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Jason Cheny on Getting Acquainted With Vegas

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0:00 What's funny is uh my coaches are like where the since Bark came where the ████ did all these Asians start coming [laughter] from >> non-stop, dude. >> They're like ████ another Asian another Asian. >> That's all you got? >> Is that all you got for us? >> Welcome back to another lovely episode of Careful Boys. We do have Nick the Ear with us today, but don't let that distract you because the real attraction is Mr. Jason Chenny. Hey, >> we didn't get to really uh um get down to the meat of things with you, but since you've moved here to Las Vegas, how are you doing? >> Um, let me think. I I'm doing I'm I'm doing better. >> Okay, good. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> What was you were doing worse? you were

0:51 answering like there's a correct and incorrect answer. >> No, I'm just trying to think how I how I feel and yeah, I feel really good. I um it's a new, you know, is a new city where we're talking about this and uh and >> are you doing more standup here or are you doing more stand up when you're in LA? >> I'm doing more standup here. >> Whoa. >> Yeah. >> So, man, more you got more work here? >> Yeah, I do work way more here because Yeah, I really appreciate it. But it's just that I think there's the competition is a lot higher in LA and in New York that in Vegas people people are very successful and then I'm not including I'm saying like like I'm not including I'm saying like big acts like Jerry Seinfeld, Sebastian, Eliza they and they come they do their show here big show you know and then they they leave. That's what it it's like for, you

1:42 know, Vegas because entertainment, but but um but there's also clubs around the casinos. Um there's one in MGM, there's one at the Rio, there's one at the Stratosphere, and uh there's one at Jimmy Kimmel's. And then I get to work at all of them, which I really appreciate. >> All week long, you're bouncing between all of them. Do you walk up and down the strip? >> Uh I have, but I don't I don't do it anymore. >> Do you take an Uber now? >> No, I drive my car now. Beep beep. And then uh but but I do like one or two sets a night. >> Did you know that locals get free parking at a lot of hotels? So then you don't have to pay anymore. >> What? >> Cuz you're a Nevada resident. >> I'm from here. >> Yeah. >> Born and raised, man. [laughter] >> Battle porn. >> So you don't you don't have to anymore pay for parking. Before you had to pay for parking cuz you weren't a nadian.

2:33 >> That's really nice. I did not know. But which hotel? Uh, >> a lot of them. >> Oh, yeah. >> You can look up on Google. >> That's nice. >> You got the Bellagio, you got Resort Swirl, you got the W >> for free. >> Yeah, it's free. >> Local for free. >> We're 3 hours. >> Oh, that's still nice though. >> Do you feel like settled at all yet in any of >> I do. I feel good. I feel good because you know what? This this is the thing because when I came you guys were so nice and um bar invited me to his home and you know and uh and you invite me to your home. I like it. And then food thing and then I start I like food. >> What's food thing? >> Explain it. Yeah, >> you get it. Like food. Many good food

3:24 thing. Many good food restaurants. >> Forgetting English all of us. >> You suggested some really good food places to me. >> Good places to eat at. Yeah, a lot of good food. >> Why is your English getting worse as you explain yourself? >> Exactly. >> I heard your your >> many good food. >> I heard your favorite fried chicken place is a Vietnamese spot. >> It's called Beyonf and it's >> Beyona is good. >> Yo, you >> But he says fried chicken is the best there. >> He goes there. >> That's what I'm trying to say. >> The fried chicken and and the avocado smoothie is very good. >> Very good. Okay. >> F beyond fur. >> But the fur is really good, of course. But the fried [laughter] chicken But the fried chicken is very very good. >> You got to get the f Saigon corner. >> Saigon corner that you suggested. That's the best f I've ever had in my life. >> So we ate there. They have the w have the wide fud noodles there. >> You like the wide?

4:14 >> Yes. >> Are you ready for tomorrow? >> What's >> chicken and waffles? Do you like chicken and waffles? >> I like chicken and waffles. >> Fried chicken and waffles. >> I I love fried chicken. >> Are you getting ready though? Like it's Dude, I'm winding up. >> Lolo's chicken and waffles. He's already taking two dumps. >> Yeah. I'm preparing my body. >> Preparing. [laughter] >> It's like a gay date. I'm getting an enema, dude. >> Yeah. >> Chicken and waffles from where? >> Lolos's. Lolos's chicken and waffles. >> Yeah. We're We're going to be doing an offsite lunch tomorrow. We're going to go there so that we have it fresh. >> Wow. Have you had Lolos? Have you guys had a Lolos? >> None of them. I told him too, one of these days we got to get chicken and waffles. >> Okay. >> But only Subin went with me. >> Oh. And did he like it? He he he was like, "Bro, this is so this is fire. This is mad fire, man." And [laughter] >> that's a good sum. Yeah. Yeah.

