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 | 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 2, 2017 | Blog
I’ve always said: “Be specific what you ask the Universe for.” Well, I wanted to do a half-hour for Comedy Central, and the Universe granted my non-specific request… with a half-hour for Comedy Central in Asia. No complaints. I’ll take...
by Paul Ogata | Mar 31, 2014 | Blog
To catch you up on things: Dan Snyder, owner of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, has been under fire by some Native American groups for keeping his team named with the purportedly racist term. Recently, Snyder created the Washington Redskins Original Americans...
by Paul Ogata | Jul 29, 2011 | Blog, Video
Here’s a clip from my appearance on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham. That guy in the bathroom, you know the one. I think we can all agree that we hate him. Why doesn’t he step up his game?