{"id":59488,"date":"2017-04-11T14:49:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T19:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=59488"},"modified":"2017-06-21T18:10:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T23:10:02","slug":"13-travel-questions-comedian-margaret-cho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/13-travel-questions-comedian-margaret-cho\/","title":{"rendered":"13 travel questions for comedian Margaret Cho"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve adored Margaret Cho ever since her standup special “I’m the One that I Want” (2000) in which she imaged Karl Lagerfeld as a murderer, spoke of getting her lady parts “waaaarrrsshhhed” by hospital worker Gwen and joked about dragging gay men to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Since that time she’s recorded a half dozen standup specials, appeared in several motion pictures and was Emmy nominated for her portrayal of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il on 30 Rock<\/em>. On the set for a new Orbitz commercial, Cho answered our favorite travel questions. (Who would’ve thought her dream road trip is to Denny’s?)<\/p>\n

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Margaret Cho | Photo by Dusti Cunningham<\/p><\/div>\n

What is your hometown and why should we want to visit it?<\/em>
\nMargaret Cho<\/strong> My hometown is San Francisco and it\u2019s one of the most beautiful places in the world. It\u2019s really an amazing place for history, for food, for everything. I really recommend it.<\/p>\n

What is one totally touristy thing you love to do and why?<\/em>
\nMC<\/strong> I love going to Hong Kong and going to the Buddhist temples where you can buy all these paper objects and then you burn them in an altar for the day. So I went and bought Joan Rivers a bunch of jewelry and I got her a Chihuahua and a leash and a collar and a new iPhone 6\u2014but it was all cardboard, and I burned them for her spirit.<\/p>\n

New York and Los Angeles are both rival cities. What is one thing each city does better than the other?
\n<\/strong><\/em>MC<\/strong> Los Angeles does movies better. This is where all of that exists. New York does theater better; it\u2019s what you think of when you think of the city. It\u2019s this history and tradition. L.A. has theater, but it\u2019s different. That\u2019s what I think are both city\u2019s strengths.<\/p>\n