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All-American Girl

  • TV Series
  • 1994–19951994–1995
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
482
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All-American Girl (1994)
  • Comedy
Based around the stand-up routines of comedian Margaret Cho, this series looked at the culture clashes that occured between a traditional Korean mother and her fully Americanized daughter. M... Read allBased around the stand-up routines of comedian Margaret Cho, this series looked at the culture clashes that occured between a traditional Korean mother and her fully Americanized daughter. Mom just wants Margaret to marry 'respectable' men: doctors, lawyers, scientists (always Ko... Read allBased around the stand-up routines of comedian Margaret Cho, this series looked at the culture clashes that occured between a traditional Korean mother and her fully Americanized daughter. Mom just wants Margaret to marry 'respectable' men: doctors, lawyers, scientists (always Korean), while her daughter is more interested in white bikers, musicians, and any other typ... Read all
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  • Creator
    • Gary Jacobs
  • Stars
    • Margaret Cho
    • Amy Hill
    • Jodi Long
Top credits
  • Creator
    • Gary Jacobs
  • Stars
    • Margaret Cho
    • Amy Hill
    • Jodi Long
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    • 7User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Episodes19

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    Robert Firth and Amy Hill in All-American Girl (1994)
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    Robert Firth and Margaret Cho in All-American Girl.
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    Margaret Cho and Robert Firth in All-American Girl (1994)

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    Margaret Cho
    Margaret Cho
    • Margaret Kimas Margaret Kim
    19 episodes19 eps • 1994–1995
    Amy Hill
    Amy Hill
    • Yung-hee 'Grandma' Kimas Yung-hee 'Grandma' Kim
    19 episodes19 eps • 1994–1995
    Jodi Long
    Jodi Long
    • Katherine Kimas Katherine Kim
    18 episodes18 eps • 1994–1995
    Clyde Kusatsu
    Clyde Kusatsu
    • Benny Kimas Benny Kim
    18 episodes18 eps • 1994–1995
    Maddie Corman
    Maddie Corman
    • Ruthie Lathamas Ruthie Latham
    18 episodes18 eps • 1994–1995
    Judy Gold
    Judy Gold
    • Gloria Schechteras Gloria Schechter
    18 episodes18 eps • 1994–1995
    J.B. Quon
    • Eric Kimas Eric Kim
    18 episodes18 eps • 1994–1995
    BD Wong
    BD Wong
    • Dr. Stuart Kimas Dr. Stuart Kim
    18 episodes18 eps • 1994–1995
    Ashley Johnson
    Ashley Johnson
    • Casey Emmersonas Casey Emmerson
    12 episodes12 eps • 1994
    Elise Ogden
    • Dr. Marilyn Thorpeas Dr. Marilyn Thorpe…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1994–1995
    Diedrich Bader
    Diedrich Bader
    • Spenceras Spencer
    1 episode1 ep • 1995
    Andrew Lowery
    • Jimmyas Jimmy
    1 episode1 ep • 1995
    Sam Seder
    Sam Seder
    • Philas Phil
    1 episode1 ep • 1995
    Mariska Hargitay
    Mariska Hargitay
    • Janeas Jane
    1 episode1 ep • 1995
    Vicki Lawrence
    Vicki Lawrence
    • Phone Ladyas Phone Lady
    1 episode1 ep • 1995
    John Terlesky
    John Terlesky
    • Timas Tim
    1 episode1 ep • 1995
    Christopher Burgard
    Christopher Burgard
    • Kyleas Kyle
    1 episode1 ep • 1994
    Quentin Tarantino
    Quentin Tarantino
    • Desmondas Desmond
    1 episode1 ep • 1995
    • Creator
      • Gary Jacobs
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    • Trivia
      This show became famous for Margaret Cho's battle with ABC executives which ended in the show's cancellation and her subsequent health problems. Cho used her own material but executives kept making changes in an effort to boost ratings but resulted in bad critical reviews which commented on the show's constant shift in tone and characters. Cho later said that she was approached by the network to drop a great deal of weight in a very short time. She was also told that she was not acting Asian enough which resulted in the hiring of an Asian consultant. All the Asian characters were dropped from the show in order to make Cho stand out but then Cho was accused of acting too Asian. These constant changes led to the show being canceled after only one season. After the show was canceled Cho suffered kidney failure due to the rapid weight loss and spiraled into drug and alcohol addiction. She eventually got clean and her problems with the show has become material for her stand-up act.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Pulp Faction: The Tarantino Generation (1995)

