Mini Tapes: Last Week Tonight's Ali Barthwell on Chicago, Comedy, and Playing to the Top of the Audience’s Intelligence
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Today’s mini episode is the best of Ali Barthwell (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) from October 2024’s Writing on Eggshells: Political Comedy Cracked Up panel, featuring Peter Grosz (The Colbert Report, Late Night with Seth Meyers) and John Lutz (Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live), moderated by Second City's Kelly Leonard. Chicago’s own Barthwell shares war stories from the front lines of touring the country with Second City and the experience of being a Black voice in comedy writers’ rooms.
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CW: Profanity
PHOTO: Ali Barthwell, Peter Grosz, Kelly Leonard, John Lutz.
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Live event programmed by Michael Green
Live event produced by Jesse Swanson
Live event stage managed by Sophia Fishkin
Live event produced and mixed by Jeff Kolar
Production assistance by Hope Mignini, Logan Venezia, and Josh Harlow
Podcast edited and mixed by Alisa Rosenthal
Podcast story editing by Alexandra Quinn
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