloid beef. My eyes got sunken in. Yeah. Oh my god. We got to get out of here, dude. Dude, you know what you need to do. is do a show with my friends over there. in Australia when you go. Which one? Um. Sean and Marley. Oh, these guys. Yeah. Yeah. I've I've done like some reactions. to uh chefs with Down syndrome and. they're they're great. They can these. guys are the best. One of them doesn't.

have Down syndrome. One of them does and. I'm not even sure. But you go to their. home. The greatest experience I had in. Australia was spending time with these. guys at their home. Really? Went to. their homes. Nice. Yes. And you pull up, dude. It was just unbelievable. But that. would be an amazing crossover. That's. you. Oh, nice. And they would love to. have you there, man. I've worked with. Down Syndrome kids before. I used to. volunteer at a Down Syndrome uh like. factory or. whatever. And that's a joke. That's. because a lot of this little Asian. factory work. And I didn't think it was. funny. Yeah. The most joyful people.

happy for sure. Dude, you tickle them, they can't even feel it because they're. already feeling that good. Is that. crazy? Yeah. Is that Is that true? Yeah. They're already feeling at a level of. being tickled. Oh, I didn't know that. Um, how'd you find out about that fact? Oh, that's easy one. Is that a Grock. question as well? That's Grock. Do down. syndrome people feel tickles? I'm not that. You're going to jail, dude. You're definitely going to.

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How's the Middle East trip, man? Yeah, I. was watching the clip of you doing that. show. That That must be a tough crowd, but you did good. Oh, it's nice you to. say that. You're being very nice. That. show was hard. I'll tell you what h So, they weren't supposed to be recording. the show. That was part of the agreement. was there would be no recording. And I. get out there and then there's uh 20. news cameras. Oh, Uhhuh. And so. I'm like, well, what do I do now? Like I. have, you know, I can't just do all my. material because then it'll just be out.

there, right? It's like and I'm trying. to maybe do a special at some point. And. um and then so that was Yeah, those are. thes, right? Okay. Thar, right? Qatar. Yeah. Okay. And it. was so cool, man. But yeah, so I get out. there and then there's an audience in. front of me, behind me, and to this side. of me. And half of each one of them. can't speak. English. They still laugh. I heard. laughs. I heard applause breaks. People. I think a lot of that made fun of the. Navy. They loved it. Oh yeah, that part.

was the best part was calling him Clu. Klux Sandsman. That was my favorite. That was the only thing. And at that. point, I was like, at least if anything, they flew somebody over here to say. that. You know, that must be a tough crowd. It feels. like a corporate crowd, but tougher. Well, I just didn't expect the camera. So, suddenly everything has to change. You're like, what do I do now? I can't. I, you know, and so it was just like. this interesting mix. But then I also. like before I went out there, I was like.

asking God. I was like, just don't make. it about me. Let me just try and do my. best like you know. So I and then I. realized it's just you're over there to. have fun. So we stayed after and took a. ton of photos. And it was cool, man. Just to be on the base and see like, you. know, I've done some military tours in. the past, but just to be there and just. see what people um just what people are. living like over there and what the. environment is like over there. Yeah. And then we got to we got to drive. across town and all the buildings have. bring up like uh basic or what's it.

called? Common structure structuring in. Qatar. All of their stuff have like the. castle like you know that like castles. are kind of like that on the top of. them. Let me see. I don't fully. understand. Like you know the rook and. when you're playing rook is a castle. Yeah, the rook is the castle. So it has. the castle top. You know how the top of. the castle is like that? All of their. buildings there are like that. Uh, oh, really? Wow. She'll be driving by a. place and you're like, "Oh my god, is. that a palace?" And they're like, "That's a KFC, dude. Every building.

there has the castling tops and it's all. very uniform and there's nothing out of. place. There's not a tree out of place. There's not a a curve of a sidewalk out. of place. Nothing's un It's like wow. It's unbelievable. Um they have a lot of. money because everybody there gets. subsidized from the government if you're. a Qatari citizen. Yeah. But it's. impossible to be a Qatari citizen, isn't. it? Right. It only travels through the. mail. So you can't just uh and you can't.

just have a baby on the land and it's a. citizen. Yeah. Can you be gay and marry. a male and and get it that way? Let's. see. That's a great question because you. always hear that you can't be gay there. or whatever. And it's funny, they had the secret. service there and I kept going up to him. and I'm like, "What's your. secret? If you're gay, just say if. you're gay, you know, what's your. secret? You wore your mom's ponder. pants." Like, "What is it?" And every. now and then one would slightly show me. a gun. Just. like, "Shut the up." And then.

that's when I would listen to nwords can. be gay too on my phone just to just. play that in the ears. Pathways to Qatari citizenship. Citizenship is automatically granted. anyone born to a Qatari father. regardless of birthplace. Oh, interesting. Children of Qatari mothers. and non-Qatari fathers may apply for. citizenship, but only under strict con. conditions are not guaranteed. citizenship. Foreigners can apply for citizenship. after at least 25 consecutive years of. lawful residence. Wow. Wow. With no more.

than two months spent outside the. country per year. So that Oh my god. With no more than two months spent. outside the country per year. Whereas in. America, you could hang your lower half. over a fence and drop something over. here and it's American. Yeah. You know, which is kind of cool actually. I think. there is that uh golden visa thing in. America now, right? $5 million or. something. They're giving that away. I. think it's through America's Got uh. citizenship. I think Howie Mandel is one. of the hosts of it. But dual citizenship. is not permitted. Applicants must. renounce their previous citizenship upon.

naturalization. I think that's. important. So, you can't be gay. Oh, wait. legal status of same-sex marriage. Okay. Samesex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships are not. recognized or legal in Qatar. Qatari law influenced by traditional. Islamic principles criminalizes same-sex. sexual activity and does not recognize. any legal status for same-sex couples. Cohabitation outside of heterosexual. marriage is also illegal. Wow. So, there's no way for us to be Qatari. citizens.

