New York Comedy Festival

Writers Speak! A Potentially Regrettable Evening with the Writers of "The Daily Show"

Friday, November 7, 2008
8:00 pm ET
New York

In Person

Writers Tim Carvell, J.R. Havlan, Rob Kutner, and Jason Ross; Rory Albanese, Coexec. Prod.; Steve Bodow, Head Writer; Wyatt Cenac, Correspondent/Writer; D.J. Javerbaum, Exec. Prod.; Adam Lowitt, Senior Producer; John Oliver, Correspondent/Writer

Moderator: David Remnick, Editor, The New Yorker

The Peabody and Emmy Award–winning Daily Show with Jon Stewart occupies an increasingly critical position in the media landscape; as news and entertainment continue to converge in an ambiguous mélange of fatuous photo-ops and focus-grouped sound bites, this satirical "fake news" broadcast stands out as a sane, snarky voice in the wilderness, deflating the pretension and prevarication that has come to define much of modern politics and journalism. The Daily Show is at its merciless best at election time, and the Paley center is delighted to welcome the writing staff to provide insight into the process of turning the grim news of the day into dependably tart and timely comedy.

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  • Not sure if everyone on the panel was able to see the first press conference today of President-Elect Barack "Mutt like Me" Obama. But if you did, it certainly showed a self-assured, intelligent man who has a keen sense of humor. Does it make you take pause as comedy writers that your show's tone may have to change--in an aikido fashion--to stay funny and edgy with the incoming president? Change we can still laugh in?


    Joe, November 07, 2008 at 4:33 pm

  • With the Election Night special hosted by John Stewart and Stephen Colbert, how did you go about writing the script for that show?


    rosalynhan, November 06, 2008 at 10:31 pm

  • ...and yes, that question below was me asking for a job.


    Nancy, October 23, 2008 at 9:31 pm

  • I realize you have a lock on the 18 to 24 year demographic, but what about the millions of women-stuck-in-unfulfilling-jobs-who-really-should-be-working-in-comedy demographic? We are vastly underrepresented in all areas of news & I could be a roving reporter/advocate for this influential group holding the purse strings.


    Nancy, October 23, 2008 at 3:06 pm

  • Your show regularly scoops serious media analysts and does faster research than most political blogs. Your Sarah Palin/sexism/GOP hypocrisy montage was seen by over 3 million online viewers. During the 2004 election, one poll showed that The Daily Show was the primary news source for many voters, and this still holds true today. Question: Do you still maintain that the show is "fake news"? Or might you concede that the content is something more powerful, indeed more insightful, than merely "fake" at this point?


    risatrix, October 22, 2008 at 9:42 pm

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