Take my joke, please! (Hawaii Catholic Herald editor Patrick Downes' part-time job as comedy writer for comedian Frank DeLima)

From: Hawaii Business | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Patrick Downes balances a full-time job as the straight-laced editor of The Hawaii Catholic Herald with a part-time gig writing comedy for Frank DeLima. Local comedy may have seen better days, but changing times and changing values haven't stifled his lyrical way with ethnic humor.

Upon first meeting him, Hawaii Catholic Herald Editor Patrick Downes doesn't strike one as the type of person who would even associate with the likes of local comedian Frank DeLima, much less write comedy for him. But for nearly 20 years now, Downes has been the devilish wit behind some of DeLima's ...

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