In our next life, I believe in. reincarnation. Oh, you know, I'll meet. you there, brother. See you there, man. Play our song. That's perfect. Um, what is the uh what's the improper. way to cook rice just for for whites and. listeners of this? That's what I built. my whole career off of. Is it really? I. think the the proper way is just get a. rice cooker. Yeah. You know, you have.

one of those. No. I lived with an Asian. girl when I first moved to Los Angeles. We Uh-huh. She needs to educate you on. that stuff, man. Oh, we couldn't even. afford heat. We would put We would. Sometimes we'd have her turn that on in. our room for a little while. Oh. But now now things are different now, right? You can afford a rice cooker now. Oh yeah, I can have a rice cooker in. each room. Yeah. You can just be making rice. You got to. have an Asian in each room making rice. for you. That's how much you can afford. I would love that. A little cinn person. Yeah. $80 a week. Just come make rice. for me, girl.

But a rice cooker is great because it. just takes care of everything for you. And when it's done, it keeps it warm. So. you can just press play, go out, do your. thing, come back, rice is ready. That's. it. And it smells good. It's perfect. So. no way to do so. So So doing anything. crazy with rice where you're boiling all. that. It's kind of ridiculous. You can. just do rice cooker easy. Yeah. Because. every time every time in in the west, okay, here's the difference. In the in. Asia, you ask someone how to make rice, they're like rice cooker, the story is. over. over here. I asked someone how to. make rice. They give you this long. mathematical equation with science and.

and how how many cups of water to one to. three ratio of rice to water is a whole. science lab breaking bad project. It's. like Andrew Huberman making rice kind. of. Yeah. Like we don't need that. We. don't need a whole podcast to make one. bowl of rice. Yeah. You know, so I I. recommend everybody just get a rice. cooker. You know, make life easy for. yourself. Yeah. Make it simple. Just do. that. Do you cook a lot at home? I I. only eat two things honestly. Um. at home smoothie. Okay. I eat one.

smoothie that has blueberries, spinaches. That's walnut. But that eating though that that's not. eating protein powder. Okay. And food. Lactoseree milk. A. little bit of cinnamon. Half teaspoon of. Stats mushroom powder. Some arm arm arm. colostrum. What else? Oh, half a teaspoon of algae. Sea algae powder. That's That's fine. grain. Fine grain. I don't like that.

choppy What is What's colostrum? Armal? It's something that it's It's in. baby milk. Is that placenta? It's. something in baby milk. Oh, okay. I love. Is it good for you? I mean, was baby. milk good for you? Probably. I don't. remember now. Oh, you imagine that? Yeah. I need to ask my mom. Was I. healthier when I was sucking in your. tit? I'm sure I was. Dude, look at me. now. troubled. I'm spray. tanning my back cuz I'm losing pigment. God damn. Yeah, just getting wider and. wider, man. I love that damn baby milk.

titt. Where'd you get that? That's looks. like an airwan thing, isn't it? They. started dealing I think we actually do. I think we honestly I think we even do. some ads for them. But so I mix that. together in a blender. That is my That's. my smoothie. That's what I have every. time. And then other than that, sometimes at night, about 45 minutes. before bed, I'll make myself a uh ground. beef uh quesadilla. Okay. Okay. You got. to expand your pallet, man. Mm- Give it. a try. I don't want that. I'll bring you. around. I'll bring you to Korea Town. But why is it that every time Asians.

they want to take you somewhere to. feed you? That's the thing, bro. Yeah. We don't We don't like cooking at. home. Oh, really? Because cooking. there's so much good food here that. cooking at home is almost arrogant. You. think like what you you think you can do. better than this place, you know? So, I. got to I got to bring you somewhere. create some some some joy. Let you see. some Um, Fuyo, that's your. restaurant. Fuyo. Yeah. Yeah. Fuyo. It's. Uncle Roger. That's the restaurant name. Yeah. Congratulations, dude. No, thank. you, man. Thank you. So, that's only in.

Malaysia right now. Hopefully, we'll. expand this concept uh to all of Asia. But later this year hopefully, we also. have something a new concept opening in. London. Really? Yeah. Different. different Oh, this is the first time I'm. saying it to the world. But yeah, we have we just got the lease for a. place in London. Uh, let's go. Completely different restaurant name and. fu. Thank you. Fuyo is like a Malaysian. slang for saying yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Nice. Fu. Fu. Fu.

Yeah. I love that, dude. So cool. And. when you went there for the first time, did you have to go and help design the. actual restaurant? How did that How. hands-on are you in something like that? Right. Uh certain aspects. I came up. with a few of the uh the fried rice. recipes. So Fuyo, it's Uncle Roger. It's. a fast casual fried rice restaurant. Okay. So you get fried rice as your. base. You can add toppings to it. Oh, it. sounds so good. Oh, it's good, man. We're very proud of our fried rice. And. I came up with a few of the recipes. You. know, the the this kim this is a kimchi.

fried rice. Mhm. So I decided, yes, we. need some seaweed. We decide how we want. to plate it. You know, the seaweed on. the side and the perimeter and how you. want to chop the spring onion. There. many ways to chop spring onion. You got. to find the perfect way. Yeah. Yeah. It's all a little like bright colored. and a little a little corny from a. western eye, but it it works for Asia. and we like cutesy things. And also a. lot of kids like it, younger people like. it. Yeah, it's fun. Well, also I think. getting younger people to like. especially like younger American people. to like uh just to try something a.

little bit different, right? Yeah. Like. I think my nephews would love this kind. of thing. Look at an egg, man. Look at. how runny it is. That's another decision. to make. You got to make the sides. crispy and the yolk runny. That's what. Asians like. Fool you. Add some eggs to. your diet, man. Oh fool. Yeah. Add some. runny eggs to your quesadilla. To your. ground beef quesadilla. I do very I do a. little bit of cheese on there. Shredded. cheese, quesadilla. And that that's. real. That's the two things you eat. every day. That's the only thing that.

