Samoan Comedian (Chief Sielu Avea) 1995 Polynesian Cultural Center, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii
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Published 2022-01-13
Enable closed-captioning to understand everything being said. If you are patient and watch to the end, some wonderfully touching and hilarious moments are revealed.
Timecodes
0:00 - Talofa! Welcome to Samoa
02:26 - Making fire
07:28 - Coconut husking demonstration
09:36 - Coconut cracking demonstration
11:45 - Tasting coconut water
14:28 - Making coconut milk
16:35 - Tasting coconut milk
17:34 - Wearing a flower on your left ear, right ear and...
18:09 - Japanese, come get your souvenir!
20:56 - Discussing tattoos
22:19 - Coconut tree climbing (Kap's second day at PCC!)
I think it would be amazing if the sweet Japanese woman in this video sees this some day! Her interaction with Chief Sielu is, in my opinion, the biggest part of what makes this video a joy to watch (and share) again and again.
All Comments (21)
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Shout out to the person who filmed this in 1995 and made this a treasure.
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Chief is actually a pretty good role model. He's strong, and physically intimidating, but well spoken, worldly and intelligent. Confident, but very friendly. He takes charge of the room, but also not afraid to have fun and look silly himself. He's basically doing a comedy show and teaching people survival skills at the same time, with jokes that are timeless and funny to people from very different cultures like America and Japan. Dude is a real Chad.
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He is better than 70% of those netflix stand up special. Great job chief, highly original & entertaining
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Whoever filmed this one back in 1995 . . you sir is what we call a LEGEND.
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imagine the career this man could have had in Hollywood. he's 10 times funnier than most comedians nowadays. massive respect !
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That s 26 minutes great stand up comedy for sure 100% Talented 100% Culture 100% Intimidation 100% Comedy 0% Trashtalk 1000% Japanese Learn
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I was at the Polynesian cultural center 2 weeks ago. This show has matured a lot since 1995 in a fantastic way. Much more comedic and a lot more fun. As tid bit of info, Kap (the guy you see climbing the tree at the end) is now the new chief and is hilarious. Also an artist and a painter selling his art at the cultural center.
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Man knows how to keep a crowd entertained. Imagine if he were a teacher. Students would fight to get into his class to learn
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This is how you teach people about your culture. He wasnt self-righteous, he didnt demean anyone, people learned something from him and also walked away with a smile on their faces. This is a very awesome guy.
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The joke formula still goes strong after 27years. Different now but still the same.
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We just attended a Chief’s Luau last March and watched Chief Sielu Avea. Even at old age, he is still one of the best comedians I have ever watch. We enjoy it so much. Thank you from the Philippines.
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When he said Japanese watch and then "She is coming back" I immediately started sweating laughing. What a brave lady omg
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I saw a short version of this on Facebook. Yay, this just made my day. He is hilarious 😂
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The Japanese lady will forever remember this day It was her day. This guy's delivery is impeccable!
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I don't think I've ever smiled for 26min straight this guy's stage presence and crowd work is insane
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We had the pleasure of seeing him in person in 2003. We couldn't stop laughing them entire time. Better than a Vegas show any day.
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This guy actually spoke fluent Japanese. Even the accent is convincing.
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as a samoan myself this video makes me so happy, samoans have always been so humorous, partly because we are just out going comfy people, mostly joking about our trauma from hidings anddd our ugly cackles that make everything funnier. Proud to b Samoan:virtualhug:
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I’m proud to be Samoan love my culture he definitely represented our people and how we really are
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Man, this was a nice break from the dark humor I usually listen to. No insults, no negativity, just pure joy. 👌
