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corkey — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:06:24 -0000

Bill,

Last year one of my grandsons,Tucker was four and he decided he was going to stay at grandpas house all night. We made it through the nite - it was hard for him to be away from his Mom. The next day after we walked, played and sat down for a movie he asked me in the most caring of voices, 'what was the best part of your day grandpa?"

The best part of my day, this day....reading, learning, sharing,and relearning via Bridge of Sighs.

Thanks for the link to Mr. Russo Bill.The man has awareness and the ability to express that so intimately that my own awareness of self feels like a BB on a bowling lane.

Corkey

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billscheft — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:23:44 -0000

v-v-strong

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The_Toast_in_the_Machine — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:58:12 -0000

Solid gold!

(Ha ha...Sounds like you might have been making mounds and mounds of potato salad instead of cole slaw.)

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billscheft — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:52:57 -0000

I remember that day. And this was back at NBC, when he was only doing four jokes in the monologue.
I remember because of the 78 he did exactly, wait for it, zero.
But I had a beauty the next day. It went something like, "Earlier today, Dan Quayle turned to his wife, Marilyn, and said, 'Is there an 'e' at the end of 'resume?'"

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The_Toast_in_the_Machine — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:11:54 -0000

From The Late Show Newsletter...

This Week In Dave History: "LS writer Bill Scheft writes 78 jokes the day Bill Clinton is elected this week in 1992, the most he's ever written in a day."

Outfuckingstanding, Marine!

;)

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edmarkey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:26:10 -0000

Would it be too obvious to have Sam Perlozzo doing ASL?

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billscheft — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:17:08 -0000

Hilarious.
I think the ASL folks flipped a coin. Jews got the beard, Amish got the hat....

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TheProfessor69 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:54:24 -0000

Thanks Bill , you are a gem .

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PatfromForestHills — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:08:27 -0000

ASL sign for "Jews" is the beard...What does that leave for the Amish?? (Catholic must be: sign of the cross and grab of the crotch; Protestant: golf swing; Muslim...just hold up a danish and a cartoon...)

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billscheft — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:15:58 -0000

Professor, anyone that makes an obscure pill reference is okay by me. And I don't want to tell you your business, but if you're looking for good old rifling-through-the-medicine-cabinet fun, my I suggest THE RINGER?

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TheProfessor69 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:22:40 -0000

Bill , you are a pleasure to read and this blog is like finding one more Black Beauty back in the 60's when you thought you were out.

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cathyarmstrong — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:17:47 -0000

Fantastic! Glad it went so well. I've seen you in action, so I don't know it could not have gone well. I hope there's more of the same in Detroit.

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The_Toast_in_the_Machine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:08:08 -0000

I'm glad you did better than you expected... You may have been in "mid-blubber," but at least you weren't "wailing." (God, that was awful...Sorry.)

“This is Bill Scheft. He wrote the funniest book of the year.” ---True dat, my friend!

;)

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billscheft — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:08:03 -0000

Eleanor, thanks for stopping by...
Yeah, I'll go with that Einstein "I have too much on my mind to remember a comb" thing. Which would be great, if I was Einstein.

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Eleanor — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:39:03 -0000

Your hairstyle was more: Excessively-groovy, Creative Writing prof. Works for some people, but....