by Paul Ogata | Dec 1, 2021 | Blog
Bruce Lee once said, “be like water.” There’s also an old saying that, “water finds its own level.” When we ran into each other in Honolulu at the very beginnings of our comedy lives, Kento in his sumo outfit and I in my Spuds MacKenzie high tops, it seemed we were...
by Paul Ogata | Jan 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
To paraphrase former Hawaii sports anchor (and former ESPN anchor) Larry Beil, “Aloha means hello!” As in, “say hello to Hawaii’s brand-new comedy festival, the Aloha Comedy Festival!” Yay, three full days of laughter featuring over 50...
by Paul Ogata | May 5, 2018 | Blog
“Hey Paul, you’re from Hawaii… what’s making the volcanoes there go crazy right now?” Well, I’m no scientist, so I will offer an alternative (but still probably correct) explanation: Stupid Tourists. Hear me out. In Hawaiian legend,...
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...
by Paul Ogata | Nov 4, 2017 | Blog
When I was a kid in Hawaii, there was only one stand-up comic in the islands: Andy Bumatai. I had his albums and watched him on TV and wanted to do what he did. He’s really the person most responsible for what I am. Sort of like the Darth Sidious to my Darth...
