Kurt Luchs, GM for NRG Media LLC cluster in Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin is releasing a humor book November 1. The book, titled It’s Funny Until Someone Loses an Eye (Then It’s Really Funny), from Sagging Meniscus Press, collects 50 humor pieces published in such places as the New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Slate, Kugelmass, and Luchs’ own literary humor site TheBig Jewel.com. Luchs started contributing to the Onion in 1996, and his work has been published in many of their books, including Our Dumb Century, which won the Thurber Prize for humor. He also worked as a comedy writer in television for Bill Maher at Politically Incorrect and Craig Kilborn at the Late Late Show.
How does NRG upper management feel about his literary moonlighting? “They’re very supportive,” Luchs says. “They believe in work-life balance, and they want their people to be personally fulfilled. That’s one of the things that makes it such a great place to work. Plus, they know that all this comedy background is very useful in managing the content and presentation on our morning shows. In radio, being creative kind of comes with the territory.”
