Bill scheft biography

Novelist, columnist, television writer.
Bill Scheft is an American comedy writer and novelist.
Bill Scheft is known for Late Show with David Letterman: Video Special (1995), Late Show with David Letterman: Video Special II (1996) and Beer League (2006).

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Welcome to BillScheft.com, the official online headquarters for all shameless self-promotion of urban wit Bill Scheft, former longtime writer for David Letterman and author of six books, including his Larry David-anointed latest novel (and first audiobook!):
TOMMY DASH:
WAS IT EVERYTHING I SAID?

Tommy Dash, an unapologetic 60-year-old scuffling LA stand-up comedian, is trying to apologize his way back into show business, one burnt bridge and one more last chance at a time, during the last days of Pre-Trump America. Think Lewis Black, but a little angrier. Think Sam Kinison on a coke budget. Think Bill Maher, without the cable filter. Think Amy Schumer, with a slightly smaller set of balls. Think Samsonite, but with less baggage.

A lot of people are waiting for their apology. Ex-wives, daughters, soon-to-be former girlfriends and three generations of fellow comics, celebrities and industry people along the redemptive path. But here's the thing with Tommy Dash. Before you may

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BILL SCHEFT

Novelist, columnist, television writer. During the last three decades, Bill Scheft has established himself as a versatile, singular and influential comedic voice.

His latest novel, TOMMY DASH: WAS IT EVERYTHING I SAID? is now available on Audible (and other audio sites). Tommy Dash, an unapologetic 60-year-old scuffling LA stand-up comedian, is trying to apologize his way back into show business, one burnt bridge and one more last chance at a time, during the last days of Pre-Trump America.

Larry David raves: "Vintage Scheft! I loved it, but that's a given...."

TOMMY DASH is Scheft's fifth novel and his first in audiobook format. It is narrated by Johnny Heller, an award-winning audiobook voice-over legend. Heller, who recently narrated a biography of Don Rickles, was the beyond no-brainer choice to capture the singular cadence of the not-entirely fictional stand-up Dash.

Midway through his 24-year run as a staff writer for David Letterman, Scheft broke into fiction racket in 2002 with his critically acclaimed first novel, THE RINGER. The story of a 35-yea

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Scheft, Bill 1957-

PERSONAL: Born 1957.

ADDRESSES: Home—New York, NY. Agent—c/o Author Mail, HarperCollins, 10 East 53rd Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

CAREER: David Letterman (television program), monologue writer; Sports Illustrated, columnist.

WRITINGS:

The Ringer: A Novel, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2002.

SIDELIGHTS: Bill Scheft has been a monologue writer for the David Letterman show for over ten years and is also a Sports Illustrated columnist. In his debut novel, The Ringer, Scheft combines his careers writing jokes and writing about sports into one book. In The Ringer, Harvey Sussman, better known by the nickname College Boy, is a thirty-five-year-old man who makes his living playing as a hired pitcher on thirteen different softball teams in New York City. He also earns money as an audience laugher for a radio program. College Boy has no ambition in life and doesn't know what he will do after his softball days are over. He leaves town after suffering an injury and being beaten up, and ends up as a nurse for his sickly Uncle Mort, a j