Josh
Gondelman is the guest. His new book, Nice Try:
Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results, is available
from Harper Perennial (Sept. 17).
Gondelman is a writer and comedian who incubated in Boston before
moving to New York City, where he currently lives and works as a
writer and producer for Desus and Mero on Showtime.
Previously, he spent five years at Last Week Tonight with John
Oliver, first as a web producer and then as a staff writer. In
2016, he made his late night standup debut on
Conan (TBS), and he recently made his network tv
debut on Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC).
He is the winner of two Peabody Awards, three Emmy awards, and
two WGA Awards for his work on Last Week Tonight. He is
also the co-author (along with Joe Berkowitz) of the book You Blew It, published
October 2015 by Plume. His writing has also appeared in prestigious
publications such as McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, New York
Magazine, and The New Yorker.
In today's monologue, I basically get right to the
conversation.