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'''Janine Ditullio''' is a comedy writer, voice actress, and stand-up comedian.
'''Janine Ditullio''' is an American comedy writer, voice actress, and stand-up comedian. She has been nominated for six [[Emmy Awards]] and won two [[Writers Guild of America Awards]] for her writing on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' .


==Career==
==Career==
As a stand-up comedian from Massachusetts, Ditullio has performed in the Boston area, including at the [[Catch a Rising Star (comedy clubs)|Catch a Rising Star]] club,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Jay N. |title=Female comedians shine at Rising Star on Sundays Comedy MOSTLY WOMEN, at Catch A Rising Star |work=[[The Patriot Ledger]] |date=February 15, 1994 |quote=Janine DiTullio was the evening's host...}}{{ProQuest|242609208}}</ref><ref name="Graham 1996"/> several [[First_Night#Boston|Boston First Night]] events,<ref name="Graham 1996">{{cite news |last1=Graham |first1=Renee |title=Conan-style comedy for First Night: City Edition |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=December 27, 1996}} {{ProQuest|403791308}}</ref> the Comedy Studio,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blowen |first1=Michael |title=OLD FRIENDS, NEW LAUGHS, AND A SOLID SCENE |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=December 26, 1999}} {{ProQuest|405318903}}</ref> and a fundraiser with [[Paula Poundstone]], [[Jimmy Tingle]], and [[Jonathan Katz]] for the [[Planned Parenthood]] League of Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Jim |title=Leftward laughter for four comedians |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=April 24, 1996}} {{ProQuest|290783840}}</ref> In New York City, she twice performed at the King Sized Laundromat and Dry Cleaners during Spin Cycle Comedy evenings in the late 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bisch |first1=Kevin |title=Coin-Op Cutups |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 4, 1999}} {{ProQuest|110085744}}</ref>
Ditullio penned the [[Metalocalypse]] episode "Dethmas" with show creator [[Brendon Small]] along with several other scripts for season 3 and 4 of the series. She was also the voice of Paula Small in the animated series ''[[Home Movies (TV Series)|Home Movies]]'', replacing the original voice actress, [[Paula Poundstone]]. She played a scientist who stabs monkeys on the [[Onion News Network]].<ref>[http://www.theonion.com/video/study-multiple-stab-wounds-may-be-harmful-to-monke,14150/ "Study: Multiple Stab Wounds May Be Harmful To Monkeys"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116210710/http://www.theonion.com/video/study-multiple-stab-wounds-may-be-harmful-to-monke,14150/ |date=2013-11-16 }}. [[Onion News Network]]. accessed September 29, 2011.</ref> She was the first woman hired to write for Conan O'Brien, and before that, the first woman to write for ''[[The Jon Stewart Show]]'' in 1994. She also wrote for the late night television talk show ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]''.


In 1994, Ditullio joined ''[[The Jon Stewart Show]]'' as a writer, and in 1995, then became a writer for ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''.<ref name="Harris 2010">{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Lynn |title=Late-night's real problem |url=https://www.salon.com/2010/01/11/women_writers_late_night/ |access-date=9 July 2023 |work=Salon |date=11 January 2010 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Kurp 2011"/> She was the first woman hired as a writer at each show.<ref name="Harris 2010"/> She was a writer at ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' until 2001,<ref name="Kurp 2011"/> and part of the team that wrote the nightly monologue.<ref name="Graham 1996"/> She also wrote for ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'' from May through November 2010.<ref name="Kurp 2011">{{cite news |last1=Kurp |first1=Joshua |title=Checking In…with the Voice Cast of Home Movies |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/08/checking-in-with-the-voice-cast-of-home-movies.html |access-date=9 July 2023 |work=Vulture |date=26 August 2011 |language=en-us}}</ref>
Along with writing partner Kelly Kimball, Ditullio started The Thursday Thing, a monthly workshop where writers, actors, and filmmakers debut new material. Ditullio and Kimball served as co-executive producers on the short lived ABC series ''My Kind of Town'' starring [[Johnny Vaughan]].


