LATE STAGE LIVE: REID #164

HUGE NEWS! (& Tucker Carlson's worst nightmare!)

Late Stage Live!

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Hey! Hi!

Special newsletter today! because I’ve been working on a project that’s FINALLY LAUNCHING AT NOON.

It’s called Late Stage with Ella Yurman, and it’s a public access comedy news show.

We shoot in front of a live studio audience!!! Every month!!! I’m the head writer. And my team rocks!!!

It would mean the world if you watched the full episode when it drops — and then subscribe to our YouTube, Instagram, X, Substack, and TikTok cuz we have lots more coming down the pipe!

Ella came to me with this idea six months ago, and since then, we’ve gotten Brooklyn-public-access-tv-studio certified, assembled a group of incredible people, and turned a dream into a thrilling-and-stressful-but-perfect reality.

If you live in NYC and want to be in the live studio audience next month, let me know. We’d love to have you.

We also have a Patreon you can subscribe to for bonus content.

There may not be a trans late night host on network TV, but there’s now one in a dusty ol’ Brooklyn studio full of 90’s recording equipment!

[And she’s gay/Gen-Z! Tucker Carlson’s worst nightmare!]

Woohoo!

-Reid

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Thank you for subscribing. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s not – it’s a lot like when people slip on ice. If this is your first time reading, check out the archives.

Sincerely,

Reid Pope

@rpopegram | @rpopetweets

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Bonus Jonas Zone:

my soul leaving my body realizing how much we had to get done in limited period of time

our beautiful first studio audience settling in

screencap of Ella lookin’ like Jon which makes me verklempt every time i look at it

Sunny keepin’ the audience warm as Ella, Octavia, and I talk pick-ups

Hour 10 of trying to get premiere to work to edit and export

powering up the live switcher in the booth

Eventually, when we get the $, we want to do this weekly. If you know someone who might want to fund a trans-led late night show, let us know!

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