by Paul Ogata | Sep 28, 2012 | Blog
This week I’m performing in Calgary, Canada, aka “The Texas of the North.” It’s always weird when you are billed as the “something else” of the “somewhere else.” Take Macau, for instance. Macau is known as “The Las...
by Paul Ogata | Sep 22, 2012 | Blog, Shows
This November 7th through 11th, we’re putting the ART in JakARTa… It’s the inaugural Jakarta International Fringe Festival! Over the last couple of years of performing in Indonesia I’ve had some fantastic times. Ate cow brains. Survived an...
by Paul Ogata | Sep 20, 2012 | Blog
The largest city in the world, Shanghai, has long been the point where East meets West, where old meets new. Shanghai’s fabulous skyline, dominated by shimmering towers of crazy shapes, seems almost mandated to be as such. The government probably penalizes...
by Paul Ogata | Sep 7, 2012 | Blog
Sorry to be serious for a moment. Now that both parties have had their conventions, their slick, over-produced, self-aggrandizing, massive circle jerks, here’s something to think about. If back in 1776 Milton Bradley made a board game called The United States of...
by Paul Ogata | Aug 29, 2012 | Blog, Press
What goes on in my head? Check out this fun interview with Hong Kong GeoExpat! Then meet me in Hong Kong next week as I headline the opening week of the Hong Kong International Comedy Festival. In this interview find out: • My very Bruce Lee-like philosophy of having...
by Paul Ogata | Aug 22, 2012 | Blog
As I was walking around Los Angeles today, a homeless man waved me over to him. I had no choice because I was walking towards him anyway. It’s a genius plan, when you think about it. He’s already made you comply with his first request. “Come...
