Here’s the Writing Staff for Comedy Central’s ‘The Opposition with Jordan Klepper’

Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper debuts his own late night series The Opposition next week, and in addition to announcing the show’s team of “Citizen Journalists,” today Comedy Central confirmed the full writing staff with us. Klepper’s fellow Daily Show alum Owen Parsons – who also worked on Klepper’s gun control special that aired earlier this […]

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Making a Pitch for comedy writers at Funny or Die

In ye olden times, you’d hear about a comedy friend or friend of a friend claiming to write for The Tonight Show or Letterman, sending in jokes by fax. In 2017, what’s a fax? Funny or Die has not only made an app for that, but also perhaps revolutionized the process of finding new comedy […]

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What It’s Like to Get Hired as a Late Night TV Writer

If you’re reading this website, there’s a high likelihood that you think it’d be pretty tight to land a job as a writer on a late night talk show. Where else can one collect a steady paycheck for churning out jokes that actually wind up on TV, all while enjoying fringe benefits like catered meals […]

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The Laugh Button is looking for contributors!

Do you love The Laugh Button and have thoughts on how we can make the site even greater? We want to… MORE

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Here’s the Writing Staff for Anthony Atamanuik’s Comedy Central Series ‘The President Show’

Comedy Central announced earlier today that it’s ordered a weekly late night series created by and starring Anthony Atamanuik called The President Show, and the network just confirmed the show’s full writing staff with us. Considering Atamanuik is the world’s best Donald Trump impersonator, odds are already great that the show will be excellent, and […]

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‘Tonight Show’ Head Writer A.D. Miles Is Leaving the Show

One of Jimmy Fallon’s longtime collaborators at Late Night and The Tonight Show is moving on. Last night, Vulture broke the news that Tonight Show head writer A.D. Miles, who has been working on Fallon’s late night shows since 2009, will “leave the show within the next few weeks.” Miles reportedly had been planning his […]

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‘SNL’ Suspended a Writer Over a Barron Trump Joke, So Dan Harmon Offered Her a Job

Yesterday, SNL made headlines after it was announced that writer Katie Rich has been suspended “indefinitely” from the show over a joke she tweeted out Friday that referenced Donald Trump’s 10-year-old son Barron. While not everyone is defending the joke in question — and Rich was quick to offer a public and sincere apology — […]

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‘SNL’ Suspends Writer Katie Rich for Tweeting a Joke About Donald Trump’s Son

A writer at SNL has been suspended over a tweet about Donald Trump’s son Barron. According to The New York Times, writer Katie Rich has been suspended from the show due to a joke she tweeted on Friday mocking Trump’s 10-year-old son, which received immediate backlash on the internet. The tweet in question — “Barron will […]

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