Margaret Cho

Naked Lunch

Straw Hut Media

Tv & Film, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Phil and David welcome the Emmy and Grammy-nominated comedian, actress, author, musician and activist Margaret Cho -- and her dog Lucia, too -- for a funny and provocative conversation about comedy and life and so many more far-ranging topics. Margaret reads a passage from her best-selling "I'm The One That I Want," and shares amazing stories about her mother, singing on "The Masked Singer," being inspired by Joan Rivers and Robin Williams, and working with John Travolta and Nic Cage on John Woo's "Face/Off." For more about Margaret Cho and dates on her current Choliarchy tour, go to https://margaretcho.com. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, David.
0:03.8	Hello, Phil.
0:04.4	How are you doing?
0:05.0	We have a certified legend of comedy with us tonight.
0:08.8	Yes, I know she's a legend because last night I paid good money.
0:15.2	Wow.
0:15.6	I bought two tickets.
0:17.2	My wife did not go.
0:18.2	She was at work.
0:19.2	But I got to see this legend on a show called Legends at the Hollywood Improv.
0:25.1	Yeah.
0:25.4	And she was so great that when she finished, I left because I was fully satisfied.
0:31.6	It was 15 minutes or 20 minutes of the best comedy I've seen in years.
0:36.6	And it was so good, it was enough for me.
0:39.6	I didn't even try to get my money back at all from the improv.
0:43.3	She also, if I'm not mistaken, was the first female Asian comedian to have a sitcom on national
0:51.3	television. Absolutely, all-American girl. And we're going to talk about that.
0:55.3	And I actually, I'm going to beg her to read a passage from her amazing book. I'm the one that I
1:00.0	want, her national bestseller. I have the paperback with me because there's a section that made me
1:05.9	think about you because it's, I think in terms of this a female Asian comedian? You are the one that I want.
1:12.0	No, you are...
1:13.9	I think what you are is someone who knows what has always sort of stood up for yourself in television.
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