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 Mom 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 of Tiger Mom, Jiaoying sits down with Bronx-born Italian-American comedian Tara Cannistraci.
Tara, known for her stand-up comedy and her podcast Coffee Talk, takes us on a hilarious and heartfelt journey through her Bronx Italian upbringing.
From her tough-as-nails grandmother to her mother’s unique sense of humor, Tara shares funny, raw stories of family life, cultural identity, and navigating life as an Italian woman in New York. Tara also teaches Xiaoying some classic Italian phrases that are sure to make you laugh!
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