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.
Paul recently launched Got No Game with Paul Mecurio, a new web series which tackles the world of sports with a comical look at the compelling stories and outrageous events away from the field on HBOSports.com. Visit www.hbo.com/gotnogame to watch the series.
Paul’s Consumer Man jokes about life as a frequently aggravated consumer have really taken off. In January 2008, his 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. Tune in to an affiliate station or check out the archive below.
HBO Sports new web series, Got No Game with Paul Mecurio tackles the world of sports with a comical look at the compelling stories and outrageous events away from the field. With exclusive access that only HBO can provide, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedian Paul Mecurio satirizes sports today through original sketches and one-on-one interviews. New episodes of Got No Game with Paul Mecurio will post each Friday through September 4. The show is also available for download and view on iTunes and YouTube. Visit www.hbo.com/gotnogame or view the videos below and watch today!
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!
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