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scottshimamotocomic
My comedy training started at Schurr High School in Montebello, California, although I didn't know it at the time. At 4' 8" and 79 pounds, I was the scrawniest kid at a racially diverse campus. It was either get my butt kicked daily or learn how to talk a little smack. Since I didn't have the time to learn a little Kung Fu, I learned to talk smack from the best...my Latino buddies! I know you brotha's may think you're the best at talking smack, but we only had three black families at our school, and they weren't giving up any of their secrets to me.
I was raised to be a hard-working, polite "good Japanese boy," so I fit right in with the studious, service-club crowd. Even though I was like a Yao Ming mini me, I played sports and hung out with the athletes. I was like a boy playing against men.
In my senior year, my three sets of friends (and their friends) elected me student body president. I can thank the "cholo vote" for putting me over the top. Muchas gracias carnales!
I earned a business degree at University of Southern California and started working in the telecommunications field. I even wrote an article that appeared in a special edition of the Los Angeles Business Journal, and served as a guest speaker at business events.
I can't get into all of the psychology of why I always felt the need to have a microphone in my hand, but in the early 90's, I had to make a choice between getting on stage as a comedian, or trying to become a rock star. After some careful consideration, I finally got up on stage…as a rapper.
I left telecommunications because I was sick of crooks like Worldcom's Bernie Ebbers ripping off the public. The home mortgage business was honest work, so I switched gears. You may have heard what happened there. Is it just me, or are the crooks following me from industry to industry?
In 2007, I completed a stand-up comedy class. This is where it all came together: my Asian-Cholo-American childhood, my rap skills, and my observations about the lunacy of the business world.
I produce benefit shows for the American Cancer Society and private shows for business and trade organizations. Since 2008, I've been the co-producer of The Joke Gym, a twice-monthly open mic comedy show.
Reviews
Forbidden Warrior (2005)
Hip Hop Martial Arts Epic
I'm all for Asian Actors getting some featured roles in TV and movies, so this is no criticism of the actor's work.
I'm saying Hip Hop because of all the "sampling" that is going on in this movie...
The theme music is the same as the one from the original Six Million Dollar Man...
The guy that is with one of the brothers squats down and talks like that dude in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy...
The white blind master guy has crazy eyes like Master Po from Kung Fu...
Seki's father in the movie looks just like Sho Asahara from the Aum Shinri-kyo doomsday cult in Japan...
The tall dude is a rerun of Andre The Giant's character in "Princess Bride"...
Should I go on? I must say that Marie Matiko and Musetta Vander are very hot!!!
The lameness is not the fault of the acting or even on the concept, it's on who ever thought that people wouldn't remember all these "rip offs" of other people's original ideas...