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Bill Scheft, the
13-time Emmy Nominee
is probably best known for his weekly humor
column, "The Show," in Sports Illustrated. THE BEST OF THE SHOW is a collection
of his first 100-plus columns at SI, updated with remarks and new jokes. After
twelve years touring as a stand-up comedian, Scheft was hired as a monologue
writer for Late Night with David Letterman in 1991. He was with the program for
its last two years at NBC, then moved over to CBS in August, 1993 to work on
Late Show with David Letterman. He is the head monologue writer for the Late
Show , and during his years with Letterman was nominated for 13
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Scheft has contributed humor essays and short
pieces to the New Yorker, New York Times, Esquire, TV Guide, George, Talk,
Slate, Modern Humorist, the collections Mirth of a Nation, 101 Damnations and
many others. Before coming to Sports Illustrated, Scheft spent two and a half
years at ESPN Magazine writing a similar column, called "The
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Harvard College, where he majored in Latin because he "thought the church was
going to come back," Scheft worked as a sportswriter for the Albany Times-Union
before he came to the realization, "Hey, what the hell am I doing in Albany?"
He moved to New York City in December, 1980. |
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| He is the author of two novels, The Ringer and Time Won't Let Me and
lives in Manhattan and Montauk with his wife adored, comedian Adrianne Tolsch
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