She was also the voice of Paula Small in the animated series ''[[Home Movies (TV Series)|Home Movies]]'', replacing the original voice actress, [[Paula Poundstone]].<ref name="Kurp 2011"/><ref>{{cite news |title=The 35 Best TV Shows on Max (That Aren't HBO) |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/list/best-hbo-max-shows |access-date=9 July 2023 |work=Paste Magazine |date=May 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Erik |title=“It’s very difficult to come up with an ending,” but Home Movies nailed it |url=https://www.avclub.com/it-s-very-difficult-to-come-up-with-an-ending-but-ho-1798276898 |access-date=11 October 2023 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=23 February 2015 |language=en}}</ref> She played a scientist who stabs monkeys on the [[Onion News Network]].<ref>[http://www.theonion.com/video/study-multiple-stab-wounds-may-be-harmful-to-monke,14150/ "Study: Multiple Stab Wounds May Be Harmful To Monkeys"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116210710/http://www.theonion.com/video/study-multiple-stab-wounds-may-be-harmful-to-monke,14150/ |date=2013-11-16 }}. [[Onion News Network]]. accessed September 29, 2011.</ref> In 2012, she joined ''[[Superjail!]]'' as the writing director.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burra |first1=Kevin |title='Superjail!' Creator & Writing Director Talk Queer Characters, Upcoming Season And Homoerotic Fan Art |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christy-karacas-superjail-janine-ditullio_n_1662124?1342019945 |access-date=10 July 2023 |work=HuffPost |date=11 July 2012 |language=en}}</ref> Ditullio wrote the ''[[Metalocalypse]]'' episode "Dethmas" with show creator [[Brendon Small]], along with several other scripts for seasons three and four of the series.<ref name="imdb" />
Ditullio is also the founder and creator of the online streaming technology [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229113231/http://chirpbug.com/ Chirpbug].


Both Ditullio and her writing partner [[Kelly Kimball]] served as co-executive producers on the short lived ABC series ''[[My Kind of Town (TV series)|My Kind of Town]]'' starring [[Johnny Vaughan]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Richmond |first1=Ray |title='My Kind of Town' |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 16, 2005|via=MasterFILE Complete}} {{ProQuest|235335013}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations==

*Ditullio was nominated for several [[Emmy Awards]] as part of the writing staff for ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''.
*Ditullio has also won two Writers Guild of America Awards.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}
Ditullio is also the founder of Chirpbug, an interactive online technology.<ref name="Kurp 2011"/>

==Awards and honors==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Ditullio's awards
!Year
!Show
!Award
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2" |1996
| rowspan="10" |''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
|Nominee
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Janine DiTullio |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/janine-ditullio |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|Television Academy]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series]]
|'''Winner'''
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Writers Guild of America 1997 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/1997/1/?ref_=ev_eh |access-date=8 March 2019 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
|1997
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
|Nominee
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |1998
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
|Nominee
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series]]
|Shortlist
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Writers Guild of America 1999 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/1999/1/?ref_=ev_eh |access-date=8 March 2019 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
|Nominee
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series]]
|'''Winner'''
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Writers Guild of America 2000 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2000/1/?ref_=ev_eh |access-date=8 March 2019 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2000
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program
|Nominee
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series]]
|Shortlist
|<ref>{{cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=January 10, 2001 |title=NBC tops WGA TV noms |url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/nbc-tops-wga-tv-noms-1117791658/ |access-date=March 7, 2019 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Writers Guild of America 2001 Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2001/1/?ref_=ev_eh |access-date=8 March 2019 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
|-
|2001
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program
|Nominee
|<ref name=":0" />
|}

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Ditullio filmography<ref name="imdb">{{Cite web |title=Janine Ditullio |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224366/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=[[IMDb]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
!Year
!Show
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1994–1995
|''[[The Jon Stewart Show]]''
|Writer
|5 episodes
|-
|1995–2001
|''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''
|Writer
|464 episodes
|-
|2001
|[[Home Movies (TV series)|''Home Movies'']]
|Writer
|7 episodes
|-
|2001–2004
|[[Home Movies (TV series)|''Home Movies'']]
|Actress: Paula Small
|47 episodes
|-
|2005
|''[[My Kind of Town (TV series)|My Kind of Town]]''
|Head writer
|5 episodes
|-
|2010
|''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]''
|Writer
|84 episodes
|-
|2009–2010
|''[[Metalocalypse]]''
|Writer
|14 episodes
|-
|2012
|''[[Superjail!]]''
|Writer<ref>{{cite web |title=Janine Ditullio |url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/janine-ditullio |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=10 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|4 episodes
|-
|2012
|''[[Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell]]''
|Producer
|2 episodes
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111229113231/http://chirpbug.com/ Chirpbug]
*{{IMDb name|0224366|Janine Ditullio}}
*[https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53368/brief-history-jon-stewart-show/ The Daily Show History]


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Latest revision as of 14:00, 22 June 2024

Janine Ditullio
Born
Massachusetts
CitizenshipAmerican
Occupation(s)Comedy writer, voice actress, stand-up comedian
AwardsWriters Guild of America Awards

Janine Ditullio is an American comedy writer, voice actress, and stand-up comedian. She has been nominated for six Emmy Awards and won two Writers Guild of America Awards for her writing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien .

