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Jim Downey
Cross-referencing over 67 channels for appearances
Jim Downey
Arcmira media summary
Browse Jim Downey's interviews, podcast appearances & video clips — 3 indexed from Letterman & American Moment, updated Nov 2025.
And this is Jim Downey, longtime headwriter of SNL, actor, subject of the new documentary on Peacock called Downey wrote that. And most importantly, the headwriter of Late Night with David Letterman from 1982 to 1983.
SNL writer credited with the show's best non-political and transgressive sketches.
Arcmira tracks 3 indexed media appearances or mentions for Jim Downey, tied to source videos, channels, and transcript-derived context.
Arcmira uses indexed YouTube videos and transcripts. Representative source evidence on this page includes "Dave Talks with Late Night Legend Jim Downey | David Letterman" with transcript-derived context and links when available.
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"SNL writer credited with the show's best non-political and transgressive sketches."