Comedy Week: Late-Night

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On The Gist, late-night writers Steve Waltien, Bryan Tucker, and Alison Leiby sit down with Mike to discuss what it's like to write on a late-night show. How do they deal with the constant churn of topical humor? Why is it so difficult to continue laughing through Trump? And what is the Sean Penn test? Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This program may contain explicit language.
0:02.9	Also, we have a newsletter coming out.
0:05.6	It's at slate.com slash just news.
0:08.7	Now on with the possibly filthy show.
0:11.5	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:15.9	It's Friday, September 20th, 2019.
0:18.4	From Slated's the Gist, I'm Mike Pesca.
0:20.8	Stay five of Comedy Week and at the end of a busy week
0:23.7	or a busy day, let's do what millions of Americans do.
0:27.4	Tune in to late night TV.
0:29.7	We have assembled a panel of late night writers
0:31.9	to discuss writing topical comedy in the age of Donald Trump.
0:36.2	Joining me are Steve Waltean, who writes for Clepper
0:39.4	and wrote for Jordan Clepper's earlier show, The Opposition.
0:43.2	Allison Leiby, who also wrote at The Opposition
0:46.1	and has written for the President's show on Comedy Central.
0:49.5	She now writes Stand Up Bits for the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
0:52.8	Also Brian Tucker of SNL, who is actually, I think,
0:55.8	the second longest-tenured member of the writing staff.
0:58.0	He's been there for about 15 years.
1:00.3	Now you may have noticed the dominance in the panel
1:03.6	of One Show, The Opposition, very fine Comedy Central
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