# Paul Chato

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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](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada, to [Hungarian](/source/Hungary) parents. Chato grew up in a planned community outside of Toronto, [Don Mills](/source/Don_Mills). Graduating from [Don Mills Collegiate](/source/Don_Mills_Collegiate_Institute) in 1973, he went on to graduate from [Ryerson Polytechnical Institute](/source/Toronto_Metropolitan_University) 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](/source/Rick_Green_(comedian)) to form Green and Chato, a two-man comedy team. In 1979, Green and Chato joined up with [Dan Redican](/source/Dan_Redican) and [Peter Wildman](/source/Peter_Wildman) to form the comedy group [The Frantics](/source/The_Frantics_(comedy)).<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](/source/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](/source/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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Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian television personalities
Category:Businesspeople from Toronto
Category:Toronto Metropolitan University alumni
Category:Canadian people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
Category:Canadian sketch comedians
Category:Comedians from Toronto
Category:Canadian male comedians
Category:Canadian Comedy Award winners
Category:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation people
Category:Canadian radio writers
Category:Canadian comedy YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Writers from Toronto
Category:YouTube critics and reviewers
Category:YouTubers from Toronto

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