by Paul Ogata | Aug 17, 2017 | Blog
It’s official! I’ve got an air date for the Comedy Central Asia half-hour. This journey began last month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A bunch of my very funny friends from around the world got together and made some television history. You can hear me talk...
by Paul Ogata | Aug 9, 2017 | Blog
You know North Korea’s leader by his name, Kim Jong-un. But besides the name on his super-villain’s license, he has many other official ways to be addressed: • Chairman of the party’s Central Military Commission • Member of the Presidium of the party’s...
by Paul Ogata | Aug 7, 2017 | Blog
Performing in Asia is always an adventure. Escaping the authorities, alcohol-fueled amnesia, gigs gone sideways. The comics I shared these adventures with had, until recently, all lived there. But now, we congregate back in America for a night of reunited regaling of...
by Paul Ogata | Jul 6, 2017 | Blog
Television is a strange thing. From era to era, what was allowed to be said over its airwaves has changed. Back in 1960, after NBC censored one of Jack Paar’s relatively harmless jokes about a toilet, the Tonight Show host walked off the show in mid-broadcast as...
by Paul Ogata | Jun 29, 2017 | Blog
On this day, ten years ago, the original iPhone arrived in stores. I’ve long been an Apple fanboy so it was no surprise that I lined up to get one of the very first one of these joyful slabs of tech in Los Angeles at its debut. The iPhone changed the world, and...
by Paul Ogata | Jun 10, 2017 | Blog
I make it no secret that I wish I was Batman, and the reason for that was Adam West. Enjoying the reruns of the 60’s Batman show was one of the highlights of my childhood. While other kids were out playing baseball, I was reading Batman comics, drawing Batman,...
