For every accomplishment and absurd moment, there is an honest, emotional one, told with a healthy dose of self-deprecation. The memoir is a series of essays, which documents pivotal moments in Jost’s life including growing up in Staten Island in a family of firefighters, commuting three hours a day to high school, attending Harvard while Facebook was created, and more. Tell Us More BOOK COLIN JOST FOR YOUR NEXT EVENT Booking a Colin Jost is incredibly simple. Our friendly, no-pressure experts will reach out within 24 hours to walk you through the process and all your booking options. In July 2020, Jost debuted his memoir, A Very Punchable Face. Jost released his book, A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir in 2020 Call (888) 593-7387, email us, or fill out the form below. Jost has since been seen in the films “How to Be Single,” “Coming 2 America,” and “Tom and Jerry.”Īs a writer, Jost has been published multiple times in The New Yorker and has contributed to the New York Times Magazine and the Huffington Post, amongst others. In 2015, Jost wrote “Staten Island Summer,” a coming-of-age comedy that was released by Paramount Pictures and produced by Lorne Michaels. In 2018, they co-hosted the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. Told with a healthy dose of self-deprecation, A Very Punchable Face reveals the brilliant mind behind some of the dumbest sketches on television, and lays bare the heart and humor of a hardworking guywith a face you can’t help but want to punch. Jost and Che hosted special editions of “Weekend Update” on MSNBC during the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions as well as the primetime “Weekend Update Summer Edition” in 2017. His years of being a head writer for Saturday Night Live have prepared Staten Island native Colin Jost for A Very Punchable Face, his first novel detailing defining moments of his. Jost has won five Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards, and has been nominated for 12 Emmy Awards for his writing on SNL. Jost has also co-anchored “Weekend Update” alongside fellow cast member Michael Che since 2014.

Jost originally joined the show as a writer in 2005 and became a co-head writer in 2012.

Colin Jost serves as a head writer at Saturday Night Live, television’s longest running and most successful sketch and comedy show, now in its 48th season.

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