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.

While I'm on this road, when Bill Murray and Paul Shaffer were writing Nick lyrics to "Star Wars," they got stuck after the third line Awwww, Star Wars Nothing but Star Wars If they should bar wars.... Before writer Marilyn Suzanne Miller kibbitzed, "Please staayyy..." #AT40

Not that anybody asked, but I think this is the entire list of Bill Murray lounge singer names: Nick Winters Nick Springs Nick Falls Nick Summers Nick Rails Nick Slammer Nick Sands Trader Nicks Nick Rivers Nick Borealis #AT40

Here are the lyrics to the theme song of the Wizard of Odds, which I can sadly still remember 53 years later: Who's the man with the money, Makes a dark day sunny? Who's the fella with the prizes, that'll light up your eye-ses? It's the Wizard of Odds! Trebek walks out, FULL Standing O.... #AT40

Quarter Past@quarterpast.bsky.social · 2w ago

July 21, 1973: It’s the summer of Pong! Here’s what you need to know as we head to listen to the #AT40 at the arcade: 🔴 It’s revealed to the Watergate Committee that Nixon made Oval Office tapes 🔴 Bruce Lee just died at age 32 🔴 Alex Trebek made his US game show debut on Wizard of Odds