Catie Lazarus, a writer, magazine contributor and comedian who developed and hosted an live, onstage New York celebrity talk show that grew from appearances at the Upright Citizens Brigade to a regular spot at Public Theater’s popular Joe’s Pub venue in Manhattan, died Sunday of cancer at her home in Brooklyn. She was 44.
Family members announced her death on social media.
Since moving to Joe’s Pub in 2014, Lazarus’ show, called Employee of the Month, became one of the venue’s most popular offerings. More than 250 interviews were recorded and used for weekly Slate podcasts, each marked by Lazarus’ funny, warm and emotionally generous approach to conversation.
Many of the show’s fans also were its guests: Jon Stewart gave Lazarus his first interview after leaving The Daily Show. The list of celebrities who sat for interviews is too long to post here, but a selection includes Robert Redford,...
Family members announced her death on social media.
Since moving to Joe’s Pub in 2014, Lazarus’ show, called Employee of the Month, became one of the venue’s most popular offerings. More than 250 interviews were recorded and used for weekly Slate podcasts, each marked by Lazarus’ funny, warm and emotionally generous approach to conversation.
Many of the show’s fans also were its guests: Jon Stewart gave Lazarus his first interview after leaving The Daily Show. The list of celebrities who sat for interviews is too long to post here, but a selection includes Robert Redford,...
- 12/15/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
On Thursday's episode of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart recruited filmmaker George Lucas to sarcastically honor Fox News for their cautioned coverage of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. The Star Wars mastermind, representing "liberal Hollywood," promised to "only make movies from now on that are blindly uncritical of America," citing surefire blockbuster examples American Exceptionalism Graffiti, Star Wars: The Reagan Missile Defense Version, The Empire Strikes Back, Justifiably and Star Wars: The Clinton Menace.
Elsewhere in the segment, Stewart takes hilarious shots at his network...
Elsewhere in the segment, Stewart takes hilarious shots at his network...
- 3/27/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Jon Stewart gave his first interview since announcing he will be leaving “The Daily Show” on the “Employee of the Month” podcast on Thursday. Stewart, who has anchored the satirical news program since 1999, shocked fans last week when he announced he will not renew his contract and will exit the show later this year. Also Read: Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Replacement? 13 Funny, Topical and Talented Picks (Photos) During his interview on Catie Lazarus’ podcast, Stewart made clear that his move is not a retirement, but rather he needs “more flexibility.” “I’ve got maybe four or five more years with the kids.
- 2/20/2015
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Less than 10 days after he announced that he would be stepping down as host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Jon Stewart opened up about what he would like the show to look like after he leaves and what he'll miss about the daily grind. Stewart was one of the guests on February's "Employee of the Month" show, hosted by Catie Lazarus, at Joe's Pub in New York. His interview with Lazarus in front of a small crowd on Thursday night marked some of his first public comments since he announced his Daily Show departure. Read More John Oliver
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- 2/20/2015
- by Hilary Lewis, Ted Simmons
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Thursday, February 19 at 700Pm, Catie Lazarus returns to Joe's Pub at The Public for the next season of her beloved live talk show, The Employee of the Month Show Eotm, with guests Jon Stewart, Natasha Lyonne and Sherman 'Ot' Powell. Tickets for February 19 are 50 and will be available to the public online, by phone 212-967-7555 or in-person at The Public Theater Box Office 425 Lafayette, NYC on Thursday, January 29 at 200Pm.
- 1/23/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York comedian Catie Lazarus has more than dabbled in web series before, popping up as a Barely Political correspondent or as a reverse -therapist and host of YourTango’s On The Couch with Catie Lazarus. But now we get a peek into the devilishly candid and inventive mind of the young performer with her first original series, The On Time Show with Petunia Van De Twirp. With a setup somehwere close to the Late Night show for the Toy Story gang, puppet host Petunia is the Conan of the stuffed animal kingdom. Voiced (and written) by Lazarus, Petunia’s opening monologue breezes through self-deprecating one-liners cutting quickly over to a very real crank call segment with everything from Virgin Atlantic to Best Buy and Budget Rental Car. There’s a silent film bit after that—Petunia’s somewhat racy run-in with her bedroom beau Senator Bear—followed by a...
- 7/14/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
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