“It took me months before I could read it again, probably about a year, honestly,” says a former ClickHole contributor
Spoiler alert: It feels bad! Photo: Saturday Night Live/YouTube Earlier this month, more than 100 people — writers, artists, actors — lost their jobs at CollegeHumor, a venerable and seemingly secure online comedy institution. Unfortunately, this kind of thing has happened many times before at similar outlets.
But what of the old show? They avoided watching it for months, because it kept running material this writer had created during their tenure. “It was a relief to finally get to a place where they’d physically run out of stuff. I remember finally feeling like I could go back in, and then there was a bit in there that was either a thing I’d written or pitched.
Funny or Die After moving up from an internship to a staff writing position, this person spent a total of three years at Funny or Die, which they call “truly a dream job.” Despite a friendly, tight-knit group of writers, working there could feel tenuous. “There was certainly always a feeling that the wheels could come off at any moment. Four sets of new head creatives were brought on in the year-plus that I was on the editorial staff, and for at least two of those, a bunch of writers got fired.
A Satirical Website “I loved working there at first,” a comedian and writer says about their 2017–2018 at an online humor magazine . “I had done work for other satire sites, but this one seemed to be speaking to me specifically.” This publication didn’t actually fire this writer — hostile circumstances drove them to quit, which is as good as fired. “The site makeup was almost all men.
Despite getting fired, the writer still watches the show. “I continue to like and respect nearly everyone there and could still see how I helped shape the show,” they say. While this is one of many gigs over a packed career, its longevity and importance changed the writer’s life in meaningful and tangible ways, and that’s not something they forget. “The job made it possible to pay off our house, pay for college, have excellent medical overage, and become a better writer.
Onion Digital Studios From 2008 to 2013, Matt Klinman — the only staffer in this piece who didn’t request to be anonymous — wrote for Onion Digital Studios, which created Onion News Network, Comedy Central’s SportsDome, and YouTube series like Porkin’ Across America, Lake Dredge Appraisal, and Sex House. After leaving to pursue television projects and to take a position at Funny or Die, Klinman returned to The Onion fold in 2016.
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