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Oct. 11, 2017
Celebrating 20 Years of Comedy Duo Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster For two decades, Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster have proven to be one of the most consistently funny and hardworking teams in comedy. The pair […]
By Ian Goldstein
June 15, 2015
‘The Best Show’ Hit New Heights of Insane Hilarity with ‘The Newbridge […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time.
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By Nathan Rabin
Nov. 6, 2014
Watch Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster’s Newbridge Tourism Ad On Tuesday at 4:00am, Adult Swim aired the above tourism ad by Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster for Newbridge, the fictional New Jersey town from […]
By Megh Wright
Oct. 16, 2014
‘The Best of The Best Show’ Boxed Set Comes Out in March Not long after announcing the return of his long-running music/comedy radio show The Best Show, Tom Scharpling has revealed another secret […]
By Megh Wright
Oct. 10, 2014
Tom Scharpling’s ‘The Best Show’ Is Returning Next Month The Best Show is coming back. Tom Scharpling – who hosted the comedy/music radio show The Best Show on WFMU for 13 years – announced today […]
By Megh Wright
Apr. 15, 2014
Tom Scharpling Directed Another Great Music Video for Real Estate
Comedian Tom Scharpling has been making awe-inspiring music videos for cool bands for years now, and his latest, the above video Scharpling […]
By Bradford Evans
Feb. 19, 2014
Scharpling & Wurster Are Releasing a Vinyl LP of ‘Rock, Rot & Rule’ for […] Record Store Day, the annual event to celebrate international record stores, is happening on April 19th, and Best Show on WFMU comedy duo Tom […]
By Bradford Evans
Dec. 20, 2013
This Week in Comedy: ‘The Best Show on WFMU’ Says Goodbye -The Best Show on WFMU ended its 13-year run, and we talked with host and professional chump-steamroller Tom Scharpling about the last days of […]
By Matt Visconage
Dec. 20, 2013
Dave Hill’s WFMU Show Will Be Called ‘The Goddamn Dave Hill Show’; Debuts […] Tom Scharpling’s comedy radio show The Best Show on WFMU ended its amazing 13-year run on Tuesday, and last month, comedian Dave Hill was named […]
By Bradford Evans
Dec. 18, 2013
Saying Goodbye to ‘The Best Show on WFMU’ After 13 years, Tom Scharpling’s influential comedy/music radio show The Best Show on WFMU came to an end last night, with one final three-hour […]
By Bradford Evans
Dec. 17, 2013
Inside the Last Days of ‘The Best Show’ with Tom Scharpling In October, Tom Scharpling announced that his long-running comedy/music radio show, The Best Show on WFMU, would be ending its run […]
By Bradford Evans
Nov. 26, 2013
Dave Hill Will Take Over Tom Scharpling’s ‘Best Show’ Slot on WFMU Tom Scharpling announced last month that his beloved, long-running radio show/podcast The Best Show on WFMU will be ending its run on December […]
By Bradford Evans
Nov. 6, 2013
Tom Scharpling Is Voicing the Dad on a Cartoon Network Show Comedian and Best Show on WFMU host Tom Scharpling has broken into voice acting. He’s playing a regular character on the new Cartoon Network […]
By Bradford Evans
Nov. 1, 2013
This Week in Comedy: ‘The Pete Holmes Show’ Premieres, and NBC Orders 13 […] -NBC ordered 13 epsiodes of a comedy starring Ellie Kemper and co-created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. The show is tentatively […]
By Jessye Mc Garry
Oct. 31, 2013
This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Tom Scharpling Tributes Lou Reed and […] The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. […]
By Bradford Evans
Oct. 31, 2013
The Theme From ‘The Best Show on WFMU’ Was Played on the Organ at Fenway […]
After yesterday’s depressing news that The Best Show on WFMU will end its run in December, the show got a nice tribute at the final game of […]
By Elise Czajkowski
Oct. 30, 2013
After 13 Years, ‘The Best Show on WFMU’ Will End in December Tom Scharpling announced on the air last night that his long-running radio show/podcast The Best Show on WFMU will end its run with a final […]
By Bradford Evans
Mar. 12, 2013
Patton Oswalt Is Auctioning Off a Bunch of ‘King of Queens’ Artifacts for […]
Tonight is the final night of the 2013 fundraising drive for The Best Show on WFMU, Tom Scharpling’s hilarious radio show/podcast, and […]
By Bradford Evans
Mar. 5, 2013
The Best Show on WFMU’s Fundraising Marathon Begins Tonight The Best Show on WFMU, Tom Scharpling’s hilarious radio show/podcast, holds an annual pledge drive every March to keep the show and its […]
By Bradford Evans
Jan. 31, 2013
The ‘Entourage’ Movie Might Be Worth It Because Tom Scharpling Is Writing […]
News came in yesterday morning that a movie based on the HBO show Entourage has been greenlit, but more importantly, Tom Scharpling, host of […]
By Bradford Evans
Jan. 24, 2013
Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster Walk You Through Their Best ‘Best Show’ Bits The AV Club has a nice long interview with Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster today, as the duo walks us through their favorite bits from The Best […]
By Bradford Evans
Feb. 23, 2012
This Week in Comedy Podcasts Did you see the announcement of the South By Southwest Comedy Lineup? They might as well call it “Pod By Podcast,” amiright? Nope? Fair enough. […]
By Jesse David Fox