![]() ![]() The jobs I got were never enough to support myself, so I kept on doing cue cards and kept on getting better and better at it. I helped develop some early web cartoons for Cartoon Network and also consulted for a season of MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch. Then, I wrote the “Banjo” episode of Cartoon Network’s Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. I wrote three episodes for a Nickelodeon show called Weinerville. I took the job doing cue cards for SNL to get my foot in the door to become a comedy writer, and over the years it opened many doors for me. I had the talent at that age to write stories for class and outside of class that made my friends and my teachers laugh. Since I was in the 5th grade, I aspired to be a writer, specifically a comedy writer. The name has actually worked for me as it’s somewhat original and if I was Chris, I would be one of several Chrises that work on set, and not just one Wally.ĭid you learn the art of cue cards in school?I graduated from Syracuse University in 1987 with a Bachelors of Science degree from Newhouse Communications College in writing for TV/radio/film. ![]() He got me the job at SNL and introduced me to everybody as Wally, so Wally stuck. So, when I was sick and wheezed, he called me Wally the Wheezer. My brother, Spike gave me the nickname Wally when we were kids. Who named you Cue Card Wally? Is that your nickname?First of all, Cue Card Wally isn’t really a nickname. In this interview, a supplement to PRINT’s fall 2015 issue 69.4, Feresten talked about how he got into cue cards, and explained what makes a cue card work. Wally and his crew also did cue cards for Late Night with David Letterman and its CBS successor Late Show with David Letterman, and most recently NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Since he began working on Saturday Night Live over 25 years ago, Wally Feresten has done cue cards for dozens of television shows, including but not limited to: 30 Rock, Conan, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Def Comedy Jam, Ink Master, and Project Runway.
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