Bill Scheft
@billscheft.bsky.social
Author, drummer, urban wit. #AT40 regular. Letterman writer, 1991-2015, Adrianne Tolsch husband 1990-2016. That will always be my best credit.
I'm old enough to remember when Kyrie almost mind****ed Jaylen out of the league....
OPINION: In retrospect, the decision to draft Jaylen Brown over Kris Dunn and Bubby Hield in the 2016 NBA Draft was a decent one, I guess.
(Just watched last night's game. Holy smokes, Jaylen.)
(Just watched last night's game. Holy smokes, Jaylen.)
January 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Kyrie almost mind****ed Jaylen out of the league....
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Zohran Mamdani has yet to give a solo press conference since taking office.
January 1, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Zohran Mamdani has yet to give a solo press conference since taking office.
Happy New Year....and NO SHARE-SIES....
(I'm talking to you, @joshgondelman.bsky.social)
(I'm talking to you, @joshgondelman.bsky.social)
December 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Happy New Year....and NO SHARE-SIES....
(I'm talking to you, @joshgondelman.bsky.social)
(I'm talking to you, @joshgondelman.bsky.social)
Okay, one more thing. If you were listening to the #1 Top 40 AM station in Boston in 1979 and "Fire" came on, my hand to God, this is what you heard:
I'm ridin' in you car
You turn on the radio (STING: "RKO!").... #AT40
I'm ridin' in you car
You turn on the radio (STING: "RKO!").... #AT40
December 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Okay, one more thing. If you were listening to the #1 Top 40 AM station in Boston in 1979 and "Fire" came on, my hand to God, this is what you heard:
I'm ridin' in you car
You turn on the radio (STING: "RKO!").... #AT40
I'm ridin' in you car
You turn on the radio (STING: "RKO!").... #AT40
Okay, I Gibb up.... But let me leave you with a full-throated recommendation. The new oral history of The Bottom Line, the iconic NYC music venue of the 1970s-90s, is out. I cannot recommend it highly enough (and not because I have couple of quotes in it). I have devoured this thing. #AT40
Positively Fourth and Mercer: The Inside Story of New York’s Iconic Music Club, The Bottom Line
Positively Fourth and Mercer: The Inside Story of New York’s Iconic Music Club, The Bottom Line
www.amazon.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Okay, I Gibb up.... But let me leave you with a full-throated recommendation. The new oral history of The Bottom Line, the iconic NYC music venue of the 1970s-90s, is out. I cannot recommend it highly enough (and not because I have couple of quotes in it). I have devoured this thing. #AT40
People always say the "comedy boom" of the 1980 was caused by Cable TV. Not true. It was caused 1) By airline deregulation and all the cheap airlines that could fly headliners from New York and LA into clubs for nothing and 2) By the mob realizing it was a cheaper way to launder coke money. #AT40
I flew Piedmont Airlines many times - they were folded into USAir or as my mom called it, Useless Air.
December 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
People always say the "comedy boom" of the 1980 was caused by Cable TV. Not true. It was caused 1) By airline deregulation and all the cheap airlines that could fly headliners from New York and LA into clubs for nothing and 2) By the mob realizing it was a cheaper way to launder coke money. #AT40
December, 1979.... And if you were lucky enough to get the Saturday edition of the Albany Times-Union, you were rewarded with the almost-insightful, definitely smart-ass musings of this guy. #AT40
December 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
December, 1979.... And if you were lucky enough to get the Saturday edition of the Albany Times-Union, you were rewarded with the almost-insightful, definitely smart-ass musings of this guy. #AT40
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Trump should be in prison for so many different things, but one of them is his taste
Note what Trump is focused on instead of fixing healthcare or bringing down prices.
December 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Trump should be in prison for so many different things, but one of them is his taste
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There is nothing in the Constitution that forbids a president from mass redacting FBI documents to hide evidence of his sex crimes. So the Democrat Party's outrage du jour is, as always, much ado about nothing.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
December 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
There is nothing in the Constitution that forbids a president from mass redacting FBI documents to hide evidence of his sex crimes. So the Democrat Party's outrage du jour is, as always, much ado about nothing.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
He loved Richie Belzer and had Deniro shadow him for King of Comedy.
In early 70s, Martin Scorsese hung out with Rob Reiner and his cohorts from The Credibility Gap, plus The Ace Trucking Company, and he always cast comedians in his films, including Rob. He's made two movies about bad comics (King of Comedy, Raging Bull). A HUGE comedy nerd. (SCTV doc soon, please!)
I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.
December 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
He loved Richie Belzer and had Deniro shadow him for King of Comedy.
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Children used to worry they’d get a lump of coal in their stocking. But in this deep red Pennsylvania town, coal is exactly what the children are hoping to get
December 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Children used to worry they’d get a lump of coal in their stocking. But in this deep red Pennsylvania town, coal is exactly what the children are hoping to get
Deeply hip....
Robert Redford walking into Robards’ office: “They botched the redaction.”
December 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Deeply hip....
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The legacy media narrative has been unified in claiming that Jeffrey Epstein abused minors. But how can anyone report that without interviewing Jeffrey Epstein? I asked Alan Dershowitz.
—Bari Weiss, today in the New York Times
—Bari Weiss, today in the New York Times
December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The legacy media narrative has been unified in claiming that Jeffrey Epstein abused minors. But how can anyone report that without interviewing Jeffrey Epstein? I asked Alan Dershowitz.
—Bari Weiss, today in the New York Times
—Bari Weiss, today in the New York Times
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“And that’s the way Bari Weiss says it is…”
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“And that’s the way Bari Weiss says it is…”
This is from last year, 9 1/2 years after we went off the air. I'm on sleigh bells.... #AT40
The Letterman shows are the best. Still watch all the old clips every year to get into the spirit #AT40
December 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is from last year, 9 1/2 years after we went off the air. I'm on sleigh bells.... #AT40
December 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Before we break for Christmas, i have two gifts for the #AT40 crew. First, seems that Jimmy Fallon coaxed the real Queen of Christmas, Darlene Love, into singing Christmas on his show this week as she did for Letterman. Along with Paul Shaffer and Little Steven. Look for the clip. She is the Queen
December 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Before we break for Christmas, i have two gifts for the #AT40 crew. First, seems that Jimmy Fallon coaxed the real Queen of Christmas, Darlene Love, into singing Christmas on his show this week as she did for Letterman. Along with Paul Shaffer and Little Steven. Look for the clip. She is the Queen
Halftime....and I get Bing Crosby?????
Oh, for the love of God! (By the way, when Casey refers to Bing's hits, he's not talking about his kids.....) #AT40
Oh, for the love of God! (By the way, when Casey refers to Bing's hits, he's not talking about his kids.....) #AT40
December 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Halftime....and I get Bing Crosby?????
Oh, for the love of God! (By the way, when Casey refers to Bing's hits, he's not talking about his kids.....) #AT40
Oh, for the love of God! (By the way, when Casey refers to Bing's hits, he's not talking about his kids.....) #AT40
Here's what probably happened. The joke worked the first time. Then he cut jokes late from the other two monologues and added one he knew would work. In the end, he's a comic. It's like asking Steven Wright why he did "It's a small world...." more than once on TV.
I actually don’t understand what’s happening here. How or why could this happen? Same joke three times in a week??
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Here's what probably happened. The joke worked the first time. Then he cut jokes late from the other two monologues and added one he knew would work. In the end, he's a comic. It's like asking Steven Wright why he did "It's a small world...." more than once on TV.