Joe Wong on Ep #9 | Flappers Presents - Behind the Funny w/ Barbara Holliday and Joshua Snyder

Joe Wong is an LA-based Chinese American comedian and former biochemistry researcher. He received a PhD degree in biochemistry from Rice University in 2000. He started his comedy career in Boston in 2001, and only two years later was a fi nalist in the Boston International Comedy and Film Festival. By 2010, he had placed fi rst in the Third Annual Great American Comedy Festival. He headlines live stand-up comedy shows in both English and Chinese. He appeared on Letterman, Colbert, and Ellen shows, and headlined at the White House RTCA dinner and roasted Joe Biden. He's acted in many blockbuster fi lms and hosted his own TV show, Is It True? in China for 10 years. In 2018, he was featured in the book First Generation: 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great. Joe Wong also published several books and e-books of his own, such as Not This Shit Again! A Comedian's Guide To Tackling Anti-Asian Racism in 2020, and an autobiography in 2011, The Tao of Humor in China, which became a best seller that year. You can see him perform all over, and at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, CA!