Cho dealt with racism by telling a story about two boys who walked up to Cho and her Japanese friend and yelled, "you fucking Chinos ruin everything!" They were not upset at first because they didn't know if the kids meant them or the pants.

Cho also commented on how the entertaining episodes of Jerry Springer are the ones when the KKK is on. Most intriguing to Cho is the guests' apparel. "I don't know where they get those outfits," Cho pondered. "Is there like some kind of KKK-Mart that they go to?"

Specific stars were not safe from Cho's humorous attacks. She explained that she likes Hanson because "they are such cute little girls," and she wondered, "How is Calista Flockhart alive? She looks like a spinal cord."

The only downfall of Cho's performance was that it was much too short. When she left the stage after barely 50 minutes, everyone stayed in their seats, waiting for her to come back out. When the lights came on to indicate that the show was over, fans were naturally disappointed.

Despite the early exit, Cho's show was well worth attending. In only 50 minutes, Cho packed in a week's worth of laughter ... even for all the mothers.

ALLISON CANTER/Daily
Margaret Cho thrilled audiences Saturday night at the Michigan Theater.

02-07-97

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tell you that grandma and grandpa gonna die. I don't know when they gonna die, but they old and grandma and grandpa gonna die."

Cho's parents also owned a bookstore, for which Cho's mother was in charge of the gay porn section. Cho's mother was confused by the magazine "Ass Master," stating, " I do not understand how you can like ass that much."

Growing up in San Francisco, Cho was constantly exposed to gay culture, which provided another recurring theme in her performance. Cho weighed the pros and cons of having a lot of gay, male friends.

"When I was a little girl," Cho explained, "I used to wish I could constantly be surrounded by gorgeous guys. Now I am, and I realize I should have been more specific."

Cho also went back to mom-bashing to express how her mother used to prove how she was hip to the gay community. Again in her mom's Korean accent that never fails to make the audience laugh. Cho remembers a conversation in which her mom said, "You so lucky because you have cool mommy. Mommy know about gay because mommy watch 'Ellen.'"

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