by Paul Ogata | Aug 22, 2013 | Blog
Everything is a circle. The Malaysian rains feed the Singapore River, which wends toward the sea. Evaporation brings the moisture skyward and the circle continues. My Singapore comedy journey follows a similar path. Before I performed in Singapore, the only thing I...
by Paul Ogata | Aug 17, 2013 | Blog
All this talk about Jay-Z being a member of the Illuminati is just uninformed conjecture. Let me tell you about rap’s real Illuminati ambassadors. How can I explain it? I’ll take it frame by frame it. Let’s start with the back of the dollar bill. It...
by Paul Ogata | Aug 2, 2013 | Blog
When your favorite comedian is not at your local club, they are “on the road.” They are in the next town over trading laughs for cash. Then, like the faith healer at a traveling revival show, they pull up stakes and head down the interstate to repeat the...
by Paul Ogata | Jul 29, 2013 | Blog, Shows
The first rule of Fight Club is that you don’t talk about Fight Club. But the first rule of Comedy Club might very well be that you always talk about Comedy Club. So here it is. I’ve just finished a great week in Las Vegas at the newly relocated Big...
by Paul Ogata | Jul 24, 2013 | Blog
“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls… laughin’ time’s here.” — Dr. Dealgood Yes, I know I’ve managed to mix elements from 3 different Mad Max movies: the poster from the first, the term “Road Warrior” from the second...
by Paul Ogata | Jul 15, 2013 | Blog, Shows
From the Merriam-Webster dictionary on the Web: eu·phe·mism, noun, \ˈyü-fə-ˌmi-zəm\ The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; In the world of comedy, there aren’t euphemisms so much as there are...
