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The Kung-Pao Chicken Running Gag
- Kevin's recurring line is "I'll have the Kung Pao Chicken" and he uses it everywhere, even toll booths.
- He says it gets a laugh and describes the audience as a "literal captive audience of one."
One Laugh Fuels Years Of Retelling
- Kevin recounts getting a laugh from a tired yogurt server after delivering the line.
- He treats that single success as validation and tells the story repeatedly at home.
Origin Story: Trainer, Trainee, Confusion
- Kevin traces the gag back ~20 years to a trainer/trainee server moment where he ordered Kung-Pao in an unexpected setting.
- He says the original confusion and table reaction started the habit.