Catie was one of the first guests on RISK and was the most charming, kind, honest, smart, and generous of souls.Christian Felix and Shonali Bhowmik became fast friends while working as temporary workers at a huge law firm in Manhattan. I’m heartbroken to hear we’ve lost Catie Lazarus. Kevin Allison 2 hrs Man oh man. In Caties money story you will learn: -The real.Lazarus on stage at a live taping of EOTM with Jon Stewart, shortly after he announced he was leaving The Daily Show.Catie Lazarus has died , according to the following statements posted on social media on December 14. She has contributed drivel to The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Marie-Claire, Cosmo, Out Magazine, Funny or Die, IFC, Slate Sundance Channel, The Forward, and multiple anthologies.Comedian Catie Lazarus does not just host Employee of the Month, she also runs the business that supports it. CATIE LAZARUS is a writer and host of EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, a live talk show and podcast produced by Slate.
It was relatively late in life, at 27, when she decided to dive headfirst into comedy and acting. She has her roots in the public policy world, where she nearly completed a doctorate on civil rights leaders after a master’s project focused on teen Latina pregnancy. And, with her own winding path, Lazarus is uniquely qualified to ask the tough stuff. It was to Lazarus at a live taping of EOTM. In fact, the first interview Jon Stewart gave after announcing he was leaving The Daily Show wasn’t to 60 Minutes or CNN.
And I didn’t know why I wasn’t getting certain writing jobs. Septem·.I wanted to break into TV writing and I felt like I couldn’t get hired to write for the weather. Tomorrow I might wear pants. Theater Mania called her a 'comedy darling' and Lewis Black described her as 'more brilliant than shell ever know'.— What was the genesis of “Employee of the Month?” Why do you do it?Catie Lazarus. Lazarus was awarded 'Best Comedy Writer' at the ECNY Awards and named one of New Yorks 'Top 100 New Yorkers'.
Probably have more in common with athletes, in that we’re doing similar things all of the time. In talking to all of these people with great jobs, what are some of the threads you’ve noticed?Most put a ton of time and discipline into their craft. So I wanted to learn more.There is no rhyme or reason for how you get your foot in the door. There is no rhyme or reason for how you get your foot in the door.Of course, people that succeed will tell you a story that “everything clicked into place” and “it just felt right,” but that’s what happened to THEM. It’s made me realize we all have more in common than we realize. And I thought, “Why don’t I just share these with people? I know I’m not alone.” And because of my background in social services and education, I could interview people from lots of different fields.
But if you don’t have a burning passion, it’s more than okay to be practical and to instead do something that affords you the opportunity to experiment and see what else is out there. Is “follow your passion” good career advice?You have to want to do this more than anything else in the world. So count your blessings when you do.
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It’s still a hustle.One theme I noticed in your interviews is how people toil away years before they become an “overnight success.”I think people underestimate how much time it requires to get to a place where you’re comfortable in your own skin or knowing what you want. But having a passion doesn’t get rid of the existential crises of asking yourself, “What are we all doing here?” It does give you meaning to fill up most days. It doesn’t mean there’s not room for a significant other or a family— not that I believe in the dichotomy that is often just put on a lot of women.
He’s one of the youngest-ever SNL writers, and has made several TV shows and books—just a dream comedy writing career. How so?One of my favorite examples of that from the show is that Simon Rich. It’s also easy to assume from the outside that so-and-so’s dad is someone fancy that helped them, but it’s more complicated.
Those mentors are important and they don’t always surface where you think. He had a teacher in the Bronx that told him to apply to LaGuardia. One of my favorite interviews was with Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee. Though, it can expose you to things, so if you have a parent or a teacher it helps. There’s a fantasy that nepotism is everything and that isn’t true. But at the end of the day, he had to learn how to write.
In hindsight, that’s bananas! Every failure I made was in public, often on stages in New York City. My first time on stage I went on after Dave Attell. I didn’t start in anything artistic until I was 27. Sometimes we don’t even know what success even looks like because the right people aren’t around us.It’s hard.
Can you kill it in Omaha? I know what those things mean as a result. Great, you can kill it at an improv theater in New York. Because of how difficult that was, I now have a real sense of what it takes to succeed.
There are so many talented people that aren’t famous. The people we know about are the ones who persevere. Certainly not in any of the fields I’ve looked at.
You’ve spoken with dozens of people about their jobs. There’s so much talent out there. Who was competing with him at the time? Is it because he is a black man competing in a very racist world? When is soul music in fashion? There are all these different factors. We’re all subject to circumstance. If you listened to this guy you’d ask, “Why don’t more people know about him?” He’s had 15 albums and a great career, but the fact that he’s not world famous…that’s partly what we’re talking about. He has an absolutely beautiful voice.
To actually help someone truly, I’d have to know their circumstances. By having interviewed many successful people I’ve seen archetypes and the ways people succeed. It’s so much more nuanced. It depends on where you are and who you are.
I don’t want to give out advice that actually isn’t helpful to you. Sometimes people create stories and leave out important details. Or they sentimentalize that they did it all on their own. Yeah, congratulations, you’re normal. They were “broke” from 20 to 23.
You just listed a lot of things you can’t control. These can tread on uncomfortable subject matters for most people. Maybe they “fit the part.” Which, in acting, you have nothing to do with. Some people have more luck than they realize. What better time to get advice from someone than when they are in the middle of their career, like when you are interviewing them?I just disagree with you.
Is he so talented that it would have happened anyway, eventually? Maybe. Somehow he had the confidence and had an agent willing to say, “Lets get you back in there for a second audition.” That changed his career. I interviewed Billy Crudup and he said he screwed up his audition for a play in grad school. You also don’t control where you auditioned. Maybe you make someone feel comfortable and remind them of a younger version of themself? You have no control of that.
Fate, luck, whatever you call it. That’s like saying “fate is just going to take us all” and giving up.There is some element of that. But it’s a fact that I would audition and get called back and I wouldn’t get to be a bride. Things happened organically for me. I was dabbling and figuring it out. Isn’t that taking a passive approach to a career when, in reality, you have to be offensive or aggressive?I was “actively passive” for a while.
Do you want to spend 365 days on the road? Do you want to always be marketing yourself? Are you saying we need to learn to be happy even if we’re not in the top 1 percent of our industry?Not entirely. If you say, “I want my own standup specials, I want to tour, I want to be a huge star…” look at the nuts and bolts of that. So the one thing you can do for yourself is to ask yourself what you really want out of a job. Less than one percent do, but that expectation is still put on you. Everyone assumes that you should want that and you may not. How does what you learn on the show apply to you as you navigate the entertainment and comedy worlds?With entertainment there’s a fantasy that you need to make it really big.
At the end, all you have is the process. That’s what you’re doing if you’re making millions or minimum wage. That’s why when people say “love the process,” they mean it. There are so few spots and only a small minority can truly make a living. To make a living doing what you love is a huge blessing.
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