Looks can be deceiving, as Jon “Polar Bear” Gonzalez knows all too well. Despite his pale complexion and rosy cheeks, the Polar Bear is half white and half Mexican-American, a fact about himself he regularly mines for comedy. After gigging in the local Texas scene, Gonzalez exploded to fame via Facebook and TikTok videos that explored the difficulties of growing up racially mixed, like thinking that “culero” was a nice nickname his father had thought up for him, or how the white side of his family always seems to wrap up the night at 9:30pm.

Jon “Polar Bear” Gonzalez
Sun, 7pm, $29
The Improv, San Jose