All-American Girl - The Complete Series (2006, DVD)

I would say this series was good to excellent. I had heard about it thru one of her stand-up comedies and decided to order it. I was able to buy it from a good seller and I have watched two of the DVD's in the 4 disc set so far and my wife and I really like the episodes. Its made by Disney (Touchstone Pictures) so its actually a family show and it has no bad language at all. Its the only Asian-American sitcom I have every seen. Its a shame the network cut it. It was made back in 1994-1995 but never aired here. Thanks to half.com by ebay I am finally able to see it. So I give this a thumbs-up. Something the whole family can enjoy. One of the funniest parts in my opinion is the Grandma played by Amy Hill she loves to watch TV lol.

If you enjoy the stand up of Margaret Cho then you need this complete series of the comedian and activists only TV show. She is hillarious.... this is an outragously funny look at an Asian-American family.

This was the first sitcom to star an all Asian-American cast. It's title character is stand-up comedian Margaret Cho. She plays Margaret Kim in a show about her Korean family living in San Francisco. It was supposed to be based on her life/stand-up routines but apparently ABC warped it into a bunch of cliches and stereotypes. She fought with executives because they initially said she wasn't acting "Asian enough" and later she was being "too Asian." They also made her lose 30 pounds in 2 weeks (which caused her kidneys to collapse).

The plot revolves around the "Americanized" Margaret and her traditional mother (Jodi Long). She wants her daughter to marry a nice, successful, Korean guy but Margaret's more into Caucasian bad boys. Also living in the Kim household is Margaret's father (Clyde Kusatsu) who runs the family owned book store, her older brother (B.D. Wong) who's a doctor and mother's favorite, her little brother (J.B. Quon), and her hilarious couch potato grandmother (Amy Hill).

Margaret works at a perfume counter in a local mall. Her partners in goofing off are ditzy Ruthie (Maddie Corman) and, in a nearby department, Gloria (Judy Gold). They frequently spend their lunches together in the food court and their evenings in a seedy club drinking and dancing.

Overall, the show was pretty good. I'm sure it could have been better if they gave Miss Cho full creative control. It's cheesy at times but refreshing that a television show focuses on a mother-daughter relationship that isn't always so agreeable. Even with guest stars such as Oprah and Quentin Tarantino (Cho's real life ex), it was cancelled after only one season.

Asside from being funny it's also cross-cultural. It's about a Korean family that has moved to the US and opened a book store. It's interesting how the diffferent generation react differently to their new country. They keep it light.

i bought it to see how margaret cho performs on sitcom. she is good tho as a stand up comedian. this is a rare sitcom wherein you see asian minorities perform on u.s. television which is non existent nowadays. margaret has been fighting a losing battle to put asians on american television shows. the actors here are good but the writing is rather poor. i laughed more watching a very old sitcom "jack benny show" who has good writers.

Am a big fan of Margaret Cho, so I bought this series. It was a good series, very unfortunate that it lasted only one season. Listening to Margarets commentaries on some of the episodes explains why. It's apparent that ABC executives called the shots on this sitcom, which is why it failed. It could have been funnier if Margaret was allowed more freedom. Overall while it's not the funniest sitcom, but it has it's moments. Kudos to Margaret for demanding that Amy Kim be given the part as grandma. Without her, it would have truly been a flop.

You go Margaret...... Love you and I liked the show. I also love B. D. Wong, he is so handsome..... Loved the old grandmother, she is great acctress....

Awsome series. I barley remembered the show from when i was little. Now since i love Margeret Cho so much id ecided to get the series. It is very good except when at the very end they suddenly changed the premise. IN the commentary by Margeret and Amy Hill they talk about how it was because the show was suffering in ratings and they tried somethign new. It didnt work though cuz that was the last episode. I wish it didnt change and was longer than 2 seasons.