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Transcript: How to Be a Late-Night TV Joke Writer

Writers from Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update," and Best Week Ever share their secrets for breaking into this very competitive field.

April 18, 2005

EXCLUSIVE FOR AVANTGUILD MEMBERS | This is a transcript of mediabistro.com's "Funny Because it's True: How to be a Late-Night TV Joke Writer" seminar, held February 24, 2004, in New York City. You can learn about other mb LEARN events here.

Akner: Hi everyone. Welcome to "Funny Because it's True: How to be a Late-Night TV Joke Writer." Thanks for coming despite the fact that we titled it that. I'm going to introduce everyone very briefly. They are sitting in alphabetical order and you have their bios in front of you. This here is Alan Cross&...

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