Stand-up comedian Henry Cho will be performing at The Palace Theater in Corsicana, TX on Friday, April 8 at 7 PM.
Henry’s work can be heard nationwide several times weekly on XM Radio‘s Channel 151, Laugh USA, Sirius Radio‘s Blue Collar Radio Channel 103, and Pandora Radio‘s PG Comedy Radio Channel. Cho is notable for being one of the only Asian acts to appear regularly on the Grand Ole Opry.
Cho appeared on many television shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including The Arsenio Hall Show, Bob Hope‘s Young Comedians Special, MTV‘s 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour and VH-1‘s Stand-Up Spotlight. His other TV credits include guest roles on various sitcoms such as Designing Women, Lenny, The New WKRP in Cincinnati and a starring role in the TV movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation. In 1994, after he moved back to Tennessee, Cho got a call from NBC to host a revamped version of Friday Night Videos titled Friday Night. For two years, he commuted to Los Angeles weekly. More recently he appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He was also the keynote speaker for the 59th Annual Radio and Television Correspondents’ Dinner. Cho is well-known as a “clean” comedian, forgoing profanity and objectionable material,[3] and has sometimes been referred to as “Mr. Clean”.[4]
He has appeared in three feature films. In 1997, he starred opposite Tom Arnold and David Alan Grier in McHale’s Navy. In 2001, he appeared in the Farrelly Brothers‘ movie Say It Isn’t So with Heather Graham and Chris Klein. Most recently, in 2006, he appeared in Material Girls starring Hilary and Haylie Duff.
During the holiday seasons of 2003 and 2004, Cho toured the U.S. with Amy Grant and Vince Gill, appearing live during the couple’s show.
In 2006, he had his own Comedy Central special entitled Henry Cho: What’s That Clickin’ Noise? in which Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy were special guest voices in the opening scene.
Tickets for the show can be purchased at www.corsicanapalace.com.
