Danny Ricker

say in what goes on the show he does he he's very you know i'm i'm one of the head writers i'm one of four head writers at our show but jimmy is really our showrunner and he's the final say on everything and um he's you know he does a ton of writing he does a ton of producing we i i often say for his own good i think he's probably a little too involved just because he is i mean he'll he's up all night going through scripts and stuff but um i think that's what makes the product uh good to have a host that cares that much but but yes he's he's always the final say

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, part of my job is one of the, you know, one of the heads of the writing department is to sort of have like a little mix of everything, right? Like sometimes we have that great idea that can only go that day. It's based on kind of the big story of the day. We love to have one of those.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, part of my job is one of the, you know, one of the heads of the writing department is to sort of have like a little mix of everything, right? Like sometimes we have that great idea that can only go that day. It's based on kind of the big story of the day. We love to have one of those.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, part of my job is one of the, you know, one of the heads of the writing department is to sort of have like a little mix of everything, right? Like sometimes we have that great idea that can only go that day. It's based on kind of the big story of the day. We love to have one of those.

And then if the news is such where we're like, yeah, to me today wasn't one of those days where there's like the, you know, the Pete Hegseth like signal story. We didn't have like, you know, like we have a couple of good things we're going to cover. So I always try to plan and have like a couple of things in our whole, so it'd be like, Oh, you know what?

And then if the news is such where we're like, yeah, to me today wasn't one of those days where there's like the, you know, the Pete Hegseth like signal story. We didn't have like, you know, like we have a couple of good things we're going to cover. So I always try to plan and have like a couple of things in our whole, so it'd be like, Oh, you know what?

And then if the news is such where we're like, yeah, to me today wasn't one of those days where there's like the, you know, the Pete Hegseth like signal story. We didn't have like, you know, like we have a couple of good things we're going to cover. So I always try to plan and have like a couple of things in our whole, so it'd be like, Oh, you know what?

We shot that bit last week, but that'll work tonight. And then we have some stuff that's not remotely related to the news that we can always mix in. So we always kind of feel like we're, you know, we're kind of putting the menu together for Jimmy every day. And we'd be like, yeah,

We shot that bit last week, but that'll work tonight. And then we have some stuff that's not remotely related to the news that we can always mix in. So we always kind of feel like we're, you know, we're kind of putting the menu together for Jimmy every day. And we'd be like, yeah,

We shot that bit last week, but that'll work tonight. And then we have some stuff that's not remotely related to the news that we can always mix in. So we always kind of feel like we're, you know, we're kind of putting the menu together for Jimmy every day. And we'd be like, yeah,

All right, here's all here's all the items and you can kind of pick and then he kind of sees how he feels that day and what's going on and he assembles what feels like the best collection of stuff. So we have another head writer named Josh who sits with him all day and looks at all that stuff and pieces it all together. So we just try to prepare for all possible scenarios.

All right, here's all here's all the items and you can kind of pick and then he kind of sees how he feels that day and what's going on and he assembles what feels like the best collection of stuff. So we have another head writer named Josh who sits with him all day and looks at all that stuff and pieces it all together. So we just try to prepare for all possible scenarios.

All right, here's all here's all the items and you can kind of pick and then he kind of sees how he feels that day and what's going on and he assembles what feels like the best collection of stuff. So we have another head writer named Josh who sits with him all day and looks at all that stuff and pieces it all together. So we just try to prepare for all possible scenarios.

Yeah, you know, there's not as much thought into it as you might think, you know, like I, someone asked me the other day, you know, they went like, you know, well, when did you all decide to get political? And I was like, you know, we didn't have like a meeting where we all sat down and went, okay.

Yeah, you know, there's not as much thought into it as you might think, you know, like I, someone asked me the other day, you know, they went like, you know, well, when did you all decide to get political? And I was like, you know, we didn't have like a meeting where we all sat down and went, okay.

Yeah, you know, there's not as much thought into it as you might think, you know, like I, someone asked me the other day, you know, they went like, you know, well, when did you all decide to get political? And I was like, you know, we didn't have like a meeting where we all sat down and went, okay.

now our show is political i we feel like our goal every day is to get up and look at what's happening and decide how we feel about it and then talk about it and you know for many years like when i started as a writer um you know every day like our main story was like who got voted off american idol and and that's not because we were particularly interested in american idol but it's like that's what our country was talking about i mean that was exactly

now our show is political i we feel like our goal every day is to get up and look at what's happening and decide how we feel about it and then talk about it and you know for many years like when i started as a writer um you know every day like our main story was like who got voted off american idol and and that's not because we were particularly interested in american idol but it's like that's what our country was talking about i mean that was exactly

now our show is political i we feel like our goal every day is to get up and look at what's happening and decide how we feel about it and then talk about it and you know for many years like when i started as a writer um you know every day like our main story was like who got voted off american idol and and that's not because we were particularly interested in american idol but it's like that's what our country was talking about i mean that was exactly

I mean, literally like that season, Sanjaya was on American Idol, whatever year that was. Like CNN would cover that. Like a story on CNN was Sanjaya didn't get eliminated from American Idol.