Bruce Vilanch
Birthday: 1948-11-23
Place of Birth: New York, New York
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner known to industry professionals in Hollywood and New York as "the fat guy who writes everyone's jokes." He is likely best known for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as both a celebrity participant and head writer for the show. He also performed off-Broadway in his one-man show Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous in 2000. Since 2000, Vilanch has been the head writer for the Oscars, after being an Oscar program co-writer for the previous 10 years. He is a featured writer for the Tonys, Grammys and Emmys. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Vilanch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Love Can Be Murder
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I Brake for Caterpillars
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A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
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The Aristocrats
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Body Electric
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Get Bruce!
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It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
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Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
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Studio One Forever
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Scrooge & Marley
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Sister Mary
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Inside the Golden Statue
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The Adonis Factor
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Breathless
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Circuit
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Pride: The Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam
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The Drifter
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Whale 52
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