For real. You're not joking. That's the. only thing is that's at my house to eat. And the only thing is that's at my. apartment too. Oh wow. So I have that. Put a cheese. Put a layer of uh ground. beef. One more layer of cheese. Take. some salt, sea salt, put it on there. Top on it. One napkin over it in the. microwave. Probably minute, 15 seconds. When it comes out, I push down on the. napkin to strengthen that cheese and. that meat combo. Put it all together. Make it a team. Then I'll cut it a second. I take that. napkin off. I cut it four and two. One.

across one of the bottom. Make four. pieces. Do not let it get too cold. Brother gets bad. I need to open a. restaurant here, man. So experience the. joy joy of eating. Oh, I would love. that, man. I would love to be associated. with your restaurant. Yeah. Part of part. of why I took a break from standup is. because it eats into my dinner time. That's how much I like food. It's It's. real, man. Like you do a show on tour, it's like I have to soundcheck at like 5. and then stuck in the green room. You're. just eating a cold salad and then after. the show you just want to drink. You. don't want to eat. Oh yeah. You just You.

know what I mean? Yeah. You're when. you're a little bit heightened up and. and then otherwise you're eating at like. 11:00 at night. That's never super fun. No good restaurants still open at 11. Nothing. Yeah. Even if you try to set up. something in advance, you know, uh it it. it won't stay open sometimes. But you. can order food. But yeah, it's touring. is it's a hectic uh lifestyle. How do. you stay fit when you're always eating? Do you also have to take care of. yourself or do you want to get turn into. fat? Yo, no, I think I got to take care of. myself, man. I want my my life. expectancy to go a little a little.

beyond that. So, I just work out. I try. to I try to let my dinner be my allout. meal. My every every dinner is my cheat. meal, but every other meal is like a. healthy thing. I try I try. And do you. eat breakfast? Do Malaysians eat. breakfast? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We We got. some good good breakfast, man. I think. best breakfast in the world. We got rice. for breakfast. See, that's the part I'm. open to it. I think you just I would. have to get try it. Search search this. uh search nasi lama ni. Yeah. Malaysian.

breakfast. That's the first image. That's that's the one we have. So, look. at look at the variety. Rice, peanuts, the sambal paste, a red paste there, fried chicken sometimes. What's a sambal. paste? It's like uh chili shrimp paste, you know. Does it's it tastes I'm. getting hungry now just thinking about. this. And those are sardines. This huh? Those are sardines. Those are fried deep. fried anchovies crispy. I feel like this. the joy of this image is lost on you, Theo. I could see that. Yeah. Look at.

that. Served on a banana leaf. Look at. how appetizing that is, you know. And. then look at look at that one. The one. from Medium. The one. Yeah, that one. This is another Malaysian breakfast. This is more Indian, Malaysian style. You have the the roti, the the thin. bread, slightly crispy and airy. You dip. it in that yellow dal. Oh yeah. Ah man. Again, it beats any ground beef. quesadilla, man. But in Qatar, they had. a lot of beautiful sauces and stuff, too. Yeah, we love sauce is what makes. life worth living, you know? Add that to.

your cholesterol. You're right. Smoothie or something. You're right, dude. I'm a idiot. What am I doing? There's all this great. food and I'm eating the same all. the time. What a loser. Yeah. Yeah. We should make a video. Do Do you. like Maybe next time maybe you can make. Uncle Roger your your meal and. then Dude, I'm losing my mind, bro. You know, I got to get it together, man. And we'll bleep that word out. Sorry, that was a little bit out of out. of sorts. Um, and the shirt you're. wearing too, that that's the national.

flower of Malaysia. You want to know. more about Malaysia? That's a hibiscus, is it? Did you wear that for me? To show. respect. Yeah. Oh, thank you, man. I'll. take it. Look at that. Oh, that's. beautiful. Yeah, we have a lot of. respect for Asian culture here. Thank. you. And I think we. want that's Japanese, but you know it. is. Yeah. Hajim, huh? Hajim. I don't know what. that means. I know one word. Oh, our. friendship begins. That's what it means. in Japanese. Thank you.i hi. I I love.

the way they say thank you in Japan. It. just they just bow at you. The most. polite Asian people. I know. You know, have you been there? Have you toured. there? Beautiful. Yeah, I've been to. Japan. I haven't toured there, though. Oh, you should tour there. I think. you'll get a good crowd. You think so? Expat crowd. Yeah. And then maybe a few. like random Japanese people who got. lost. Yeah. Just saw a sign. I like the. haircut. They just end up in your show. What? Yeah, dude. That thing of Let's.

