Comedian Paul Mecurio doesn’t “work the crowd ... It’s just a means to an end,” says Mercurio, an Emmy winner for his writing work on “The Daily Show.” “I like to really talk ...

Emmy-winning comedian Paul Mecurio, a former Wall Street lawyer ... “I was really enjoying it, but I guess something was missing.” Mercurio started writing jokes as a hobby and he became ...

Comedian Paul Mecurio doesn’t “work the crowd.” He empowers his crowd. You might recognize Mecurio from his appearances on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” his gigs as a cable-TV ...