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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

The Late Nightly with Fred Armisen

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

NBC

Politics, Seth Myers, Seth Meyers, News, News Commentary, Authors, Books, Political Comedy, A Closer Look, Comedy, After Shows, Tv & Film

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Fred Armisen investigates why Late Night is reluctant to break its cue card habit, and in doing so discovers some dark secrets.

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0:00.0

Many involved in crypto saw Sandbankman Freed as a breath of fresh air from the usual Wall Street buffs.

0:05.1

But in just one month, his crypto exchange would collapse. From Bloomberg and Wondery comes

0:10.0

Spellcaster, a new six-part docuseries about the wild rise and fall of FTX and its founder,

0:15.2

Sandbankman Freed. Listen to Spellcaster on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:20.0

I love my kid, but is a new comedy parenting podcast from Wondery that shares a refreshingly

0:25.3

honest and insightful take on parenting. Each week, the host will share a parenting story that

0:30.0

will have you laughing and thinking, yes, I have absolutely been there. Listen to, I love my kid,

0:36.3

but on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:45.5

For in-depth reporting on all things late night, I'm Fred Armason.

0:50.3

This is The Late Nightly.

0:55.4

Today, the story of why despite the existence of teleprompters late night has been a show

1:05.2

resistant to break its Q-card habit. But after some investigation, I found it's not just about

1:10.2

man versus machine. It's about inky fingers, greased palms and addiction. It's Friday, December 28, 2018.

1:18.2

Meet Wally Ferristin, Q-card connoisseur for both SNL and late night.

1:27.9

What do you want, Fred? I'm kind of busy now. I know you've always said you're busy,

1:31.1

but I've got some questions for you. My questions are going to be, why does late night still use Q-cards?

1:36.8

You know, is this so you can keep your job? Do you fear the progress of the digital age?

1:40.9

I know you're not going to want to answer this, but are you paying off Seth?

1:44.2

Do you ever give yourself a little sharpie Hitler mustache?

1:46.8

Fred, seriously, this isn't a good time. I'm trying to do my job here. I got a closer look to print.

1:51.6

Come on. Okay, never seems to be the right time.

1:56.3

I find it suspicious that Wally is evasive, dismissive and kind of unforthcoming.

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