Michael Koman

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Michael Koman (born February 2, 1977) is an American comedian and television producer.

His notable appearances include writing for Late Night with Conan O'Brien for seven years, as co-creator, writer, and executive producer for Nathan for You, which aired for four seasons.

Early life

Koman grew up in San Diego and gained a keen interest in comedy from an early age. His early outlets for this passion included the sketch comedy show SCTV, which he adored; the acquisition of classic vinyl comedy albums from UCSD's library, to which he listened avidly; and The Comedy Store club in La Jolla, where he obtained an after-school job while he was still in high school. Koman's own short stand-up sets came as a result of his work.

Koman's screenwriting career began with writing MADtv scripts. In 1999, Koman, who was studying in Los Angeles and occasionally performing at The Improv, coauthored and produced a sketch show titled "Todd's Coma" with his buddy and fellow comedian Todd Glass. Fred Willard, a veteran comedian, appeared on the program, staged at the HBO Workspace (now the National Comedy Theatre), and Willard's manager later sent a tape on Koman's behalf to MADtv, whose recruiters were struggling to recruit new writing talent.

Personal life

On July 7, 2012, Koman married actress and comedian Ellie Kemper. Both Conan O'Brien and the others appeared together in at least one sketch at Late Night, and they even appeared together in at least one sketch. Kemper related to the tale of their participation on the Ellen DeGeneres Show in early 2012. Although Koman is Jewish, the couple has two sons, James and Matthew, who were born in 2016 and 2019 respectively, whom they are raising according to Kemper's Roman Catholic faith.

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Career

Koman was closely affiliated with Greg Cohen, who had previously written for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, while at MADtv. Koman was hired to write for O'Brien's show on Cohen's recommendation. Between 2001 and 2008, Koman collaborated with fellow Late Night writers, including Brian Stack and Andrew Weinberg, in the creation of recurring characters and scenes such as "The Interrupter" and "Hannigan the Traveler." He also developed the concept behind the often rerun "Walker, Texas Ranger Lever" (in reference to Conan's television studio in 30 Rockefeller Plaza), spearheading a parody of Aaron Sorkin's Studio 60, thus satisfying a fictional version of Saturday Night Live's often mocked program. As the show produced a special episode in Finland following the finding of O'Brien's rabid fan base, Koman and Weinberg, as well as head writer Mike Sweeney, accompanied the host and helped create the script.

Koman appeared in on-air sketches during his tenure at Late Night. In one sketch, he played an accountant for the show that suggested a nonsensible solution to the gay rights controversy, which made news in American media in 2004. After the latter had called in sick to work, O'Brien confronted Koman at home on May 16, 2007. With his obviously eager participation, Koman was eventually led into the studio for the live taping and publicly shamed. Ellie Kemper, the show's future wife, and Koman's childhood friend, had been both a writers' employee intern and a regular performer in its sketches, so this segment brought them right back to life. Late Night ran a false advertisement pretending to show how multifunctional the new iPhone was from the start of its first generation of Apple's iPhone in 2007, with Koman and Kemper appearing together in this sketch.

Late Night in 2008, Koman left Late Night with the impending change in NBC's late-night show that would debut with Conan O'Brien next year. With Demetri Martin, a man who was reluctant to relocate with the majority of the Late Night staff from New York City to Los Angeles, accepted the role of head writer for the "Ethical Things." Martin was another alumnus of the Late Night writing staff, and Koman saw the new position as an opportunity to test himself with greater authority and outside of the Rockefeller Center's familiar confines. Koman began working on Martin's show after a brief stint as a writer for the Colbert Report in August 2008. Nathan Fielder, with whom Koman quickly formed another writing team, was one of the writers soon hired.

Koman's new original television series had him revived his former writing relationship with Weinberg and teaming up with producer Jason Woliner. Eagleheart, starring Chris Elliott as an outlandish US Marshal modeled in part on Walker's titular hero, the Texas Ranger, was supported by O'Brien's production company Conaco.

Koman turned his attention toward Nathan for You, which came at the end of his direct involvement with Eagleheart, which culminated with his co-writing of the third and final season. Comedy Central had requested that a fielder develop a pilot and had invited Koman to resurrect their working relationship. The show's concept eventually evolved around the pitching of business strategies to small businesses, with Fielder's education in business administration, as the show would invest heavily in innovative and elaborate strategies to raise the visibility or profitability of its actor's clients and then detail all the consequences of such intervention. Despite Fielder and Koman's scripted jokes, scripted parody jokes were mostly eschewed (outside of Fielder's periodic voiceover narration). After the show's fourth season, which was broadcast in 2017, the fielder announced an end.

Koman appeared and wrote for The Jack and Triumph Show, starring Jack McBrayer and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, a puppet created and operated by Robert Smigel, during Nathan for You's run. The multi-camera sitcom was inspired by a remote segment filmed at The Wieners Circle in Chicago for the TBS instantiation of O'Brien's late night talk show (called simply Conan). In 2015, the program featured seven episodes, all of which were broadcast in 2015. Koman was also involved in Triumph's Election Watch 2016, which was also published by Funny or Die.

Following the conclusion of Nathan for You, Koman returned to New York, where he began writing for Saturday Night Live in the summer of 2017. He received his ninth Emmy Award nomination for his contributions to variety show writing ensembles. He wrote about the award once before, as a member of the Late Night writing team in 2007. Throughout his career, he has also received six Writers Guild of America awards.

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