Danny Ricker

So it was weirdly kind of like a sales job where it's like every day, you know, at like 11 o'clock, you'd show up and be like, OK, here's all the things I found. And hopefully Jimmy likes some of them and they get on the show. But.

it was a really great like kind of entry-level creative job for me like i i knew i wanted to be a writer someday and so with this i got to kind of look for funny things i could go on the monologue um you know i would work with the writers at that time a bunch where they might have an idea for a bit that involved footage and i'd actually sit with one of them and find all the stuff so it was really good training for me and i kind of got to know the the writers you know through that too um

it was a really great like kind of entry-level creative job for me like i i knew i wanted to be a writer someday and so with this i got to kind of look for funny things i could go on the monologue um you know i would work with the writers at that time a bunch where they might have an idea for a bit that involved footage and i'd actually sit with one of them and find all the stuff so it was really good training for me and i kind of got to know the the writers you know through that too um

it was a really great like kind of entry-level creative job for me like i i knew i wanted to be a writer someday and so with this i got to kind of look for funny things i could go on the monologue um you know i would work with the writers at that time a bunch where they might have an idea for a bit that involved footage and i'd actually sit with one of them and find all the stuff so it was really good training for me and i kind of got to know the the writers you know through that too um

Yeah, so I did it for two years. I think that my last day was the day Barack Obama got elected. So I had like a full like election cycle I did, which was crazy. But I think I'm really glad I had that job, too, because I think it made me a good like kind of mental editor. Like when I'm writing, I can go, oh, yeah, I sort of know like what's a reasonable piece of footage to ask someone for.

Yeah, so I did it for two years. I think that my last day was the day Barack Obama got elected. So I had like a full like election cycle I did, which was crazy. But I think I'm really glad I had that job, too, because I think it made me a good like kind of mental editor. Like when I'm writing, I can go, oh, yeah, I sort of know like what's a reasonable piece of footage to ask someone for.

Yeah, so I did it for two years. I think that my last day was the day Barack Obama got elected. So I had like a full like election cycle I did, which was crazy. But I think I'm really glad I had that job, too, because I think it made me a good like kind of mental editor. Like when I'm writing, I can go, oh, yeah, I sort of know like what's a reasonable piece of footage to ask someone for.

you know, and how things will fit together. And, um, but yeah, no, that, that was a, that was a crazy job. Um, weirdly that the amount of time I did that for like 18 months, that time feels longer than the like 15 years I've been a writer. Somehow it was, it was just like a, it was so, it was like a clockwork orange.

you know, and how things will fit together. And, um, but yeah, no, that, that was a, that was a crazy job. Um, weirdly that the amount of time I did that for like 18 months, that time feels longer than the like 15 years I've been a writer. Somehow it was, it was just like a, it was so, it was like a clockwork orange.

you know, and how things will fit together. And, um, but yeah, no, that, that was a, that was a crazy job. Um, weirdly that the amount of time I did that for like 18 months, that time feels longer than the like 15 years I've been a writer. Somehow it was, it was just like a, it was so, it was like a clockwork orange.

It is. And I'm very lucky that I work at a place with a group of people who promote from within and can foster people. And I mean, there's a lot of places you could work that would just kind of keep you where you're at. But

It is. And I'm very lucky that I work at a place with a group of people who promote from within and can foster people. And I mean, there's a lot of places you could work that would just kind of keep you where you're at. But

It is. And I'm very lucky that I work at a place with a group of people who promote from within and can foster people. And I mean, there's a lot of places you could work that would just kind of keep you where you're at. But

You know, I, you know, I just when I was a TV watcher, I'd said to the head writer at the time, this guy, Steve O'Donnell, who's a late night legend, he was Letterman's head writer for many years. And he was our head writer at the time. And I just told him, you know, I went like, Hey, I'm like, interested in learning about writing. And he's like, great. And he, you know, gave me some great advice.

You know, I, you know, I just when I was a TV watcher, I'd said to the head writer at the time, this guy, Steve O'Donnell, who's a late night legend, he was Letterman's head writer for many years. And he was our head writer at the time. And I just told him, you know, I went like, Hey, I'm like, interested in learning about writing. And he's like, great. And he, you know, gave me some great advice.

You know, I, you know, I just when I was a TV watcher, I'd said to the head writer at the time, this guy, Steve O'Donnell, who's a late night legend, he was Letterman's head writer for many years. And he was our head writer at the time. And I just told him, you know, I went like, Hey, I'm like, interested in learning about writing. And he's like, great. And he, you know, gave me some great advice.

And Then the two head writers who came in after him named Molly McNearney and Gary Greenberg, they hired me as a writer's assistant. And so they taught me so much. And now they're two of the other head writers at the show with me, which is like, that's a really special thing for me.

And Then the two head writers who came in after him named Molly McNearney and Gary Greenberg, they hired me as a writer's assistant. And so they taught me so much. And now they're two of the other head writers at the show with me, which is like, that's a really special thing for me.

And Then the two head writers who came in after him named Molly McNearney and Gary Greenberg, they hired me as a writer's assistant. And so they taught me so much. And now they're two of the other head writers at the show with me, which is like, that's a really special thing for me.

So, but you know, again, at that time they could have just been like, all right, well, you're our assistant, you order the lunch and whatever. But they knew that on top of doing that stuff, I was also really interested in learning how to write. And so they taught me so much. And I, you know, for me, it's like, that was kind of like,