Skip to main content
Joseph Moore

Joseph Moore

New Zealand comedian, writer and director based in London — writer for Saturday Night Live UK, Taskmaster NZ/Australia and Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, and half of comedy duo Two Hearts with wife Laura Daniel.

Sep 26, 2026

2:27
So what is the process like to become a writer on a show like SNL
2:31
UK? It was kind of about...
2:35
nine months or so before the show started, there was, you know, whispers going around that they were making one.
2:41
And there was a call out for a, for submissions to be a part of it.
2:47
And, you know, we wrote what they call a packet, which is just you make up sketches for the show that don't exist.
2:56
And you make up who you think would be the celebrity host.
2:59
I think I was writing, I made up a sketch for Cillian Murphy.

7 MINS LATER

10:00
It's got to be part of the excitement though, right?
80:54
so what is the process like to become a writer on a show like snl uk
81:00
uh it was kind of about nine months or so before the show started there was you know whispers going around that they were making one and um there was a call out for uh for submissions to be a part of it.
81:15
And, you know, we wrote what they call a packet, which is just you make up sketches for the show that don't exist.
81:24
And you make up who you think would be the celebrity host.
81:27
I think I was writing, I made up a sketch for Cillian Murphy.
81:30
Don't know if he'll ever be in it, but I just was like, what if he was? And I wrote something, I wrote, you know, three three ideas down and send them off and then kind of forgot about it.
81:40
Cause you know, it's, it's a, it was a huge process for the producers over here going through, I think there were thousands of people, you know, submitting.

7 MINS LATER

88:28
That's got to be part of the excitement, though, right?

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click “Accept All” to consent, or “Decline non-essential” to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.