Jeremy Online

The summer between my freshman and sophomore years at college, I was an intern at CollegeHumor. People often ask me: “Jeremy, how did a loser like you end up with such an awesome internship?” The answer is: I don’t know. One day, when I was looking at the CollegeHumor website, they had a post that said they were looking for interns, the requirements being that you have a good sense of humor, a good sense of internet, and would be able to commute to NYC for the summer. I thought: “Hey, I have a sense of humor. I have a sense of internet. I will be in the NYC area for the summer.” So, thanks in part to the fact that my friend Adam had recently dragged me to a resume writing workshop that I probably (definitely) never would have gone to on my own, I managed to put together a decent resume and cover letter, and I sent it in. I guess what I’m saying is, Adam Amit got me an internship at CollegeHumor.

A few weeks after I sent in my application, they said they wanted me to come in for a real life interview, and I was extremely excited. I went to what is now their old office over my spring break, for said interview. I didn’t know how casually I should dress, I didn’t know what they were going to ask me, and I wasn’t quite sure whether or not this was some sort of elaborate prank being masterminded my Jamie Kennedy. Still, I soldiered on. When I got to the CH office, I took the elevator up to the top floor, and was about as confused as I have ever been in my life to see the elevator open up to a closed door. Maybe I am just not all that familiar with elevators, but I had never before and have never since seen an elevator open up directly to a door. Maybe the door was a metaphor for opportunity, and that I just had to “open” the “door” while I had the chance. Or maybe it was just an oddly placed door. After standing there bemused for a good 10 seconds, I turned to knob and went inside. I was instructed to wait on the couch and was asked who would be interviewing me. I said: “Streeter, I think,” because that is what it said in the email. As I was waiting, Jake Hurwitz walked by and said something like: “Are you interviewing to be an intern?” And I said “Yes,” but it probably sounded more like: “Ysjfhj,” and then he said something like: “Cool, good luck.”

A few minutes later Streeter Seidell and Jeff Rubin came in and we went into the meeting room for the interview. All things considered, they didn’t really ask me any questions that I couldn’t have predicted. They asked me things like how long I had been visiting CollegeHumor, what my favorite stuff on the site was, and what some of my other favorite websites were. The main reason I was even picked for an interview in the first place was because I really played up the fact that I was in an improv group at college, even though at the time I had been in the group for only a few months. Hey, embellishing isn’t lying. After I left the interview, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the things I should have said differently, and how I should have dressed differently, and how stupid I was going to look when I got X’d by Jamie Kennedy.

A few weeks after that, and I got an email congratulating me on being chosen to be an Editorial Intern at CollegeHumor. Probably one of the best emails I have ever received. Looking back, I think I was chosen for two main reasons. One: I took the internship seriously. I wouldn’t be surprised if most cover letters were along the lines of: “Hey fuckfaces, I am the funniest kid at my school. I fucking love CollegeHumor, and you’re a bunch of dickweeds if you don’t pick me.” And two: I didn’t try too hard to be funny. The best way to make a horribly uncomfortable joke is to force it, and I was so nervous during the interview process that I managed to come off as relaxed and normal, if a little on the quiet side. Again, this is mostly speculation on my part, but that’s the impression that I get. Now that you know how I became an intern at CH, I’m sure you are dying to hear about actually being an intern at CH. Well, too bad, I am done writing for now. Thanks for stopping by, and please check back soon(ish) for the rest of the story.

Oh hey, I have a CH realted Interesting-ish Fact! CHTV Senior Writer Dan Gurewitch is cousins with Nicholas Gurewitch, the author of one of my all-time favorite comics: The Perry Bible Fellowship.