She’s an amazing parent who swears never to know what she’s doing by day and one of the fast-rising comedians in the country by night.
Stylish, hilarious, and completely unpredictable, Jiaoying Summers finds time to talk comedy, motherhood and everything in between with her funniest friends as part of her weekly podcast entitled Tiger Milf w/ Jiaoying Summers.
A comedy career spanning less than three years, Jiaoying Summers has not only been the busiest comedian of the pandemic era but she’s also been one of the most successful businesswomen in comedy entertainment. One of the hottest up-and-coming Asian American females on the comedy scene, Jiaoying is one of the most popular comedians on TikTok with more than 1 million followers, 21.6 million likes and over 300 million views.
Summers is the owner of The Hollywood Comedy Club in Los Angeles, California and inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame.Jiaoying is considered the trailblazer in building up the Hollywood underground comedy scene. She performs 10+ shows a week headlining regularly at The Hollywood Improv and The Laugh Factory and produces 8 shows weekly across her clubs in LA and Pasadena.
She is the founder of THC Tour, which brings in the best comics touring nationally. In 2022, it was announced that Summers is set to release her 30-min comedy special as part of Peacock TV’s first stand-up comedy series entitled Comedy InvAsian 2.0.
In this episode titled Doing Nothing to Become Something, Jiaoying Summers is joined by legendary comedian Patton Oswalt.
They begin the podcast by talking about their children and comparing Jiaoying’s toddlers to Patton’s grumpy teenagers. They then talk about the importance of having “wilderness years” where you are free to mess up with no one watching, and how today’s young adults are robbed of that luxury.
The two compare their starts in comedy and how social media has influenced people to have a certain polished rhythm that makes them less unique. They then talk about music, the music their kids listen to, and why there is more to Taylor Swift than meets the eye. They discuss the importance of doing nothing and how the most innovative ideas come from having to entertain yourself.
They end the podcast by talking about their favorite comedians, why Joan Rivers is un-cancellable, and the art of reinventing yourself for a career of longevity.
Oswalt is also known for voicing Remy in the Pixar film Ratatouille (2007), Max in the Illumination film The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) and M.O.D.O.K in the 2021 Hulu series of the same name. Other notable film credits include Man on the Moon (1999), Zoolander (2001), Blade: Trinity (2004), All Roads Lead Home (2008), Big Fan (2009), A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011), 22 Jump Street (2014), and The Circle (2017). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) multimedia franchise, Oswalt guest starred as the Koenigs on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2020) and voiced Pip the Troll in Eternals (2021). He also made a notable appearance on the web series, Best of the Worst in 2020.
In his work as a stand-up comedian, Oswalt has appeared in six stand-up specials and also won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for his Netflix special Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping (2016).
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