The Best Show with Tom Scharpling

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Tonight's topic: RED FLAGS! What are yours? What's an automatic bad sign to you? Callers weigh in! BRIDGER WINEGAR comes to the studio to talk with Tom about his early cameos in rock videos, new music, and play a game regarding people named Rudy. Plus, Tom gets a call from SID IN MOUSEBRIDGE!

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BEST SHOW BESTS! In this classic clip, Tom is joined in studio by comedian JAMES ADOMIAN! (Originally aired on August 13th, 2024!

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Legendary print, film and TV writer JERRY STAHL comes to the Best Show! Jerry and Tom discuss his career in journalism, TV and film, plus his extraordinary personal life! Plus Tom brings out a special guest to talk to Jerry (an old friend, you might say). Afterwards, Nathan Gelgud returns to the studio to chat with Tom about some of his upcoming work, and getting into a deep discussion on the works of William Friedkin! The topic tonight is DO-OVERS! What would you do over if you could! Callers weigh in! Plus, Tom gets a special call from MICKY IN JOSHUA TREEBRIDGE!

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It's Halloween, and what better way to celebrate it than BEST SHOW IN THE DARK! Callers discuss Halloween (for the most part at least)! ADAM CONOVER comes to the Best Show to discuss his new standup special, BIG DIVORCE ENERGY (now on Youtube)! He and Tom chat the differences between Adam Conover the person and Adam's character, what having a show is like, and much else! Plus, Tom gets a call from QUINT IN STINKBRIDGE!

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BEST SHOW BESTS! In this classic clip, comedian and podcaster JAMIE LOFTUS comes to the Best Show Studio to chat with Tom about her work, Chicago, Boston and more! (Originally aired on July 29th, 2025)

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Best Show's back with a bang! This week we have our STRANGE FRIEND FUNDRAISER TELETHON! Strange Friend is Tom Scharpling and Julia Vickerman's dream, a rescue dog cafe in downtown LA. And tonight we had a rager in the studio to help drive donations to get it going! Featuring performances from Chaki The Funk Wizard and friends! Plus, friend of the show JOE PERA comes in live in studio and chats with Tom! They discuss (what else) dogs, Joe's comedy style, Buffalo and more! Click this link to donate to the Strange Friend Kickstarter! Plus, Tom and Brett Davis pay tribute wrestler and friend of the show JEFF CANNONBALL, who passed away recently. If you want to support Jeff's family, please visit here.

(Note: The livestream of this episode featured live performances from the Bob Baker Marionette Company, plus the magician duo Cosmic Romantics, live in the Best Show Theater! These performances didn't really translate to the audio experience, so we didn't include them here. So if you want to see them, support the Best Show on Patreon for full video episodes, and check out the Best Show Youtube channel for clips from tonight's telethon!)

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BEST SHOW BESTS! In this classic clip, Tom gets a call from his cousin, HUTCH! (Originally aired on March 24th, 2009)

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Tom is sick this week, so we aren't able to do a new episode of the Best Show. Instead we're sharing a recent post to the Best Show Patreon: The most recent episode of Beer Buddies! In this episode, Tom & Mike drink a few cold ones branded by Willie Nelson & Iron Maiden, and discuss movie theater snacks, weed dispensaries, and more with guest Pat Byrne, joining live from Houston!

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BEST SHOW BESTS! In this classic clip, we go back to our 24-hour Best Show, when SCOTT ROGOWSKY hosted BEST SHOW TRIVIA! See who comes out on top answering questions about classic Best Show bits, callers, and more! (Originally Aired On September 13th, 2023)

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