Vernon Chatman (Wonder Showzen): Yeah, I’ve worked on a lot of shitty shows. My first show I worked on was The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. It was the first job I ever had. I learned, even if you’re on a shitty show, don’t try to bend yourself to them. Because I ended up writing a bunch of good stuff that I used later that was insane. Keenen did an article a couple of years ago, and they asked him, ‘What’s the worst pitch you ever got?’ And it was, ‘Some writer pitched that the show start with a helicoptor holding a yak, and the yak lands and a team pulls the yak into the stage and they slice open the yak and I -Keenen Ivory Wayans- drop onto the stage and start the show.’ That guy made White Chicks, and that’s the worst pitch he ever got? I pitched that, I swear to God, it didn’t occur to me that that was totally insane.

• TONIGHT: Letterman has Amy Sedaris and Will Arnett. Conan has Scarlett Johansson, Kevin Nealon, and Locksley.