Laredo Laughs: Vanessa's Hometown Headliner
Clip: Episode 2 | 2m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Vanessa Gonzalez electrifies her hometown with nerve and humor.
Get ready for Vanessa Gonzalez, headlining with humor and nerve in her hometown. The nerves fuel her fire as she jumps into the spotlight, cracking jokes about exes, customs, and border life, all with a Laredo flair that keeps the crowd roaring.
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Laredo Laughs: Vanessa's Hometown Headliner
Clip: Episode 2 | 2m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Get ready for Vanessa Gonzalez, headlining with humor and nerve in her hometown. The nerves fuel her fire as she jumps into the spotlight, cracking jokes about exes, customs, and border life, all with a Laredo flair that keeps the crowd roaring.
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[Cheering and applause] Jesus, voice-over: Do you get nervous at all?
Vanessa, voice-over: I get nervous, but it's almost like the nerves almost give you that, like, fire.
Man: You've seen her on HBO.
You've seen her on Comedy Central.
Vanessa: As soon as it's go time... Man: Vanessa... Vanessa: the light hits, they call your name, you kind of have to jump off the cliff.
Gonzalez!
Vanessa: Let's go!
[Cheering and applause] What up?
¿Qué onda, Laredo?
¡Puro 956!
Yeah.
I love being back home.
It's crazy to me.
Jesus was asking me-- he was, like, "You're not nervous any exes are gonna come?"
And I said, "I don't have any exes "in Laredo, thank God.
"Everybody I know that has an ex in Laredo also has restraining orders."
Están psychos aquí.
My dad was a canine officer at Customs... [Cheering and applause] and I would ask my mom, "Mom, Mom, what bridge is Dad working at tonight?
No, no.
I just want to send him prayers."
Que pesque muchas drogas.
Sí.
And she would be like, "Oh, Bridge Two."
And I'd be like... " Órale, Vicki, Bridge One."
[Laughter] And every weekend, we would go across.
♪ Mesa, mesa ♪ ♪ Mesa que más aplauda, mesa que más aplauda ♪ ♪ Za, za, za, y a tu za, y a tu za ♪ [Cheering and applause] Yeah, 15 years old.
Con las falditas.
... all out, ready to get abducted... [Laughter] but even the cartel was like... "No, esas no".
[Laughter]
Comic Roots: Family, Homecoming, & Cultural Humor
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Clip: Ep2 | 1m 58s | Vanessa Gonzalez reflects on her comedic roots while preparing for a hometown show. (1m 58s)
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Preview: Ep2 | 30s | Jesus heads to Austin and the U.S. border town of Laredo, Texas, to meet Vanessa Gonzalez. (30s)
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