Career

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As a stand-up comedian from Massachusetts, Ditullio has performed in the Boston area, including at the Catch a Rising Star club,[1][2] several Boston First Night events,[2] the Comedy Studio,[3] and a fundraiser with Paula Poundstone, Jimmy Tingle, and Jonathan Katz for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.[4] In New York City, she twice performed at the King Sized Laundromat and Dry Cleaners during Spin Cycle Comedy evenings in the late 1990s.[5]

In 1994, Ditullio joined The Jon Stewart Show as a writer, and in 1995, then became a writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien.[6][7] She was the first woman hired as a writer at each show.[6] She was a writer at Late Night with Conan O'Brien until 2001,[7] and part of the team that wrote the nightly monologue.[2] She also wrote for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from May through November 2010.[7]

She was also the voice of Paula Small in the animated series Home Movies, replacing the original voice actress, Paula Poundstone.[7][8][9] She played a scientist who stabs monkeys on the Onion News Network.[10] In 2012, she joined Superjail! as the writing director.[11] Ditullio wrote the Metalocalypse episode "Dethmas" with show creator Brendon Small, along with several other scripts for seasons three and four of the series.[12]

Both Ditullio and her writing partner Kelly Kimball served as co-executive producers on the short lived ABC series My Kind of Town starring Johnny Vaughan.[13]

Ditullio is also the founder of Chirpbug, an interactive online technology.[7]

Awards and honors

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Ditullio's awards
Year Show Award Result Ref.
1996 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program Nominee [14]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Winner [15]
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program Nominee [14]
1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program Nominee [14]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Shortlist [16]
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program Nominee [14]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Winner [17]
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program Nominee [14]
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series Shortlist [18][19]
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program Nominee [14]

Filmography

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Ditullio filmography[12]
Year Show Role Notes
1994–1995 The Jon Stewart Show Writer 5 episodes
1995–2001 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Writer 464 episodes
2001 Home Movies Writer 7 episodes
2001–2004 Home Movies Actress: Paula Small 47 episodes
2005 My Kind of Town Head writer 5 episodes
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Writer 84 episodes
2009–2010 Metalocalypse Writer 14 episodes
2012 Superjail! Writer[20] 4 episodes
2012 Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell Producer 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Miller, Jay N. (February 15, 1994). "Female comedians shine at Rising Star on Sundays Comedy MOSTLY WOMEN, at Catch A Rising Star". The Patriot Ledger. Janine DiTullio was the evening's host...ProQuest 242609208
  2. ^ a b c Graham, Renee (December 27, 1996). "Conan-style comedy for First Night: City Edition". The Boston Globe. ProQuest 403791308
  3. ^ Blowen, Michael (December 26, 1999). "OLD FRIENDS, NEW LAUGHS, AND A SOLID SCENE". The Boston Globe. ProQuest 405318903
  4. ^ Sullivan, Jim (April 24, 1996). "Leftward laughter for four comedians". The Boston Globe. ProQuest 290783840
  5. ^ Bisch, Kevin (July 4, 1999). "Coin-Op Cutups". The New York Times. ProQuest 110085744
  6. ^ a b Harris, Lynn (11 January 2010). "Late-night's real problem". Salon. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e Kurp, Joshua (26 August 2011). "Checking In…with the Voice Cast of Home Movies". Vulture. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  8. ^ "The 35 Best TV Shows on Max (That Aren't HBO)". Paste Magazine. May 23, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  9. ^ Adams, Erik (23 February 2015). ""It's very difficult to come up with an ending," but Home Movies nailed it". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Study: Multiple Stab Wounds May Be Harmful To Monkeys" Archived 2013-11-16 at the Wayback Machine. Onion News Network. accessed September 29, 2011.
  11. ^ Burra, Kevin (11 July 2012). "'Superjail!' Creator & Writing Director Talk Queer Characters, Upcoming Season And Homoerotic Fan Art". HuffPost. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Janine Ditullio". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  13. ^ Richmond, Ray (August 16, 2005). "'My Kind of Town'". The Hollywood Reporter – via MasterFILE Complete. ProQuest 235335013
  14. ^ a b c d e f "Janine DiTullio". Television Academy. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
  15. ^ "Writers Guild of America 1997 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Writers Guild of America 1999 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Writers Guild of America 2000 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  18. ^ McNary, Dave (January 10, 2001). "NBC tops WGA TV noms". Variety. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  19. ^ "Writers Guild of America 2001 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  20. ^ "Janine Ditullio". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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