James Roque | BADONG: Live in Auckland | Full Special 

Fantastic story telling! You have a great way of constructing your set. Loved every moment. Keep it up Badong!

Not just a comedy show. It was aTED Talk!

This is by far the best stand up special by a Pinoy from NZ named Badong that I've ever seen! Love your work man! 👏👏👏👏👏

What a wonderful show. BADONG! It took me until my 30s to learn how to love the little kid version of me, after realizing that I had protected myself to survive through hating, rejecting, blaming her- believing she was shit, _she_ was the problem, because that was what made sense, that’s all I ever learned growing up. It was easier to believe that they were right. I felt all this pain and anger and it had her face, I blamed her for being the one that gave it to me it, hated her for letting it happen. I thought if I could get rid of her I could be stronger, more lovable, better. I was just so desperate not to _be_ her anymore, not to _feel_ that fire in my throat, that tsunami at my back that scared me because I always felt like if it got out, it would take me and everyone around me under. I wasn’t wrong about the fire tsunami. I struggled a lot in my twenties. I figured some things out around 30, and constantly since, that have been vital in accepting, loving and being my authentic and best self. I still feel things too strongly, and I wrestle with self cruelty all the time. But I’ve come so far, I’ve really made progress, (huge parts due to painting while listening to audiobooks like the 4 agreements and the war of art) and I can count everything back to a starting point: the day that I forgave, accepted, and embraced the child version of myself. I realized that she -was- *is* worthy of love, and respect, and happiness. I am still working on believing that she -was- *is* a valid human being. And so it goes. This reminded me of that. I wish I had a name to call her- I grew up in a Filipino household for many years but I don’t think I ever got a cool nickname. 🤷🏼‍♀️ BADONG! Love yourself, you are amazing, this was truly beautiful. I’m not crying you’re crying

As a Malaysian watching this, you're making me laugh my ass off at that part where you talk about the segment where u have to act as the king of Malaysia😂😂 Kudos to u, James! You did really well❤ Please do come visit and do a show at Malaysia too

Please let me know if you ever come to Oahu Hawaii to perform stand up. My beautiful Filipino wife and I will be front row. P.S. The Blue Note is a good venue to book at. 🤙

He even makes a bowl cut look fly. This dude never fails to murder on the mic!

ExcuseMOI you are good at what you do. PROUD.

Glad I saw one of your reels in IG. You're shit is fire "dong" not literally but this set its like a trevor noah, hassan minaj and jokoy mixed together. Keep it up "insong" nga pala ng Marikina hehe

So good🔥 and we got to watch this for free on RU-vid?! We're so blessed 🙏

Eyyyyyy!!! I clicked as soon as I saw this on my feed! Congrats and masterfully done, my friend! 👏👏 Chicago show when?! LOL

funny 😂😂 great job badong. THIS IS FREE ❤❤❤

Filipinos love basketball and im full filo but when i send this coment i am 11 yr old and im 5’8 its crazy already in average adult size around the world

Got me laughing & then them feels! Related so much to your stories. #filiproud!

This was a great, well-written show!!! I love it. You are so inspiring.

Second! Congrats James

My older sister her real name is Robyn, but in our family her nickname is Bujoi, apparently Bujoi is a character from I think it’s a movie or a tv show, and we just can’t find that show or movie wherever Bujoi came from

This was great! Also loved the ending! Pretty funny stuff and wish the best for you Badong

A clip of this was just on my FB feed soooo here I am, ready to watch some Pino stand up comedy. Represent, bro! (my Filipino name is Aying)

He said "all Filipinos love basketball but God made them 5'1" which is crazy because I'm a 5'11 Filipino that doesn't play basketball ☠️🤣

This too awesome bro!! Glad you released this. ❤

The timing of your punchlines are like a boxing combo from Pacquiao! Bam, bam, bam....Boom!

Love this!! Such a good stand-up special. Can't believe this is free!! 🥰

Cheeeeers Kuya!

found u on ig thru reels and HAD to check out the free show. hope u get to come over to the us !!! the opener had me down fr, great work kuya badong !!! (my filo nickname growing up was momo!)

RU-vid algorithm brought me here and I don't regret a single minute of it. Thanks for the stories shared

Hey James, I have trouble paying attention to things for extended periods of time. But this was really good and your energy is entertaining. I watched the whole thing in a row. Thank you, Badong.

Great show, you should feel proud. Thank you Badong.

Badong! Ana galing nang level of wit ng comedy mo dude! There is something wrong with this crowd but youare killing it! Galing ng set, cant' wait formore of your content!

eyyy saw this at MICF and I'm back for seconds

Good thing saw this on reels. Mabuhay ka badong!

Your friend Amanda is beautiful! Im a 26 year old caucasian guy but I live in the United States but I hope she finds a good man! She sounds lovely

this is a really good special..... I hope you get more.... hopefully soon on Netflix and that would be a full circle

13:28 He was one of the cutest kids I've ever seen!!

I'm off work sick and the RU-vid algorithm popped this special in my feed and 7:14 in and I'm fkn sold. Solid AF.

You're great in story telling.

Napakagaling nyo po - halatang napakacreative at talino nyo. Pero bat naiyak ako sa ending. Haha.

Hoping to see more Badong! Keep up the good work and a good laugh mate! Love from PH Brooo!

