Joe Wong 2

Because Joe had kept joking for several years, he had a lot of storage. Meanwhile, all of his jokes had been told to his wife. He felt limited to develop his jokes further. Therefore, he went to a joke training class and over there he got knowing the most famous talk show by then in US, stand-upcom edy. He also knew that there was never a Chinese performing a talk show in stand-upcom edy so he got sparked: why I cannot have a try? He began to create jokes and told them to his wife. This lasted for several years and finally he though he was ready for some stage performance. He went to see a club manager but got the answer that he had to be named by certain audience so that he could get a chance to perform. How can you get some audience before you actually perform on the stage? So he had to try to persuade pedestrian on the street to give him a chance but after several hours' trial, he failed. He dare not go home, ashamed of himself. His wife did not see her husband home for such a long time so she went to look for him. Finally she got him in the street, shivering with cold. She was so sorry and began to persuade people listen to his husband. Like that, Joe got more and more opportunities to perform and became more and more famous. At the very end, he gave talk shows to vice president and many journalists in DC, starting with a joke on Biden: I read about your biography but I think the book is better than the real people. He finally succeeded in making all of them laugh and received respect. 

Joe Wong

He was a chemistry PhD. He was also a talkshow star. How can it be related at all?

Joe and his wife moved to US about 11 years ago as the first generation of migrant. Language was a big problem at the very beginning - Joe was pursuing his PhD degree with decent English but with strong accent. His wife, could not speak nor understand English at all. So their life was pretty tough: He had to work into nights in his lab which located in Rice University and his wife worked in a small cafeteria. The life was very tight but Joe had a habit, telling jokes which helped him successfully chase his wife. One night, he was talking to his wife "There are two firebugs flying around but one is not shining. The other one asks, hey buddy, why not keep shining? The answer is, 'I forgot paying my electricity bills'. " This joke made his wife cry because that joke described exactly the situation of them just now. He felt shamed because he could not give his wife happy life. Since then, he kept telling jokes before his wife fell asleep, no stopping until she was laughing. Time flied to several years' later. They graduated simultaneously and he got a job in a genetic company and his wife got a job in an accounting company. The life had become better and better and they had a house and cars. However, something was missed - Joe was sick of repetitive works and looking for some exciting changes.