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[00:00.41] Laughter is so important. Laughter is medicine. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people, one of the best gifts we've ever been given.

[00:11.85] I've been doing stand-up for 15 years. So, I've seen all different kinds of laughers.

[00:19.01] There's the inside laugher, they don't make any noise, they're always just like.

[00:22.20] Insecure touchy laughers, they always need reassurance. They always, "Did you see that?" Like, "Yeah, I heard that. We're at the same show."

[00:29.63] Oh, the snorter, my favorite, you know. It's like such a compliment when you get a snort except you feel bad for their spouse.

[00:38.14] You're like dang, you're like every morning, "Honey," I'm like, "Oh my God."

[00:41.59] I was born and raised in Burbank, California, right here over the mountain and I'm the last of five kids. Two older brothers, two older sisters.

[00:50.36] They're all two years apart and I'm the fifth. I'm 10 years apart. So, I'm an accident, pretty obvious.

[01:02.84] You know, so when I was a kid, I asked my dad, you know, "Papa, am I an accident?"

[01:07.09] And he said, "There are no accidents in God's Kingdom, only regret." My dad disciplined us.

[01:10.54] You guys know, you know, some of you guys, "It hurts me more than it hurts you."

[01:11.61] My dad was the pastor of a huge church. So, being a preacher's kid, you're not allowed to listen to the radio, watch, you know, certain kinds of TV.

[01:21.18] So, the first time my friend let me listen to Eddie Murphy Delirious on tape, and he's cursing and he's just making everybody laugh, I was like, "Wait, what is this?"

[01:30.73] Preachers always said what you're supposed to say. You have to stick to the guidelines.

[01:37.10] But comedians always said what people are thinking but were afraid to say.

[01:39.76] A lot of times I was the only Asian amongst a lot of white kids. I was really skinny. They called me Chopsticks, Indiana Bones, Chicken Legs.

[01:44.01] You know, like I was the skinniest kid, like, you could just tie a string around me and I would just fly away like a kite. I was so skinny, I was bullied.

[01:55.96] Always made to feel inferior, even though they weren't even doing it on purpose.

[01:59.95] That's how I started doing comedy because I could take away the power of that, them making fun of me, by being funny.

[02:09.51] I have kids. My last name is Kim. I really wanted my son to be a leader, so I was going to name him Martin Luther Kim.

[02:15.88] My second choice was Abraham Linkim, but we don't want to put pressure, so we named him Lion. He's the Lion Kim.

[02:22.79] I have the best parents and the best older brothers and sisters ever. I've had so many conversations with friends who've had just so many bad family situations, like most.

[02:32.35] My dad was worried but I'm always going to be thankful because he came to one comedy show and then he died suddenly after. So, I'm always gonna have that memory of him. He came.

[02:45.64] And you know, when you do talk about your ethnicity a lot, a lot of comedians, a lot of comments that like, "See, it's all they do, they talk about", you know.

[02:54.40] But just because a lot of them, they don't understand what it's like to be the only one of a different color in the room. They have never felt that.

[03:04.76] When I walked onto the stage, I used to get butterflies, but I have performed for so long now, I don't feel that anymore.

[03:07.68] But it's the best rush and by far, making people laugh and helping them forget about their problems is the best drug.