Roughly halfway through the broadcast ( which we live-blogged with reckless abandon ), during a break between Oscars being ...

Shortly after it aired, comedian and writer Skyler Higley—a former writer on Conan’s self-titled late-night show and a member ...

Comedian and writer Skyler Higley talked with Newsweek about comedy in tumultuous times, the changes in the genre and working ...

Oscars joke writer Skyler Higley defended the Kendrick Lamar and Drake joke he wrote for the 97th Academy Awards monologue.

Skyler Higley is one of the newest up-and-coming comedians and writers in the Chicago comedy industry, according to Laugh Factory. In addition, he has written for After Midnight, Conan, and The Onion.

Host Conan O’Brien’s Kendrick Lamar and Drake joke paid off big time at the 2025 Oscars. Not only because it was really good, ...

Conan O’Brien shocked the Oscars with a joke about the ongoing beef between rappers Kendrick Lamar and Drake, and it’s one ...

In response to a variety of feedback and opinions on social media, the writer of the Drake and Kendrick quip, Skyler Higley, thanked the powers that be for keeping the joke in the telecast, and has ...

Drake was the butt of the joke at another global broadcast this weekend when Conan O’Brien referenced Kendrick Lamar’s Super ...

Stand-up comedian and writer for The Onion, Conan, and After Midnight, Skyler Higley sat with Newsweek to talk about satire in the modern era, the art form of the viral tweet, and writing for ...

A writer for the Oscars made a bet with one of the show’s executive producers and is now $50 richer. At the halfway point of ...

The writer behind Conan O’Brien’s joke about Kendrick Lamar and Drake at the Oscars said the comedian wasn’t taking sides ...