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Seth Reiss is currently a writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, was the head writer at The Onion, and dreams of one day being a staff writer for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

  • November 15, 2016
    It’s Literally Impossible for Me to Get Off Anymore
    by Seth Reiss
  • June 13, 2016
    Celebrity Spotting at Hamilton, Featuring James Cromwell
    by Seth Reiss
  • May 9, 2016
    Since the Accident
    by Seth Reiss
  • December 2, 2015
    A Doctor With a Horrible Bedside Manner Gives Some Very Bad News
    by Seth Reiss
  • February 12, 2015
    Here Are All the Ways I Could Have Died Today
    by Seth Reiss
  • August 18, 2014
    Tide Detergent’s President of Marketing Defines the Company’s Typical Customer
    by Seth Reiss
  • February 19, 2014
    What is Success?
    by Seth Reiss
  • September 24, 2013
    My Favorite Versions of iTunes
    by Seth Reiss
  • September 3, 2013
    The Current State of My Body
    by Seth Reiss
  • March 6, 2013
    Yelp Reviews of a Brick, a Twig, and the 8th Click Sound Made by Six Flags’ Kingda Ka Rollercoaster During its Initial Ascent
    by Seth Reiss
  • February 21, 2013
    A Memo to the New Employee About Parking
    by Seth Reiss
  • February 8, 2013
    That’s Life
    by Seth Reiss
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