by Paul Ogata | Oct 30, 2017 | Blog
In every conflict, you will find a purveyor of prevarication, a distiller of disinformation, a flinger of fraudulence. A liar for the regime. In the Korean War, you had Seoul City Sue. During the Vietnam War, there was Hanoi Hannah. And who could forget Saddam...
by Paul Ogata | Oct 22, 2017 | Blog
I never really watched the comedy/romance TV series, The Love Boat, when I was a kid. Too much icky romance. Yuck. Not enough comedy. All I knew for sure about the show was its catchy theme song: “Come aboard. We’re expecting you!” Well, of course...
by Paul Ogata | Sep 29, 2017 | Blog, Shows
Time to face facts: I am the chicken feet of comedy. Yes, I said chicken feet. In China, they are called Jī jiǎo. In Indonesia, they are ceker. And in the Philippines they are adidas. Taking a look at chicken feet’s Wikipedia page, it seems that I tend to work...
by Paul Ogata | Sep 28, 2017 | Blog
Hello, my fellow Americans. Since some of us ignore what the #TakeTheKnee movement is all about and would rather set up straw men like flag/anthem etiquette, do you want a glimpse into the Land Of What Might Be? Last year, while on tour in India, I was loudly...
by Paul Ogata | Sep 16, 2017 | Blog
***UPDATE*** MORE EVIDENCE IN COMMENTS SECTION BELOW*** Earlier last week, as I was stuck on a cruise ship because of Hurricane Irma, I took advantage of the free Wi-Fi (Royal Caribbean was simply awesome with helping the stranded at sea) to watch the live Apple Event...
by Paul Ogata | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog
I exist in a weird limbo between being horrible at keeping things and yet equally as bad at throwing them away. Let me give you an example. Ten years ago, I entered the San Francisco International Comedy Competition. I thought I might keep an account of the...
