Before landing his most recent gig blogging for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Jon Friedman, an award-winning comedian, and a New York-based writer and producer, had already been around the block with work featured in the Los Angeles Times, on NPR, and ABC News. He’s also the creator and host of The Rejection Show and the editor of Rejected — a new compilation of sad tales from funny writers from places like Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, and The Kids in the Hall — and rejectionshow.com, otherwise known as “the Web’s official home for all things rejected.
After the jump Flavorwire chats with Friedman about his penchant for seeing the glass of tears half full, dancing bears, and the healing power of cathartic group laughter.
