Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. Movsesian is admittedly lazy, forgetful, and unrepentant, unwilling to stress herself out over the mundane details of a job. Excerpt from 'The World's Worst Assistant'. I had worked for Conan for almost a year when he got word that there were going to be changes in the late-night lineup β and that the network was considering putting Jay Leno back in the p.
Jay had embarked on an ill-advised 10 p. Their proposed solution was to give him a half-hour show at p. That would push The Tonight Show to a start time of a. What followed after was the most inspiring, emotional, frustrating, and educational moment in my career. Inspiring because of the massive support Conan and the show got from his audience.
Emotional because no one knew what was going to happen. So many of my colleagues on the show had moved their entire lives from New York to California to work on a show that now faced uncertainty. We were also overwhelmed with the love we were getting not just from the fans but from allies at the network and the press.
It was a frustrating time because I had worked for the publicity department at the network before I started working for Conan, and I suspected they were the source of so much misleading information that came out in the press. It was jarring to think some of the people I used to work with might now be the people who were trying to disparage my new boss with planted stories and anonymous quotes. And the time was educational because, up until this moment, I had been shielded from the ugliness of television.
I saw people I would work with on a daily basis take sides. The man who always boasted about not having an agent or manager was now teaching me how important it was to have an agent or manager.
