WATCH LIVE RIGHT NOW: The WGAE Hosts "A Potentially Regrettable Evening With Comedy Writers"

The WGAE is hosting "Writers Speak! A Potentially Regrettable Evening With Comedy Writers" tonight at Washington D.C.'s Newseum, but you can watch it right here on the Huffington Post!

WGAE President Michael Winship, who is also senior writer for Bill Moyers Journal, is moderating the panel discussion. Also taking part in the evening are: J.R. Havlan (The Daily Show With Jon Stewart), Bill Scheft (Late Show With David Letterman), Anthony Jeselnick (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon), Matt Goldich (Best Week Ever), Tim Carvell (The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and WGAE Council member), Opus Moreschi (The Colbert Report), Tom Ruprecht (Late Show With David Letterman), and Allison Abner (The West Wing).

WATCH:

HuffPost has been bringing you blogs from WGAE members all week about the event. Check them out here:

• Allison Abner of the "West Wing" on "why America needs the Writers' Guild"
• Author Linda Villarosa on why we need hard news
• The Daily Show's Elliott Kalan on the humanity of comedy
• Best Week Ever's Caissie St. Onge on the necessity of the link between politics and comedy
• Author Sabiyha Prince on race in American comedy
• WGAE president Michael Winship on how comedy impacts politics
• WGAE executive director Lowell Peterson on why we care about comedy

Comments

[American50]

"Change" Now thats truly funny




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[The Toast in the Machine]

*SIGH* I could only hear about the last 15 minutes. Was this recorded, by chance?

[Diogenis]

D dats all folks!

[hart444]

Wow, that ten minutes of actual video with sound was totally worth the wait.

[hart444]

Who are those people talking? We have no idea who writes for whom now.

[Epiphany2b]

Any chance of it being re broadcast when the kinks are worked out?

[brandnewstuff]

I did not hear anything!

[larry278]

Working on it means that nobody can locate all of the problems. It isn't going to ever work this month, or year, or even this century. Give up on it. Remember the old American adage, "If at 1st you don't succeed, stop trying; it was a lousy idea in the 1st place.".

[American50]

Too Bad Letterman isnt funny anytime
you want funny.....­.. Just say "Change Wright"

[Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff - Huffpost Blogger]

Breaking new ground on the net: Comedy writers live streaming event - The revival of pantomime.

(-Just joshing while we wait. -HuffPosters are a patient bunch.)

[CraigR]

Yeah...Bor­ing Richard Clarke on Countdown right now, so I can afford to try for a while yet.

[Diogenis]

Yes, patient. I clean house, mow the lawn, and check always to see if my comment was posted in the blog.

[beenn15]

huge fail

[AuntiepoppyCock]

Boooooo

This is like the jimmy falon show.

[nachtmantel]

Okay, Howard Dean's speech didn't come off online and this isn't either. What is so difficult, people?

[Alex Leo - Huffpost Blogger]

This isn't on our end, it's on the Newseum's, we have no idea why they can't fix it.

[hart444]

It's the economy. A/V departments only hire unpaid interns :)

[CraigR]

There's a vast right-wing conspiracy behind it, alright. I'm sure of it.

[lostmykeysagain]

so sorry this isn't working

[CraigR]

What a ginormous disappoint­ment...I'm gonna watch OLBERMANN.­..I suggest you all do the same!

[Plus15]

Word is they rented to sound from the WGAW

[Plus15]

I guess since these are writers we're supposed to read something. Scheft was never good at pantomime.