Senior Black Correspondent Larry Wilmore

Posted by Maximum Fun on 23rd August 2006

The Daily Show is scrambling to replace the folks they’ve lost in a continuing talent drain. Besides the departures of Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrel, Rob Corddry recently left the show to focus on his new FOX sitcom. (side note: if you watch the pilot, check out the funny titles Jordan wrote on Corddry’s character’s videos). Rob’s brother, Nate, left the show for “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” and Ed Helms is headed for a regular role on NBC’s The Office, and while he’s not leaving, that’s got to cut back on his Daily Show screentime. All of this leaves a bit of a vacuum, which TDS has been gamely working to fill.

Two Sound of Young America guests, Demetri Martin & John Hodgman have performed ably in limited roles, but some of the other correspondents the show has mixed in have been a mixed bag.

Last night, TV writer and actor Larry Wilmore was given a slot, and I think knocked it out of the park with a desk piece about low-quality racism. There’s never really been a black voice on the show, and Wilmore’s exceptionally well qualified, with a resume that stretches from In Living Color to The Office.

Here’s the piece (thanks, Nick):