Bruce Vilanch

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Bruce Vilanch


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Bruce Vilanch is an actor (occasionally an actress), writer (occasionally a rewriter), and comedian (occasionally for money, often for causes). He has coauthored 25 Academy Award spectacles, winning two writing Emmys in the process, and has been nominated for seven more. In addition to the Oscars, he has cowritten many Tonys, Emmys, Grammys, People’s Choice, American Comedy Awards, TV Land Awards, SAG Awards, and a ton of other pageants, roasts, tributes, and various trumped-up reasons for people to strut a red carpet. He has coauthored dozens of variety television shows and actually put words in the mouth of Cher. He’s also a lyricist, scoring gold and platinum records for disco songs he wrote for Eartha Kitt and the Village People. And mu ...more

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It Seemed Like a Bad Idea a...

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Drag: Combing Through the B...

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The Queer Movie Poster Book

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Bruce! : My Adventures in t...

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More of the 776 Stupidest T...

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“Paul’s version of a trucker owes a lot to Elton John, and probably a bit to Wolfman Jack,”
Bruce Vilanch, It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote

“The old maxim: “If you remember the ’60s or the ’70s, you weren’t there”—it holds true.”
Bruce Vilanch, It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote

“remembering Muskrat Susie and Muskrat Sam,”
Bruce Vilanch, It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote

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