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{{short description|Canadian comedian and web developer.}}
'''Paul Chato''' is a Canadian comedian and writer, the president of a web design company, and a former television executive. He was born in 1954 in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada, to [[Hungary|Hungarian]] parents. Chato grew up in the first planned community in North America, [[Don Mills]]. Graduating from [[Don Mills Collegiate Institute|Don Mills Collegiate]] in 1973, he went on to graduate from [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson Polytechnical Institute]] in Radio Television Arts.

From Ryerson, he went on to become an art director with Kelly’s Stereo Mart and from there joined [[Rick Green (comedian)|Rick Green]] to form Green and Chato, a two-man comedy team. In 1979, Green and Chato joined up with [[Dan Redican]] and [[Peter Wildman]] to form the comedy group [[The Frantics (comedy)|The Frantics]].<ref name=chato>{{cite news|title=Paul Chato: Small business web content costs money|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/small_business/money/2013/05/14/paul-chato--small-business-web-content-costs-money.html|accessdate=November 1, 2015|work=Toronto Star|date=May 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Frantics: Four more on the floor|url=http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2013/11/27/the-frantics-four-more-on-the-floor|accessdate=November 1, 2015|work=Peterborough Examiner|date=November 28, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052310/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2013/11/27/the-frantics-four-more-on-the-floor|url-status=dead}}</ref>

From 1989 to 1991, Chato was head of television comedy at [[CBC Television]].<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulchato {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref>

Apart from his continued association with The Frantics, Chato is the president of Your Web Department<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yourwebdepartment.com/ |title=Your Web Department |accessdate=2 September 2014 |quote=Paul is the president of Your Web Department.}}</ref> (formerly Electramedia), an international web development company.<ref name=chato/>

Chato has a channel of on YouTube and [[Odysee]], named '''Call Me Chato''', where he reviews popular entertainment as a "former Network executive". He also has a channel of social commentary and news reaction called '''aPauling News'''. His earlier YouTube videos focused on IT-related comedy tech.

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0154080}}
* [https://thefrantics.com/about-us/paul/ Biography entry from The Official Frantics Web Site]
* Paul Chato on [https://odysee.com/@peterpaulchato:b Odysee]
* Paul Chato as ''Call Me Chato'' on [https://www.youtube.com/@CallMeChato YouTube]
* Paul Chato as ''aPauling News'' on [https://www.youtube.com/@aPaulingNews-nn3xe YouTube]
* [https://www.paulchato.com/ Paul Chato] website

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	{{~~short~~ description\|Canadian comedian and web developer.}}		{{Short description\|Canadian comedian and web developer}}
	'''Paul Chato''' is a Canadian comedian and writer, the president of a web design company, and a former television executive. He was born in 1954 in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada, to [[Hungary\|Hungarian]] parents. Chato grew up in ~~the first~~ planned community ~~in North America~~, [[Don Mills]]. Graduating from [[Don Mills Collegiate Institute\|Don Mills Collegiate]] in 1973, he went on to graduate from [[Toronto Metropolitan University\|Ryerson Polytechnical Institute]] in Radio Television Arts.		'''Paul Chato''' is a Canadian comedian and writer, the president of a web design company, and a former television executive. He was born in 1954 in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada, to [[Hungary\|Hungarian]] parents. Chato grew up in a planned community outside of Toronto, [[Don Mills]]. Graduating from [[Don Mills Collegiate Institute\|Don Mills Collegiate]] in 1973, he went on to graduate from [[Toronto Metropolitan University\|Ryerson Polytechnical Institute]] in Radio Television Arts.

	From Ryerson, he went on to become an art director with Kelly’s Stereo Mart and from there joined [[Rick Green (comedian)\|Rick Green]] to form Green and Chato, a two-man comedy team. In 1979, Green and Chato joined up with [[Dan Redican]] and [[Peter Wildman]] to form the comedy group [[The Frantics (comedy)\|The Frantics]].<ref name=chato>{{cite news\|title=Paul Chato: Small business web content costs money\|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/small_business/money/2013/05/14/paul-chato--small-business-web-content-costs-money.html\|accessdate=November 1, 2015\|work=Toronto Star\|date=May 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=The Frantics: Four more on the floor\|url=http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2013/11/27/the-frantics-four-more-on-the-floor\|accessdate=November 1, 2015\|work=Peterborough Examiner\|date=November 28, 2013\|archive-date=March 4, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052310/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2013/11/27/the-frantics-four-more-on-the-floor\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		From Ryerson, he went on to become an art director with Kelly’s Stereo Mart and from there joined [[Rick Green (comedian)\|Rick Green]] to form Green and Chato, a two-man comedy team. In 1979, Green and Chato joined up with [[Dan Redican]] and [[Peter Wildman]] to form the comedy group [[The Frantics (comedy)\|The Frantics]].<ref name=chato>{{cite news\|title=Paul Chato: Small business web content costs money\|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/small_business/money/2013/05/14/paul-chato--small-business-web-content-costs-money.html\|accessdate=November 1, 2015\|work=Toronto Star\|date=May 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=The Frantics: Four more on the floor\|url=http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2013/11/27/the-frantics-four-more-on-the-floor\|accessdate=November 1, 2015\|work=Peterborough Examiner\|date=November 28, 2013\|archive-date=March 4, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052310/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2013/11/27/the-frantics-four-more-on-the-floor\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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	Apart from his continued association with The Frantics, Chato is the president of Your Web Department<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.yourwebdepartment.com/ \|title=Your Web Department \|accessdate=2 September 2014 \|quote=Paul is the president of Your Web Department.}}</ref> (formerly Electramedia), an international web development company.<ref name=chato/>		Apart from his continued association with The Frantics, Chato is the president of Your Web Department<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.yourwebdepartment.com/ \|title=Your Web Department \|accessdate=2 September 2014 \|quote=Paul is the president of Your Web Department.}}</ref> (formerly Electramedia), an international web development company.<ref name=chato/>

	Chato has a channel of on YouTube and [[Odysee]], named '''Call Me Chato''', where he reviews popular entertainment as a "former Network executive". He also has a channel of social commentary and news reaction called '''aPauling News'''. His earlier YouTube videos focused on IT-related comedy tech.		Chato has a channel of on YouTube and [[Odysee]], named '''Call Me Chato''', where he reviews popular entertainment as a "former Network executive". He also has a channel of social commentary and news reaction called '''aPauling News'''. His earlier YouTube videos focused on IT-related comedy tech.

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