Rob on getting his start at The Daily Show

A few differences between writing at Dennis Miller Live and The Daily Show

how and why do you decide to LEAVE a job writing for the daily show?

how the writing duties at Conan are split up (sort of) between a sketch and a monologue dept.

jay leno follows me on twitter for one day - so naturally i try desperately to sell him obscure car parts

Rob Kutner was my fellow writer and officemate at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for six and a half years. Before that prison sentence he wrote for Dennis Miller Live, and in 2009 he left TDS to board the unsinkable Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien! Unfortunately, that show sunk. Fortunately, Rob retained his writing job at Conan on TBS and has been working on their monologue team ever since. He  wrote a couple of things on his own that you should read - his book, "Apocalypse How," (@ApocalypseHow) and his Kindle Single, "The Future According to Me". Both also make great gifts. Okay, good gifts. 

Episode 18: Rob Kutner

J.R. Havlan, 17-year veteran writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, picks the complicated and jittery brains of the writers who help create The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, 30 Rock, Letterman, SNL, The Office, and more. Writers’ Bloc Podcast will let you in on how blank pages become your favorite television comedies.  You love the sausage, now hear how it gets made.

Episode 18: Rob Kutner

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