Funny in Korea | Danny Cho | TEDxKDISchool

Danny started performing stand-up during his stay at UCLA. He performed shows at the Laugh Factory and the Improv, both in Hollywood. He performed comedy at shows all over Southern California and occasionally at out of state universities. In 2006, while still working as a business consultant, Danny had his first national tv acting gig on Mad TV. Danny played Pongo, a fat/mute Thai movie critic alongside Bobby Lee. Danny played that character for several episodes on Mad TV.
Danny recently was in a Bud Light Commercial, which aired during the SuperBowl. He played an Asian foreign exchange student that tries to hit on American girls. Initially, Danny was afraid that this character would set back the progress that Asians Americans were making in the media, but the hunger and bills outweighed that worry and he took the gig.
In the last few years, Danny has been in various commercials and tv shows, and movies. He had a reoccurring role on Parks and Recreation, as China Joe. In addition, Danny has been traveling all over the world doing stand up comedy. Recently, Danny wrote a screenplay titled Ktown Cowboys, that was accepted to the South by Southwest film festival in 2015 and was released in the spring of 2016. Danny was part of the King of Ktown comedy special which was released on Amazon early 2017.
Currently, Danny is fostering the burgeoning stand up comedy scene in Korea. He is featured on the first ever Korean Standup Comedy show called Stand Up! His first Korean Language half hour special will be available on the Watcha platform in late July 2020. Danny started performing stand-up during his stay at UCLA. He performed shows at the Laugh Factory and the Improv, both in Hollywood. He performed comedy at shows all over Southern California and occasionally at out of state universities. In 2006, while still working as a business consultant, Danny had his first national tv acting gig on Mad TV. Recently he was featured in Bud Light Commercial, which aired during the SuperBowl. In the last few years, Danny has been in various commercials and tv shows, and movies. In addition, he has been travelled all over the world doing stand-up comedy. Recently, he wrote a screenplay titled Ktown Cowboys, that was accepted to the South by Southwest film festival in 2015. Currently, he is fostering the burgeoning stand-up comedy scene in Korea. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx