I met Otto in 1991 at a downtown indie film community called the Shooting Gallery. Jim Dougherty introduced us and he offered to perform at a fundraising event. The place was packed. We screened a number of short films, had a band, a reading and a DJ. Otto and George performed as well and brought down the house. Great night and we were grateful for the hilarious, baudy, and side splitting comedy Otto brought us. I had lunch with him after that over at the now defunct Van Dam Diner and he told me about learning his craft on the streets in the late 70’s and 80’s. Sorry to learn of his passing. Great site! xo b

The comedy world has been without Otto & George for nearly four years, but thanks to a good number of us, his legacy will live on.

Otto (among others, like Vos, Norton, Patrice, etc.) got me hooked on standup; first as an audience member, and later on as a fellow comic. I’ve been doing comedy since Otto’s untimely passing, and as each soy-eating beta male hits the stage complaining about how white people are bad, I could picture Otto in the back of the room cringing.

I wasn’t introduced to Otto until 2006, when the Opie & Anthony Show was re-syndicated to a local station in Cleveland. I had the pleasure of watching him perform at the Traveling Virus Tour, and his bits about “black pussies look like a wallet” and “Christopher Reeve in a house fire” make me belly laugh to this day.

Otto’s humor (and certainly mine) is not for everyone, but really, it’s impossible to appease people. But I will do my damnedest to make sure his legacy is kept sacred for years and decades to come. Knee-slapping humor is timeless.

I found out about Otto&George throu Opie&Anthony in 2014… he got me into Abbott & Costello and cant thank that of him enuff…. Otto & George have and will always continue to make ppl laugh, it doesnt sound like much but to that person having a shitty day or week, it means the world to them even if it just cracking a smile and feeling a lil less shitty for 10 secs…. much love to all Otto & George friends and family… thankyou for this website oh yea and fuck jeff dunham.

I am new to Otto & George. Thank Artie and Anthony as well as Jim Norton for keeping his memory alive for those of us who did not have the opportunity to witness this talent live and in person. Thank you for keeping this website and making the materials available (I have already placed my first order) and plan on preaching the word to others to keep his memory alive as well. After binge watching hours of video I am am mourning his loss and I never met the man. Thank you. Jim

Tricia: It’s terrific that you work so hard to keep Otto in our hearts and minds. Your love for and devotion to him is inspiring. You were both very lucky to have found each other. Things like this website and the annual tribute show (at my brothers bar) make it more certain that Otto’s ability to make us laugh will go on for a very long time.

I am saddened to hear of his passing, I first met them both at Goodtimes in NYC….1977-78…always thought he was great.

First time I saw Otto and George they were performing on the street across from the Winter Theater when I saw Beatlemania there. I didn’t know who they were back then but I recall they were hilarious… and dirty… George was ogling some black chick with a huge rack and I thought for sure her boyfriend was gonna give the puppet a slap – or maybe Otto – although he was staring right at George as if George was doing it all on his own… the dirtier George got the louder the crowd would roar – it was a sight to see…. zoom ahead twenty something years or so and I was hearing them again on The Howard Stern Show – and again, I was laughing my ass off, although I think Otto and George were somewhat constrained working within the confines of radio. Then I went on a quest to find all the Otto and George YouTube videos I could find – – and there I was again, laughing and wincing! Otto and George were one of those rare talents that made you laugh while wincing… Gilbert Gottfried is another one of my favorites for the same reason… you’d always wait for George to go TOO far – and he’d never disappoint!! heh heh – – Man, I wish Otto was still with us – he is missed…