Tom Scharpling is a director and writer, the host of the wildly popular podcast THE BEST SHOW, and one half of the acclaimed comedy duo of Scharpling & Wurster, who SPIN magazine referred to as “punk geniuses”. (Famous) People like Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, John Hodgman, Julie Klausner and Jon Hamm are frequent guests on the program. Tom is also an episodic tv writer/producer, having executive produced and written or co-written 25 episodes of the Emmy Award-winning show MONK for the entirety of its eight year run. Tom was also the Executive Producer and Writer on Sarah Jessica Parker’s HBO series DIVORCE. He has also written for shows like Adult Swim’s EAGLEHEART and TOM GOES TO THE MAYOR, Comedy Central’s NATHAN FOR YOU and publications like THE ONION, GQ, and NEW YORK magazine. Tom was also a frequent contributing writer for the basketball themed publications SLAM, and The Classical.
Scharpling was named SPIN’s “Music Video Director of the Year” for 2012, and TIME ranked his video for Aimee Mann’s “Labrador” the #2 music video of the year (behind “Gangham Style”). His video for the Stepkids’ “Legend In My Own Mind” was also named one of the all-time best New York City videos by TIME OUT NEW YORK. Tom has directed advertising content for brands such as Heineken, AT&T, State Farm, Expedia,
You can follow Tom on Twitter. You can read a profile of Tom in The NYTimes and in The Onion’s AV Club And read about Scharpling & Wurster voicing characters on an episode of THE SIMPSONS.
Tom lives in New Jersey, which he likes because he can eat at Hometown Buffet without any of you people judging him.