Koy built a name in comedy through sheer will. (The stage name “Jo Koy” comes from a mishearing of his aunt calling him to dinner in Tagalog: “Jo ko, eat,” or “My Jo, eat!”) The family moved to Las Vegas during his high school years and he began performing stand-up at open mics in 1989. His Air Force veteran father left the family when Koy was 10 and his mother raised the kids from there. Joseph Glenn Herbert grew up in Washington state. And that’s why I’m not sleeping, man,” says Koy with his trademark enthusiasm, despite a jam-packed schedule. “If they’re willing to take a chance for my culture and my people to have a voice, then I’m gonna do whatever it takes to make sure everyone goes and sees it. The movie, “Easter Sunday,” is all the more improbable because it’s a major studio comedy (Universal via DreamWorks, Rideback Ranch and Amblin Partners) about a Filipino American family. 1 on the call sheet in a feature film and seeing his face on billboards and bus stops all over Los Angeles. Koy, who once hustled to get people into shows he wasn’t even headlining, eventually advanced to selling out arenas and creating four stand-up specials (two on Comedy Central, two on Netflix). “I just passed another billboard in front of Universal Studios.
#JO KOY LIGHTS OUT THOSE BARS STANDUP MOVIE#
“Summers are all about your blockbusters, right? We got ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ ‘Minions(: The Rise of Gru),’ ‘Bullet Train’ - and the studio’s like, ‘We’re putting Jo Koy’s movie in that slot!’ What a beautiful moment to celebrate,” says the comedian, laughing happily.
LOS ANGELES > It’s not April, but “Easter Sunday” is right on time for Jo Koy.
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