Name: Jo Koy on Jon Lovitz and Chelsea Handler | @TheoVon
Uploaded: 2020-10-30T21:56:13.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Jo Koy on Jon Lovitz and Chelsea Handler | @TheoVon' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2020-10-30. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Jo Koy on Jon Lovitz and Chelsea Handler | @TheoVon' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2020-10-30. Transcript available.

you know i used to open for john lovitz and then can i tell you this story no i
didn't so i used
to open for john lovitz at the laugh factory and this is when i'm cleaning
yachts and selling
shoes at norton rack i remember i was going to norton rack and i look at my
phone it's just a
number and it's and i answered and it's like hi it's john lovitz and i'm
freaking out because i
used to impersonate him in school you know i mean the liar and all that stuff
you know all those
jokes yeah yeah and then uh and then here he is actually on my phone he's like
i i really i've
been watching you at the laugh factory and i really want you to open for me you'd
be hysterical
i'm doing a show i'm doing a show every wednesday night love it's wednesdays or
some shit i don't
know love it or not i'm trying to make shit up and then uh so i was like yeah
and i started doing
these shows with him and next thing you know this is a true story you're gonna
love this this is such
a fucking weird thing you ready nick i don't know if i told you this story but
he goes he goes i'm
gonna start i'm gonna start this is so funny i'm gonna start putting this uh
lady on the show
her name is chelsea handler she's so funny she's my only friend on myspace
what the fuck he goes when you go home go to your myspace she's my only friend
her and tom
and i went home and it was literally tom and her and that's when i found out
who chelsea was and she
started doing these shows and after every show she would she would talk so much
shit so while john's
on stage she's just talking shit and then she was like i want you to be my sidekick
i got this show
idea and we're pitching this show and uh and i want you to be my sidekick and
so i was pretty much
supposed to be chewy wow yeah and and then uh and then i turned it down but we
went through all kinds
of like you know like like meetings they weren't like full-on production
meetings but it was like
ideas and going through the meetings and getting ready for the pitch and then
finally i was just like
uh i go hey chelsea i i called her on the phone i was like hey i i just i
really want to be
my guy like i don't want to be a sidekick i'm trying to find this i want to do
my own special i
want to blah blah and she cursed me out bro damn she's like oh good luck with
that fucking shit
watch this blah blah she just cursed me out she's like this show's gonna be a
fucking hit you made
the wrong fucking decision and then she hangs up the phone i'm just like oh and
six months later
chelsea lately is just blowing up wow and i'm at nordstrom rack and i i
remember my ex-wife
picking me up and uh while she's driving me home she's like i'm recording this
show right now we got
to get home this this lady chelsea handler she's so funny i've seen it and i'm
like that's the
fucking show i was supposed to be on dang and uh and i remember i was so
depressed and uh wondering
why you know why i said no to it and uh for six months i didn't get a call from
her and then finally
she called me but but anyways what i was getting at like i felt i feel like i'm
always fighting
to tell people i'm funny yeah chelsea was the only one that said yes and and
and it was funny because
it was just like comedy central's passing on me abc turned me down you know i
got on this one pilot
they fired me and it's just like like what is going on why don't i have an hour
yet like i don't
understand why don't i have an hour i'm crushing on the road right now why don't
i have an hour so
yeah i feel you man i just like what is it that you're not getting is it
because you guys don't
get it because the the country gets it right why aren't you guys getting it so
good evening good
afternoon and other times thanks for watching that video you just saw i mean it
was okay but the next
video you could watch could be way better what if you watch a video right now
that changes your life
well you could watch this one or watch this one watch this one watch this one
watch this one
Oh!