Jessica Williams says that working with Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” was a “revelation” that “you don’t need to be a bad boss”
While reflecting on his time to come in the crucible comedy of “Saturday Night Live” and “The Daily Show”, Jessica Williams shared that Jon Stewart taught him that the bosses do not have to be bad.
“I don’t like pretension in comedy,” said Williams when he appeared in the Podcast series by Conan O’Brien “Conan O’Brien needs a friend.” At the time, she opened the way she experienced rude instructors when she arrived in comedy.
“Retrospectively, there were these guys who were only cocks on the comedy that teach me,” said the star of “Shrinking”. “I think of all these courses that I took where it was just someone who really understands improvisation and sketch lessons, but be so mean.”
She continued by saying that their unpleasant behavior has never been simply, but when she had reached her days at “The Daily Show”, where she became the very first black woman to be hired as a correspondent, she said that the bosses were mean.
“When I got” The Daily Show “and I went to work with Jon, it was like a revelation of” Oh, you don’t need to be a mean boss “,” said Williams.
O’Brien, who was a writer in several successful programs, including “Saturday Night Live”, said that, often, according to the program, comedy writers are competing for the opportunity to make their name and work appear.
“I saw bad behavior at” Saturday Night Live “because there are 20 shows a year, which, when you think about it, if you remove music, it’s not a lot of real estate, many people are fighting to get their sketch,” said O’Brien. “If you worked all week and you come to see the table on Wednesday evening to see if you entered or not, and your sketch is in the” Dead Man “, the small sheet was moved to the bottom of the board, it’s devastating. So people, there can be sharp elbows because there is less space.”
Williams agreed: “Yeah, and the turnover is really crazy.” She explained why “The Daily Show” was a better match.
“I found that when I was at the Upright Citizens Brigade, when I obtained” The Daily Show “, and it was in a way that the next move was” Saturday Night Live “or” The Daily Show “, and both are great,” said Williams. “I have friends who made” Saturday Night Live “and who were really satisfied. But for me, `The Daily Show ” was a good fit because I am really sweet and as very sensitive and I needed someone really nice to me. It’s the only one, I do much better with that … I do much better when people are more beautiful for me. I do not flourish when someone is supported. ”
Williams joined “The Daily Show” in 2012 at the age of 22, where she was also the youngest correspondent at the time.
