On Feb 8, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > Decent interview. During my brief trist with Late Night in LA ten > years ago, the two I worked closest to were Mike Sweeney and then head > writer Robert Smigel (a.k.a. Triumph). Sweeney was the one I went to > when I asked to join Conan's Tonight Show as a writer's assistant. My > mom is glad they didn't hire me, since I'd be unemployed now. But I > would be unemployed with a healthy severance (and having "The Tonight > Show" writer's room on a resume would have been nice), so who is to > say what is better.
And I now realize that I saw Mike Sweeney at a They Might Be Giants show at the Largo in L.A. on Saturday night (between the opening act and the TMBG performance, sitting on a bench outside the auditorium, with what appeared to be a wife and kids). Sadly, I didn't recognize him beyond "hmm, that guy with the gray hair looks oddly familiar for some reason" -- I'm really, really bad at recognizing people "out of context." -- Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
