Ha! Ha! Ha! A buck a joke?!? (Ten bucks?)

This just in from Steve Ginsberg, our Professional in Residence in LA this year:

YOU ARE NOW A COMEDY WRITER

ICLA student Mike Gainey got his first big break this semester as an
intern on “Last Call with Carson Daly.” During the course of his
internship duties, Mike was overheard “kidding around” with one of the
other interns. The executive producer of the show happened to be
walking by and instead of reading Mike out for slacking, he told him
he thought he was funny and asked him to try writing some jokes for
Carson to tell on the show. He also promised that he’d be paid for
every joke used on-air. Mike quickly went to his computer and within
a few weeks has gotten three jokes on TV and his first paid writing
gig. Way to go, Mike!