Yes, Seth Myers is actually reading the comments.

Seth Myers is reading your comments.

From the release date amendments Coming in March 2021, first as a repeatable segment and now as a full 20-minute (and Emmy-nominated) digital series – NBC Გ Late at night The presenter has amassed a comical collection of viewer comments and observations from his show to record YouTube responses for countless hours.

Start each morning by reading the comments. He spends most of every Thursday reading comments. And as the thread grew in popularity, he found that his comments in the comments led him to read even more comments. “Many of them are reviews and previous amendments“- says Myers, during the last visit the hollywood reporter offices. “It is really a snake eating its tail at this point, which, as I discovered amendmentsIt’s called Ouroboros.

For anyone who has already wasted their precious hours of the day moving a sentence, it might seem like an exercise in digital masochism. But Myers seems to really love the process. “I think everybody bought the game,” he said. “They are fans of the show and want to help provide content for something else they enjoy. So this is performative anger. It was the funniest experiment on the internet, trying to turn the worst into the happiest.”

He was also prolific. In addition to the short film submitted for the 2021 Emmy nomination, the segment’s YouTube uploads regularly rack up over 400,000 views. for Myers, amendments There was also a healthy exercise in writing late-night comedies in addition to the typical plays. The Saturday night live stream Alum, whose last comedy was in 2019 baby vestibuleIt combines every week by creating a new 20-minute cabin set.

Გ Late at night However, he returned to his studio audience in October. amendments I only shoot in front of the team and the team. This means that your stance, however strong it may be, is not always the most convincing laugh. “There’s a cameraman named Buck who laughs at everything,” Myers said. “While Alex Base, our head writer, is so smart… Well, I’ve worked with him for about 20 years and I think I heard him laugh five or six times.”

Producing and hosting a late night talk show is no easy feat. So it can easily be assumed that Myers might consider delegating a comment to an intern or assistant. But she’s incredibly happy doing this part alone.

“No, I don’t think they knew what to look for,” he said. “He will see Release? I told the intern to look for the bad numbers. “Because it’s like this: Seven starts blinking and only I can see it.”