What are some of the like some Asians. get no credit. The Leos oceans, right? Yeah. Laian people. Yeah. Never met. They I I pissed them off one time. Did. you? Because I said, what did I say? Oh, Uncle Roger said, uh, Cambodian and and. Laian food is like a version of. Thai food. And they get mad when you. insult their food, man. Yeah. Laian. Yeah. Laians and Cambodians. Oh, I still. think it's okay. Maybe not Lao, but. Cambodian food. Yeah, it's kind of true. in a way. I think Thai Thai people.

perfected that region's food. You think. so? Yeah. because they they took. inspiration from the Laian people, their. own Thai people. And Cambodia, you guys. bombed them to So that's why they. couldn't uh Yeah, that's why it's hard. to eat with the bombing. Yeah, I know. It's hard to enjoy your noodles when. there's a landmine next to you. Just. like don't drop the chopstick, you know. It's going to trigger the explosion. Yeah, I've been to Cambodia. It's a. Sometimes it makes me sad. You've been. to Cambodia? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I've been. to uh uh uh what's it called? Anor that.

that Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And and um it's. right next to Vietnam. Yeah. And is it. makes you sad because of just the. aftermath of the war there and stuff? Yeah. Aftermath of the war. And you just. see people who who uh lost limbs, you. know, because you planted and there's. still active landmines there. Oh. So you. never you can't venture you can't just. venture off the the path, you know. They. the tour guide tells you don't walk off. the path everybody's walking. You might. step on a landmine. Oh yeah. Who has.

that song Landmine? Who is that? Landmines can be gay, too. That's hands. Um, oh, it's Bruno Mars. Catch a grenade for you. That song. Oh, yeah. That's what I'm thinking of. Bruno. Mars. I'll catch a grenade for you. Yeah. Oh, but no, that is heartbreaking. Can you bring that up? Is that true? How. much landmines are still in Cambodia? That's heartbreaking. Yeah, it's your. And did we put them there? I think so. I. think what's the the guy who the the.

president who who who passed away last. year? I think Joe Biden. No, he's still kicking. He's still kicking. I think Jimmy Carter. Oh, Jimmy Carter. Yeah, Jimmy Carter. Was he the one who. There's there some somebody I don't. fully know the history. I just know like. you guys were, you know, highly. responsible and sure. Let me. see. Um millions of land mines. Cambodia. is one of the most heavily landmine. contaminated countries in the world with. estimates ranging from 4 to 6 million.

landmines and unexloded ordinance. scattered across the country. At the as. of the end of 2022, Cambodia had. identified 681 square kilmters of land. contaminated with anti-personnel. landmines. God. Yeah. New areas of. contamination are continually being. discovered, making the precise number of. landmines difficult to determine. Click. on that third article over there, human. progress. On February 2025, Prime. Minister Samip de. Hun Sam,

how do you say it? I don't know. Oh, damn. Yeah. Highlighted the remarkable. achievements in Cambodia's ongoing mine. clearance campaign over the past 32. years. Since its inception in 1992, the. initiative has successfully cleared. nearly 3,300 square kilometers of. landmines. Man. Yeah. They have more. landmines than you have like Starbuckses. here. Yeah. Yeah, but I mean it just. puts hopscotch on a whole new. level, huh? Yeah. Advanced hopscotch. High stakes hopscotch. Just draw the. lines. Good luck, dude. This is.

horrible. Squid Game over there. Hopscotch. Squeak game. All you need is. like a Simply Safe camera set up on a. tree over there to get your Squid Game. season 3. Oh, what is this? What Asian have the. most? Like a lot of Asians squint when. they look, right? Yeah. Yeah. Which. Asian have the most? I mean, every race. squint when they look. Come on. You. squint when you look, too. Oh, yeah. I. look a little Asian, man. Yeah. You got. a little Asian in you. Yeah. Yeah. I'm. uh And what But who what Asian have the.

most squint? Is there one that like What. Asian has the one where you just want to. put a couple quarters in their face. You. know what I'm talking about? Type of. You know, the squinty eyes, the. squintiest. Asians. I don't know. May maybe. Mongolians because Bring them up. Bring. them up. Yeah. Because they have like. really puffy cheeks and the Oh, so the. it's a So it just push the cheeks push. the eyelids up maybe. Beautiful. I love that. Yeah. Squintiest. What? Let. me see what you search. Let me see the.

Google search. Yeah. Show the squintiest. eyes. I mean that's going to get us in. trouble, dude. Oh man, I love I would. love to be on this brainstorming session. when when you guys had me on yesterday. Brainstorm session. Nigel's coming. What. can we ask him? I don't know. Ask him. We're afraid to say your name out loud. in case this place is bugged by. Memphis PD, dude. Um, yeah, that's. another Grock question. Yeah, bring it. up on Grock as. well. See if they can help us. Some.

people say Japanese people cuz like the. blast was so bright it like that they. have like permanent sunglasses. Well, it. like it was a lot for the community. It's all heartbreaking, man. Ah. Oh, it's a stereotype tied to East Asian. stereotype if it's kind of true, right? No. Bring up some wideeyed Asians in. Let's see. Cuz this could all be. So, when I see when I film. myself on camera, I have to make sure. the camera is positioned a certain way. If there's an emotion I want to convey. because otherwise I look down just it's.

just a slit. Yeah. You know, so I know I. experienced that problem. Oh, there's some beautiful Yeah. I think. this is a stereotype, man. We might want. to get rid of that stereotype. I don't. know if that's true. I think it's true, man. What are um what are common plastic. surgeries that some Asians get in order. to adjust themselves? Make their eyes. bigger. Make her eyes bigger. Oh, look. at the one lady's got one eye big and. one eye regular. Look at that. Second. row left. Left. Oh, that's makeup. Nuhuh. And I think contact lenses. Let's.

see. Let's play it. Let's play it. Yeah. That's That's crazy. Asian bring catfish to a whole new. level, man. Yeah. [Music]. It's like one of those roar shark. tricks. No, you search like crazy. Chinese makeup and you you'll see it on. Tik Tok. But the the beauty of it is is. how much how artistic and that Asians. are. Yeah. But it takes ages. It takes. so much time out of your day. Yeah.

Aians they call them. Yeah. Look at this. woman just transform. Nuh-uh. Yeah. And oh, she even puts a fake nose on to. make the nose slimmer. Oh, look at this. Huh? Oh, it's Rob Schneider. Simmer. That's just a joke. Rob. Wow. This is really This is what. Jeff Bezos's wife does. You know, this is crazy, bro. This really happens.

