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 interviews with Amy Sedaris, David Sedaris guest hosts ‘Selected Shorts’, Peter Gwinn has written a new article, Samantha Bee and Conan O’Brien have new shows headed to TBS, and the Montclair Film Festival gets a new permanent home.
- Amy Sedaris recently appeared on ‘Running Late with Scott Rogowsky‘
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- In the Hollywood Reporter, Amy Sedaris reveals her favorite David Letterman memories, what she will miss most and the future with Stephen Colbert:
The first time I did the Late Show was in 2001. I was doing a play, Wonder of the World, with Sarah Jessica Parker. I knew Dave was a big fan of my brother David’s writing, so I knew he wanted to talk about him!
Being on the show was terrifying because you just respect him so much, but also you got the sense that he was actually listening to you when you were out there. I remember feeling very safe. I’m not a comedian. I don’t do stand-up, so I feel like I could be accidentally funny with him and play well off of each other, like being on a date — a date four times a year with the perfect man is what it felt like. That’s the kind of relationship I want! Four times a year for seven minutes. He let me talk about my imaginary boyfriends and my rabbits. He let me do whatever I wanted. I just couldn’t wait to see him. What more could you ask for? We work! I also loved hearing him say anything personal. If he said he’d been in the kitchen making pasta with his wife or whatever, a million things go off in my brain. “What knife were you using? What kind of pasta were you cooking? What were you wearing?” I was obsessed! We just don’t know much about the man.
One time I got bumped because Condoleezza Rice came on the show. Dave’s assistant called my apartment afterward because Dave felt bad and wanted to talk about it. There was no f—ing way I was going to pick up that phone! I was petrified. Are you kidding me? I’m not going to talk to him at home! Another time I actually saw him outside doing the show, coming down the stairs in the theater. And I was like, “Oh my God, there he is in real life.” And I panicked. Ever since that time, I always brought my stuff from the dressing room downstairs, so when I got finished with my segment I was out that door. I was too terrified of seeing him again. And then I had a business meeting with him! I had a deal with Worldwide Pants to create a show, which he really wanted me to do. Nothing ever happened, but his first question to me was, “What don’t you want to do?” I really liked that he said that.
I don’t normally get depressed, but after my last appearance I felt really weird. I thought, “God, what is wrong with me?” Then I realized, “I just got out of a 15-year relationship with this man who was really important to me.” But I was happy I was able to feel it. Being on with Stephen [Colbert] just won’t be the same, not just because I know him so well and we are peers. With Letterman it was like being with somebody I was still getting to know. And so when I try to articulate myself it’s hard to talk about it. I know I don’t do it justice — explaining my feelings is not my strength. Stephen’s going to be great and it’s going to be his own show, but that era of Letterman is just, it’s like, “Wow, it’s really gone.”
He once gave me the tassels off his shoes, which I now covet. He ripped them off his shoes and he handed them to me. I turned them into pasties to attach to the outside of my dress, obviously.
- TBS have ordered an alien-themed comedy pilot from Conan O’Brien and Greg Daniels.
- David Sedaris recently guest hosted an episode ‘Selected Shorts‘ featuring “The Ambush” by Donna Tartt and “My Father’s Life” by Leonard Michaels.
- The Montclair Film Festival have announced the development of their new permanent home at the “Investors Bank Film & Media Center” in Montclair, New Jersey.
- Peter Gwinn has a new article in Men’s Health, titled ‘What David Letterman Taught Me about Comedy’.
- Here is a first look at Samantha Bee’s upcoming TBS series.
Six Degrees: May 2015 Catch Up
In this month’s catch up we have interviews with Amy Sedaris, David Sedaris guest hosts ‘Selected Shorts’, Peter Gwinn has written a new article, Samantha Bee and Conan O’Brien have new shows headed to TBS, and the Montclair Film Festival gets a new permanent home.
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The first time I did the Late Show was in 2001. I was doing a play, Wonder of the World, with Sarah Jessica Parker. I knew Dave was a big fan of my brother David’s writing, so I knew he wanted to talk about him!
Being on the show was terrifying because you just respect him so much, but also you got the sense that he was actually listening to you when you were out there. I remember feeling very safe. I’m not a comedian. I don’t do stand-up, so I feel like I could be accidentally funny with him and play well off of each other, like being on a date — a date four times a year with the perfect man is what it felt like. That’s the kind of relationship I want! Four times a year for seven minutes. He let me talk about my imaginary boyfriends and my rabbits. He let me do whatever I wanted. I just couldn’t wait to see him. What more could you ask for? We work! I also loved hearing him say anything personal. If he said he’d been in the kitchen making pasta with his wife or whatever, a million things go off in my brain. “What knife were you using? What kind of pasta were you cooking? What were you wearing?” I was obsessed! We just don’t know much about the man.
One time I got bumped because Condoleezza Rice came on the show. Dave’s assistant called my apartment afterward because Dave felt bad and wanted to talk about it. There was no f—ing way I was going to pick up that phone! I was petrified. Are you kidding me? I’m not going to talk to him at home! Another time I actually saw him outside doing the show, coming down the stairs in the theater. And I was like, “Oh my God, there he is in real life.” And I panicked. Ever since that time, I always brought my stuff from the dressing room downstairs, so when I got finished with my segment I was out that door. I was too terrified of seeing him again. And then I had a business meeting with him! I had a deal with Worldwide Pants to create a show, which he really wanted me to do. Nothing ever happened, but his first question to me was, “What don’t you want to do?” I really liked that he said that.
I don’t normally get depressed, but after my last appearance I felt really weird. I thought, “God, what is wrong with me?” Then I realized, “I just got out of a 15-year relationship with this man who was really important to me.” But I was happy I was able to feel it. Being on with Stephen [Colbert] just won’t be the same, not just because I know him so well and we are peers. With Letterman it was like being with somebody I was still getting to know. And so when I try to articulate myself it’s hard to talk about it. I know I don’t do it justice — explaining my feelings is not my strength. Stephen’s going to be great and it’s going to be his own show, but that era of Letterman is just, it’s like, “Wow, it’s really gone.”
He once gave me the tassels off his shoes, which I now covet. He ripped them off his shoes and he handed them to me. I turned them into pasties to attach to the outside of my dress, obviously.