Ryan Hutton

**Ryan Hutton** was the co-editor for The Catullan.

## History

### Welcoming the New Writers

Ryan and the other editor, Eric Miller, welcomed all he new Catullan hopefuls. They explained the process and told the prospective writers what they'd need to submit for consideration. They also showed a video from recent alumni who had found success in comedy because of their start at The Catullan.

Later, at a Catullan party, Bela Malhotra came to Ryan, introduced herself, and told him she loved his work. He realized she was a freshman and told her that all the writers got a vote, so she should suck up to them instead.

### Next Round

Ryan congratulated the eight hopefuls who made it through the first round. He and Eric told them they'd spend the next six weeks interning as support staff, running errands. Those still around at the end of that would submit final pieces for consideration.

### Catullan Benefit

Ryan attended the benefit that was thrown for past and present Catullan writers. When Danny Marawitz gave a sexist and racist speech and Bela confronted him over it, he withdrew the sizable donation he'd pledged. Despite this, Evangeline believed Bela had done the right thing. When Evangeline herself had introduced herself to Danny, he'd told her he would just call her Ali Wong. Fortunately, Thomas, another alum, stepped in and replaced half the donation Danny would have made.

### First Incident with Bela

Ryan was at a Catullan party when Bela Malhotra crashed. He charmed her with talk about the other writers being insufferable. Then he told her he had notes for her on her last piece. They went to his room so he could go over them with her. He gave her the notes and then said he had a funny video to show her. She was shocked when he put on porn.

### Second Incident with Bela

On the day the final submissions were due, Ryan thanked them all for their submissions and said he looked forward to reading them. When Jeff asked if they would get to see upstairs if they made it in, Ryan offered to sneak them up for a look. Upstairs, Ryan was impressed by Bela's knowledge of comedy history. He also assured Bela that he was voting for her and told her not to worry about Eric. While they looked at the signature wall, Ryan pushed himself into Bela's back. Bela said she didn't want to do whatever that was and left.

### New Writers

After the new writers had all been selected, they held a meeting to welcome all of them. Evangeline told them it was tradition for each new writer to submit a piece on their first day and the winner among those would be featured on The Catullan Instagram. Bela won using a piece that she and Carla wrote together when Carla quit due to Ryan harassing her.

### Being Ousted

Ryan was called into a meeting with Eric, Evangeline, Jo, Carla, and Bela. When he arrived, they told him they knew what he had done to Bela and Carla. He denied it and reminded them that Bela had given eight handjobs. Eric said it didn't matter how many handjobs she gave and told Ryan he was out. Ryan said they couldn't just kick him out when he was the co-editor, so Eric removed his co-editor plaque from the wall and said he wasn't anymore.

## References

1. ↑ Welcome to Essex
2. ↑ Naked Party
3. ↑ Kappa
4. ↑ That Comment Tho
5. ↑ I Think I'm a Sex Addict
6. ↑ The Surprise Party
7. ↑ The Truth