[Music]. [Laughter]. I think this is a rare case, you know. Yeah. All of Rob though. Getting close, dude. Yeah, he's the after. That's. almost L King at least. Yeah, he's the after, bro. Mhm. Rob just. performed down in Louisiana. Was pretty. cool. Um, what what else can we talk about. real quick? How many episodes do you put. out a week? Three, four? No, no, no, no. One or two? One or two? We put out six a.

month. Ah, okay. So that's kind of where. we're at um in the space right now. It's. interesting because you know over time. you start thinking like well you start. learning more stuff. So then there's. more stuff you want to talk about right. and then you start thinking well I want. to you know if people are listening I. want to introduce them to things that I. like that I think are neat you know or. people that it's like oh maybe they. wouldn't know about you know like if. half of our audience doesn't know about. you and they listen and they love you. like I've had a great time chatting man.

it's been very fun. Same. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I was like kind of. worried. I was like, I don't know what. it's going to be like, but um he's a. normal guy, man. You're hilarious, dude. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So. funny, dude. And so I'm like, yeah, I. think it's just things like that. And. then I would like to be able to learn. more stuff like have people in to learn. more, you know? We're trying to have a. healthc care like a doctor from Gaza. who's been in like over there come on. We're trying to have somebody come on. about dopamine and like the effects of. like dopamine addiction and kind of.

where we are as like especially as men, you know, being addicted and then um. always jerking off. We always talk about. that kind of stuff and if we can get. better. You got to get that guy who's. trying to live forever. That Brian. Johnson guy. Yeah, we saw that guy, huh? Yeah, I'm I'm fascinated by him, man. He's almost Korean, huh? Yeah, he looks. like it. Everybody turns Asian after a. while. Like Ariana Grande her latest. look is Asian. Oh yeah. Aan they call it. in some places. Aana Grande. Aana. Grande. Yeah. Look at this guy.

Definitely. Yeah. He's he's he's turning. into a K-pop star. Oh, play our song. again real quick. [Music]. Roger. It's no It's no bedtime. It's no. bedtime. Yeah. This is crazy, man. And do Asian. people think like they want to live. forever? Is that more of an American. thing? I think it's an American thing, man. We We accept our fate, you know,

really. But that's what I like about you. guys. You think you can change things. and sometimes you can, you know, maybe. he will live forever. But I have so many. relatives who are like old and given how. annoying they are, I don't want them to. live forever, man. Like imagine if. you're this annoying at 70. Imagine if. you're 700. Oh, how annoying would you be? Are the. worst. Yeah. Just that's part of the. reason why I want to do my wedding in. Europe. So hopefully none of none of. them can come. You know, it's too far.

You have a hip replacement. Oh, dude. Definitely. Cuz a lot of the air travel. will really wear on some of that metal. Yeah. They can't even walk through the. TSA like they start beeping. Yeah, they. need um Yeah, I'm trying to think about. Asians. Uh yeah, in a sense, in a sense, the thing you want to do with your. channel, introducing people to more. things. That's kind of the same what. with what I want to do, you know, especially from a food because food is. so tied to culture, right? So, there are. a lot of videos where sure, you know, a. lot of them is me roasting celebrity. chefs, but there also a lot where Uncle.

Roger travels to a place like my recent. one. I went to Thailand and I got. someone who lives there to show me. Mark. Wis, another big food person. Oh, you. ate at 6:30 a.m. You ate in the morning. Yeah. Thai green curry in the morning. Oh, the best I've I've tasted. It's so. good. And I feel like a lot of the times. when Western people go to Asia, they. always show the weirdest parts of what. Asian people eat, you know? Yeah. Like, come eat these cat nuts or whatever. Huh. Yeah. So, I feel like me doing this. is kind of like almost like an insider. view of Asia compared to like a western.

perspective of Asia. And I feel like. that's my little contribution to the. internet. Yeah. Oh, there you go. Oh, yeah. That's. me. And that's just a that's just a. secret uh curry spice. I look good. This. is a high effort podcast, man. You got a. Photoshop person on board. Well, yeah, we got one guy, but it's just a secret. seasoning you're selling. Yeah. Yeah. That'd be great. That's That's a chili. sauce. That's my new chili sauce. Um. Well, I think Asian food is just. expanding in the US. I'm sure that it's.

just growing. Look that up. Is Asian. cuisine growing in America? It must be. Definitely. Definitely. And there are so. many of us globally, you know. Have. Asian. Yeah. Yeah. Asian. Oh, you see. one Asian, you've seen them all. That's. the old motto. Yeah. Asian cuisine is growing is growing in. popularity in America. This is reflected. in the increase of Asian restaurants. Well, that's easy to say. So, it's. getting more and more specific. Oh, sorry. Please read first. Go back up. US. visitors to Asia saw a 33% jump while. Oceanana and Central America each saw a. 30% increase. So, people just traveling.

Yeah. Traveling overall is just. increasing their pallet. Japan is the. gateway drug to Asia because Americans. love Japan. But then when they get. there, they love it so much. Then you. get the courage to explore other parts. of Asia. Thailand, Cambodia, see the. landmines, you know, see the lady boys. in Bangkok. Oh, dude. You know. Yeah. They'll both blow you up. Yeah. Yeah. One one's a little nicer, I. think. You know. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. I think I think Thailand's been.

doing the trans thing for a long time. They they've nailed it. Yeah. I think, you know, that's growing, too. Men that. prefer trans women and uh bring that up. How much are people enjoying more trans. uh sexual, but the trans people in. Thailand are are like hot hot, you They. they put a lot of effort into into their. that their that process. Oh yeah. They're not just these bootleg trans. people. They have pageantss. They have. competitions. Yeah. Here we just have. some thick ginger running around.

with a bra on during the streets of New. Orleans during Marty Gro and he's. yelling that he's into something new or. whatever. It's like you're not. You're just a some St. Patrick's. Day bear. Yeah. You know these are men. right here. Yeah. All dudes, man. Well, what are we? If you hadn't have told me. that, I would be empty in an hour. I'm just saying sometimes people just. say wiener is just long I I don't.

