Jimmy O. Yang: Good Deal (2020 TV Special) User Reviews

This is GOLDEN

[AscendeSuperius · 8/10 · 25 July 2020]

Never thought I would actually find a comedian that I actually liked but man, is this guy amazing. As an Asian myself, I found many scenes to be quite relatable. I laughed so hard at many of the scenes!

Would have preferred an hour of Jian Yang

[bigaxon · 6/10 · 11 May 2020]

Big fan of HBO Silicon Valley and read his book which was great so had high hopes. I'm Asian and I felt like I should have laughed more. I chuckled a couple times and one time I laughed, but otherwise I thought it fell short. Not cringe like TJ Miller's attempt on HBO, but not especially laugh out loud. If you are a fan of SV then you should give it a try but for me I wouldn't watch it again.

Very Funny - Laughed Out Loud

[buzzpark · 8/10 · 12 May 2020]

Jimmy O's take on Asian American culture and stereotypes is very funny. Laughed out loud multiple times and, after all, isn't that what we watch stand-up for? This show was a good deal :-)

I laughed out loud

[jcrandy · 9/10 · 24 May 2020]

I really enjoyed this show! I watch a lot of stand-up and for me, this was right up there in terms of laugh out loud funny.

Very funny comedy show!

[tematson · 10/10 · 13 May 2020]

Very funny show! Enjoyed his hilarious outlook on Asian American living in the USA. Witty and insightful jokes.

Super hilarious

[makaylagan · 10/10 · 10 May 2020]

My favorite parts are when he mimics his mom and dad.

Funny as hell!!

[vtheh · 10/10 · 11 May 2020]

I laughed my butt off the entire time! I was initially skeptical as I thought the special would be offensive, but Jimmy confronts stereotypes with perfect comedic timing.

Still waiting to laugh...

[jakebrann · 2/10 · 13 May 2020]

2 stars because I respect the fact that someone gets up in front of a lot of people which takes nerve in itself. I just don't find any of his skit funny and over 30 minutes into it and I literally haven't laughed a single time. I'm really not sure how this guy got this kind of airtime from Amazon? I can list 10 other comedians off the top of my head that would have done better than J.O.Y. The jokes and stereotypes about Asians have been done 100x so this isn't new material by any means. It disturbs me as a fan of comedy and stand up in general, that this was given the green light and promoted so heavily by Amazon. Sorry man, no disrespect intended but none of this was funny and I don't think I'll even finish watching this...

Funny and similar to his book

[zdong-80826 · 10/10 · 15 May 2020]

Not sure why the reviews aren't higher. It's very representative of his book if you've read it. Going in with a preconceived notion it'll be him playing his character from Silicon Valley is not really fair to him.

So funny and original!

[eric0000 · 10/10 · 16 May 2020]

I stumbled upon this while browsing on Amazon Prime Video. I knew he was very funny from some clips of his stand up comedy, but this is his first stand up special. I laughed out loud a number of times while I was watching it. I highly recommend it!

Funny! Funny!

[SDSurfDude · 9/10 · 5 November 2021]

This special is great. He's hilarious. Hip Asian 😄🤣 Watch for yourself and laugh. His routine hits home for everyone and bits about his parents had me laughing out loud.

Asian representation!

[artsycutie · 8/10 · 16 June 2020]

Lol I relate so hard to this stand-up because I've never watched a HK-American stand-up comedian before. I felt like we lived similar lives because I related to almost everything he talked about. I actually laughed out loud several times but it was only because I was canto and I understood the joke. I understand why many people wouldn't find his stand-up funny because they were all based off of being canto and american. He also is not a very facially expressive person, like Ken Jeong is. It was not the most funny stand-up I've ever watched but I would say it was the most relatable, as a HK immigrant, and it's nice to see the representation!

"Assume the Position"

[kh-17438 · 1/10 · 24 March 2021]

"Assume the position" ruined it for me. I can handle a bit of raunchiness, but this was over the top , and I had to quit watching.

Lots of laughed out loud moment

[naturally_quiet · 9/10 · 6 September 2021]

It was really funny! The guy has great timing with content that feels authentic and personal!

I see that a lot of people give this stand up a bad review because they say the Asian stereotyped material has been done to death? But has it really? How come I don't see a lot of Asian first generation comedian (that's actually funny) talking about their personal experiences like that?