Son is a third generation ethnic Korean who, according to the bio sketch, grew up amid the stench of pig manure and bootlegged sake in a Korean village in Saga prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu.
Former lifetime achievement winner Ronnie Corbett is also up for best sketch show for The One Ronnie, against Come Fly With, Horrible Histories and Sky's This Is Jinsy.
In no small part because of the influence of Second City, an evening of humour in Chicago is much more likely to come from improv and sketch comedy than stand-up.