by Paul Ogata | Mar 24, 2018 | Blog
I keep telling people I have a dangerous job. However, Alaskan crab fishing and ice road trucking get all the hype about their high risk of death. Allow me to state my case. Outside of comedy, I don’t know of any other occupation where the general public...
by Paul Ogata | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog
I have had comedians ask me, “Hey Paul, I see you performing around the world all the time. Let me buy you dinner at Morton’s and pick your brain about getting my foot in the door.” Nobody (NOBODY) loves Morton’s Cajun Ribeye steak more than I...
by Paul Ogata | Feb 18, 2018 | Blog
I don’t know how much glamour you think surrounds the very low rungs of the showbiz ladder which I inhabit, but last night a lady shit on my leg. That’s not some crazy euphemism for someone ruining my day. As in, “What? Arby’s discontinued...
by Paul Ogata | Jan 31, 2018 | Blog
Propaganda posters used to be all the rage back during the Cold War and World War 2. Stark images emblazoned with terse slogans. Come to think of it, propaganda posters were the original memes. But what was once artful and pithy is now simple and banal. Catchy slogans...
by Paul Ogata | Jan 16, 2018 | Blog
Years from now, people will remember where they were and what they were doing when they didn’t die from the imaginary ballistic missile. Me? I was in Hilo, Hawai’i, to perform for a flower growers conference. More specifically, an orchid growers...