Ep. 52 - Simon Rich: The Story Behind the Youngest SNL Writer Ever

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James Altucher

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4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2014

⏱️ 70 minutes

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He is one of James' favorite writers... At just 30 years old, he has already written six books, two of which are being made into movies... one by Seth Rogen.He is also one of the youngest writers ever hired on Saturday Night Live.Simon Rich, author...

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Alteter Show on the Stansbury Radio Network.
0:12.6	I'm really excited today.
0:23.9	Have one of my favorite writers on the show.
0:27.4	Many people might not know who he is, even though he's 30 years old, has already written
0:33.3	six books, has one of the books being made into a movie by Seth Rogen and another book
0:40.1	being made into a movie by Jason Reitman.
0:42.8	And he's doing a sitcom with one of my favorite actors, Jay Barra-Shell.
0:46.7	So we're going to have on this show today Simon Rich talking about not only his process
0:52.5	but what it takes to be funny, what's a comedy and so on.
0:56.1	So welcome to Simon Rich.
0:59.1	By the way, this is just an intro.
1:01.0	So I'm recording this intro after the interview so if it feels weird, don't worry about it.
1:06.8	This is a great act.
1:11.0	It is a cool building.
1:12.0	Yeah, have you ever done an audiobook in here?
1:15.0	I might have.
1:16.0	They do a lot of audiobooks here.
1:18.0	Yeah, I've done some books here.
1:20.0	How's it going?
1:21.6	Hi, it's all good.
1:22.6	Everyone's comfortable and all that.
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