“I’ve always been open to just letting people be inside my life,” Koy said. (The book also documents their reconciliation.) He doesn't shy away from deeply personal topics including an older brother with violent schizophrenia and a father who left when he was only 12 years old. With the help of a writing partner, Koy, born Joseph Glenn Herbert, lays bare how he grappled with his mixed-race identity as a child growing up in Tacoma, Washington. I was like, ‘Man, I would really like to tell people, you know, this struggle, and how hard it was to really get here.’” "And when I finally got to this point in my career, I just looked at my manager. “I’m not trying to pat myself on the back. The book shows how Koy's mixed-race background ultimately shaped his brand of comedy and his determination not to give up on his childhood dream. "Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo,” out Tuesday, is an ideal companion to Koy's stand-up with its humorous - and at times painful - origin stories behind some of his most popular bits. How he went from there to being a Netflix darling and having a movie deal with Steven Spielberg is part of the career journey Koy, 49, tells in his new memoir. Segregating comics may sound bizarre and offensive in today's world but that underlying racism “baked into" the comedy club circuit was acceptable in the early 2000s, according to Koy. I’m not just saying Asians - Black people, Latinos, anyone that was ‘other’ had to do these themed shows. “There’s a lot of comics that had to do it. But, unlike them, the half white and half Filipino comedian could only seem to book spots on ethnic theme nights like “Wonton Wednesdays” and “Asian Invasion.” Like many famous comics, Jo Koy had early struggles at comedy clubs.
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