Club Shay Shay - Jo Koy Part 1

Shannon Sharpe (0:00)

You met Eddie at a coffee shop, right?

Jo Koy (0:01)

Coffee bean on cold water. I was so nervous.

Shannon Sharpe (0:05)

You blew it, huh?

Jo Koy (0:06)

I did the same old shit that they say, and I go, I went to see Raw live when I was 15

And he goes, oh yeah? Nice, man. Okay, have a nice day.

Shannon Sharpe (0:16)

Bye.

Jo Koy (0:18)

And to know that I sold out that same arena, and I remember sitting here going, how did he do this? How did he get so many people in here? Here I am, I did it. I did it twice, I sold it out twice.

Shannon Sharpe (0:53)

We would first like to thank Double Barrel and The Whiskey Shop for having us today's episode of Club Shay Shay. If you're in Beverly Hills, come by for a drink in this elegant lounge. Now, on to today's episode. Hello, welcome to another episode of Club Shay Shay. I am your host, Shannon Sharpe. I'm also the proprietor of Club Shay Shay. Stopping by for conversation and a drink today, he has 35 years in the industry. He's one of the most successful and in-demand comedians out there. He's one of the top 10 gross and stand-up comedians. He sells out arenas and theaters around the world. He's broken the record for the most sold out shows by a single artist in several cities. He once sold more tickets than Mirage Carrere. He's the first Filipino American to be honored at the TCL Chinese Theater. He's an internationally known funny man, a host, an actor, a former B-boy. Please welcome to the show, Joy Koy.

Joe, how you doing, bro? I'm good, thank you. When you hear all that, you know.

Jo Koy (1:47)

You know what's crazy is when you're very intimidating, right?

Shannon Sharpe (1:51)

Why do you say that?

Jo Koy (1:51)

Because you're, you know when people say, like TV makes you look bigger.

Shannon Sharpe (1:56)

Yeah.

Jo Koy (1:57)

Then you meet the person that's small as fuck.

Shannon Sharpe (1:59)

Yeah.

Jo Koy (1:59)

Then I meet you and you're bigger.

Shannon Sharpe (2:02)

So I'm bigger than what I look on television?

Jo Koy (2:04)

Yeah, I hugged you over there and I couldn't even get my fingers to touch. So you're very intimidating. So like when you said my name wrong just now, I'm like, yeah, Joy's cool.

Shannon Sharpe (2:13)

No, Joe Koy. So is it like Boy Koy?

Jo Koy (2:16)

Anyone else? Because my name is like a tongue twister. It's like Joe Koy and people say Joy all the time. But I always go, Joe. But you did it. I'm like, yeah, man, I'm Joy.

Shannon Sharpe (2:27)

Well, we got to clean it up at the end. No, fuck it.

Jo Koy (2:29)

I am Joy. I am your Joy.

I'm just happy I got that laugh right at the beginning.

Shannon Sharpe (2:36)

Because Fluffy, you and Fluffy did the SoFi show. SoFi. SoFi. Yeah. I'm like, he's like, have you ever met him before? I'm like, Fluffy, I'm meeting you for the first time.

I said, no, I've never met him. He wanted me to come, but I had something planned because I definitely want to see that show. Because I want to see a stadium show. Yeah. You hear about it and I can't even wrap my mind around.

Jo Koy (3:01)

It was crazy.

Shannon Sharpe (3:01)

65, 70,000, 75,000 people showed up.

Jo Koy (3:04)

It was nuts. It was nuts.

Shannon Sharpe (3:05)

Really?

Jo Koy (3:06)

I treated that one like your Super Bowl.

Shannon Sharpe (3:09)

Really?

Jo Koy (3:10)

I tell you, I really walked into that one where I was like, I can't fuck up.

Shannon Sharpe (3:16)

No.

Jo Koy (3:16)

This one is like, they're all here. We sold out three months before the show even started.

Shannon Sharpe (3:22)

Wow.

Jo Koy (3:23)

So I literally was like, I'm using you because you're right in front of me, but what does Shannon do?

Did Shannon have all his whole entire family in the locker room just moments before he walked out? No. It's distracting. Then there's going to be an aunt that's going to have a fight with the cousin and they're going to start shit and they're going to be like, well, I don't want to sit next to her. I didn't need any of that drama. So I didn't want anyone in the green room.

I told everyone to stay out of my green room.

Shannon Sharpe (3:52)

Is that normal? Do you normally have people in your green room? No.