A classic from 2007. Tom gets a call from an insane drunk driver.
Another new classic S&W bit up at Best Show Gems!
July 27th, 2010 by Roger Devlin
New classic S&W bit up at Best Show Gems!
May 3rd, 2010 by Roger Devlin
Please enjoy another classic Scharpling & Wurster bit over at Best Show Gems.
More Best Show Gems added!
April 5th, 2010 by Roger Devlin
More and more classic Scharpling & Wurster bits have been posted over at Best Show Gems. (BSGs made possible by Martin Degrell)
Another classic Scharpling & Wurster bit up on Best Show Gems!
March 22nd, 2010 by Roger Devlin
Check out the classic Mike Sajak call from 2005!
Portraits In Casino Racism, Part Four.
March 11th, 2010 by Tom Scharpling
Another look at the hatred for diversity that plagues the slot machine industry. Click through, please. More…
Portraits In Casino Racism, Part Three.
March 3rd, 2010 by Tom Scharpling
Click through for the next intersection of games of chance and crypto-hate! More…
The WFMU Marathon is on! Scharpling, Wurster & Leo tonight!
March 2nd, 2010 by Roger Devlin
Round one of Tom’s Scharpling’s effort to raise ducats for WFMU is tonight! WFMU is listener supported so please help it and The Best Show on WFMU by listening in and digging deep! Tom will be joined in the studio tonight by Jon Wurster and the ever-awesome Ted Leo.
The Onion has a nice plug here.
The Best Show on WFMU is on Tuesdays from 8-11 PM.
Scharpling & Wurster present the Merge Records 20th Anniversary Roundtable Discussion!
February 26th, 2010 by Roger Devlin
Tom Scharpling recently moderated a historic roundtable discussion marking the twentieth anniversary of Chapel Hill, NC’s Merge Records (home of the Arcade Fire, Spoon, She & Him, etc). The panel included a who’s who of the Best Show on WFMU’s most beloved/loathed characters, including Ronald Thomas Clontle, Philly Boy Roy, Timmy von Trimble, The Gorch, Barry Dworkin, Hammerhead and Bishop Fontana to name just a few. Needless to say, the sparks did fly.
Download this amazing piece of audio history now! (Please be patient, it’s lengthy.)
Try this link if the one below doesn’t work. Apologies for all bs associated with it.
Portraits In Casino Racism, Part Two.
February 26th, 2010 by Tom Scharpling
Please click through for the latest example! More…
Portraits In Casino Racism, Part One.
February 20th, 2010 by Tom Scharpling
Click through to check it out! More…
Jon on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight! Amazing Best Show tonight!
January 19th, 2010 by Roger Devlin
Jon will be playing with the Mountain Goats on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight at 12:30 am on NBC!
Listen to the Best Show on WFMU from 8-11 tonight as The H Man and Wally Wackiman battle for co-host honors! Posie/Big Star legend Jon Auer will also be in the studio!
Paul Scheer pens nice article on the Best Show!
December 31st, 2009 by Roger Devlin
Human Giant co-founder and 30 Rock regular Paul Scheer recently penned a nice article on the Best Show for MF magazine. Here it is. You can just type in 39 in the little page box to go straight to it:
Best Show Gems podcast makes iTunes “Best of 2009″ list
December 10th, 2009 by Roger Devlin
Best Show Gems –a podcast featuring Scharpling & Wurster bits on Tom’s “Best Show on WFMU” radio program– was recently named a “best of 2009″ podcast by the staff of iTunes.
Check out Best Show Gems!
Hippy Justice makes Onion’s Top Comedy CDs of the Decade List
November 16th, 2009 by Roger Devlin
Scharpling and Wurster’s 2005 release, Hippy Justice, was named one of the top comedy cds of the decade by the Onion’s AV Club.
Check it out here.
Jon on The Colbert Report with the Mountain Goats!
October 11th, 2009 by Roger Devlin
Jon played with the Mountain Goats on last Tuesday’s episode of the Colbert Report. Check it out here:
Interviews with Tom in the Village Voice and Marvel.com!
October 11th, 2009 by Roger Devlin
Tom recently did a couple interviews with the Village Voice and Marvel.com. Check ‘em out here:
Best Show/FOT Meet Up tonight in Jersey City!