5:06 >> It's one of those things where when we started eating, we didn't talk to each other. >> Wow. >> You just hear chewing. >> Wow. That good. >> That's very good. If you're not Yeah. >> Yeah. It was so good. >> I'm good. >> Get ████ Hey, dude. Have you met Have you met anybody new here that like you didn't know before and now you're friends with them? Like made any new friends or anything? like comedians probably. >> Oh yeah, >> like who? >> No, [laughter] >> not even that. >> I will meet and I'll like coworker, you know, like colleague you say hi a professional and then Yeah. But no, because most of the time I'm like I'm I'm a lot of the times on the road. But you know what I really also like now we have these guys here is the bar also took me to the uh the jiu-jitsu place. >> Oh yeah, you went hybrid >> and I really like that. >> They're great, bro. They're so cool over there. I really appreciate it because

5:58 it's like a community thing. [cough] It's like I go there, I go home, I go to work. >> So, you go there regularly now? >> As much as I can because I'm I'm on the road a lot. >> Are you going to go today? >> No, because I'm performing. I know. I I would like to. If I'm not performing or at home, I I I go to >> Yeah, I bet you. >> What's funny is uh my coaches are like, "Where the since Bark came, where the ████ did all these Asian star come [laughter] from?" >> Nonstop, dude. They're like, "F██████ another Asian. Another Asian." That's all you got? >> Is that all you got for us? [laughter] >> They just assume they know Bart. They're Asian. They walk in. >> This video is brought to you by Uncommon Goods. The holidays are almost here. If you still got your names on the list, don't panic. I got your back. Uncommon Goods makes holiday shopping stressfree

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7:39 thererecord for 15% off. Don't miss out on this limited time offer. Uncommon goods. We're all out of the ordinary. >> I like that though. that you know that it's nice to and it's like chill. Yeah, I really enjoy it. >> Yeah. He stops by a bunch of them, a bunch of the classes that I'm like before it would be like, "Oh, are you going? Am I going?" And we're like try to coordinate. Then it's cool to see someone be part of the community cuz then they just start going and then you don't even have to like you don't have to coordinate and then I'll see like a morning class, take a picture. Oh ████ Jason Chenny was there. That was cool. >> Do you like flying into Vegas airport versus LAX all the time? >> Yeah, it's just more chill. Yeah, a lot easier. You go to the thing. You go to the thing. >> What's the thing? [laughter] >> I I You You know what the thing is? >> What is it? >> You go on your [laughter]

8:30 >> When you When you go off the plane, you look at your phone, right? And then you go on autopilot, you know? You go you just go to the the thing. >> Yeah. >> How'd you know I was going to say that? >> You went like this. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, I was like, I knew I knew I knew you're going to make make that sound. I knew you're going to make that. >> Do you got to ride the tram for every part? >> No. >> Cuz I always ride the the tram. >> Oh, it's probably cuz you're coming from Hawaii. >> Yeah. >> I'm in Terminal 3 all the time. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, we have to ride the tram. >> Yeah. >> You ride the tram? >> You know what's the crazy thing is? I sometimes ride the tram. I most of the time ride the tram, but I did not know that the different uh areas of the airport is like a different feeling because I used to only take Southwest and then I think I took Delta

9:20 for the very first time and I go, "Wow, this is nice." [laughter] >> Really? >> Like the terminal? >> Oh, it took you to a different terminal? I think well whatever the it's either terminal absu or whatever the thing is but I only knew about the southwest terminal for the longest time and I when I first did the delta thing I was like I didn't know it's nicer it's like way nicer but um >> what trips me out is the slot machines >> as soon as you walk out it's like a casino in the airport. >> Yes. But I feel like do you win there though? >> I heard they win there better than the casinos right now. Who told you a TSA agent? [laughter] >> The lady working it. >> TSA. >> They get a cut. No, >> because the um you know how like every machine has different odds. >> Yeah, >> you can change that. Like you can make a s███████ odds and ████

10:10 >> Yeah. >> Who can make it? You with the player. >> The machine itself. >> Yeah. >> Oh yeah. But I'm saying that I feel like they give the machines no odds. [laughter] Like you would never win. >> Never win. never win. >> I think they do that because for airport cuz they're probably like, "Oh, just you they're leaving anyways." They probably won. >> Yeah, that's true. Yeah, >> but you think you they said that you win more in the airport. >> I read that the odds on the Vegas strip right now is so bad. >> Oh, wow. >> Because everything is like >> maybe everything's better than the strip then. >> Yeah, that's why the airport they're saying that they might get a better chance of winning at the airport. >> Damn. Think about people in Vegas versus LA. just your everyday person that you see >> every day. Um I I you know what the thing is is uh different cities in Vegas. I like that different cities in

