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RORY ALBANESE
Rory Albanese is the Emmy-winning Executive Producer of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." He has also appeared on "Comedy Central Presents".
Watch his videos: "Comedy Central Presents"
TIM CARVELL
Tim Carvell is head writer for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." He is also the author of the new book Planet Tad, which Stephen Colbert says "will make you laugh. If you're into that sort of thing, consider yourself warned."
Buy his book: Planet Tad
KAHANE (CORN) COOPERMAN
Kahane (Corn) Cooperman is the Co-Executive Producer of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." She has been with the show since its inception in 1996, serving as Field Producer, Senior Producer and Supervising Producer before becoming the Co-Executive Producer in 2005. For her work on the show, she has received two Peabody awards and seven Emmy awards.
Kahane began her career as a documentary filmmaker. Her documentary "Making Dazed," about the cult-classic feature film "Dazed and Confused," combines footage she shot behind the scenes during the making of "Dazed" and interviews with the cast and crew 10 years later. The film took a really really long time to complete -- after its broadcast on AMC, it became a featured part of the Criterion Collection's definitive DVD release of "Dazed and Confused."
Buy the DVD: "Making Dazed"
GRAHAM KNOX FRAZIER
Graham Knox Frazier is an Emmy Award-winning video editor and an electronic dance music producer, remixer, and DJ. He has launched four successful albums on National College Radio. He also releases monthly mix tapes. His upcoming releases feature singer Jenna Kim Jones, with singles going to National Commercial Radio and Billboard music charts.
Find out more: grahamknoxfrazier.com
JR HAVLAN
J.R. Havlan is a 16-year veteran writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the host of the "Writers' Bloc Podcast," on which he picks the complicated and jittery brains of the writers who help create The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, 30 Rock, Letterman, SNL, The Office, and more. Writers' Bloc Podcast will let you in on how blank pages become your favorite television comedies. You love the sausage, now hear how it gets made. You can also follow @WritersBlocPod, @JRHavlan himself, and come see him perform stand-up at some of New York City's top comedy clubs... and a few of the bottom ones as well.
Listen to Writers' Bloc Podcast
MILES KAHN
Miles Kahn is a producer at "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." He is also a director and writer of films and shorts. Follow @MilesKahn on Twitter, watch his latest series on "Funny or Die," and read his work for McSweeney's.
ELLIOTT KALAN
Elliott Kalan is an Emmy-winning writer for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."He is a co-host of the film podcast "The Flophouse" with fellow Daily Show writer Dan McCoy. He also hosts "Closely Watched Films," a classic film screening series on the first Wednesday of every month at 92YTribeca in Manhattan.
ADAM LOWITT
Adam Lowitt is an Emmy Award-winning Co-Executive Producer for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." He's also a stand up comedian. Watch videos of Adam Lowitt on "John Oliver's New York Stand-up Show" and keep an eye on his website for upcoming performances.
DAN MCCOY
Dan McCoy is a writer for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." He co-hosts the bad movie podcast "The Flop House" with fellow writer Elliott Kalan. He also produced, co-wrote, animated, and acted in the web series "9 AM Meeting," which won the Best Animated Show award at the 2010 New York TV Festival.
JODY MORLOCK
Jody Morlock is "The Daily Show's" resident makeup artist. She is also a fine artist and designer of tables and jewelry. She selected the art for the building and green rooms.
View her work: JodyMorlock.com
DANIEL RADOSH
Daniel Radosh is an Emmy-winning writer for "The Daily Show" and the author of Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture, a "wonderfully funny and very, very smart book" (National Public Radio) that explores the subculture of American evangelicalism with "the astute sense of a journalist and the evocative humor of a stand-up comic" (Publishers Weekly).
Buy his book: Rapture Ready!
KRISTEN SCHAAL AND RICH BLOMQUIST
Kristen Schaal is an actress, writer, comedian and The Daily Show's Senior Women's Correspondent. She played the role of Mel in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords. She also appears on both 30 Rock and Bob's Burgers.
Rich Blomquist is a former staff writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for which he won five Emmy Awards, and a contributor to Saturday Night Live.
Real-life married couple Kristen Schaal and Rich Blomquist are the authors of The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex where they researched everything from the erotic to the hairy to a particularly endearing section entitled "The Taintologues."
Buy their book: The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex
DARIC SCHLESSELMAN
Daric Schlesselman has been an editor on The Daily Show since 2001. He has taken his long time love of home brewing to another level by opening Van Brunt Stillhouse.
Van Brunt Stillhouse honors the pioneering spirit of Brooklyn with hand crafted, artisanal spirits created on the Red Hook waterfront. He currently makes Due North Rum, Van Brunt Stillhouse Whiskey, and Red Hook Grappa.
BETH SHORR
Beth Shorr is the Talent Coordinator at "The Daily Show." Born and raised in southern California, she joined the staff after graduating from NYU. Inspired by art, music and people on the streets of New York City, she created the bshorr handmade collection, which includes knitted and crocheted accessories that are both functional and fashionable.
Beth was recently featured in "O, The Oprah Magazine."
Handcrafted in the wee hours of the night, bshorr wearables include items for women, men and babies, and are made with the highest quality of materials.
Follow @bshorrhandmade on Twitter.
SARA TAKSLER
Sara Taksler is a Segment Producer for "The Daily Show." Before joining the staff in 2005, she worked in production for Nick At Nite, Comedy Central and MTV2.
Sara (favorite balloon animal: two birds kissing in a heart) and Naomi Greenfield (favorite balloon animal: monkey on a palm tree) directed "TWISTED: A Balloonamentary," a feature documentary that explores how eight people's lives are transformed when they discover balloon twisting conventions. "The Hollywood Reporter" calls the film, which includes an animated segment narrated by Jon Stewart, "...one of those wide-grin quirkster documentaries one hopes to discover every festival season, a thoroughly winning feature."
Buy the DVD: TWISTED
