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Originally Posted by youtalkfunny
BTW, not long ago I caught a very old SNL rerun from the '80s on tv, and Leno did 6-7 minutes of standup, and it was hysterical. I watch his monolog now and wonder, "What happened to this guy?"
People doing stand up spend weeks working on their 5 minute bit and they're doing it themselves. They might have one full hour of material a year,
Talk show hosts have writers who have to make stuff up every day and are churning out 250 episodes a year.