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All-American Girl

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First Aired: September 14th, 1994

Status: Ended

Genre: Comedy

Network: ABC

Summary: All-American Girl is a 1994 ABC situation comedy starring Margaret Cho and featuring Jodi Long, Clyde Kusatsu, Amy Hill, B.D. Wong, and J.B. Quon as her Korean-American family. It is the second American sitcom centered on a person of Asian descent, namely Cho. Notable guest stars during the run of the show include Oprah Winfrey, Jack Black, David Cross, Ming-Na, Vicki Lawrence, Quentin Tarantino, Tsai Chin, Mariska Hargitay, Billy Burke, Robert Clohessy and Garrett Wang. Diedrich Bader was a one time regular in the last episode of All American Girl, which was a pseudo pilot for a proposed but unrealized version of All American Girl, before achieving fame on The Drew Carey Show. On the DVD commentary for the series, Margaret Cho revealed that most of All American Girl's set furniture was reused by The Drew Carey Show.

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Season 1

Episode 1: Mom, Dad, This is Kyle

Air Date: September 14th, 1994

Summary: Margaret's mother disapproves of her new non-Korean boyfriend Kyle, prompting a furious Margaret to announce that they are going to move in together.

Episode 2: Submission: Impossible

Air Date: September 21st, 1994

Summary: Margaret dates a Korean who wants her to be a traditional Korean woman.

Episode 3: Who's the Boss?

Air Date: September 28th, 1994

Summary: Ruthie tries to take advantage of new manager Margaret; meanwhile, Margaret's grandmother becomes convinced that the family's run of back luck is due to bad feng shui in the house.

Episode 4: Yung At Heart

Air Date: October 5th, 1994

Summary: Grandma disappears at the mall, only to return home with a Korean businessman who begins to date her, then propos es. Grandma accepts, then must face moving away from her family to join his family in Florida. Meanwhile, a reluctant Casey learns the bookselling business for a school project.

Episode 5: Redesigning Women

Air Date: October 12nd, 1994

Summary: Stuart's demure fiancÃ©e breaks the engagement after Margaret throws her a bachelorette party.

Episode 6: Booktopus

Air Date: October 19th, 1994

Summary: A book chain makes an attractive offer to buy out the Kims' shop; when the family decides to refuse, the chain opens a store across the street.

Episode 7: Mommie Nearest

Air Date: October 26th, 1994

Summary: When Margaret needs a reliable temp to work with her at the cosmetics counter, Ruthie and Gloria recruit her mother.

Episode 8: Take My Family, Please

Air Date: November 2nd, 1994

Summary: Margaret does a standup routine about her family in a karaoke bar -- unaware that her parents are in the audience.

Episode 9: Exile On Market Street

Air Date: November 16th, 1994

Summary: Margaret has plenty of time to ponder her future when she's jailed the night before she's scheduled to take a law school entrance exam.

Episode 10: Ratting On Ruthie

Air Date: November 23rd, 1994

Summary: Some expensive perfume vanishes while Ruthie is away from the counter she's supposed to be watching, and Margaret must decide what to tell management -- and she's aghast when for the first time in her life her mother refuses to tell her what to do.

Episode 11: Educating Margaret

Air Date: November 30th, 1994

Summary: Margaret dates a British film professor who, despite his passionate work, turns out to be a real bore.

Episode 12: Loveless in San Francisco

Air Date: December 7th, 1994

Summary: Margaret is horrified to find she is going through a ""dating slump"" when she can't attract a man; so Stuart suggests that she volunteer for work at his hospital in order to meet guys.

Episode 13: Malpractice Makes Perfect

Air Date: December 14th, 1994

Summary: Her brother's misfortune pleases Margaret -- until he decides to quit medicine and she must help him regain his perspective.

Episode 14: The Apartment

Air Date: January 11st, 1995

Summary: Hoping to find more privacy away from home, Margaret moves into an apartment with Ruthie and Gloria -- then discovers that Gloria likes to spend her time at home nude.

Episode 15: Notes from the Underground

Air Date: January 18th, 1995

Summary: Handyman Cody fixes himself up with Margaret after he works on her new basement living quarters, but her family constantly interrupts their encounters. Meanwhile, Grandmother gets a viewer-tracking device (""I get paid to watch TV? God bless America!"") but finds the responsibility too much for her.

Episode 16: Venus de Margaret

Air Date: January 25th, 1995

Summary: Margaret poses in the nude for her sculptor ex-boyfriend Leon; then chills on the idea when the statue is unveiled in front of her family.

Episode 17: A Night at the Oprah

Air Date: February 14th, 1995

Summary: Oprah Winfrey attempts to persuade Margaret to stay in college after she announces on live TV that she's dropping out of school to manage a rock band.

Episode 18: Pulp Sitcom

Air Date: February 22nd, 1995

Summary: Margaret is plunged into a world of intrigue when her dad sets her up with a video distributor who's living a secret criminal life.

Episode 19: Young Americans

Air Date: March 15th, 1995

Summary: Margaret awaits a call from a potential employer, but her career aspirations are put on hold when she discovers that her new roommates haven't paid the phone bill.

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