Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is a U.S. comedy writer who caught the public eye when he became a wisecracking regular on the revamped Hollywood Squares, with Whoopi Goldberg.
Vilanch attended Ohio State University as a theatre and journalism student and graduated with a BFA in theater, in 1970. In 1978 he was one of the writers for The Star Wars Holiday Special. In the 1980s he had a few brief television acting appearance including a bit...
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Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is a U.S. comedy writer who caught the public eye when he became a wisecracking regular on the revamped Hollywood Squares, with Whoopi Goldberg.
Vilanch attended Ohio State University as a theatre and journalism student and graduated with a BFA in theater, in 1970. In 1978 he was one of the writers for The Star Wars Holiday Special. In the 1980s he had a few brief television acting appearance including a bit part in an episode of Bosom Buddies and another on Law & Order. His first television appearance as himself was in 1988, on Hollywood Today, where he was interviewed by Chris Aable. The show aired in forty-three cities on Century Cable and the Manhattan Neighborhood Cable Network.
Vilanch was adopted by Jewish parents, is gay, and "a notorious meat eater".
He has provided topical joke material for a number of awards show hosts, notably for Billy Crystal at the Academy Awards. He also wrote material for The Donny & Marie Show back in the mid...
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