I really enjoyed Dayo Wong’s Stand Up Comedy shows (黃子華棟篤笑) even though I may not fully understand the cultural references.
I compiled a playlist here so I don’t have to keep looking for them.
I first saw Dayo Wong him in a TVB drama. It is about a detective that isn’t quite the conventional police officer. A most entertaining and enjoyable drama. Unfortunately, Singapore TV station didn’t bring in many other TV drama shows featuring him after that.
I didn’t know he has been doing stand up comedy since 1990. It is good that I found out recently and that a lot of his shows can be found on Youtube.
His shows are not belly-aching funny but they contain a lot of witty and insightful observations on the daily lives of the Hong Kong people and of humanity in general.
I am glad that I understand Cantonese, thanks to my parents for renting all those 80s Hong Kong drama video-tapes. LOL!
Dayo Wong 黃子華棟篤笑系列的第1輯：娛樂圈血肉史 The Bloody History of My Entertainment Career
- 30 August 1990 to June 1991
- 香港文化中心
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第2輯：色情家庭 Family of Sex
- 14 to 16 March 1991 & 21 to 22 June 1991
- 香港伊利沙伯體育館
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第3輯：跟住去邊度 Where Next?
- 8 to 23 December 1992
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第4輯：末世財神 God of Fortune at the End of the Century
- 20 to 22, 27 to 29 May 1994
- 香港伊利沙伯體育館
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第5輯：棟篤笑雙打之玩無可玩 Play Till You Fall Dead
- 1 to 31 October 1995
- 香港伊利沙伯體育館
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第6輯：秋前算帳 Revenge Before Autumn
- 10 to 13 April 1997
- 香港伊利沙伯體育館
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第7輯：拾下拾下拾年棟篤笑 10 Years of Stand Up Comedy
- 10 to 15, 17 to 21 August 1999
- 香港伊利沙伯體育館
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第8輯：冇炭用 No Coal to Use
- 20 Mar to 6 Jun 2003
- 香港伊利沙伯體育館
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第9輯：兒童不宜 Parent Guidance Needed
- 11 to 15, 17 to 19 October 2006
- 香港伊利沙伯體育館
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第10輯：越大鑊越快樂 The Bigger the Wok, the Happier We are
- 10 to 18 December 2007, 19 to 21 December 2007
- 香港伊利沙伯體育館
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第11輯：嘩眾取寵 Sensational
- August 2009 to March 2010
- 香港伊利沙伯體育館
- 以金融海嘯為主題
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第12輯：娛樂圈血肉史2 The Bloody History of My Entertainment Career II
- 2 November 2010 to 20 March 2011
- 香港紅磡體育館
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第13輯：洗燥
- 4 October 2012 to 16 March 2013
- 香港紅磡體育館
- 以通貨膨脹為主題
黃子華棟篤笑系列的第14輯：唔黐線 唔正常 Not Crazy Not Normal
- 6 October 2014 to 21 March 2015
- 香港紅磡體育館
