Six Degrees: The Paley Center talks to ‘Daily Show’ writers
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The New York Times has a nice write-up posted of the panel discussion The Daily Show writers held at the Paley Center last week. From the New York Times:
Deep Secrets of ‘The Daily Show’By Jennifer 8. Lee AND Sewell Chan
November 10, 2008, 12:06 pm
Jon Stewart at a rehearsal for “The Daily Show” in August. (Photo: Michael Nagle for The New York Times)You’d think that hundreds of people would have better things to do on a Friday night than go to a panel discussion at a museum. But the auditorium at the Paley Center for Media was packed elbow-to-elbow for the panel discussion “Writers Speak: A Potentially Regrettable Evening with the Writers of ‘The Daily Show,’” part of the fifth annual New York Comedy Festival last week.
This was no dry forum, though. The panelists were grown-up versions of those guys who sat in the back of class making wisecracks, and the discussion was a Ping-Pong exchange of zingers, quips, one-upping and wry understatement.
Nice post! I would have liked to have seen it; here’s hoping the writers do more of these panels in the future. If you want to hear an account from one of the attendees, here are some links from TWoP poster purist: Part 1 and Part 2.
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You might also want to check out this article about the interview on the Apiary, a most excellent comedy blog that you should be reading already if you’re not:
A Potentially Regrettable Evening with The Daily Show Writers @ The Paley Center – 11.7.8
-DB
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8 Comments
November 10th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
What I WOULDN’T give to have been there. Paley panels are always awesome beyond awesome.
Poor Wyatt! I’m so glad he got a break with TDS.
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November 10th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Hey! The article is by TCR guest Jennifer 8. Lee! How great is that? I still want to read her book.
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November 10th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I’m hoping, now that Rachel Axler has left to work on the new The Office spinoff, that the Daily Show will magically happen upon a few new, talented female writers.
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November 10th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
wow that was a really cool behind-the-scenes article. you don’t get too many of those.
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November 10th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
awwww, that’s a nice article. I enjoyed it.
(also, I’m starting to learn writers’ names without trying. good job brain!)
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November 10th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
oh, that jennifer love hewitt interview! that was way tense. worse moment: when jon said (jokingly)that bill murray was a money loving whore for doing a garfield movie (way past when garfield was still culturally relevant), she rightly reasoned that that was equivalent to him calling her a money loving whore. This prompted him to say, “Oh not you…” and “worst host ever”… bad call by stewart… :) man… hehe. he has learned alot from that i think… he hasn’t made a misstep that big since.
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November 11th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Hewitt was a classic awkward interview. I also enjoy when he interviewed Tori Amos and she was apparently so bored she poured the mug of water on the floor, and the time he and “Posh Spice” had differing views of humor, like what qualified as sarcasm and whether or not it was funny to say her baby was a cyclops.
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November 11th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
What I would’ve given to have been there. Sounds like it was a wonderful evening. Thanks so much for posting this!
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