> ALL RIGHT. WE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE ART SCENE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
THIS WEEKEND IS PARTICULARLY
EXCITING, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE
CHANCE TO SEE A FIVE-TIME, YES,
FIVE TIME GRAMMY AND EMMY
NOMINATED COMEDIAN, RIGHT HERE
IN ORLANDO.
> MARGARET CHO IS IN TOWN FOR
HER "FRESH OFF THE BLOAT" TOUR
AND IT IS FULL OF HER TRADEMARK,
LET’S SAY NO-HOLDS BARRED KIND
OF COMEDIC STYLE IN.
> OF COURSE WE ARE THRILLED TO
HAVE MARGARET CHO WITH US RIGHT
NOW, WE WERE ALMOST ON THE FLOOR
WHEN OUR CORRECTIVE PRODUCER
WOULD HAVE YOU.
> AWW.
> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE
BY SATELLITE, SO WE ARE EXCITED
TO HAVE YOU HERE.
> YO YOU ARE ACTUALLY HERE.
> IT IS NOT A HOLOGRAM, NOT
CREEPY AT ALL.
> THANK YOU.
THAT SO NICE.
> YEAH.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
> WE ARE BIG FANS OF YOU AND THE
NIGHT AND TOMORROW, PEOPLE CAN
GO OUT AND CHECK OUTYOU AT THE
IMPROVE.
AND THIS TOUR IS FRESH OFF THE
BLOAT.
> I RETAIN A LOT OF WATER.
I’M SURE THAT IS EVIDENT.
I THINK IT IS JUST A FUN TAKE ON
FRESH OFF THE BOAT, WHICH IS AN
AMAZING SHOW, AND SO IT IS
GREAT.
LIKE, I’M JUST GOING TO TELL
PEOPLE I’M IN THE SHOW.
I MEAN FRESH OFF THE BOAT,
IMALSO IN CRAZY RICH ASIANS AND
I’M THERE WITH EVERYONE.
EVERYONE IS LIKE, OH, THAT’S
RIGHT.
SHY LOOKS SO FAMILIAR.
IT IS SO FUNNY.
> HOW IS TOURING.
> IT HAS BEEN GREAT I. IS REALLY
FUN.
I REALLY LOVE DOING THIS SHOW IN
PARTICULAR BECAUSE IT IS JUST,
IT IS REALLY AFFECTED BY THE
NEWS AN EVERYTHING, AND SO, LOTS
OF LORI LOUGHLIN MATERIAL.
> GOLD FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
> I THINK ALL THE COLLEGE
PEOPLE.
> THE PEOPLE MOST HORRIFIED IS
KOREANS BECAUSE WE ARE ALL
REALLY EDUCATION BASED.
HOW CAN YOU CHEAT AT SCHOOL?
NO!
> ALL MY FAMILY EVER WANTED WAS
FOR ME TO GO TO HARVARD, BUT I
HADN’T REALLY -- I CAN’T GO TO
HARVARD WITH LIKE A 2.8 GRADE
POINT AVERAGE.
> BUT YOU STILL MAKE SEVEN
FIGURES.
> THEY HAVE TO BE PROUD OF YOU,
YOU ARE CNN’S 50 BEST COMEDIANS.
> YEAH.
> ROLLING STONE, OOH BEST
STANDUP COMEDIANS AS A WOMAN, AS
AN ASIAN AMERICAN WOMAN, WHAT IS
IT LIKE TO BREAK THOSE BARRIERS?
> WELL, THEY NEVER -- MY FAMILY
NEVER SAW ASIAN PEOPLE ON
TELEVISION, SO THEY DIDN’T GET
THAT THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY.
SO, I THINK THAT IS WHAT REALLY
WORRIED THEM, BECAUSE THEY JUST
WERE LIKE, THEY NEVER SAW IT.
NOW, THEY ARE VERY PROUD.
YOU KNOW, THEY GO A THEY PLAY
GOLF AND THEY ARE LIKE, OH, I AM
CELEBRITY.
BECAUSE I AM YOUR MOTHER.
IT IS LIKE THIS THING WHERE THEY
ARE -- NOW THEY ARE REALLY HAPPY
ABOUT IT.
BUT WHEN I WAS IN COMEDY IN THE
BEGINNING, THEY WERE NOT.
MY DAD WAS SO MAD AT ME.
BUT THEN HE WENT TO A FORTUNE
TELLER IN KOREA WHO TOLD HIM
THAT I WOULD BE AN INTERNATIONAL
STAR IN TWO YEARS, AND THEN
AFTER THAT HE WAS LIKE, OH IS
GOING TO BE OKAY.
>> THAW REALLY BELIEVE IN
FORTUNE TELLERS, WHICH IS LIKE,
OH, THAT IS COOL.
