 Sandra Jones, WTOP News. Comedian Patton Oswalt comes home to perform in this area this week. He joined WTOP Entertainment editor Jason Fraley en route to his stand-up gig in Baltimore. In a very crazed accelerationist world, I'm trying to stay funny and sane. Patton Oswalt grew up in Sterling, Virginia, mining stand-up material from the movie reviews of my pal Arch Campbell.