Rekha Shankar
Rekha Shankar is a writer, actor, comedian from Philadelphia, PA. She was 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. She also performs regularly with her improv team Bitchin’.
Guest Appearances
June 2, 2024
Intern Marissa Wompler makes her return to talk to Scott about the audiobook “The Art of Small Talk,” what’s happening with her podcast “Womp It Up!” and auditioning for The Bachelorette.
January 28, 2020
The Teachers break down Bill’s platform for the upcoming basketball coach election. Later, parent Mrs. Glass (Rekha Shankar) confronts The Teachers about allegedly kidnapping her son from 8 to 4 pm every day.
December 8, 2019
Writer and comedian Rekha Shankar joins Scott to talk about her duties as the head writer at College Humor, playing Gaya the documentarian in Between Two Ferns: The Movie, and writing for Astronomy Club on Netflix. Then, astronaut Sarah Lastnum calls in from space to try to get back to Earth. Later, Chris Creen stops by to talk about his unemployed journey. Plus, baker Giuseppe Spaghetti drops by to get help with no longer running the family business.
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