by Paul Ogata | Dec 30, 2014 | Blog
Happy New Year’s Eve, everybody. It’s the time for drinking, making bad decisions, drinking, fireworks, drinking and attempting to sing Auld Lang Syne. I say “attempting” because, really, who really knows the words to the only New Year’s...
by Paul Ogata | Dec 24, 2014 | Blog, Shows
Good news! I’ll be shooting my first comedy special in New York City on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 9pm. I’d really like for you to be in the audience at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College. Seats are limited, but tickets are free. Shout out...
by Paul Ogata | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog
Ages and ages ago (I am old) I grew up on a steady diet of reruns of Fat Albert cartoons. This was my introduction to Bill Cosby. Actually, it was pretty much all I knew about Bill Cosby at the time besides his commercials for Coke or Jell-O. Saturday mornings were a...
by Paul Ogata | Nov 9, 2014 | Blog, Video
Tourists from remote parts of China come to Beijing to see things they cannot see in their home towns. You know, things like The Forbidden Palace. And white people. While walking around the Palace with American comedian (and current Beijing resident) Gus Tate, I was...
by Paul Ogata | Nov 8, 2014 | Blog
The World Health Organization (aka WHO) has developed a set of measurements for air pollution. It ranges from 0-50 being “excellent,” all the way to 300+ which is “don’t even go outside.” When I got to Beijing last week, it was almost...
by Paul Ogata | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog
Back in April, when I was last in mainland China doing shows, I told you about the crazy English translations on Chinese menus. Well, I’m back in Beijing this week and caught more of these wonders of culinary miscommunication. They have to be joking, right?...
