Jonathan Leigh Solomon 

All about the Funny
 

During three decades as a stand-up comedian, Jonathan made regular appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and Late Show with the same guy, hosted KTV, a kids' show on NBC, and served as an MTV VJ/morning-show host. Yes, MTV once had a morning show.  

 

After switching to writing, Jonathan worked on the staff of an Emmy-winning sitcom, an Emmy-winning variety show (he did not personally win any Emmys), and several other shows – whose Emmy prospects were, in retrospect, ambitious.

 

He has also written humor for Politico, about humor for Script Magazine, and appeared on NPR to reshare the Politico pieces.

 

And appeared on lots of podcasts to chat about all of this. 

 

But if you're considering working with Jonathan, here's how you know he's a good guy: if you ask him a question about writing comedy and he doesn’t have a helpful answer, he buys you a cupcake.

 

And here's how you know he's a good hire: when Jonathan first started working with writers, he spent a lot of money on cupcakes. These days, very little.