> YOUR MOM I FEEL LIKE SHE IS
JUST, SHE IS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO
YOU ON STAGE BECAUSE SHE IS IN
SO MUCH OF YOUR MATERIAL.
>> YES.
> WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN YOU AN YOUR MOM?
> SHE IS FUNNY, BECAUSE, LIKE,
WE GO TO A LOT OF GAY
NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE I’M VERY
BIG ON THAT, SO WE ARE LIKE
WALKING ARM IN ARM IN LIKE A GAY
NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHE IS LIKE,
OH, EVERYONE GOING TO THINK THAT
WE ARE LESBIANS.
AND I’M LIKE, OH, YOU ARE THE
BEST I CAN DO?
> SHE A LOT OF FUN AND IN KOREAN
CULTURE WOMEN ARE NOT FRONT AND
CENTER BUT IN MY SHOWS AN IN MY
LIFE, SHE DEFINITELY IS.
SO, IT IS HER TIME TO SHINE.
> IF YOUR TOUR YOU TALK ABUT
SERIOUS ISSUES BUT YOU KNOW YOU
PROVIDE HEALING AND THROUGH THE
LAUGHTER, TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THOSE ISSUES THAT YOU ADDRESS.
> I THINK IT IS REALLY, I THINK
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
COMEDIANS ARE OFTEN REALLY KIND
OF TRAGIC FIGURES.
I HAVE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES OVER
THE YEARS JUST BEING IN
HOLLYWOOD AND HAVING AN EATING
DISORDER AND TRYING TO COMPETE,
YOU KNOW, I CAME UP IN THE 90s
WHERE IT WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT
KATE MOSS A HEROIN SHEIK AND
EVERYONE WAS JUST SO THIN AND
YOU TOWN ATTAIN IT.
YOU KNOW.
EVEN, WHEN I DID TELEVISION,
THEY WERE ALWAYS TELLING ME I
WAS TOO FAT TO PLAY THE ROLE OF
MYSELF.
THEN SHOW WAS REPLACED BY DREW
KYRIE BECAUSE HE IS SO THIN.
IT IS LIKE, THE DOUBLE STANDARD.
IT GET TOSS YOU.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT NOW,
BEING OLDER, YOU KNOW, I’M 50,
MENOPAUSE IS REALLY A GATEWAY
DRUG, IT MAKES YOU REALIZE THAT
I’M ALL RIGHT THE WAY I AM.
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> I REMEMBER YOU LAUGHING AND
CRYING AND IT CAN MAKE YOU VERY
UNCORRECTABLE.
> I DO TUGLY CRY.
>> WHO DOES ATTRACTIVE CRY IS
THE BETTER QUESTION.
> PROBABLY IF YOU ARE LIKE,
MAYBE MISS AMERICA?
OR LIKE SORT OF A MISS UNIVERSE?
MAYBE THEY HAVE TO PRACTICE?
I THINK PENELOPE CRUZ PROBABLY
CRIES NICELY.
> WHO KNOWS.
WE ARE ALL OF US ARE FANS, DO
ROW THINK YOU ARE EVER OVER THE
BARRIER OF HAVING TO HOLD
MATERIAL BACK THOUGH BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, IT IS TOO MUCH FOR
THIS, OR TOO MUCH FOR THAT?
> I DON’T KNOW.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE
AN OLD ASIANLY Di YOU CAN KIND
OF GET AWAY WITH IT.
> YOU HEAR THAT, OLD ASIAN LADY.
> I MEAN, WELL, I AM, BUT I’M
NOT.
I’M KIND OF LIKE THE ELDER, SO
IT IS ALMOST LIKE YOU DON’T
EXPECT IT.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE BETTY WHITE,
> RIGHT.
> -- REALLY, I THINK IF YOU ARE
OLDER THEY KIND OF LET YOU GET
AWAY WITH IT MAYBE.
> UP TO A POINT.
MAYBE YOU ARE CROSSING YOUR
FINGERS.
>> YOU KNOW, AND THEN I WILL --
I THINK I WOULD JUST PRETEND I
DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH.
I DON’T KNOW.
I DON’T KNOW.
> PEOPLE WILL COME UP TO ME AND
START SPEAKING KOREAN, WHICH I
THINK IS GREAT.
AND THEN I SAY OH . . . OH.
> YOUR SHOW, IS TONIGHT,
TOMORROW GIVE US A BREAK SHOW.
> TWO SHOWS TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW, AT THE ORLANDO
IMPROVE, IT IS MY FRESH OFF THE
BLOAT TOUR, AND YEAH, PEOPLE
SHOULD COME AND IT WILL BE GOOD.
> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE
TIME TO JOIN US THIS MORNING.
YOU ARE LOVELY.
> THANK YOU.
> HOPEFULLY WE HAVE TIME TO