September 8th, 2009 by Roger Devlin
Come out to the Iron Monkey tonight at 8:00 pm and listen to the Best Show! There will be a meet and greet to follow on the Monkey’s rooftop. Lots of guests and surprises!!!!
See you tonight,
Tom and Jon
Hoagie Fest
June 21st, 2009 by Roy (Philly Boy) Ziegler
Just wanted to say I hope you’re all havin’ a great Hoagie Fest.
I’ve taken a lot of heat for shuttin’ down Newbridge’s public transportation system (including cabs). But a new mayor wants to do something special for his employees and there ain’t nothin’ more special than takin’ a month-and-a-half off from work to enjoy fresh hoagies of all varieties.
To all you hoagie haters, it’ll do you good to walk to work. You think Mike Schmidt took the bus? Hell no! He ran to work…in cleats!
Ok, you may all sit down now,
The Honrable Roydon Ziegler
Jon Wurster’s AC Newman UK Tour Diary up now at Magnet
June 8th, 2009 by Roger Devlin
It’s been a busy couple years for Jon. He’s been touring the world non-stop with the Mountain Goats, Bob Mould, Superchunk and others. He just got done a UK tour with AC Newman, the solo project of New Pornographers leader, Carl Newman. You can read all about it over at Magnet Magazine.
Funny Stuff In Troubled Times Like These.
April 7th, 2009 by Tom Scharpling
John Mulaney is a standup and a writer for SNL and he’s super talented and he’s only halfway through his twenties. More…
This Video Lives Up To Its Name. And Then Some.
April 6th, 2009 by Tom Scharpling
This is the latest masterwork from Robert Popper, one half of the brain trust behind LOOK AROUND YOU, a show I put right alongside I’M ALAN PARTRIDGE in terms of sheer brilliance. More…
For Some Reason This Touches Me.
April 3rd, 2009 by Tom Scharpling
It’s like seeing Scrooge realize that he was once an innocent young goofball with all the world ahead of him. More…
Normalcy Will Return.
March 26th, 2009 by Tom Scharpling
Between the ramp up for the fundraising marathon, the two incredibly stressful weeks of the marathon, the inevitable post-marathon crash and the filming of a Nicholas Cage movie at the station during the 3/24 show, I feel that The Best Show has not been on its natural rhythm, as fun as some of those shows have been. More…
I Need Your Help. Seriously. This Is War, People.
March 2nd, 2009 by Tom Scharpling
Hey, everyone! It’s Tom.
WFMU’s two-week long fundraising marathon just started. If you’re not aware of it, this is how the station raises money to stay on the air. More…
This Makes Me Sad For A Hundred Different Reasons.
February 22nd, 2009 by Tom Scharpling
This just bums me out so much: More…
A day of grate dissapointmint.
January 18th, 2009 by Roy (Philly Boy) Ziegler
Nem Eagles let me down today. I ain’t been this upset since…well since yesterday when I couldn’t find my lucky 1970s Eagles toilet paper. Had to use my 1980s Phillies toilet paper. Hey, you don’t think that’s why we lost, do ya? Oh. My. God. It’s all my fault. I’m sorry nem Eagles!!!
Guess What This Was Used For.
January 3rd, 2009 by Tom Scharpling
Any guesses? Think hard! More…
This Is Going To Be A Good Year.
January 3rd, 2009 by Tom Scharpling
I knew it the second I saw this go down on television New Years Eve. More…
Me in a magazine I ain’t never heard of!
December 29th, 2008 by Roy (Philly Boy) Ziegler
What’s up every body? Guess who’s a published arthur?!
I, that’s who!
I got asked to write up my favorite rock and roll memories for a magazine called “Magnets.”
Thanks to Roy Jr. for help with the spelin’ and stealin’ the magazine for me.
Tom Reviews Every James Bond Movie #7 – Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
December 27th, 2008 by Tom Scharpling
A NOTE BEFORE WE BEGIN:
I will use the word ‘manque’ three times through the course of this review. But I do not use it in jest; it for a very serious reason. I volunteer for a charity called “Stroke Off”, which promotes the prevention of Type One (extremely low grade) heat stroke. More…