In his past life, Paul worked as a lawyer and investment banker with the big shots on Wall Street. All the while, he was honing a secret, second career performing comedy in New York City. After a few years living this double life, Paul left Wall Street and is now a national headlining comedian with miles of touring under his belt, as well as an actor.
A national headliner in clubs and theaters across North America and in Europe, Paul has made many TV appearances including The Late, Late Show on CBS, Comedy Central Presents: Half Hour Special, The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart, ABC’s Wednesdays at 9:30, NBC’s Fridays, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, Shorties Watching Shorties, and Tough Crowd w/Colin Quinn. For his work as a writer on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Paul won both an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award (the Pulitzer prize for broadcast journalism).
Paul has also performed at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and he has had one of his short filsm screened at The HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.
Paul’s Consumer Man jokes about life as a frequently aggravated consumer have really taken off. In January 2008, his latest Consumer Man essay was published in The New York Times Magazine. Read the full story here, Lives: Consumer Man.
Paul has a recurring segment called Image Makeover on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom Radio Show. As the Image Makeover Guy, Paul shares with listeners helpful tips on how public figures can easily improve their images. Alongside The Pope, OJ Simpson and Ted Haggard, Paul has even provided advice to such newsworthy events as the spread of E-coli and The Superbowl. To hear Paul..s hilarious Image Makeover segment, tune in to an affiliate station or check out the archive below. Who knows, maybe there’s some advice YOU can use.
I was on The Bob & Tom Radio Show recently and premiered my updated version of "Who's on First" by the legendary comedy team Abbott and Costello. With the current climate in Major League Baseball, I thought the famous baseball-themed sketch needed a few tweaks. Check out the new and improved "Who's on Roids" and let me know what you think!
CONSUMER MAN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Possible bag conspiracy threatens to undermine social order.
"I'm one of those people who yell at store clerks. Not just any store clerks, but the ones who are rude, incompetent or indifferent. In other words, all store clerks. I'm the guy who always has to speak to the manager. In my head, I'm "Consumer Man": a superhero fighting on behalf of oppressed consumers the world over. In my wife's head, I'm crazy.
"Someday you're going to scream at the wrong person," she says. "And you're going to get shot." This "wrong person" has figured into so many of our conversations that I feel as if I know him, even though I really know only two things: 1) he's "wrong" and 2) he's going to shoot me..." READ MORE HERE!
MRNORTH @ The Diving Bell this saturday June 27th. Show starts at 10:30pm. Diving Bell is on Queens Blvd & 46th street. Take the 7 train to 46th st. see you there...
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Stay safe and unsick this summer Love Keelyxoxo ;)
Thanks for the friend request. I will try and make it to the Brokerage! I only wish the age restrictions were lower. My daughter is 17 and a HUGE comedy fan.
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