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Big Think Interview with Bill Scheft New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A conversation with the novelist and David Letterman Show writer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Scheft: Bill Scheft is a novelist, columnist, and television writer for the Late Show With David Letterman. His most recent book is Everything Hurts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: Question: How did you get started in comedy? Bill Scheft: I was always funny and my family is funny. I’m the fifth of 6 children; from a large Jewish family—there was never enough guilt to go around. When I was 18, I was at Deerfield Academy and me and a few of my friends might have stolen a faculty member’s car and drove into North Hampton, where I did 7 minutes of stand up—mostly stolen material—in a bar called the Early Times. From the ages of 18 to 22, I think I probably performed twice a year. I won my undergraduate talent show at Harvard doing stand up and it was always something I knew I could do. It was always a hobby with me, but I had the feeling that if they’re not Cameron Crunch I could make a little money at it. I majored in Latin at Harvard because I thought the church was going to come back. It’s one of those things, where I majored in

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