Bruce Vilanch

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Bruce Vilanch born November 23 1948 is an American comedy writer songwriter and actor He is a sixtime Emmy Awardwinner known to industry professionals in Hollywood and New York as the fat guy who writes everyones jokes He is likely best known for his fouryear stint on Hollywood Squares as both a celebrity participant and head writer for the show He also performed offBroadway in his oneman show Bruce Vilanch Almost Famous in 2000 Since 2000 Vilanch has been the head writer for the Oscars after being an Oscar program cowriter for the previous 10 years He is a featured writer for the Tonys Grammys and Emmys Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Vilanch licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia