by Paul Ogata | Mar 28, 2017 | Blog
There is an old saying which goes, “comedians are not paid to do shows, we are paid to travel to the show.” If it were true, then I am grossly underpaid since I seem to be in transit for most of my life these days. Which isn’t such a bad thing if...
by Paul Ogata | Mar 12, 2017 | Blog, Shows
A humid, tropical isle. An angry monster. Chaos and mayhem. It’s either the list of ingredients for the new King Kong movie… OR… it’s my 25th run of shows in Hong Kong! I’ll be eternally grateful to the fans in Hong Kong who have made...
by Paul Ogata | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog
Interviews are fun. The President and his spokesperson seem to have a different opinion about this. I don’t mind doing them, even if the questions I get asked are invariably the same. “Are you always funny, even at home?” “Who are your inspirations?” “You travel a...
by Paul Ogata | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog, Shows
In my never ending mission to bring laughter everywhere in the world, I am about to head off to Pakistan for the country’s first ever international comedy shows! Masterminded by Pakistani comedian Umar Rana, these shows under the Comedy Masala banner also figure...
by Paul Ogata | Jan 28, 2017 | Blog
Here’s a post from the archives, which remains yugely relevant given the recent circumstances. I repurposed it in shiny meme form because people can’t be bothered to read anything anymore unless it is a picture of words over a picture of something...
by Paul Ogata | Jan 25, 2017 | Blog
This April, I’m headed back for more shows across the Middle Kingdom! Some of the questions I’m asked frequently about my gigs in Asia include, “Aren’t you afraid to go to a Communist country?” and, “Do you do your act in...
