15 Facts About Catie Lazarus

Catherine Simone Avnet Lazarus was an American writer, comedian, and talk show host.

Catie Lazarus was awarded "Best Comedy Writer" at the ECNY Awards and named one of New York's "Top 100 New Yorkers".

Catie Lazarus is best known as creator and host of the Employee of the Month, a monthly comedy show and podcast filmed live at Joe's Pub in New York City where she interviewed famous people about their jobs.

Catie Lazarus dropped out of her doctoral studies to write comedy after an impromptu improv lesson from Tina Fey at an Empower Program conference in Washington, DC Three months later, Catie Lazarus performed for the first time at Stand Up New York, where she won a contest.

Catie Lazarus then won another stand up contest at the Laugh Factory.

Catie Lazarus's first article was a spoof of The New York Times wedding section.

Catie Lazarus's most autobiographical work, according to Tubefilter, is a puppet show.

Catie Lazarus has interviewed, hosted shows and moderated panels for Women in Film, Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival, 92nd Y, Writers Guild of America, and the Tribeca Film Festival.

Catie Lazarus then produced and hosted the ECNY nominated comedy variety show "The Chosen One" at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater for Heeb Magazine, when she edited the magazine's Kvetch section.

In 2010, Catie Lazarus started the talk show Employee of the Month, praised by The New Yorker for its "extremely notable" guests and Catie Lazarus' "decidedly unorthodox" interview style.

Catie Lazarus hosted live tapings at Upright Citizens Brigade in New York and Los Angeles, 92 Y, The Bell House, and Joe's Pub.

Catie Lazarus follows many of his Daily Show collaborators, including Aasif Mandvi, Dave Attell, Wyatt Cenac, Buck Henry, Mo Rocca, David Wain, and Lewis Black, as guests on the show; Lazarus herself appeared in the Daily Show in a sketch about a prequel to Hot Tub Time Machine.

Catie Lazarus wrote about her late godfather Lenny Ross' interview with Mike Wallace for The Daily Beast.

Catie Lazarus was a descendant of the Lazarus family, who built the first major department store chain and persuaded President Franklin D Roosevelt to change the date of Thanksgiving.

Catie Lazarus died from breast cancer at her apartment in Brooklyn on December 13,2020, at age 44.