Kevin Bleyer
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
and says, how do you know Stephen Colbert?
And I said, I barely do, because he just recommended you for a job on The Daily Show.
And I, and now that wasn't enough, that wasn't it, meaning that was a great heads up, certainly.
But I hadn't told my representative to look for more late night shows, I wasn't sure what to tell him at the time.
But then, you know, it's a dream job.
And so I said, of course I'm interested, and
And then they put me through the paces, yeah.
Then, I didn't have a writing sample set up, but they did put me through the paces, and for the next three or four, I wanna say even five days in a row, they called me, the head writer of the show called me and said, all right, you know, we'd love to give you a shot,
for the next three or four days in a row, he called me and said, so think, think, think that you're writing the show all by yourself right now.
And here's the three news items we plan on doing on the show.
Why don't you do your take on it and send it to us at the end of the day.
And I did that.
And then the next day they called and said, great, do it again.
Great, do it again.
And I think that's because I didn't have a writing sample all ready to go.
They wanted to test me and see if I could write on demand.
I thought, to be honest with you, I thought it was such a long shot that I didn't really put a lot of pressure on myself to do it.
Yeah, I really thought, I kind of think everything's a long shot, including getting a chance to talk to you guys.
All right, I'll stop.
Please don't.