Saw a clip on facebook and searched the full video here on youtube! I laughed so hard especially the story behind your name 😂😂😂. Thank you !!

Saw his show at Toronto Fringe and just had to come see this one 🎉 great sets

Sobrang solid. Proud of you, kabayan!

This was so funny- can’t wait to see more 😂😂😂

James, I enjoyed every minute of it and I think you’re so smart for using that scene to establish Badong. You made me tear up. Thank you for this. 😭❤

Great special-well done! Cheers from a kababayan in Northern California.

Mate that movie at the end cracked me up! Good stuff

🤎👍🏾🤎BRILLIANT! RU-vid recommended and I'm SO glad I clicked! 🤎👍🏾🤎

Really well done;the Outro skit and photo diary were surprisingly charming. And, Oh my gosh, I don’t pay much attention to the credits nowadays because I’m too busy multitasking other things but I knew that there was something important in yours and so I spent a good 10 minutes scrolling back and forth thru the timeline on my tiny tablet and angrily cursing my big 6’1” Amazon girl hands for the poorly orchestrated fat-fingering. (Of course I know I should not be so hard on myself. My hands are perfect at basketballs, hockey sticks, steering wheels, boxing rings, and power tools lol.) well, I’m glad that I did follow my instincts and I was pleasantly surprised by your closing credits. Is there a very clever and heartwarming at the same time? Thank you for the smiles in my otherwise movie of the week horror story type life.

Hi James! You gained a new fan here :) BTW, why don't you consider changing all your social media names to BADONG? Naisip ko lang hehe.

Hi kuya james! aka badong, i find your videos very interesting and fr i watched it first time in tiktok and y'know t'was only a short clip so i managed to find it here in yt hahaha.

If this guy would introduce himself lile this inside the class, he can take the whole hour to introduce himself. He's hilariously funny and witty! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 MABUHAY!

Dude my real name is Lester and my nickname is Banong and I used to live in Auckland. Man, this Ted Talk type of comedy special is awesome.

I enjoyed this so much! Especially as a raised in a Filipino household here in the states. I hope you get to tour this over here man. I'll make the trip just to see it

Man, that was fucking beautiful. Salamat, Badongski.

Wow awesome stand up! Keep up the good work!

You are a star!!

THIS IS SO FUNNY. 😭 METHINKS YOU DESERVE A BIGGER CROWD (A MORE ENGAGING CROWD) BUT THIS IS SO FUNNY THE STORY IS SO RANDOOOOM LMAO 😭😭😭❤️

Amazing and beautiful set. Even if there weren’t any badonkadonk puns. And so happy i watched to the end - worth it.

World class comedy. I grew up in Auckland and was the token white kid in a group called 'The Asians'. In high school, I'd get made fun off for my white person lunch alongside other white person things. I was so jealous of my friends with their noodles and rice and felt very self-conscious eating my peanut butter sandwich lmao. Thank you so much for sharing your story

Most of the best comedy bits are experiences, told in a comedic perspective. Good bits, Badong!!!👍😁

This was so great!! I saw on instagram that you're in Toronto now, if you ever come out west to Vancouver I hope you post a lot about it so I can go see your show ! Awesome stuff dude

15mins in and I Subscribed and saved this to my Comedy playlist. Much Love.

Great special, I really enjoyed it

I wish all comedy standup didn't include an obligatory racism segment. Comedy can be so much more. Thanks for including a lot of other stuff. There has already been so much said on race by others.

Yung naiintindihan mo naman yung tagalog pero natetempt kang magbasa ng subtitle 😂😭

Asan na dito yung babalikan sana ni daddy? Lol

Ok that was great!!! ❤

The English language idiom example was clear and an excellent story telling technique!

Thanks Badong! 😊

Badong you’re on 🔥🔥🔥😅😅😅

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Appreciate this video bro. It was very funny.

Good luck Barong!

gwapo ka n kuya,di k na mukhang tae😂😂😂

So so good!!!!! 🙏

NAAAAAAAAAH 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 THIS IS COMEDY MAN WHY AM I CRYING 😢

Nice one Badong ❤

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That was awesome mate. 👏👏

nadaanan ko lang to randomly sa FB.. it's worth my almost an hour watching you. God Bless and More Power po! :)

I watched this on premiere - the jestoni alarcon referrence is GOLD!

Why the shirt is the hair a look?

Loved this so much!

I only clicked to ask what the hell that thing in the top left of the thumbnail is??

Nice set! Hope you come to LA sometime soon!!

Funny and cute 😂😂😂

So good!!! ❤

Hell yeah

Wow this is comedy gold! You got me quietly sobbing in the end. Such a a genius!

Hi James’ Dad! 👋

Soo good!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Comics like Aaron Chen are refreshing because their whole standup isn’t about them being a minority.

Proud to be Asian. Proud to be Pinoy.

The last part was so funny 🤣🤣🤣

Again … another Filipino ? comedian who keeps on saying cussing words to complete his jokes😞

Looking forward to the next special

When will you be performing in Los Angeles Badong?

Solid set! Perfect ending idol!

intellectual stand up comedy show.

Ig reels brought me here 😂 So good!

Malaysian costumes... I thought it would look like the native clothings every Southeast Asians would wear 😅 not what I expected. So disappointing lol