Rekha Shankar is an executive story editor for Grand Crew (NBC) and for Andy Samberg and Neil Campbell's Digman! (Comedy Central). She was also a staff writer for Animaniacs (Hulu) and Head Writer for CollegeHumor's Hardly Working series. In 2020 she was selected for Just For Laughs: New Faces - Creators. She can be seen in Between Two Ferns: The Movie, Hacks, Aunty Donna’s House of Fun, and as Cupid in a Hershey’s commercial. She is also on stage every week at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre LA. Other credits include The New Yorker, ClickHole, Reductress, Kal Penn Approves This Message, Slamdance, and being a national punner. One of her New Yorker pieces about how recipes have way too much backstory up top even went “viral.”
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The Don't Laugh Newsroom Challenge: Episode 2
Season 1, Episode 2
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Climbing Gym Opens on Disappointing Riverwalk
Season 2, Episode 5
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Man Turns Home into Home Depot
Season 2, Episode 8
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"Jazzy Taint" Sweeps the Nation
Season 2, Episode 9
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Webster's Adds New Word for Friend-Zoning Dermatologist
Season 2, Episode 10
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Weatherman Confuses El Niño with La Llorona
Season 2, Episode 11
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“I Hate My Kids” Says Most Moms
Season 3, Episode 3
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Conservative Man Accidentally Donates $1 Million to Redtube
Season 3, Episode 4
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BTK Killer Gives a Foreboding Weather Forecast
Season 3, Episode 6
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A Report from the CollegeHumor Office
Season 3, Episode 9
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Mom Disappointed in Son… Again
Season 3, Episode 12
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Welcome to Bug News
Season 3, Episode 17
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I'm Getting a FaceTime from a Greasy Little Puppet
Season 3, Episode 19
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Handshakes for Men, Hugs for Women
Season 3, Episode 20
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True Confessions of Real Newscasters
Season 3, Episode 23