For sure this is the joke here. That show was old person central!

https://youtu.be/Mvj7IdRiOIU

Not defending the 88, he could be a racist, but he’s apparently from Taiwan. It is a common number in Chinese culture, guessing Taiwan too. Where I live there have been a couple of businesses with “88” in the name and both were Chinese.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)