I don't think anybody said that. I think. it's just you, Theo. A wiener is a long I mean, I think that's just you, man. I think. it's something you hear if you put your. you know, if you if you really dig the. internet, dig deep. Wener is just the. long pers. Uh, who won? The pageant was. inaugurated in 1998. Okay, let me get a. little bit more of this because this is. really fascinating. Sandra Pimai Pakam. collapsed to the floor and shed tears of.

joy after she was announced the winner. of the 25th Miss Tiffany pageant held at. the Tiffany Show Theater in Patya on. Sunday night. Sudu triumphed after. failing to catch the judge's eye on four. previous appearances as a Miss Tiffany. contestant. Wow. Uh, Miss Tiffany, a nod to the pageant's. original goal of promoting human rights. and equality for transgender people in. Thailand and around the world. Are. transgender people accepted in Thailand? Yeah, they are. Yeah. So, it's a big. part of their culture. It's a big part. of their culture. They've dealt with. this They're ahead of the time.

You know, I think the arguments people. have over here about the trans issue. I. think Thailand probably had that 20. years ago. So, now it's just part of. society. They don't even think about the. pronouns. just get called like she her. or whatever they want to get called. So. it's nice. I think we can learn from. that a little bit for sure. I think. Yeah, these people are beautiful. Wow. This is a that's a young lady, huh? Yeah, they look good, man. Hey, it's. like you don't know what you don't know.

You know, don't come on my back and tell. me it's raining, you know. That's that old Yeah. wives tale. I. think you're going to tour Thailand. Thailand next. Wow. I don't know. I. don't want you want to risk finding out. you enjoy this. I don't know. You just, you know, you don't want to accidentally. bring sand to the freaking wiener beach. or whatever, you know. But yeah. Oh, no, dude. I think this is great. But I think. the issue that we have in America, and. that's just a joke, but I think the. issue that we have in America is that. you have men using mostly for sports,

right? It's like if you're going over to. play sports and you know you're a. biological male, to me, it just feels. like you're cheating, right? We should. have a a a class that's just for trans. people. and let them compete there. Let. and let it be a new thing that we embody. and embrace. And that's the thing I. would try to start if I'm trans. Like, don't put me in with men or put me in. with women if I'm not exactly as them. Let me do something new, you know? I. think that's why they have the. pageantss. So, they keep them busy with. the pageantss so they don't do sports.

Oh, that's a good point. Oh, yeah. If. you're too busy, uh, yeah, these these. are actual biological women and they. don't look near as good nearly as good. as the That's a good point, huh? Yeah, maybe we're coming to a unique time in. culture where men are tired of being. men, so they would rather spend their. time looking like women and women are. tired of being women and they would. rather. uh spend time looking like men. Yeah, they can do whatever they want, man. I. think if you become a woman, that's a. benefit, too. You can actually become a. Qatari citizen, right? Oh, be the the.

the Qatari male citizen. So, yeah, there's a loophole. That's a. loophole. I like this. Huh. That's uh. the dessert on the menu at Fu Fufu. It's. Uncle Roger. Yeah. The dessert is a. secret path to Qatari citizenship. I. like that. I like that. Um one last. thing I want to talk to you about. Oh, you hear a lot about Taiwan and China, right? Oh. Oh, yeah. That's got into. some trouble there a few years ago. Just.

what talking about it or what do you I. just had a joke. If you search Uncle. Roger VS China, I just did a bit that it. works all over the world. I did that bid. in Bangkok and Toronto and LA. It works. all over the world. So, I kind just want. to gently roast Taiwan and gently roast. China. And then right after that, all my. Chinese social media accounts got. banned, you know, really. Yeah. That was. two years ago. Everything got wiped. If. you search Uncle Roger on those Chinese. social media apps, you you'll find. nothing. Even though I had like hundreds.

of thousands of followers before that. Really? Uh, and did you have um Oh, yeah. Wow. This has 40 million views, Uncle Roger. Yeah. It's a It's a YouTube. short. Those things go viral sometimes. Not this viral. God, this is the most. viral thing since co out of China. So, China. China. Okay. China. Good country. Good country. Good country. Good. country. We have to say that now. Correct. Oh, their phone listening. Oh, their phone listening.

This nephew got Huawei phone. They all. listening. Call our phone. Tap into it. Long live presidency. Long live. presidency. Uncle Roger social credit. score going. up. Nice. And niece and nephew from. Taiwan. Not a real country. Not a real. not a real country. I hope one day you rejoin the motherland.

one China. That's hilarious, dude. So, is that is. that a real feeling in Taiwan? Some of. them feel like they're should be part of. China and some people don't. Yes. It's a. very divided thing, but most people. don't want to be part of China. Yeah. Taiwan is a very interesting place. They. do not use any of the Chinese social. media apps. They use the western ones. They use Facebook, Google, Instagram. Whereas in China, all those things are. blocked, you know, and and uh you know, released this clip and then everything.

got wiped from Chinese socials. And then. you remember last year or a few months. ago, everybody was getting on Red Note, this Chinese app. Yes. I tried. re-registering for an account and the. moment I uploaded my profile photo, that. whole account got wiped again. No. So. they they have some sort of I'm in some. sort of database over there over there. So So China's against you, you think? H. I I probably can still visit if I get a. visa, but I I don't know if I want to. risk it, you know. Yeah. And but they. just probably don't want you having a. say in what China is like. They just.

don't want you having a voice in their. country. Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, it. is what it is. Sometimes uh I think in. the US we take free speech for granted. sometimes and we don't we forget that. not all countries are like this. In the. US, you say anything and the worst thing. that happens is people get mad at you. Yeah. Right. in the comments, whatever. But I don't know. I mean, these days a. lot of things get taken down. Even in. the US, I feel like there's things you. can't say. I think things get submerged, you know, or like uh what is it called?

