Six Degrees – March 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 new books from Father James Martin and Maurice Sendak, interviews with Frank Lesser, Rory Albanese, Sam Bee and Steve Carell, Amy Sedaris casting news and John Oliver talks about wearing Stephen Colbert hand-me-downs and hosting ‘The Daily Show’.

The Colbert Report

  • Frank Lesser was recently a guest on Episode 4 of ‘The Lance and Ray Show’, where he spoke about working on ‘The Colbert Report’ and turning a pre-fame John Krasinski for the lead robot role in his short film “Danny Bot”.

The Daily Show

  • Genealogy Expert and ‘Faces of America’ contributor, Megan Smolenyak takes a look at Jon Stewart’s family history which stretches from Eastern Europe to Asia.
  • Jon and Tracey Stewart recently attended The Cinema Society’s New York screening of “A Place at the Table”, a new documentary about hunger in America from directors and recent ‘Daily Show’ guests, Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush.
  • Jason Jones has been cast as the male lead opposite Andrea Anders in ABC‘s multi-camera comedy pilot ‘Divorce: A Love Story’. Should the program be picked up for a series, it is reported that Jason will leave his position as a correspondent on ‘The Daily Show’.
  • John Oliver answers fan questions back stage at ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’, and finally let’s us know how many of his clothes are Stephen Colbert hand-me-downs.
  • John Oliver talks to Andy Zaltzman about his upcoming stint hosting ‘The Daily Show’ in Jon Stewart’s absence on ‘The Bugle’ podcast.
  • J.R. Havlan and Rory Albanese discuss what it is like to write for the Academy Awards on Episode 8 of ‘Writers’ Bloc Podcast’.
  • Star Pulse talks with Samantha Bee about partnering with Dove for their “Close the Case on Care” project, which is aimed at helping women find their best beauty products.

Friends of the Show

  • Adult Swim has announced that Amy Sedaris will take over Kristen Schaal’s role of Hurshe Heartshe, ‘a sleazy, white trash woman who constantly plots to take over the town’, in ‘The Heart, She Holler’.
  • Emily Bazelon talks about being a guest on ‘The Colbert Report’ in her recent Reddit AMA.
  • ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ will become the only current talk show to have episodes re-aired on cable, when Esquire Network starts airing episodes on a one-week delay Monday through Friday at 7pm on April 24th.
  • It has been announced that Maurice Sendak will be memorialised with a public school named in his honor in Park Slope Brooklyn.
  • ‘My Brother’s Book’, the last book completed by Maurice Sendak before his death in May 2012, has been published and is available in stores now.