What Bowen Yang has said about Television comedy

2 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 1, 2026

Bowen Yang, American comedian, writer and former Saturday Night Live cast member; co-host of the Las Culturistas podcast, has been quoted on Television comedy 2 times in 1 episode of SmartLess, most recently on June 1, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Yang credited network sitcoms with shaping his sense of humor by giving everyone a shared frame of reference.

    “It was everybody having the same frame of reference as to what was funny. It was watching you guys”

    SmartLess: "Bowen Yang" (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 37:44

  • Yang argued that TV comedies carry an extra burden of presenting optimism, which is especially hard at present.

    “comedy shows have this extra thing they have to do where it has to present something optimistic about the world. It's really hard to do that right now”

    SmartLess: "Bowen Yang" (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 43:17

Episodes

  • "Bowen Yang"

    SmartLess · Jun 1, 2026 · 58 min

    Comedian Bowen Yang talks with Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes about his peripatetic childhood, conversion therapy, his path to and departure from Saturday Night Live, and comedy today.

Others on Television comedy

Bowen Yang on other topics