这在中国更好笑：一位美国喜剧演员的跨文化之旅 This Was Funnier in China

基本信息

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2026

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1668087561

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1668087565

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.06 pounds

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches

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书籍简介

这是一部真挚动人、独一无二的回忆录，记录了一位美国人在中国追寻喜剧梦想的种种滑稽、荒诞又发人深省的经历，他亲身经历了幽默的翻译难题，以及笑声是否真的能够跨越国界。

我身着长袍，与我的师父并肩走上舞台，在成千上万中国喜剧爱好者的注视下，我的武器就是一支麦克风，以及在舞台上大放异彩的决心——要么成功，要么失败。

主持人通过音响高声宣布：“欢迎丁光泉大师和他的美国弟子艾杰熙登台！”

自诩为美国“班级小丑”的杰西·阿佩尔高中时报名学习汉语，他从未想过有一天自己的名字会被载入中国喜剧的史册。但当他初到北京拜师传奇喜剧大师丁师傅时，仅仅一场演出就让杰西和他的喜剧伙伴们明白，死记硬背书本知识只会毁掉他们的段子。

为了真正赢得观众的笑声，他意识到自己需要了解一切，比如三毛钱烟花的引线有多长，煤矿工人在春节期间玩什么纸牌游戏，以及为什么上海的喜剧作家有时会睡心形床。

结果呢？他提出的问题看似简单——如果不是出自一个身处中国崛起浪潮中的美国人之口的话。

“这里的人觉得什么好笑？”

A heartfelt, one-of-a-kind memoir chronicling the hilarious, absurd, and thought-provoking experiences of an American pursuing comedy in China, learning first-hand how humor does and doesn’t translate—and whether laughter transcends borders.

I marched onstage in a long robe beside my Shifu, under the curious eyes of a thousand Chinese comedy fans, armed only with a microphone and the goal to kill onstage or die trying.

Over the speakers, the host shouted: “Welcome to the stage: Master Ding Guangquan and his American disciple, Ai Jie Xi!”

When self-proclaimed American class clown Jesse Appell signed up to study Mandarin in high school, he never imagined that one day his name would be written into the traditional family tree of Chinese comedy. But when he first moves to Beijing to apprentice to the legendary Master Ding, a single show is all it takes for Jesse and his fellow comedy misfits to understand that book learning means bombing jokes.

To truly get the big laughs, he realizes he needs to know everything, like how long the fuse is on a thirty-cent firework, what card games coal miners play over Chinese New Year, and why comedy writers in Shanghai sometimes sleep in heart-shaped beds.

The result? Asking questions that might seem simple—if they weren’t being asked by an American caught in the breakneck whirlwind of a rising China.

“What do people here find funny?”

作者简介

杰西·阿佩尔是中国的一位喜剧演员，他的原创喜剧作品在中国和国际互联网上的播放量已超过5亿次，并荣获Bilibili颁发的银牌奖。他曾与汤姆·布雷迪和教皇一起登上《波士顿环球报》的头版，并出现在众多新闻媒体上，包括西方的CBS、TEDx、BBC、PBS和NPR；以及亚洲的中央电视台、北京电视台、上海电视台和中国国际广播电台。他的第一本书是《这在中国更有趣》。

Jesse Appell is a comedian in China where his original comedy works have passed half a billion views on Chinese and international internet sites, earning Silver Play Button plaques from Bilibili. He has been featured on the front page of The Boston Globe with Tom Brady and the Pope, and has appeared on a veritable alphabet soup of news media: CBS, TEDx, BBC, PBS, and NPR in the West; CCTV, Beijing TV, Shanghai TV, and China Radio International in Asia. This Was Funnier in China is his first book.