Joe Toplyn

Joe Toplyn is an American television writer, producer, and author whose credits include Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, the sketch series In Living Color, and the detective comedy series Monk. He is a four-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for writing on Late Night with David Letterman and has served as head writer or co-head writer on both The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Show with David Letterman. He is also the author of the instructional book Comedy Writing for Late-Night TV and the creator of Witscript, an AI-powered joke-writing system.