A day of making 'Late Night with Seth Meyers'

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News breaks, but the show's gotta go on. Here's what really goes into the making of "Late Night with Seth Meyers." wapo.st/2LevQd3 Stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes content.

[@samarsaiyed7250]

4:13 that was Seth's last cue card on SNL... It's sweet that he keeps it in his dressing room

[@44sskraps]

I'm amazed A Closer Look is written by just one guy! It's really consistently funny I thought a team was writing it.

[@MichaelJ44]

He has 100 writers

[@christianfinkbeiner684]

​@@MichaelJ44He has about 15 writers, and only one for "A Closer Look."

[@John-ct9zs]

@@MichaelJ44All these guys do. Even the greats like Carson, Letterman, Conan had a team of writers.

[@RealJustinCrow]

Wally!!!! What a legend!!!! The same team that does the SNL cue cards also does Seth's. Makes sense as he would've been so used to them doing Weekend Update all those years!

[@c.9231]

Everyone on the team is so talented!

[@drapakdave]

I love how many of the staff I can recognize. I hope they can continue to nurture good talent and move them into the light.

[@RyuTakeru]

Seth Thank U for letting us see the magic that u bring us every week. Your shows are truly wonderful and definitely help us get through those tougher weeks in general. Keep up the amazing work. And Thank U Washington Post for running this behind the scenes ep. Ryu T.

[@davelightsaber1621]

This is Amazing .

[@ricardosousa4058]

2:08 is that Steve Carrel?????

[@KGisthename]

No, but he does look like him a bit.

[@chrissiek8706]

Weird thing, i somewhat remember that doctor story, and even some jokes, but everything moves so fast, that it feels like that's a history today, like 5 years old history... It was just a few months ago. Right? Weeks? This trumpatisation of feeling /understanding time is really really f annoying...

[@Laitalafraise]

Why do they use a cue cards guy and not a teleprompter?

[@JonathanGrahamVideo]

Laitalafraise it’s a preference thing. NBC likes to use cue cards because there’s no way there can be a technical glitch. It’s also easy on the eyes when the talent reads it. SNL uses cue cards as well.

[@koenmeier8553]

Jonathan Graham it is also happening in the same building as snl so they can share the cue card department.

[@S.Pociecha]

It's not a cuecard department - it's Wally, who is a gem of great worth. Keeping up with Seth's amazing and inimitable delivery is not a job for beginners.

[@mothsfavlamp]

Wally is the head of the Cue Card Department.

[@chrissiek8706]

Hey WaPo, how is this different /similar of how you do news these days? Jokes aside, of course

[@SeanDarr]

I like how it's more so just a behind the scenes of how one guy writes lame trump jokes

[@winkstar9265]

Guy is such a fake

[@Gfp1995]

Yahseq Gookler Seth?

[@Gfp1995]

Like how actors are fake because they don't write the script? Lmao

[@a1tpseud0nym30]

snowflake lmao

[@bridgitcro]

in what way? he doesn't seem like a fake at all to me

[@alvinanil6996]

And you are a nobody.

[@robloxvids2233]

No wonder the show sucks.

[@zxcbbnm7552]

Fake news

[@imisstoronto3121]

it's not news, twat. Its comedy.

[@zxcbbnm7552]

imiss toronto where’s the funny part? 🤔

[@imisstoronto3121]

Since you don't watch his show, you don't know WTF you're talking about. This is news like Jon Stewarts show was news - it wasnt. He is a comedian, doing a comedy show. It's called 'satire'. Look it up.

[@zxcbbnm7552]

imiss toronto doesn’t seem like I’m missing out on much

[@c.9231]

@@zxcbbnm7552 I get the feeling a lot of things go over your head.