    User reviews7

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    Whatever its reality really is, there is okay comedy here.
    Margaret is switching her cultural roots completely. Considered like this, the series feels complete, if concise.

    *

    I found the first episode misleading. This is pilot episode quality. It made me look back to what I had read in the comments here, a quality series about Asian culture, and that did not fit. A series mangled by the channel that it was made for, but this was the pilot, before the mangling?

    amended: For episode one to make sense to me I had to redefine it as part of TV sitcom culture, it following those ways and values. I have not seen broadcast television since the eighties and this told me that as far as sitcoms go I did not feel that I was missing anything.

    The big difficulty for me was the canned audience response. I tried to imagine Buffy or Shrek with that sort of soundtrack and it did not click, to me it is a way to pull down a story, not to enhance it. I now know that I do not like can and audience applause genre, on principle.

    Carrying on watching the series anyway, I did have the DVD set after all, I was discovering that the can factor was a bit calmer in the rest of the series. The humour was allowed to shine. It became noticeable and okay, not pulling down the culture that it was based on. I am from a different culture to the extent that there is a conflict of interests, but I can tolerate this. The humour reminds me of quality stand-up comedy that I used to like a lot. This says that I still like that particular genre. It helps this to be better than many sitcoms that I used to watch way back when for want of an alternative activity. Much of this series is enjoyable.

    *

    The comment about the negative support that this series received from its funding hierarchy, which would obviously be in tune with accepted sitcom ways. To me that could just be part of the script. I even assume that this one would not object to a series centred on Asians if they thought that it was on the right track. From episode eight commentary I understand the series to have originated with the network, part of a career development scheme for their comedy talent. I understand that many elements of the series content come from the script writers.

    I obviously guess askew, the 'making of' video points to the hunger that backers have for precedent. The script that the backers brought in a big name, much bigger than Margaret and Amy, to ensure some sort of audience? Or is that a reminder that some here are babies in the sitcom gender? Or quality control? That Margaret and Amy are miffed by the backers' understanding? Was the series no go from the start? There are things that I do not interpret 100% literally.

    The inclusion of children? It was not long after Booktopus and then the death of Inky The Squid that stand up comic Margaret spent part of an episode in jail, an episode that Ashley did not appear in. I assume that script writers play games. Jack Black.

    *

    I purchased the DVD set, a UK purchase from Canada, because it is an Ashley Johnson and My Price, very affordable. I continued trying to enjoy it because it is an Ashley, and to me it was worth the effort, even though she only appears in the early episodes. Her last episode was 13, with its death of an insect and romance between crickets.

    She is a friend of family because of their son, who is not the centre of the stories, so she is not there often, anyway, but this is a nice role and nice script, she shines. I am glad she got the part. She is in 2 to 7, then 11 to 13.

    amended: Ashley also appearing with Amy Hill in the series Maybe This Time of 1995. There are plenty of girl culture TV series that I would like to explore, just they are not there as full series in the affordable DVD world yet. Hannah Montana, Lizzie McGuire, etc. There seem to be affordable snippets occasionally available, but so far I do not know what these are really like and the thought of canned audience reactions is a downer. The warfare hinted at in this series would often be a problem for me too. I actually experience warfare to be rife in the media. All American is proving itself as interesting.

    This links with my comments re Fame 1980 and Harry Potter 2.
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    • annevejb
    • Jul 23, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 14, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Американская девушка
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Studios - 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Sandollar Television
      • Heartfelt Productions
      • Touchstone Television
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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