Shadowbanned. Shadowban. True. True. But. in a standup context, I feel we get more. leeway. Oh, that's a great point. Yeah. In a stand-up context, we get so much. freedom here. Do uh what is the biggest. issue over there with Taiwan? Do you. think that they'll remain free? Because. they make some of the most. semiconductors in the world, right? TSMC. that company. Yeah. Taiwan. semiconductor. Taiwan's TSMC is the only. reason China hasn't attacked Taiwan yet. You know, wow. That's too valuable. China and the United States both view. Taiwan's dominance of the global tech. supply chain as a national security.

risk. In response, they have tried to. boost their own capacity to make chips. they need. Yeah, I think they're trying. to make more chips in the US. I know. that that was something I saw a couple. weeks ago. Mhm. Um, Nvidia's chief says. US chip controls on China have. backfired. Jens Jensen Hang, who I'd. love to talk to, uh, the chipmaker's top. executive, um, from Nvidia, they're the number one, they're the leader in chips, I believe, said the attempt to cut off the flow of. advanced AI chips spurred Chinese.

companies to accelerate their. development. Wow. M lawmakers in. Washington have worked for years to. limit China's access to the cuttingedge. computer chips needed for advanced. artificial intelligence particularly. those made by Nvidia America's leading. chipmaker and yes so what there these. are the chips that are used for AI and. for some reason AI weapons you know. rockets right it's just there's and for. some reason they make them the best over. here right Taiwan has the best ones I. think so so far yeah um but according to.

Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang. Uh those regulations driven by economic. and security concerns have only made. Chinese tech companies stronger. Wow. Yeah. I mean this is the type of thing. somebody would go to war over because. whoever controls this is going to. control a lot of things. I think this is. going over my head, man. I just I just I. just buy some Bitcoin and call it a day, you know? Yeah. Oh, me too. I'm just. wondering what could happen to the. people of Taiwan, right? I think that's. my like question is like do the people. there live every day? It must be weird.

there every day. you're going to a. factory probably and creating these. chips, but knowing that the creation of. these chips could have a semblance on if. your country gets um attacked or. attempted to be controlled. It has to be. very strange. I feel like, you know, I. do you think that makes any sense or no? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They they have this. maybe this added responsibility. I. better make a good chip. otherwise China's going to ruin us, right? Or by keeping to make these like. what if we all decided we're not going. to make them? Would they all just leave. us alone and we could just be at peace? No. If if Taiwan stops making them,

China is going to take attack it. Ah, China needs those chips right now. That's why they're not bombing the. factories. Oh, I see. So, they need them. because they're supplying them. Yes. Yes. So, if you stop making it, that. that would be like, you know, if like a. if a what do you call a bin man, a what. a garbage truck person, you know, if. they stuck at your job, the whole. country gets attacked. Oh, yeah. That. that would that would be stressful. Oh, it'd be the worst. Imagine walking in. and out. If you got the order wrong, Mexico is coming.

Do um this may one of my last questions. Do you think so a lot of goods from. America are made in Asia? Yeah. Right. Yeah. Do you think that a how do Asian. people feel about that? Like do they. take a lot of pride that they make it. all these like things that go all over. the world? Do they just feel like it's. just a means to an end and there's not a. lot of pride in it? Like what does that. feel like? Do you feel like especially. probably to China? China is the place. that gets labeled a lot as like making. everything, you know? Yeah. What do what.

have you heard or like what do people. say about that? Does that make sense to. you? Yeah. Malaysia makes quite a few. things too. Not as much as China for. sure. I feel like to us it's it's it's a. job and it's a decent job and without. those manufacturing jobs, those people. will have a shittier life. ah you know. so I think we we we like that those. things you know. globalization I think when people talk. about globalization they see from the. American perspective yeah you are you. are losing jobs to the outside world but. on the flip side we we Asians are.

gaining some jobs that pay better than. those jobs that existed prior like you. know working at a hawker stall selling. noodles all day manufacturing shoes. probably pays them more and I think this. is a tough part right some sometimes the. sometimes the economy me I feel it's is. a zero sum game right making the shoe. it's either a job in America or a job in. Asia we only need so many shoes right so. but we do think it is good it helps us. elevate our quality of life and and. hopefully in a few generations time uh.

the Asians will have made more money and. then maybe we won't have to do those. menial manufacturing jobs anymore but. for now it you know it's the same thing. where there was a news article I think. it came out recently a couple last year. maybe where in New York they were. starting to use um you know like selfch. checkckout lines but then you had a. FaceTime video call with someone from. the Philippines the the persons being. the checkout the cashier for you from. the Philippines. Oh so you had like a. you had a Zoom call with a checkout. person. Yeah. Yeah. So the whole.

internet hated it but then from my. perspective it's like the person in the. Philippines is probably getting paid way. more than any job that she would have. gotten the person that they would have. gotten in the Philippines. And this is. it's just a hard part of it's not an. easy problem to solve, right? Global. inequality. And it I think it just takes. time maybe and and just the hope is one. day globalization will just even the. playing field that everybody can afford. the the the the things we need in life, health care, a house, vehicle, that.

those things. So that's my take on it. It's not very funny, but hopefully Yeah, that that's that's the thing. Oh, Philippine. Yeah. Yeah. But no, I think. that's great. Well, I just always wonder. like I always think like, oh yeah, it's. just like how I look at it from my. perspective as an American. I never. think like what do these people feel. about it? Like you know Mhm. We probably. like it to to the Philipp Filipino. person. She just working from home. putting a fake Zoom background just. clocking in. Yeah. Not even cooking. She's just checking out the cashier. Yeah. But she can be cooking at the same.

