by Paul Ogata | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog
Right now I am sidelined from my job because of the ongoing vendetta the year 2020 has against us. On the plus side, this time off has given me the opportunity to reflect on some of my previous adventures. Turns out there’s a thing called Aviation Geeks (AvGeeks, for...
by Paul Ogata | Aug 8, 2019 | Blog
One thing I learned last week in Alaska is that everyone should play with dogs in the snow. You cannot possibly hate anyone when playing with dogs in the snow. Have there ever been any Eskimo serial killers? No. Because they play with dogs in the snow....
by Paul Ogata | Mar 22, 2019 | Blog
Hey good people, just back from Cuba. What a trip, literally and figuratively. America and Cuba have had our issues in the past. Cuban Missile Crisis, anyone? But as good as we are at holding grudges here in the USA (see: 61+ year embargo that is still in effect), the...
by Paul Ogata | Jan 27, 2019 | Blog
Just back from last night’s launch of a brand-new comedy venue and I just realized something: I am a comedy guinea pig. A humorous lab rat. A performing test monkey. Allow me to explain. It seems to me that when someone is starting up a new comedy show, in a...
by Paul Ogata | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog
When the biggest passenger ship in the world asks you to do comedy aboard its inaugural sailing, you don’t say no. I mean, you could say no, but you’d be stupid. For the past two weeks I was in Europe performing on Royal Caribbean’s brand-new...