11:00 Vegas have a different energy and vibe to it. And uh in the beginning cuz I I'm I'm more of a cuz I trusted Bart when I moved here. I was like, "Hey, give me two places that I should we should move to." >> They both suck, huh? >> Huh? >> And they both sucked >> the areas. Yeah. No, they're both nice and I could barely afford it. No, [laughter] I could barely afford it. Really afford it. And then so I just go there, but I we went to uh another area. I was like, "Oh, this is feels more >> Oh, what area was that?" >> Um uh just anywhere. I don't know the cities. You know this. I just moved here. I'm just anywhere. [laughter] What did you recommend? Uh, was it Summerland and like I don't even know

11:50 what you're talking about. >> The area. [laughter] >> What area? >> You said 35 and 38 to to live. To live to live. To live. >> Oh, to live. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They're both Summerland. They're both You didn't look at the You didn't even look in the vicinity. >> No. >> I gave him So, he told me he wanted to move. Now I was like, "Well, if you want to move, what are you looking for? Are you looking for uh school districts? Are you looking for appreciation?" Whatever. I gave him two specific zip codes to look at. I'm like, "These two have the highest appreciation rates and the best schools." >> And then I don't know if you looked or not. >> That's it. That That's all I really >> But your new house is in that zip code. >> Yeah. Well, you told me too, and that was one of them. >> Oh, that's good then. That's good. So, you followed directions for once. >> What? >> That's awesome. >> I follow all the directions. No, >> because the other time you went to the wrong barber shop. >> It's cuz his wife did it. He didn't do it. He didn't do anything. >> But he went to the wrong barber shop on purpose, right? [laughter] >> But uh

12:40 >> just to feel the vibe. >> Yeah. But I really do it. But yeah, everywhere the city I went to Centennial Hills, it's um I think maybe was the rain and I really like the drive. You see the mountain >> and and it looks fresh. >> The mountains are beautiful along the 215. They are beautiful though. Yeah, >> I really appreciate that. And the road's bigger compared to LA. >> Yeah. And uh >> less traffic. >> Less traffic. I know we keep talking about it, but I still feel the same way and I really appreciate it. Yeah. No, I I agree with you. I think I think it's nice to see like when you look at LA, right? You drive through LA, some of it seems so far screwed that there's no point anymore. But here, it's still nice. It makes you want to take care of it. >> You're like, "Oh, it's it's not ruined yet. Let's like keep it nice." Yeah. LA like doesn't matter. It's done. Yeah. I

13:33 appreciate seeing clean streets. No potholes. There's no graffiti really. >> Yeah. Litter. Like everything's like very well kept. >> The potholes aren't that bad anymore. It's just really bad after it rains and then you have to just lay low for >> Are you defending Pasadena? >> I'm defending LA. Dude, the potholes. Yeah, they're bad. >> Pasadena's okay. >> I wouldn't consider Pasadena LA. >> I don't know. I don't even know a sidewalk in K Town that's more than 8 ft that's not raised by some tree root. >> That's Ktown's tough, bro. Ktown is K Town's falling off quick, bro. The food is the only thing keeping that place alive. >> Yeah, that's true. Yeah, but that's cool, man. I'm glad you like it here and stuff. >> Any any other like uh critiques on LA? >> Jesus Christ, dude. >> Or Pasadena. Aladina. >> Pasadena's nice though. >> Where did you live when you lived in LA?

14:24 >> Uh Pico Robertson, like a Jewish. >> You know what that place is? >> I know. It's a really >> He was in Culver. No, city. >> Yeah, Cover. East Covert. >> The west side. >> Just say that. >> Yeah. Say the west side. >> It's a midside. It's a central side. Mid Wilshire or whatever, right? Or no, >> I don't know. Is it in the middle of uh Culver and Korea Town? >> Oh, >> it's like below uh Beverly Hills. >> Yeah. >> Or Beverly or whatever. >> Is that considered Midwester? >> No, I don't know. But is around that area and his family, but then still kind of congested. >> Yeah, it is pretty congested there. >> Jews. [laughter] >> I'm sorry. I was in their neighborhood and I really appreciate them. Don't worry. They're probably saying too many Asians seeing one of you. Probably [laughter] did. They like hats and stuff. [laughter]

15:16 >> I like hats. They like hats. We get along. [laughter] We coexist.

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