Samoan Comedian (Chief Sielu Avea) 1995 Polynesian Cultural Center, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii

My recording (hi-8) and experience of the first "Samoan Comedian" in the summer of 1995 at the Polynesian Cultural Center located in Laie, Oahu, Hawaii. For more information on Chief Sielu and his remarkable story, look for him on Wikipedia. I should also add that he starred in a "short" 20 minute movie aptly entitled "Chief" that was shown at the Sundance festival and is now available on a popular streaming service that rhymes with "dime."

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.

[drunkengamer]

Shout out to the person who filmed this in 1995 and made this a treasure.

[vancamppopese]

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.

[darkmike]

Whoever filmed this one back in 1995 . . you sir is what we call a LEGEND.

[memeaqua]

That s 26 minutes great stand up comedy for sure
100% Talented
100% Culture
100% Intimidation
100% Comedy
0% Trashtalk
1000% Japanese Learn

[saf]

Man knows how to keep a crowd entertained. Imagine if he were a teacher. Students would fight to get into his class to learn

[onizukasorimachi]

He is better than 70% of those netflix stand up special. Great job chief, highly original & entertaining

[unknownuser]

imagine the career this man could have had in Hollywood. he's 10 times funnier than most comedians nowadays.
massive respect !

[turkeyman]

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.

[crssut]

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.

[kenhunnicutt]

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.

[ellamason]

I saw a short version of this on Facebook. Yay, this just made my day. He is hilarious 😂

[oscartvonline]

The Japanese lady will forever remember this day It was her day. This guy's delivery is impeccable!

[Billybobby]

The joke formula still goes strong after 27years. Different now but still the same.

[sopasboyz]

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.

[SoundlessScream]

When he said Japanese watch and then "She is coming back" I immediately started sweating laughing. What a brave lady omg

[jeffd]

Absolutely brilliant. He cleverly takes the p*ss out of commercialism and tourism whilst maintaining a deep pride in his heritage and the need to share and benefit from that sharing.

[TheCapsteverogers]

I can watch this everytime I am in a bad mood. His charisma can brighten your whole day!

[thsky]

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 n our upbringing anddd our ugly cackles that make everything funnier. Proud to b Samoan always💝

[oscarlandag]

I don't think I've ever smiled for 26min straight this guy's stage presence and crowd work is insane

[rachelthegreat]

I always loved this kind of humor. And the way he shared the culture with them while simultaneously being funnier than most comedians is amazing.