Dr. Jason Leong Can't Stand Us and Gen-Z Slang | You Might Wanna Sit Down For This

It's about time we got Datuk Seri Tan Sri Prof. Sir Mr. Dr. Jason Leong on the podcast! We chat about the budding comedy scene in SEA, how he went from doctor to comedian, why he uprooted his family to Australia and because he's a well learned man, we had to quiz him on his knowledge on Gen-Z/Alpha slang!

Catch him live on Aug 2nd and 3rd at EX8, Subang! Purchase tickets here https://www.cloudjoi.com/shows/dr-jas...

0:00 Intro
1:18 Why Jason is on our show
2:40 Jason's love-hate relationship with Ronny Chieng
5:42 Jason's doctor to stand up comedian pipeline
6:30 Pay Malaysian doctors better!
8:15 Why Jason made the decision to do stand up full time
9:10 Behind "Why Are You Like This"
10:00 The REAL reason behind his comedy show title
11:00 Jason's love-hate relationship with Ming Yue
14:30 Perth has worse drivers than Malaysia?
16:57 Of course we gotta mention Singaporeans for a bit
18:24 Singapore has the best comedy scene in SEA now
21:10 Jason is Singapore's mascot
22:10 How Jason bumped into this huge Hollywood comedian
23:09 Comedians are always polishing their work
25:00 How Jason influenced Ming Yue as a stand up comedian
27:18 Jason vs Gen-Z/Alpha slang
39:11 We're too old for this shit
40:24 How Jason makes his material accessible to all
41:40 Why Jason uprooted his family to Australia
44:11 Millennials trying to understand "all fax, no printer"
45:47 Ming Yue reminds Jason of when he first started out
46:14 Someone stop these millennials
47:17 Roasting comes from a place of love
51:16 The unseen hustle of stand up comedy
54:00 Go catch Jason's show!

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