On Comedy Writing

Anthony DeVito (The Break with Michelle Wolf) joins Alan to talk about starting stand-up late, doing road gigs, and writing for the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

 

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Alan talks with Michael Goldenberg (The Pack Theater) about doing stage tech in Los Angeles.

 

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Taryn Englehart (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Reductress) joins Alan to talk about growing up in a religious house, the fall-out from one of her Reductress articles, and producing a segment for Hillary Clinton.

 

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Justin Tyler (The Opposition, Jetpacks Go!) joins Alan to talk about studying street theater for a year, selling a pilot with Jon Gabrus, and directing commericals.

 

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Arthur Meyer (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Pangea 3000) joins Alan to talk about comedy superheroes not existing, watching SNL, and the way he was hired for Late Night.

 

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River Clegg (The Opposition, The Onion) joins Alan to talk about working on his college’s humor magazine, making his own version of The Onion as a kid, and working with a writing partner.

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Seth Reiss (Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Onion) joins Alan to talk about the successes and failures of his sketch group, being the head writer of The Onion, and getting on staff at Comedy Bang! Bang! through a Twitter DM.

 

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Alan talks with Michael Goldenberg (The Pack Theater) about sketch classes in Los Angeles.

 

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Sal Gentile (Late Night with Seth Meyers, UCB) joins Alan to talk about working on MSNBC for Chris Hayes, covering presidential elections from journalistic and comedic perspectives, and writing the A Closer Look segment.

 

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Anna Drezen (Saturday Night Live, Reductress) joins Alan to talk about her “tense" relationship with writing, doing open mics, and writing a packet for SNL.

 

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