As a stand-up comedian from Massachusetts, Ditullio has performed in the Boston area, including at the Catch a Rising Star club,[1][2] several Boston First Night events,[2] the Comedy Studio,[3] and a fundraiser with Paula Poundstone, Jimmy Tingle, and Jonathan Katz for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.[4] In New York City, she twice performed at the King Sized Laundromat and Dry Cleaners during Spin Cycle Comedy evenings in the late 1990s.[5]
In 1994, Ditullio joined The Jon Stewart Show as a writer, and in 1995, then became a writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien.[6][7] She was the first woman hired as a writer at each show.[6] She was a writer at Late Night with Conan O'Brien until 2001,[7] and part of the team that wrote the nightly monologue.[2] She also wrote for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from May through November 2010.[7]
She was also the voice of Paula Small in the animated series Home Movies, replacing the original voice actress, Paula Poundstone.[7][8][9] She played a scientist who stabs monkeys on the Onion News Network.[10] In 2012, she joined Superjail! as the writing director.[11] Ditullio wrote the Metalocalypse episode "Dethmas" with show creator Brendon Small, along with several other scripts for seasons three and four of the series.[12]
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