Six Degrees – June Catch Up

Welcome to the ‘Six Degrees Catch Up Edition’ featuring all the latest happenings and goings on in the world of ‘Daily Show’ and ‘Colbert Report’ staff and ‘Friends of the Show’.

In this month’s catch up we have a family recipe from Meredith Scardino, a new comedy album benefiting a children’s charity from Rob Kutner, a new film collaboration between David Javerbaum and Steve Carell, a profile of Michael Che’s comedy career, a new humour piece from David Sedaris, and interviews with Rob Dubbin, Conan O’Brien, David Sedaris and John Oliver.

The Colbert Report

  • On episode #29 of the ‘TLDR Podcast’, Rob Dubbin talks about @OliviaTaters, the teenage girl he accidentally built who lives on the internet and is convincing enough that teenagers actually converse with her.

The Daily Show

  • ‘The Village Voice’ gives an indept look into how comedian Michael Che willed his way to ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘The Daily Show’.

Friends of the Show

  • In a recent interview with ‘Variety’, Conan O’Brien and Andy Cohen give a thoughtful, albeit silly, insight into the nature of their shows, the ever changing landscape of late night television, and the challenges of making it work night after night.
  • ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ reports that Summit Entertainment has bought a pitch titled “International Incident” from former ‘Daily Show’ head writer David Javerbaum. Ken Jeong is attached to star in the comedy, and Steve Carell is in negotiations to produce through his Carousel Productions banner.
  • David Sedaris has a new humour piece in ‘The New Yorker’ in which he talks about the newest edition to his life, a Fitbit Tracker.
  • ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ recently interviewed David Sedaris about his current book tour where he is currently appearing in 26 North American cities. In the interview David discusses his theme for this tour, pushing audience members, inscribing messages in people’s books and the film adaptation of ‘C.O.G.’
  • John Oliver was recently a guest on ‘Charlie Rose’, where he spoke about his new HBO show “Last Week Tonight”, net neutrality, being under Jon Stewarts’s protective wing, and worrying about everything.
  • In a recent addition of ‘The Q’, ‘GQ’ challenged die-hard soccer fan John Oliver to see if he could pick out the fakes names amongst a list of the most bizarre names in the sport.
  • Former ‘Daily Show’ staffer Rob Kutner has teamed up with the Levison brothers’ for the new comedy music compilation album, ‘2776’, which features 28 tracks by over 80 different artists, including Ed Helms, Martha Plimpton and Triump the Insult Comic Dog. All proceeds from album sales will go to the children’s charity, OneKid, OneWorld.