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Yola Lu says she’s not the next Margaret Cho (but still hilarious)

August 18, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly She’s real. She’s funny. And she’s not trying to be the next Margaret Cho. Taiwanese American Yola Lu is a University of Washington graduate, a vegetarian, and probably one of the very few Asian Americans who aren’t pursuing their college degree to start a career. As Yola started going […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Profiles Tagged With: 2011, Ali Wong, Asian Americans, Aziz Ansari, Catch Lu, Comedy Underground, David Fung, Jackie Robinson, Nina Huang, Northwest Asian Weekly, Polly Hoang, Seattle, UW, Vol 30 No 34 | August 20 - August 26, Yola Lu, margaret cho

Amy Anderson: One of the funny people

August 27, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Three minutes.

This was the length of Amy Anderson’s first standup performance at an open mic night in 1997 on Saint Patrick’s Day in a Minneapolis comedy club. At the end of her three minutes, she had found her passion.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features Tagged With: 2009, Amy Anderson One, China, Comedy Central, Comedy Underground, Dat Phan, Jason Cruz, Korean American, Last Comic Standing, Los Angeles, NBC, Saint Patrick, Seattle, South Korean, Southwest Airlines, blog, vol 28 no 36 | August 29 - September 4

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