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Okay, so full disclosure, one of the, one of the reasons it occurred to me to talk to you for this is because Jimmy Fallon is in

episode 5 of Band of Brothers. Oh that's the episode you were going to be on?

Yeah we were going to be in the same

episode of TV. In the same scene? Not in the same scene. Okay. Was that early in his...

like I remember... Alex Songsha is a comedian, writer, actor, and a friend.

Someone I've performed with in a lot of different shows and projects over the years.

One of my favorite people.

I remember the first time I saw her doing comedy in the basement of a bar back in the year 2013.

It was an improv show that was happening after midnight on a Tuesday.

She had a quiet confidence on stage, not aggressive, but patient.

She would be silent in a scene, sometimes for long periods of time, and then all of a sudden say the perfect funny thing that felt both surprising and inevitable.

But I remember thinking that you were one of the funniest performers I'd ever seen.

Oh, that's so nice.

And I was fascinated because I wasn't, I couldn't figure out what you were doing like

sometimes you do improv long enough you can watch it and you can see the moves and I

couldn't see your moves like it you're one of the funniest people that it wasn't a fluke you're one of the

funniest people I've ever met and I feel the same about you well thank you

I remember being very excited when I saw that you had been hired by the Tonight Show.

Yeah.

Alex started working as a writer on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon in November of 2016.

To me, it seemed like an obviously great pairing, an incredibly funny and talented person,

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