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And she kept all her campaign promises inher first episodelast night.
But, you know, in a gangsta way.
Does that change anything in the writers room?Not really.
In a way, it feels kind of similar to how it felt atCorden.
We put an emphasis on the next day on YouTube, a little bit, in losing the topicality.
When it comes to actual desk pieces or even monologues, it is a bit harder.
We are essentially, as youll come to see, writing five-to-seven-minute stand-up sets about one topic.
We had a pretty steadfast rule of no politics because of this block shooting schedule that we have.
So its a perfect combination of all the things that got her here, in a way.
Its vlog, sketch, interviews.
The level of positivity is something Ive never experienced in comedy.
And I have not felt that there, because of the positivity.
It turns out, I dont think Ive had a normal life until now.
Shes also bringing in a unique tool set.
But Lilly had her friend produce the track, and then she wrote all the lyrics.
Coming from the YouTube world, shes used to doing everything herself.
Like, shes actually typing.
Which is unheard of.
As opposed to having the writers assistant take dictation?Yes.
Most of the time, you pitch things and they give their tweaks out loud.
But shes actually typing behind a computer, and thats interesting to see.
Which isnt shade against anyone youve worked with before.
Its just that hosting is an incredibly busy job.Truly.
Especially at the launch of a show.
Its crazy that the most important part of your job is tonotbe there, because youre promoting the show.
And keeping up the vlog schedule.I think she has a different scale of time than the rest of us.
She is the hardest worker Ive ever seen.
I want to talk about Rainn Wilsons White Noise Machine.
You wind up pitching like ten things, and we narrow that down to three.
And we let Rainn pickwhich he wants to do of that three.
How did the list of white noises come together?It was fun.
It was written by Jonathan Giles and Jen Burden.
It was interesting because Jonathan is a person of color and Jen is a white woman.
I think thats where you got the harder jokes, like the police siren and the vacation braids.
Although I think Lilly might have pitched the vacation braids.
And I feel like Lilly wants to talk about things that only she can talk about.
So maybe in the future well take politics to task …
I dont think well ever do that, actually.
What monologues have you been taping?Tonight [Tuesday]s monologue is exciting.
Its a very interesting monologue, but it has pretty hard jokes in it.
Not to overgeneralize, but Im guessing that wasnt a topic already near and dear to your heart.No.
Its wonderful Lilly does this.
This is how in-the-shit she is.
She lays out every thought she has on a topic, which is the most helpful.
Shes basically guiding us and giving us a road map before we even put pen to paper.
That way, when youre pitching jokes, its not like playingBattleship.Exactly.
Were not just guessing where shes coming from on this.
But in a way, we shared some commonality.
Being an Irish Catholic boy raised in New Jersey, my parents never had a sex talk with me.
Everyone has this very distinct point of view, and Im learning a lot, which I like.
We do a monologue about detox teas.
When youre in a male-dominated world, youre like, Lets make Kardashian jokes!
But this is not that show.
And I like that.
What can we expect from the show in the immediate future?We have the prime-time special on Wednesday.
I think what I love is organization.
I like putting together a show a lot.