time. Yeah. She can be cooking for Yeah. for her kids. She'll be home for her. kids because in Asia people work work. long hours, man. There are some uh you. know in Malaysia we have domestic. helpers sometimes who are coming in from. Indonesia and they live with us right so. they are just gone from their f from. their families three years at a time and. they they get one day off a week maybe. where they get to call their family so. this Filipino job this virtual cashier. job that's like the best job that's.

working remotely man that's being a. digital nomad for them yeah I like that. I love that they're doing that in. Bali you know I like that But what. about this? So, and I'll say this. Round. of applause for Filipinos. I want to say. that, right? Yes. Joe Koy doing good. job. Did good. Doing good job. But I. want to say Filipinos, it's funny. because they're usually the last people. you see before you die because a lot of. them work in hospice care. Oh, that's. that's true. You know, I was I was. wondering where this conversation was. going. Oh, yeah. It's going up. And you.

just see the light and then it's a. Filipino person. It's just like, well, the light is a little bit blocking the. light. It's a little bit blocked. Yeah. By like one Filipino person with like a. stethoscope, you know. Yeah. It's Joe. Koy blocking the light. But they often have a lot of the same. name, you know. David de uh David. David. David. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um. what's another one? Name? Maria Susi. Susie. Popular. Look at popular Filipino. American names. Then we'll get you out.

of here. Yeah. Maria Christina Filipino. Yeah. God, I want to be when it happens. again. I think they have the biggest. eyes for Asians. The roundest eyes. Full of love. Yeah. Full of love and care. Oh. When when. you're in hospice, you don't want you. want someone with like big round eyes. taking care of you. You know, big round. eyes. You ever heard that song? No. Oh, I know that song. But you just Big. round eyes. Oh yeah, it's about Filipino.

love. That's it's about pinoy. heartbreak. I think in hospice care, you. don't want a squinty eyed person taking. care of you. They look like they're up. to something. Oh yeah, their secret, huh? Yeah. James, that could be one. Edward Edward. Yeah. Yeah. Very. Filipino. Yeah. A lot of Benjamin. Benjamin. Yeah. Benjamin. A lot of good. Filipinos. God Mario is good. Oh, like. Italian Filipino. Ah, like Oh, pinoy. pasta. Pizza.

ravioli. Um, yeah. I would love to be. Filipino next time, man. Yeah, let's. reincarnate, man. Dude, we can come. back, huh? Yeah, I better come back. rich, dude. I want to come back to a kid. with rich parents. Oh, you want to be a. kid of rich parents? Oh, it would be. Doesn't matter what race. Doesn't matter. what race. Just kid with rich parents. But would you attack them? Would you. like menend them or whatever? Men what? Like Menendez brothers. The guys that I. think they attacked their parents or. something cuz they brought them cold. food or whatever. I haven't looked at. it. I I probably would just to get their. inheritance, you know, and I'll make.

sure they write their will down first. Yeah. Just double check the will. All. right. Step. Okay. It sounds dangerous. Dangerous for. us. Um Nigel, thank you so much for coming. in, man. We really appreciate your time. Bring you to some good food sometime. Yeah, I would love to do that and make a. video or something. I'd love to, dude. I'd love to swap a uh we got to swap a. number or something. And uh this been. one of my favorite interviews, man. Thank you so much. Like sometimes I go. into like a day or something. I'm sure. this happens to everybody. But it's like.

how's this day going to be? And you're. like kind of tired. You're just been. along whatever and then it's awesome, you know. Thank you. Likewise. Likewise. So I think that's the power of like. people getting together, right? Cuz. sometimes you need somebody else to make. your day better, you know? And so I just. want to say thank you so much uh for. your time and yeah, I hope you do get. that extra restaurant opened up, dude. I. think it would be exciting for people to. go see and for more people uh to learn. about foods from different parts of the. world. You can check out Uncle Roger's. channel. He's got a great channel. It's. Nigel Nigel.

Yeah. Nigel. Mhm. And um we'll put all. the links and everything, man. Uh. anything else that you wanted to share? No, that's it. Let's check out my. channel. Yeah. Oh, and best of luck with. the marriage, dude. Let's say one nice. thing. Say say one or two, three or two. or three nice things about your wife so. that one day she can look back and. she'll have this. What's something? She. can look back to the Theo podcast. That's true. That's a horrible thought. to say, huh? So, is that egotistical to. say that? No, no, it's okay. I think. she'll be happy. She's. just She'll love it. What's something.

nice about her that you really admire? I. think I think she's a love of my life. and she makes every day better. Whoa, dude. That's gay, bro. Play the song. again, dude. That's the gayest I've. ever heard, bro. God, dude. Oh, god. I. regret saying that now. I regret it. [Music]. I'm joking, dude. Shut it down. Uh, no.

Okay. You think she So, you found you. think you found the love of your life. Yeah, I think so. Yeah, that's cool. That's why people get married, right? Yeah, that's a good point, huh? If you. haven't found the love of your life, then what are you just part timeing it. with somebody on your heart? Yeah. Situationship. Just the buddy of. your life. Yeah. You know, that's a long haul, man. Well, congratulations. Two months to your. marriage. Yep. Oh, it's exciting. Very. few relatives are coming. It's too far. Not allowed. Too far for these old. Asians. Shut them down. Shut them down.

Deport them. Deport them from Europe. Pull the semiconductors right out of. their backs, dude. We do not need them. hitting the air. Go back to the factory. To that factory in the sky, dude. Um, thank you so much. Have a good day, brother. [Music]. [Music]. YouTube can be gay. There ain't nothing you need to hide.

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