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This week on The Sound of Young America, two folks who’ve put on a (TV) show.
Joe Flaherty trained at the Second City for seven years before he helped launch the seminal sketch comedy series SCTV. Along with castmates like Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara and John Candy, he helped shepherd the show from three stations in Canada to US network television.
Allison Silverman is supervising producer and co-head writer of The Colbert Report. It seems hard to believe now, but a year ago, when Silverman left Late Night with Conan O’Brien to help create the Report, it was a dicey bet. Today, it’s one of the most popular shows on Comedy Central, and Colbert has become an influential cultural icon.
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