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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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Question: The Craft of Writing 

Josh Lieb: I’m Co-Executive Producer of the “Daily Show” with Jon Stewart. And I’m basically an enabler for Jon. You know he’s . . . Jon, in a way, doesn’t really need anybody else. But you know there are a few of us who are there to kind of help out. So I . . . I write material for him. I help shape material that other people write for him. I, you know . . . We sit around and we come up with what’s going to be on the show and this and that – me, him and a few other people. That’s . . . I . . . I . . . I think enabling is . . . is . . . is . . . is the proper verb. I’m Jon’s wing man, but he’s got a couple.

 

 

 

 

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