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Nikki Glaser

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

I don't think it's the end, but I think it's a really hard spot to fill. I think that a lot of people aren't brave enough to do it.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

So talk to me a little bit about what goes into the preparation for something like that. I think there's still a mythology that comedians, like singer-songwriters— Sit at home at the kitchen table and they sketch out one joke after another. But it's a lot more complicated and a lot more collaborative than that, isn't it?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

So talk to me a little bit about what goes into the preparation for something like that. I think there's still a mythology that comedians, like singer-songwriters— Sit at home at the kitchen table and they sketch out one joke after another. But it's a lot more complicated and a lot more collaborative than that, isn't it?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

So talk to me a little bit about what goes into the preparation for something like that. I think there's still a mythology that comedians, like singer-songwriters— Sit at home at the kitchen table and they sketch out one joke after another. But it's a lot more complicated and a lot more collaborative than that, isn't it?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

So you start writing jokes and then you start getting jokes sent in from the people that are on your team. And by the way, everyone does this. No one admits that they do it. Why? Because you get talked about on podcasts and different things where people say, oh, well, she had Ryder. You know, you don't get all the glory.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

So you start writing jokes and then you start getting jokes sent in from the people that are on your team. And by the way, everyone does this. No one admits that they do it. Why? Because you get talked about on podcasts and different things where people say, oh, well, she had Ryder. You know, you don't get all the glory.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

So you start writing jokes and then you start getting jokes sent in from the people that are on your team. And by the way, everyone does this. No one admits that they do it. Why? Because you get talked about on podcasts and different things where people say, oh, well, she had Ryder. You know, you don't get all the glory.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

I don't have a lot of shame in saying that I have help because I know everyone does it. But the problem is people on the outside that don't know that everyone has it, they look at me, they can just excuse my talent. And since when is it not a talent to be able to say, here's what I want and, oh, actually make that better. Here's where I want to redo that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

I don't have a lot of shame in saying that I have help because I know everyone does it. But the problem is people on the outside that don't know that everyone has it, they look at me, they can just excuse my talent. And since when is it not a talent to be able to say, here's what I want and, oh, actually make that better. Here's where I want to redo that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

I don't have a lot of shame in saying that I have help because I know everyone does it. But the problem is people on the outside that don't know that everyone has it, they look at me, they can just excuse my talent. And since when is it not a talent to be able to say, here's what I want and, oh, actually make that better. Here's where I want to redo that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

And every script you have seen a movie of besides Mike White, you know, on White Lotus.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

And every script you have seen a movie of besides Mike White, you know, on White Lotus.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

And every script you have seen a movie of besides Mike White, you know, on White Lotus.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

And maybe this season could have used a little.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

And maybe this season could have used a little.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

And maybe this season could have used a little.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

I will not say that. I love it. But and then I look at like late night hosts and I'm like, we we never steal anything from their glory. And they have a whole writer's room. We don't take anything from them.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

I will not say that. I love it. But and then I look at like late night hosts and I'm like, we we never steal anything from their glory. And they have a whole writer's room. We don't take anything from them.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

I will not say that. I love it. But and then I look at like late night hosts and I'm like, we we never steal anything from their glory. And they have a whole writer's room. We don't take anything from them.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Glaser at the Top of Her Game

So you you and writers that you select.