As I talk with Tom Scharpling, there’s a little voice in my head telling me that I should apologize. But this isn’t about me; it’s about him and his new memoir, It Never Ends. Basically, it’s hard to ...

“I was so nervous about it because we hadn’t done anything like that,” Scharpling says. “It was just working right from the get-go. It was like me plus Jon was like one plus one equals 11. It just ...

Celebrity Apprentice Recap: Tom Scharpling’s Epic Take on the FinaleTrump capriciously chooses between Marlee Matlin and John Rich, and Tom has a lot to get off his chest. overnights May 16, 2011 ...

When they began assembling The Best of the Best Show box set, Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster were faced with a problem a lot of artists would probably consider a good problem to have: too much ...

He’s referred to himself as the “The Chump Steamroller” and “The Dollar-Menu Dickens,” but to the rest of the world, Tom Scharpling is a television writer and video director, and also the funniest ...

Not too long ago, Kim Gordon sat on stage at the Bell House in Brooklyn and spoke to a squirrel puppet named Gary. Dressed in all black, the sardonic but game Sonic Youth legend fielded questions ...

When you’re about to interview Tom Scharpling over the phone, you might feel a twinge of anxiety. After all, on The Best Show with Tom Scharpling, he’s made an art out of creatively hanging up on poor ...

As mentioned, Tom Scharpling‘s much loved, much missed The Best Show makes its return tonight (12/16) in live podcast form with the whole gang (Mike, Gary, Roy, Vance) in tow. Listen (and call in) ...

As the “Best of the Best Show” box set hits stores, writer and radio host Tom Scharpling walks us through a career of creative restlessness. The experimental nature of The Best Show makes sense in the ...

Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The Hollywood Handbook phonies vexed and perplexed Scharpling on his first visit, but he came ...

One would think that the “hook” of Tom Scharpling’s memoir, It Never Ends would be the fact that he a) was institutionalized for depression and eventually reinvented himself and b) changed his last ...