The Best of The Show: A Classic Collection of Wit and Wisdom

by Bill Scheft, Bob Costas, Rick Reilly

"The Show" is the second most widely-read column in Sports Illustrated , after Rick Reilly, who will write one of the book's introductions. Sports Illustrated has over three million subscribers, the third highest magazine circulation in the United States, and is read by 23 million adults each week.

The Best Of "The Show" will appeal to fans of Rick Reilly's Life of Reilly and Bill Geist's Fore! Play , both of which were bestsellers. Scheft was the Emmy Award-nominated head monologue writer for David Letterman for 13 years and routinely appears on the air with him. He is a frequent guest on the talk show circuit and on sports radio programs all over the country.

256 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 2005

Reviews

[Rob James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Admittedly this book is not for everyone and it is, at this point, largely outdated. It is, however, a great read for fans of humor and sports, not separately but combined. The book is a collection of Scheft's "column" (essentially a list of sports-related jokes) in Sports Illustrated or ESPN Magazine. Scheft, a former writer for David Letterman, brings his quick-hitting humor to the sports stories of the day. As a former sportswriter I appreciated the refresher on past events as well as Scheft's joke-writing skills.