Note Udom, Thailand's most famous and beloved stand-up comedian
Photo: Wikipedia (Original Photographer is chanchai pongsanan from Bangkok)
Note Udom, as his nickname goes, manages to humorously discuss many Thai customs, customs and beliefs. After all, respect can only exist together with jokes about it. It may be interesting for readers to listen to it.
Let me start by noting that I can't quite follow and understand all of his humor. The subtlety of his language often escapes me, the English translation sometimes adds little to it, and I don't always empathize with the daily habits, customs and opinions of the Thais. Sometimes it's about politics.
What would a Thai, reasonably familiar with the Dutch language, understand about jokes by Youp van 't Hek about Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet or kale with sausage? But there's plenty left to laugh about. It is a relief to see that not all Thais take themselves so seriously. (Except when talking to foreigners.)
A few years ago I saw a first video of him where he criticizes the firm belief in the holy spirit houses. I can no longer find it among the hundreds of other videos of him on the internet. Something with copyrights.
Let me explain his name in a moment. His official name is อุดม แต้พานิช or Udom Taepanich. Udom (oedom, low middle tone) is a real boy name and means 'Great, Wonderful, Fantastic, Brilliant'. His surname indicates his Chinese ancestry. Tae (falling tone) is most likely the abbreviation of Taechew, a certain group of Chinese who immigrated to Thailand, and panich (phanit, two middle tones) means 'trade', along with 'work, merit, happiness' a common term in these kind of names of Chinese descendants.
But he is usually referred to as 'Note Udom'. That 'Note' comes from โน้ส Nose because of its beautifully prominent nose, and because the Thais have a hard time pronouncing an ending s, it became 'Note' (note, high pitch).
He was born on September 1, 1968 in Chonburi. I couldn't find out if he has a partner. Last July he became a monk in a temple in Chiang Rai. Incidentally, I also read that in his younger years he wrote a book with cartoons and stories in a magazine.
After this beautiful and somewhat confused story to a dozen videos with English subtitles. First of all, you will see the full list of 12 recent performances. Duration: 10-20 minutes per video.
The full list:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSku-zxIGBW0VCK_LCqLSSa2mUYPb5Wk3
The first three videos of that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZqB-ZVRmos&list=PLSku-zxIGBW0VCK_LCqLSSa2mUYPb5Wk3&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XNqGVW5IOQ&list=PLSku-zxIGBW0VCK_LCqLSSa2mUYPb5Wk3&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XNqGVW5IOQ&list=PLSku-zxIGBW0VCK_LCqLSSa2mUYPb5Wk3&index=3
A message about his recent performances. A ticket costs between 2500 and 5000 baht, half a month's wages! I see mainly good middle class people among the public.
Wikipedia, in Thai
Yes Tino, Note Udom is one of my favorites. I've seen most of his performances on DVD and now online.
As it almost always goes with comedians, not everyone is a fan of his.
Also in the Netherlands you have Wim Kan or Wim Sonneveld fans and people who don't like them very much.
In general I can laugh with Note Udom and so can my wife. She is less charmed by him when he denounces sacred cows – for her.
Witty videos, thanks! Especially the exuberant reactions of the female audience with that strange Asian habit of covering their mouth when laughing.
Note is now said to be a monk at a temple in Chiang Rai.
I am sometimes surprised that there are white noses who think that 'the Thai' only know about underpants fun with those stupid sound effects under the images. May read / hear several times that sarcasm would be unknown to them ... Nonsense of course, but then you have to give your eyes and ears a living. In Thailand people also make fun of everything and those sacred houses can have something I think. Humor can be sharp or delicious oh if not politically correct. Although touching some houses will quickly get you into trouble…