Tom Johnson(1968-2024)
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Tom Johnson, who has already spent a full year using Zoom (remotely) to supervise the comedy writing staff on a daily, live show - yep - 365 days in a row, is an Emmy winning writer/producer/creative showrunner best known for The Jeselnik Offensive, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Talkshow with Spike Feresten, Stand-Up Nation with Greg Giraldo, Lopez Tonight, the Comedy Central Roasts of both David Hasselhoff and Roseanne, and run-on sentences. He is also a seasoned awards show writer, having run the writers rooms on The MTV Movie Awards, The MTV Video Music Awards, 6 Guys Choice Awards, The Scream Awards and The Video Game Awards. He has written and/or produced pilots for Marc Maron, Dan Savage, Nikki Glaser, Jim Norton, Anjelah Johnson and Joan Rivers. Tom has also had extensive experience in reality, sketch, prank, game, hidden camera and app-based live trivia shows. He was also a stand-up comic who was passed (approved) at the Comedy Cellar in '94 - - because that seems important now.
