Cho and Kids In The Hall, fun for the whole Gay family

by Richard Kennedy - SGN A&E Writer

Margaret Cho is one of the hardest working celebs out there. Between live performances and television appearances, she is constantly ruffling feathers somewhere. She will be joining the "True Colors Tour" again in Oklahoma City. After a successful go last year, this will hopefully lead to even more dates on that tour's roster. This fall, she is creating a new TV series on VH1 called The Cho Show. You can check out her blog at www.margaretcho.com where she tackles every political and social issue in today's news, offering her passion and humor to help spread the word against everything from the war in Iraq to puppy mills. A longtime activist for Gay rights, you can also find her fiery support for the National Day of Silence in the same blog.

Her last live foray showed that she's not only a stand-up comedian, but truly a performance artist. With "The Sensuous Woman," she combined burlesque dancing in her presentation as she donned feathers and even a skintight lycra bodysuit while cavorting with another dancer in various sexual positions to "Me So Horny." Always cutting edge, she took this on the road with indie bands like The Dresden Dolls. With her new series, she promises more of the same. Expect up-and-coming artists and performers as well as her usual attack on the gender and sexual mores that rule our popular culture. In works is a real mother/daughter pageant that she is already looking to find contestants for. This one will truly be based on talent, interview and civic work, but not in a preachy manner & rather, the Cho way!

I will never ever miss a Cho visit to Seattle. Just filling the theatre with fellow fans gives you a unique feeling that you are not alone in the world. Everyone there was an outcast in school and as adults, like Cho, we've embraced everything that made us unusual - coming together to celebrate her outrageousness - not to mention Cho really knows her shit when it comes to politics. She is a regular pundit on political talk shows and brings her research right into her work in the most irreverent way.

Liam Sullivan, an up-and-coming comedian who has taken the internet by storm, opens that night. You've probably seen his work without even recognizing the name. He was the creator of the Kelly character who sang "Shoes" in what YouTube named one of the top ten videos of 2006. In the same vain as Dave Chapelle and Sasha Baron Cohen, Graham has created the Liam Show (www.liamshow.com), which he writes, produces, directs and stars in. He is constantly updating and changing his characters for his live performances and is a true original like Cho. Check out his videos online and you will see that he's not only hilarious, but bizarre and provocative as well.