During Ellie Kemper ’s internship atLate Night with Conan O’Brien , she suffer her hubby , who was a author .
In show business, everybody has to start somewhere, and many people get their start working behind-the-scenes or in supporting roles.
Here are 14 celebs who used to work on talk shows:
1.John Krasinskiinterned forLate Night with Conan O’Brienin 2000.
Appearing on the show as a guest five years later on , he told the host , " I had a bang . My job was in reality just to hang out offstage with you just before you went on , and you ’d run through some soliloquy jokes . "
Watch him reminisce on his internship below:
2.In 1994,Angela Kinseyinterned for bandleader Max Weinberg onLate Night with Conan O’Brien.
learn from the diary she keep during her internship , she say , " There are some serious food perks at Conan . I get a costless meal with the writer if I stay put lately , and I had my first beigel ! It ’s fundamentally bread that looks like a doughnut . "
You can watch her discuss more experiences she had during her internship below:
3.WhenMindy Kalingwas a sophomore in college, she also interned forLate Night withConan O’Brien.
Appearing as a node onConanin 2012 , she told the host , " I was the worst houseman that ’s ever worked in the program … I need to work there , not to learn how to photocopy things , but to , like , find out you … So I would n’t do my things that I was hired to do . I would just kind of , like , trace you around . "
Here’s a clip of her first interview with Conan:
4.In her 20s,Ellie Kemperinterned forLate Night with Conan O’Brien. She also appeared in comedy sketches on the show.
While working there , she meet her husband , Michael Koman , who was a author .
She toldVanity Fair , " I was an old intern , and he was a unseasoned author . There was a part of me that was like , ' No prison term for love ! I have to focalise on my vocation ! ' "
Here’s a sketch she appeared in on a 2007 episode:
5.Saturday Night Livealum Vanessa Bayer was aLate Night with Conan O’Brienintern as well.
OnConan , she said , " I had the skilful time here . It was so great . "
You can watch her share some pictures from her internship in the clip below:
6.Early in his career, Jack McBrayer played bit sketch roles onLate Night with Conan O’Brien, often appearing as a “dim hillbilly.”
Before he taped his audition for30 Rock , Conan ’s staff help oneself him get into character as a page .
OnConan O’Brien Needs a Friend , Jack enunciate , " I name up y' all ’s page desk , and I got up there , and I talked to wardrobe . I was like , ' Can I borrow , just for 20 minute , a page uniform ? ' They ’re like , ' Yeah , whatever . ' So they put me in there . Your hair and your make-up people , like , gussied me up , and I went upstairs … [and ] put myself on tape measure for the untitled Tina Fey pilot . And that is the tape that pay back me through the studio , through the meshwork . It got me the job . "
Here’s a compilation of some of the characters he played:
7.And in 1997, Mike Birbiglia interned forLate Night with Conan O’Brien.
OnInstagram , he said , " I have intercourse doing standup comedy and all , but I would totally still be Conan ’s interne if he let me . Bill Hader and Mulaney and other comics whom I love infinitely talk about how influential Conan was on our drollery . He ’s a GOAT . "
Conan had Mike back as a guest several times .
8.Before leaving the show in 2022, Jon Batiste spent seven years as the bandleader onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Sharing the promulgation , Stephen say , " But it ’s for all the best reasons , including to continue sharing his art with the globe … We wanted to give him a prominent in - person send - off . Joe Walsh was going to pop out of a cake , but Jon ’s not in township . I trust he ’s cutting his novel album , and I hope it ’s calledMore Grammys , Please . We have been so prosperous to have a front - row seat to Jon ’s incredible talent for the past seven years , and will we miss him here ? Yeah ! Yeah ! But we ’re happy for you , Jon , and I ca n’t wait to have you back on as a guest with your next hitting record . I love you . "
He was replaced by Louis Cato .
You can watch a musical segment he did with guest Simon Helberg below, starting at the 5:22 mark:
9.In 1996, Stephen Colbert took a job as a comedic correspondent onGood Morning America.
ToMediaBistro , he say , " I had been working for ABC Entertainment atThe Dana Carvey Showin 1996 . That show got canceled , my wife was n’t exploit , and we had a baby . Someone from entertainment sectionalisation recommended to the word division that if they were looking for somebody who was curious but depend really straight , for a newswriter forGood Morning America , that they should reckon me … They asked me if I could do it , I said yes , and they hire me . I did on the button two reports . "
Here’s a clip of Stephen onGMA:
10.Chris Elliott was one of the originalLate Night with David Lettermanwriters when the show debuted in 1982. During his six-year tenure, he alsomadeon-air appearances as himself and a variety of characters.
He was knead as an NBC Sir Frederick Handley Page when he forgather David Letterman , who was so impressed with him that he asked him to be one of his writers .
He returned to the show as a guest many times .
Here’s a clip of Chris impersonating Paul Shaffer, the show’s bandleader:
11.In 2004, Ben Schwartz was a page forLate Show with David Letterman. He then worked his way up to freelance writing jokes for the host’s monologues.
OnWTF with Marc Maron , he explained that , after dropping his résumé off at the MTV offices in hopes of landing an internship , aLettermanstaff member go up him outside the studio apartment and need if he ’d wish to sit around in the audience because they needed buns filler .
indoors , he told one of the pages , " This is my dream job . Who can I spill the beans to to get this caper ? " So , the Sir Frederick Handley Page convey over their boss , who tell , " I ’m dingy . I ca n’t assist you unless you have a résumé . "
Ben said , " I adopt outall20 résumés from my rucksack , and he express mirth , fix up a encounter , and that ’s how I get that business , which lead to me indite jokes for Letterman ’s monologue , which started the whole matter . "
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Here’s a clip of Ben talking about his experiences on the show:
12.From 1997–2000, Wanda SykeswroteforThe Chris Rock Show. She also occasionally performed on the show.
Shewonan Emmy for Outstanding Writing For a Variety or Music Program in 1999 .
Here’s a clip from one of the episodes she appeared on:
13.Ross Mathews famously got his start as an intern onThe Tonight Show Starring Jay Leno. Though he started off-camera, he became a correspondent known as “Ross the Intern” after his first on-air segment in 2001.
OnTwitter , he said , " I was an interne behind the aspect , but Jay Leno & The Tonight Showproducers sent me to cover theOceans 11premiere & David Duchovney was my 1st . I was just a kid & cuz YOU watched , they maintain need me back . THANK YOU , more than you ’ll ever sleep together . "
Watch a segment he filmed at the zoo below:
14.And finally, since 2014, Fred Armisen has been thebandleaderand drummer onLate Night with Seth Meyers.
apart from being a comedian and thespian , Fred previouslyplayedwith the post - hard-core lot Trenchmouth , the Chicago chapter of the Blue Man Group , and the indie rock-and-roll dance orchestra Les Savy Fav .
Watch him play with The 8G Band here:
