Gong watched the World Trade Center 's Twin Towers collapse from his apartment in Manhattan . Chinatown was hard hit after the September 11 , 2001 , attacks and then the SARS scare . ` My English is so bad Gong helped start ` ` TakeOut Comedy '' to revitalize Chinatown , find Asian - American talent . He later took ` ` TakeOut Comedy '' to Hong Kong , home of his grandmother who inspired him .
Gong watched the World Trade Center 's Twin Towers collapse from his apartment in Manhattan . Chinatown was hard hit after the September 11 , 2001 , attacks and then the SARS scare . Gong helped start ` ` TakeOut Comedy '' to revitalize Chinatown , find Asian - American talent . He later took ` ` TakeOut Comedy '' to Hong Kong , home of his grandmother who inspired him .