The Sound of Young America: Eric & Justin Stangel and Bill Scheft, Writers of The Late Show with David Letterman

20th January 2009

Eric and Justin Stangel are the co-head writers of The Late Show with David Letterman. Bill Scheft is a monologue writer on the show, who started working for Letterman in the NBC days. The writers of the Letterman show have just published a book compilation of Letterman’s “Late Show Fun Facts” segment. They talk about […]

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Eric and Justin Stangel are the co-head writers of The Late Show with David Letterman. Bill Scheft is a monologue writer on the show, who started working for Letterman in the NBC days. The writers of the Letterman show have just published a book compilation of Letterman’s “Late Show Fun Facts” segment. They talk about starting as comedy writers, and what it’s like to work for the funniest man in America.

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