How The Daily Show Sausage Gets Made, Leslie Jones Edition

February 24, 2023 2:43 PM

In this week's Beyond The Scenes, Roy Wood Jr. sits down with her cowriter Lenny Marcus and the woman herself as Leslie Jones Reflects On Her Week As The Daily Show Host [56m]. There's a lot of really interesting, honest talk here about how comedy teams work, what kind of prep went into her week on the show, and then toward the end she sort of falls into a flow and things go off the rails. One of the better comic process interviews I've seen.
posted by hippybear (5 comments total)

Geoblocked for Canada. Bummer! I'd have liked to have watched this as I'm a fan of both Leslie Jones and TDS.
posted by Zedcaster at 4:28 PM on February 24, 2023 [3 favorites]

The entire conversation is an insightful snapshot into how topical news comedy gets made on a week to week basis.

Towards the end, the topic shifts to more recent topical events that Leslie and Lenny cover on their own podcasts, which is where the fireworks kick off. Jump forward to 50:40 when the subject of Ron DeSantis comes up.
posted by neuracnu at 4:42 PM on February 24, 2023

Where can I get my "You A Dumbass Motherf*cker," t-shirt? I think that would probably get me an Ask Metafilter, secret sockpuppet letter, from one of my kids, asking about the process for committing mom. My mom is 72 and she is slowly losing her executive functions, she came to a family gathering where some local VIPS were going to be present as invited guests. She wore a t-shirt stating...
posted by Oyéah at 7:22 PM on February 24, 2023 [5 favorites]

This was so excellent, thanks!
posted by pjenks at 7:12 AM on February 25, 2023

Just subscribed to Fuckery podcast!
posted by Captain Chesapeake at 8:41 AM on February 25, 2023