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Re: And just like the big boys, here’s the set lists!!!!!

billscheft — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 20:33:47 -0000

1) Yes
2) Yes
3) No. Stones version.
4) Birds version, Roger McGuinn played the lead and guitar switches to 12-string effect.
5) Yes

Re: And while we’re on such talk, here we go from my last serious effort, a 2000 episode of “Ed,” a part I copped through former Letterman EP Rob Burnett. Cue it up to 20:46 and behol...

billscheft — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:18:06 -0000

Alan Kalter was pretty good as the assistant principal.

Re: Yesterday, I had the glorious joy of motoring to Poughkeepsie to watch Skidmore battle Vassar in the Liberty League soccer semifinals. The Thoroughbreds emerged after penalty kicks (three saves by ...

billscheft — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:17:18 -0000

I was hoping to get a good meal as well, but made a bad menu choice off a place that looked promising.

Re: I’m begging you….Cue it up to 1:27:30 and watch my nephew, the crazy talented Perry Sofis-Scheft (ahem, wearing his uncle’s #2….) score his first collegiate goal for Skidm...

billscheft — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 21:40:30 -0000

FIXED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: I’m begging you….Cue it up to 1:27:30 and watch my nephew, the crazy talented Perry Sofis-Scheft (ahem, wearing his uncle’s #2….) score his first collegiate goal for Skidm...

billscheft — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 13:31:07 -0000

well, that blows....
let me try and fix....

Re: I am BACK in the New Yorker next week! But in the meantime, this current issue cartoon is dedicated to Paul Shaffer….

billscheft — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:12:32 -0000

Oh no. When you download the image, you have to type in the caption. This one is on me..... Nice catch!

Re: A year and a half ago, I was interviewed by Dave Derrickson for a documentary he was doing on the old Improv softball team. It was a glorious couple of hours out in Brooklyn with Dave, Tom Burnett ...

billscheft — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:45:36 -0000

Actually, it's a Louisville Slugger infield fungo, which I stole from my Harvard freshman team in 1976....

Re: RIP Billy C….

billscheft — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:20:51 -0000

Good to hear from you, Anthony. Other than the end of the world, I hope you're well.

Re: My new best friend, Blake Harris, did a clip search on me and uncovered 60 clips from 1982-1993, a few that I recognized and a few I actually clipped myself. One that I missed was this one, a piece...

billscheft — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:15:19 -0000

Somebody should write a Rollins bio.

Re: Went down a little bit of a YouTube rabbit hole here. Henry Gross, who is still working, has one of the greatest falsettos I’ve ever heard. He was an original member of Sha Na Na, and the you...

billscheft — Tue, 07 May 2019 15:28:16 -0000

This is hardly besides the point. Nice catch! Maybe they mean youngest vocalist?????

Re: If you have 123 minutes to spare…. it’s me on Mark Malkoff’s Johnny Carson podcast. I figured I had maybe a half-hour of good Johnny stories, but this kid Mark is so impressive, ...

billscheft — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:12:03 -0000

No. It's a thing only other comics do.

Re: And then, three hours after I post that photo of Adrianne and am missing her even more, if it’s possible, I get a call from the Friars. Are you busy tonight? We’re doing an event, ...

billscheft — Fri, 04 May 2018 18:36:42 -0000

Yeah. The last day at the old show, June 1993.

Re: Okay, the Friars “Celebrating Adrianne Tolsch” recap….

billscheft — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:09:16 -0000

Good to hear from you, Marion. Hope to see you soon.

Re: For you kids starting out in show business, get yourself on TV show that lasts 33 years, so you can have friends like this….

billscheft — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:08:12 -0000

She is doing very very well. It was a siege, but she is out the other side.

Re: Okay, the Friars “Celebrating Adrianne Tolsch” recap….

billscheft — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:09:03 -0000

As a matter of fact, yes I did.

Re: Here’s a podcast I just did with the lovely Kristi Lee from Bob and Tom….

billscheft — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:46:30 -0000

Yes, when I was promoting "Everything Hurts" after I got my hip replaced. The first two times (stand-up and The Ringer), he played "With this Ring" by the Platters, which I adore. Then, with "Time Won't Let Me" and "The Best of the Show" it was, as it happened, "Time Won't Let Me." For the life of me, I can't remember what he played me on the last time with "Shrink Thyself."

Re: This was actually taped on August 26, 1993, but it aired 24 years ago today. I was part of one of the “Shakedown Shows” before we went on the air at CBS. So, you get the whole set,...

billscheft — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:09:00 -0000

(me blushing)

Re: Me and the guys I play Strat-O-Matic baseball online with (too long an explanation) got into an email exchange about our baseball gloves. Like some leather nationalist, I crowed that I have always ...

billscheft — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:53:02 -0000

THAT was the article that inspired this discussion!

Re: My niece Ali has been living with me since April 1. She is beautiful, talented, smart with a great great laugh. She has been an absolute gift in my life and I thank God for her every day. So far, I...

billscheft — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 14:48:05 -0000

HA!

Re: As the seven of you are well aware, every day for the last 21-plus years, I write my morning pages, as I learned from my friend Julia Cameron’s singular work, THE ARTIST’S WAY….

billscheft — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:37:06 -0000

Yes, she does.

Re: Mike McIntee, the greatest production guy in the history of the Letterman show (and a pretty good joke writer) found this script cover in his papers….

billscheft — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:03:02 -0000

Yes, it was a line from her act about her aunts travelling in Africa and her overhearing, "Murray, how many blowguns does an accountant need?"

Re: About the John Mendoza story in the Freddie Prinze piece….

billscheft — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:05:54 -0000

Really really strong.

Re: I am writing a piece for New York Magazine, and I had to talk to Craig Tennis, this former talent booker on the old Tonight Show. When I asked my old Letterman colleague, longtime monologue writer ...

billscheft — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:25:29 -0000

You certainly do, which, JR, also leads me to believe it was Burbank.

Re: I am writing a piece for New York Magazine, and I had to talk to Craig Tennis, this former talent booker on the old Tonight Show. When I asked my old Letterman colleague, longtime monologue writer ...

billscheft — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:24:59 -0000

In 1972, the show was shuttling back and forth, but mostly in Burbank. In May 1973, the move became permanent. I just assumed this was Burbank. Let me ask Mike Barrie (to Craig's left)

Re: And now, after a few years, it’s time for the second installment of “I Wish This Was Me…And It Turns Out It Is!” once again featuring Gary Wynn’s sidekick, Rosie...

billscheft — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:22:04 -0000

Well, your title really really really made me laugh....