Sample Packets
Packets previously submitted to late night shows
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Assignment #1: Opening monologue on the continuing trials and arrests for participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol Riots
Packet due date: January 3, 2022
Assignment #2: Opening monologue about North Carolina’s 2020 Senate primaries.
Packet due date: March 14, 2020
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Assignment: Monologue jokes, desk bit ideas, and sketches
Packet #1 due date: October 7, 2022
Packet #2 due date: December 12, 2019
The Late Late Show With James Corden
Assignment: Monologue jokes, sketches, desk bits, field shoot ideas
Packet due date: September 8, 2022
Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News
Assignment: Two page table of contents, guest/analyst intro, topic intro, and five questions for the guest
Assignment #1 due date: October 22, 2022
Assignment #2 due date: June 30, 2022
Assignment #3 due date: January 19, 2021
WBD Access Comedic Voices Program
Assignment: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee opening monologue
Packet due July 1, 2022
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Assignment: Roll in cold open video and short monologue sample
Packet Due Date: May 1, 2019
Conan
Assignment: 7-10 bit ideas in short paragraph form
Packet due date: February 15, 2019
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Assignment: Monologue on racism and sexism against Democratic women.
Packet due date: January 23, 2019
NBCUniversal Late Night Writers Workshop
Assignment: Monologue jokes, desk bits, and two sketches
Packet due date: December 2017
Note: Accepted into the 2018 class with this packet