Bruce Vilanch
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner known to industry professionals in Hollywood and New York as "the fat guy who writes everyone's jokes." He is likely best known for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as both a celebrity participant and head writer for the show. He also performed off-Broadway in his one-man show Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous in 2000. Since 2000, Vilanch has been the head writer for the Oscars, after being an Oscar program co-writer for the previous 10 years. He is a featured writer for the Tonys, Grammys and Emmys. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Vilanch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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TV Series
The Simpsons
8
The Nanny
8.066
Bosom Buddies
6.4
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
0
Celebrity Fit Club
10
Sex: The Revolution
7
10 Ways
0
Gameshow Marathon
0
Hollywood Squares
7.2
House Husbands
0
Rachel Gunn, R.N.
6
The Eric Andre Show
7.9
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
6.9
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
7
The Proud Family
7.761
Hollywood Squares
7.2
The Legend of King Kong
0
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
6.375
RuPaul's Drag Race
7.548
RuPaul's Drag Race
7.548
The Vivienne Takes On Hollywood
5.5
Hollywood Squares
7.2
GayVN Awards
0
GayVN Awards
0
Movies
The Ice Pirates
5.597
Love Can Be Murder
6
I Brake for Caterpillars
3
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
6
Live at Mister Kelly's
0
The Aristocrats
5.925
Eloise And Her Rawther Enormous Life
0
Body Electric
0
Get Bruce!
6.2
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
2.5
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
6.8
Studio One Forever
7.8
Going Down in La-La Land
5.7
Scrooge & Marley
4.4
Sister Mary
5
I Am Divine
7.378
Inside the Golden Statue
6.3
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
6.8
TMZ Investigates | What Really Happened to Richard Simmons
4
The Adonis Factor
4.571
Breathless
5.9
Vito
7.4
And the Oscar Goes To...
6.991
The World According to Allee Willis
0
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
5.6
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
6.2
Queer Duck: The Movie
4.2
Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art
0
The Morning After
5.907
Silent but Deadly
4
Spring Breakdown
5.44
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
5.7
Mahogany
5.8
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
0
Limelight
0
Tru Loved
4.9
Circuit
5.727
Pride: The Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam
4.3
Call Me Claus
5.7
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
7.7
The Drifter
4.3
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
1
The Divine Bette Midler
0
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
5
Annul Victory
0
Fucking with the Stars
0
10 Attitudes
4.5
Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons
10
The Fabulous Allan Carr
6.2
Jackie's Back!
6.857
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
0
Fourth Story
5.6