Bruce Vilanch - Comedy Writer, Songwriter, Actor and 6 time Emmy Award Winner

Bruce Vilanch talks about the impact Bette Midler had on his career, his experience with adoption and his various projects in Hollywood and on Broadway. Bruce is a comedy writer, songwriter, actor and a six time Emmy Award winner. Bruce is well known by the public for his years on Hollywood Squares as a celebrity participant. Bruce was also the head writer for the show, he wrote for the Academy Awards and he was the head writer for the Oscars from 2000 to 2014. He has been a reporter, a columnist, a songwriter, published a collection of his writings, and he’s written jokes for the likes of Lily Tomlin, Billy Crystal, Rosie O’Donnell and Robin Williams. Not to mention appearing on Broadway in Hairspray, in a variety of TV shows and writing and performing off Broadway in his self penned one-man show, Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous. 

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