In case you’ve been living under a rock, you know there’s been a writers strike going on for a while now. For a couple of months this meant that us Late Show monologue joke freelancers had no show to submit to, as it was off the air. A few weeks back, Dave Letterman struck a deal with the Writers Guild of America so he could come back on air with his full writing staff, which meant I could submit jokes again.

Well, it took a couple of weeks, but I finally landed another joke on the show. In fact, Dave told not one but two of my jokes on Monday’s show (1/21/08). First, he opened the monologue with this one:

It was freezing cold today here in New York City.

The key to beating the cold is to dress in layers. So today I’m wearing two hairpieces.

Click here to hear it live! (format: MP3, size: 198kb)

Then, after a few other jokes, he closed it out with this one that I wrote:

Mayor Bloomberg and the mayor of Boston have already made the traditional Super Bowl bet.

Here’s the deal: if the Giants win New York gets a crate of lobsters. If the Patriots win, Boston gets Regis.

Click here to hear it live! (format: MP3, size: 433kb)

Even better, as you can hear in the audio, when Dave told this second joke there was some sort of cue card malfunction. Because of that we got a good shot of Dave’s longtime cue card guy Tony Mendez holding the card with my joke on it! I have a couple of these cards with my jokes at home and it’s always interesting to see how Tony writers them out for Dave. Take a look:

You can also watch the video of the entire monologue here.

Tags: Bloomberg, cold, cue card, Dave Letterman, Giants, hairpiece, Patrios, Regis, strike, Super Bowl, Tony Mendez, WGA

Writers strike, schmiters strike! One talk show host is still getting it done despite the Writers Guild of America labor action - and it sure ain’t Ellen.

Joe Lateshow is still going and now thanks to the immense talents of my buddy Brad Fitzpatrick he is - drum roll please - animated!

Behold!

There should be more animated Joe’s coming up, so keep checking it out.

Also, be sure to check out my other (non paying) comedy venture: Cup O Politics!

Tags: Brad Fitzpatrick, Ellen, Joe Lateshow, OJ Simpson, strike, WGA

Already tired of late night talk show reruns due to the writers strike? Feeling deprived of top notch topical humor? Well, chances are you’ll still feel deprived after reading this, but my old friend Steve Garfield and I have launched a new politically-oriented comedy venture called Cup O Policitics. It may not be Writers Guild quality writing, but at least its writer (me) will be assured of receiving any future new media income it generates (i.e. $0).

Anyhow, I write it and host it, Steve works all the camera magic and behind the scenes editing and whatnot. This is only the first of what will be a regular series of videos. Take a look and if you like, Twitter it, Digg it, StumbleUpon on it, whatever; just spread the word.

Tags: comedy, fundraising, politics, Steve Garfield, strike, Writers Guild of America