LateNighter Podcast Network

Brian Stack joins Mark Malkoff to revisit 29 years in late night, with stories from his long runs with Conan O’Brien and Stephen Colbert. He gets into classic Conan bits, Amy Poehler, the “Alabaster Ape,” Shrieking Joe, and the shock of The Late Show’s cancellation.

Following Stephen Colbert’s sign-off after more than a decade at CBS, Bill Carter, Mark Malkoff, and Jon Schneider look at what his final weeks revealed about the state of the 11:35 time period—and where late night goes from here. Plus: Byron Allen’s arrival at 11:35, Jimmy Kimmel’s changing position atop the late-night landscape, Saturday Night Live’s post-Season 51 outlook, and one YouTuber’s effort to reinvigorate the format.

'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' writer Jesse McLaren joins Mark Malkoff to discuss his path from 'Colbert Report'  intern and viral BuzzFeed creator to Kimmel staff writer. McLaren shares stories about getting hired off Twitter, writing Oscar jokes, producing celebrity sketches with Brian Cox and Jimmy Kimmel’s 2003 self, creating the wax-figure prank that terrified Kimmel’s cousin Micki, and turning internet obsessions—from Ariana Grande’s impossible stool pose to Hillary Clinton doing the Macarena—into viral comedy.

Emmy-winning writer-producer Dick Blasucci joins Mark Malkoff to discuss a comedy career that spans Chicago’s Second City, SCTV, The Tracey Ullman Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Mad TV, and Muppets Tonight. Along the way, he shares stories about John Belushi and Bill Murray, co-creating SCTV’s Jackie Rogers Jr., doing punch-ups with Mel Brooks on Spaceballs, and discovering Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key during his years running Mad TV.

Robert Smigel returns to Inside Late Night for an extended conversation about his SNL years, from writing iconic sketches like “You Like-a the Juice?” and the Steve Martin “Not Gonna Phone It In Tonight” cold open to navigating the writers’ room and collaborating with legends like Jim Downey, Adam McKay, and Will Ferrell. He also discusses his new podcast, Humor Me with Robert Smigel and Friends, upcoming projects including a Leo sequel, and this week’s Night of Too Many Stars benefit in Los Angeles.