Paul Chato

Paul Chato
Born1954 (age 71–72)
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • writer
  • television executive
  • web developer
  • entrepreneur
Known forMember of The Frantics
Notable work

Paul Chato is a Canadian comedian, writer, former television executive, web developer and entrepreneur. He is best known as a member of the comedy troupe The Frantics.

Chato was born in 1954 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Hungarian parents. He grew up in Don Mills, a planned community outside Toronto. He graduated from Don Mills Collegiate in 1973 and later studied Radio Television Arts at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.

Career

After graduating from Ryerson, Chato became an art director with Kelly’s Stereo Mart. He later joined Rick Green to form Green and Chato, a two-man comedy team. In 1979, Green and Chato joined Dan Redican and Peter Wildman to form the comedy group The Frantics.

The Frantics' work included stage performances, the CBC radio series Frantic Times, and the CBC Television sketch series Four on the Floor. The Canadian Communications Foundation's History of Canadian Broadcasting describes Four on the Floor as an important CBC sketch-comedy series and notes that The Vacant Lot, co-created by Chato, was among the later CBC sketch-comedy programs that followed in its tradition.

From 1989 to 1991, Chato was head of television comedy at CBC Television. In 1990, Broadcast + Technology identified him as head of CBC sitcoms.

Web development and business work

In addition to his continued association with The Frantics, Chato is the president of Your Web Department (formerly Electramedia), an international web development company. In 2001, the Government of Canada trade publication CanadExport described Chato as president of G + A Electramedia, a Toronto-based web design and development company. The company won a Best of COMDEX award for Best Security Product for AccessArmor, a managed password-authentication product.

Online work

Chato has channels on YouTube and Odysee. His entertainment-review channel, Call Me Chato, reviews popular entertainment from the perspective of a "former Network executive". He also has a social-commentary and news-reaction channel called aPauling News. His earlier YouTube videos focused on IT-related comedy and technology.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Corcelli, John (November 2005). "Four on the Floor". The History of Canadian Broadcasting. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "The Frantics: Four more on the floor". Peterborough Examiner. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Paul Chato: Small business web content costs money". Toronto Star. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "A Brief History of Time". The Frantics. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Frantics Comedy Troupe Resurrects Historic Radio Show as Podcasts". Newswire.ca. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  6. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulchato [self-published source]
  7. ↑ Porteous, Sandra (July–August 1990). "Atlantic Airwaves" (PDF). Broadcast + Technology. Vol. 15, no. 10. p. 104. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Your Web Department". Retrieved 2 September 2014. Paul is the president of Your Web Department.
  9. 1 2 "Revolutionary security software Electramedia wins COMDEX award" (PDF). CanadExport. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. 17 December 2001. pp. 9, 13. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Call Me Chato". YouTube. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Paul Chato". Odysee. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "aPauling News". YouTube. Retrieved 14 June 2026.