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Josh Lieb is the former Producer and Show Runner of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. His credits include stints as Executive Producer of NewsRadio and The Daily Show with[…]
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Enabling Jon Stewart.

Question: Do you see yourself as a social critic?

Josh Lieb: I’m not a social critic, I think, in my role at the show. I mean I . . . I . . . You know yeah I make jokes, and I funnel jokes to Jon. I think Jon’s a social critic, but I think he’d be the one to say he’s just a comedian, too. I . . . I . . . I . . . Again I’m an enabler, so it’s not so much my criticisms coming through as . . . as me helping someone else get theirs across. Again, you know, it . . . everyone is a social critic. It’s nice. I’ve got a bit of a soapbox. I can certainly, you know, get some of my points across, which is nice. I don’t know what those points are though. My points tend to all be, you know, what an ugly tie. Or you know, I can’t believe she said that. Not . . . not . . . just dumb jokes. So . . .

 

 


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