About

Paul Merrill: Writer. Comedian. Lover of things.

Paul Merrill was born sometime in the early 1970’s with a desperate, psychopathic need to entertain people.

When he was five, Paul memorized the “Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii” album and sang it in its entirety to his horrified family. He was roundly booed and shunned from the dinner table for two months.

In high school, things got worse. Paul wrote and performed comedy shows for his classmates. After each performance, he was severely beaten by girls from the special education class.

Fearing for his life, Paul decided to concentrate on writing. Despite a crippling fear of keyboards, he managed to write several screenplays and scripts for dozens of video games, including the award-winning “Backyard Skateboarding”.

With a newfound confidence, Paul returned to the stage, debuting his one-man show, “You’ve Got Your Head on Backwards, Baby” at the 2003 Seattle Fringe Festival. The Festival immediately went bankrupt.

Paul spent the next year weeping, but soon stumbled upon the sordid world of stand-up comedy, where his morbid and sometimes disturbing comedy earned him steady work as both a performer and producer.

SInce 2005, Paul has performed with the likes of Robin Williams, Patton Oswalt, Emo Philips and Tig Notaro.

As a writer, Paul’s work has appeared in SLAM magazine and ESPN.com. He’s also written scripts for dozens of best-selling video games, including “Power Rangers: Mystic Force”, “Spider-Man”, “That’s So Raven” and the official strategy guide for “Nintendogs”.