From Deseret News archives:
Cho a pioneer for a 2nd time
In the fall of 1994, Cho starred in the ABC sitcom "All-American Girl," which was something never seen before on American TV.
"At that time, we brought the first Asian-American family on television. It was, like, a really very groundbreaking thing. A very difficult thing," Cho said. "And I'm very proud now to bring the second Asian-American family to television. I'm actually No. 1 and No. 2. So that's an achievement."
The big difference is that, this time around, Cho is in control of "The Cho Show," which airs its second episode tonight at 11 p.m. on VH1. The improv/reality show reflects the real Margaret Cho and her sense of humor.
That was not the case on "All-American Girl," which was destroyed when the network took a promising premise and homogenized it into unrecognizability and mediocrity.
Along the way, network executives complained about everything from Cho's weight to her not being "Asian enough."
She was kidding, of course. "The Cho Show" features the never-shy comedian as herself; her very traditional, Korean-born parents; and her friend/fellow actress/assistant/little person Selene Luna.
It has similarities to a lot of other shows, "but I think that this show is very unique," Cho said. "We have, for the first time, really, truly this Asian-American family and also my wonderful assistant Selene. So I think it's kind of like a cross between Madonna's 'Truth or Dare' and 'Joy Luck Club' and 'Little People, Big World."'
Cho's parents, Young-Hie and Seung-Hoon Cho, were born in Korea.
"My parents immigrated to the United States in 1964 with $25 and this dream: They wanted to live in America. And they wanted to raise a family. And they did it," she said.
And they raised a daughter who's their polar opposite. They're rather shy and retiring, while Margaret is loud, outspoken and outrageous.
So what would prompt them to not only appear in "The Cho Show" but often be sort of the catalysts for the comedy?
"It was this or a home," Margaret Cho joked.
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