Experts
Josh Lieb
Executive Producer, "The Daily Show"
Josh Lieb had worked in the writer's rooms of comedy successes from the Simpsons to the Daily Show, but he warns those who want to follow in his footsteps that the job is full of more frustrations than glory. If there's anything else you can do, he says, do that. Read More
A conversation with the author of "I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President." Read More
Is Ray Bradbury's most famous work nothing more than an "authorial circle jerk"? Read More
We may all want to be the next drug and booze fueled literary outlaw like Hunter Thompson, but Josh Lieb explains that alcohol leads to early flameouts and difficult lives. E.L. Doctorow, on the other hand, is a model of a long-lived, productive writer. Read More
When asked about how he overcomes writer's block, TV writer Josh Lieb thinks about the glory of football. Read More
Josh Lieb describes the childhood that doomed him to become a TV writer. Read More
Josh Lieb is a bit underwhelmed by Bob Mankoff's prolific New Yorker cartooning. Read More
TV writer Josh Lieb's biggest mistake was burning out when his star was on the rise; he never knew how quickly he would lose Hollywood momentum. Read More
Daily Show writer Josh Lieb's literary heroes include Charles Dickens and Danny Pinkwater. Read More
The usually cynical comedy writer Josh Lieb gets sentimental about love. Read More
Josh Lieb is very excited about his children, but he worries about education in the United States. Read More
Josh Lieb's process of finding a publisher for and writing his book was criminally easy. Read More
Josh Lieb describes the struggles and joys of keeping daily political comedy fresh, making Obama funny, and working with the creative minds in the writer's room. Read More
It says something about our world that the largest audiences these days are reading books for kids. Read More
Josh Lieb describes the traits he shares with the protagonist of his new book, "I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be Your Class President." Read More
Schools, schools, schools. Read More
We are the indulged grandchildren of the Founding Fathers. Read More
The war is the most obvious issue, says Lieb. Read More
Fitting cranky, old ideas into sleek new packaging. Read More
About Josh Lieb
Josh Lieb is an Emmy-winning producer for The Simpsons and The Daily Show and author of I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President. He has also been a writer for the popular 1990s television series "NewsRadio" and for The Jon Stewart Show.