by Paul Ogata | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog
Thanks, everybody, for your interest in Conversations With Club Owners. I suppose hearing about the suffering of others makes people feel great about their situations. This really explains reality shows. Don’t get me wrong, this is a wonderful job and I am...
by Paul Ogata | Mar 10, 2015 | Blog
<Cue Dragnet music> Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect my bookings. This is the business, stand-up comedy. I work here. I’m a comic. While Conversations With Club Owners focuses on the bad...
by Paul Ogata | Mar 8, 2015 | Blog
Another true story that actually happened from my dealings with comedy club owners. I wish I could name names, but the sad reality is that too many of them say the same things. Instead, how about this: I’ll begin telling you the name of an awesome comedy club...
by Paul Ogata | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog
Just to clear things up from the previousĀ installment of Conversations With Club Owners: I wasn’t saying all club owners are like this. In fact, I have a lot of friends who own comedy clubs and they don’t do any of this stuff. Which is probably why their...
by Paul Ogata | Mar 3, 2015 | Blog
In my ongoing quest to give you a glimpse into the madness that is comedy, here’s the first entry in a little comic strip I will call, “Conversations With Club Owners.” A true story! Click to enlarge: