| Overview: | All-American Girl, the groundbreaking comedy series inspired by the life of stand-up star Margaret Cho, brought an Asian-American family to a television series for the first time. Originally broadcast in 1994-1995, the show featured Cho as one very Westernized Margaret Kim, a San Francisco hipster delightfully at odds with her traditional-but-screwy Korean family, and allowed viewers a comic glimpse of the culture clashes that constantly ensued.
Margaret works at a department store cosmetics counter at the local mall with her friends Ruthie (Maddie Corman) and Gloria (Judy Gold). She’s usually at odds with her very traditional mother, Katherine (Jodi Long), who would like her to marry a nice Korean boy — preferably a doctor or a lawyer. But Margaret prefers the rebels — especially bikers and musicians. It’s all her understanding father, Benny (Clyde Kusatsu), can do just to remain neutral. Margaret’s older brother, Stuart (B.D. Wong), is a medical student and dates Korean girls — much to his parents delight. But Margaret’s younger brother, Eric (J.B. Qwon), looks up to her — much to their mother’s chagrin. Through it all, Margaret has an ally in her very hip and wise grandmother (Amy Hill), who provides a fair amount of the laughs around the Kim household. Never dull, Margaret’s adventures occasionally find her in the company of guest stars like Jack Black, Quentin Tarantino and Oprah Winfrey.
This set contains the entire series on 4 discs.
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