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Paul Merrill

Paul Merrill - I Makes The Funnies

About Me

PAUL MERRILL was born Paulapolos Merrillitopi on a small Greek Isle off the southern coast of Norway. Over the past two decades, Paul has performed his unique style of "funny talk" at such venues as his mother's basement and the men's restroom at Subway. Now in his thirties, Mr. Merrill spends his twilight years eating vanilla yogurt and "fighting crime" in his "underwears".

My Interests

Magic toilets , 8-bit violence , and the Seattle Supersonics .

I'd like to meet:

Buddy Hackett. Except I'd have to be dead. And in Hell.

Music:

I've been listening to these guys a lot lately. I only listen to bands that start with "The", like The Beatles, The Sonics, The Fastbacks, The Jam, The Model Rockets, The Monks, The Kinks, The Zombies, The Pretty Things, The Flaming Lips, The Rheas, The New Pornographers, The Polyphonic Spree, The Small Faces, The Who, The Misfits, The Ramones, The Wilco, The Yo La Tengo, The Guided By Voices, The Beck, The Johnny Cash, The Bjork.

Movies:

I like movies with big, fat guys in them .

Television:

My TV only gets this show .

Books:

I like funny picture books .

Heroes:

My favorite dead people: Peter Sellers, Peter Lorre, John Cassevetes, Bill Hicks, Andy Kaufman, Tor Johnson, Bela Lugosi, Woody Guthrie, Phil Harris, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Larry Fine, Richard Burton, Lee Marvin, El Santo, Peter Cushing, John Agar, Dr. Suess, Lenny Bruce, Andre the Giant.

My favorite not dead people: I'm afraid to mention them by name because I might meet them someday and boy wouldn't that be embarrassing.

People I wish were dead: John Curley .

My Blog

"McCain is confused!"

I have to admit something: I love Pokemon. The games. The shows. The weird japanese candy/toy packages. So it's no surprise that I nearly shat myself when I saw this: God I wish this were a r...
Posted by Paul Merrill on Tue, 27 May 2008 07:19:00 PST

Paul at ACT Theatre TONIGHT!

Hey kids, If you're looking for something fun to do on this Memorial Day evening, stop by ACT Theatre downtown for a great comedy show. From the press release:Comedy Cornicopia for the month of May co...
Posted by Paul Merrill on Sun, 25 May 2008 02:47:00 PST

Im on the TV (and other crazy crap!)

Some exciting comedy news:1) I'm told that I'm on Comcast On-Demand this month (I don't have digital cable, so I can't verify). I guess it's in the local section if you live in Seattle. If you see it...
Posted by Paul Merrill on Mon, 05 May 2008 12:17:00 PST

Lo-Ball in the Park tonight--HELP!

As you've probably heard, we had so much fun freezing our asses off last week, that we're going to do Lo-Ball in the park again tonight. We'd love to have as many folks there as we can--Kevin and I ar...
Posted by Paul Merrill on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:37:00 PST

Taking it to the streets!

As some of you may know, I'm in a little group called the People's Republic of Komedy. We run comedy shows all over the city. For the past year, I've been in charge of the Local Ballard Comedy Show (L...
Posted by Paul Merrill on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:49:00 PST

Last Lo-ball Ever TONIGHT!

I was just informed this will be the LAST LO-BALL EVER at Mr. Spot's Chai House. They have new owners who want to go in a different direction (apparently away from the packed houses we bring them ever...
Posted by Paul Merrill on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:23:00 PST

He doesnt like me. He really doesnt like me.

So apparently someone on YouTube doesn't like my Bill Cosby "impersonation".Comment left on my Bill Cosby video :AintNoUnionShop1 : "Merrill is a terrible impersonator... I sure hope his regular comed...
Posted by Paul Merrill on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:50:00 PST

The Lost Pilots

I was getting an old computer ready to donate and I came across a couple of old TV pilots I wrote a while back. (Strangely enough, TV execs apparently hadn't discovered them on my old 700mhz Dell that...
Posted by Paul Merrill on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:58:00 PST

Bill Cosby

I’m sorry to report that David Cope filmed my old drama teacher, Sylvester McStain, doing his Bill Cosby "impersonation" last week at Laffhole. Watch it at your own risk:Check out this video: Bi...
Posted by Paul Merrill on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:05:00 PST

Hot pictures of me

Heather Christianson took these photos of me at last week’s Laffhole show. Be warned--they might turn you on:Check out the slideshow here....
Posted by Paul Merrill on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:53:00 PST