A Sacramento Comedy.Com Interview
Henry Cho’s fairytale career began in 1986 when, as a student at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, he entered a “Funniest Person in America” contest sponsored by the Showtime network.
Cho, who is a full blooded Korean, but raised in the heart of the south, walked out onto the stage and in his deepest, most southern drawl stated, “So, I’m from the south. So I guess that makes me South Korean.” It was a juxtaposition ‘hook’ that launched his career.
